We have heard the word “detoxification” many times, but what exactly is “toxin”?
In short, any unwanted waste that remains in the body after metabolism and cannot be excreted properly can be called toxins, including external, internal and emotional toxins, which are substances that can interfere with normal physiological activities and disrupt the body’s functions.
Internal toxins such as: free radicals, cholesterol, fat, uric acid, lactic acid and stagnant blood.
External toxins such as: air pollution, pesticide residues in vegetables, automobile exhaust, industrial waste gas, chemicals, radiation, preservatives in food, excessive heavy metals in cosmetics, pathogenic microorganisms, etc.
Emotional toxins such as: according to Chinese medicine, great anger hurts the liver, great joy hurts the heart, excessive thinking hurts the spleen, excessive sadness hurts the lungs, extreme fear hurts the kidneys, etc.
What damage can toxins cause to our body?
1, toxins will damage the face
When the detoxification pipeline in the body does not work, poor detoxification, toxins will exist in the body, damaging the function of the internal organs, producing acne, pigmentation, dry skin, loss of elasticity and many other diseases and discomforts. When the stool stays in the intestines for too long, toxins are reabsorbed into the blood through the intestinal wall, making the blood dirty and increasing the burden on the liver, which can easily lead to skin diseases.
2, toxins will accelerate aging
Early aging because of the “chronic poisoning”. Ageing, the body’s organs are gradually aging, the liver and gallbladder detoxification function decline, the kidneys and intestinal detoxification function is gradually declining, the operation of other organs are gradually slowed down. However, the waste or toxins produced by the body’s metabolic processes are not reduced. When toxins accumulate in the body, the body acidification, gradually triggering a variety of chronic poisoning phenomenon, can accelerate the aging of the human body cells.
3, toxins will make people obese
Many people are obese, not because they eat too much, but because the row of too little, the body’s metabolism is impaired, resulting in “out of not enough”, waste accumulation in the body and caused by. When the body’s fat exceeds the load of the liver, fat will be stored in the blood in the adipose tissue. Fat is easily hoarded in the hips, arms, thighs and lower abdomen, so the more toxic the fatter, the fatter the more toxic!
4, toxins can make people sick
Over the years, the organs are under tremendous pressure from the invasion of toxins, and the organs will begin to dysfunction and become dysfunctional. When toxins accumulate until the body can not be loaded, germs and viruses not only attack them one after another, so the disease begins. It can cause endocrine disorders, sleep disorders, mental illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, etc.
The damage caused by toxins to the body is very great, from damaging the appearance and affecting the face to damaging the organs and threatening the life in serious cases.
How can we detoxify the body?
The body’s own immune system is able to detoxification operations, but due to the physical quality of low, irregular rest, the external environment and other factors, resulting in toxins can not be effectively discharged in a timely manner, and the most intuitive signs of toxin accumulation is basically in the face, the winter temperature is low, the body function slowed down, resulting in increased toxin accumulation, winter skin care, detoxification is the first step!
1, skin detoxification how to row?
As the body’s largest barrier organ, the skin not only plays a role in protecting other tissues, but also has a complete detoxification system of its own. The sweat glands will discharge body fluids, which are mixed with a variety of metabolic processes generated during the waste and toxins, sebaceous glands are responsible for the secretion of sebum discharge, if sebum excretion is not smooth will trigger acne and blackhead problems.
When the defense fails, the macrophages in the skin will choose to die with bacteria and other harmful substances, which is the pus phenomenon visible to the naked eye.
2, how to detoxify the body?
Like the skin, each organ of the body also has its own detoxification system, such as the liver to hide blood detoxification, the lungs to expel carbon dioxide, the spleen to fight bacteria and microorganisms, etc.. The body detoxification that we usually pay more attention to is mostly lymphatic detoxification and intestinal detoxification.
Lymph is responsible for the circulatory system of the whole body and is an important immune organ, so when the body is attacked by bacteria and inflammation occurs, it will be accompanied by swollen lymph nodes. For this reason, the proper functioning of lymph helps to remove the waste and toxins produced during the metabolic process. If the lymphatic circulation function is abnormal, it can show obvious changes in the skin, such as a large number of acne blemishes and a dull and shapeless complexion.
The intestinal tract plays a more prominent role in the detoxification process, as our body’s own excretion must rely on the intestinal tract to expel metabolites and waste from the body, similar to the relationship between the kidneys and urine. When a large number of abnormal flora grows in the intestine or too much waste collects in the intestine, the balance of the entire intestinal flora will be disturbed, and depending on a person’s constitution, diarrhea or constipation may occur, followed by corresponding signs in the skin.
In winter, how can we accelerate the skin and body detoxification?
1.Increase the amount of water you drink, so that toxins are excreted with urine or sweat.
2, more insoluble fiber that is high in crude fiber content of food, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, can help clean up the intestinal tract attached to the garbage and bacterial metabolites.
3, fermented dairy products contain probiotics, which can help balance intestinal flora and maintain a healthy and stable intestinal state.
4, to maintain a good quality sleep. Long-term sleep deprivation and staying up late will slow down your body’s metabolism and endocrine disorders, leading to various skin problems. And quality sleep can promote the purification process in the body, while quality sleep can accelerate the liver blood production, replenish gas and nourish blood, comprehensive strengthening of various functions of the body organs, so that the body circulation and metabolism accelerated, toxins naturally can not stay in the body. Therefore, go to bed before 11 o’clock to draw a perfect end to the day’s detoxification action.
5, moderate to strengthen the exercise, to exercise this active way can not only sweat detoxification, but also to achieve the effect of slimming weight loss. Before and after exercise must pay attention to drink more water, in order to detoxification by urination, sweating.
6, cupping, gua sha, massage, etc., can improve local microcirculation, eliminate stagnation, open up the closed meridians, and promote the rapid discharge of toxins with body fluids.