Just how important is it to go on a healthy detox diet today, in relation what the government informs us about what it is doing to try to make our habitat a less hazardous and healthier place to live?

Well, ponder on this…

Let's assume that you have cleaned your diet of as many junk foods as possible that carry man made chemicals, and are conscientiously detoxing your body, yet even as you sit there reading this article these toxins are everywhere. Want some examples? What about the tooth whitener and body spray you used this morning, in the furniture in your house, the carpet throughout your house, and the household cleaners, wood stains and varnishes that are in use all over your home.

And it's not just in your home - out in the garden too, man made chemicals are in the products that help stop the bugs eating your plants as well as the paint on the fence. You may not be able to do much about the toxins in the air you breathe – but the good news is, for all the other toxins we just mentioned, there are plenty of safer and healthier alternatives that can help reduce the burden on your body's natural detox system. And simply by following a frequent 7 day detox you improve your health by removing all the accumulated toxins already in your body.

Working with chemicals

Modern day chemists were extremely proud of themselves when they created these new man-made chemicals that could dissolve even the toughest dried-in grease in our ovens, wash our laundry and have it looking like new, kill all known microbes, and keep us odor-free all day long.

Manmade compounds, like rayon and nylon were all the rage; household carpets were sprayed to make them last longer, and timber was treated so stretch it's useable lifespan.

None of these products make you keel over gasping and wheezing on first exposure (except perhaps the oven cleaner) but the poisons they carry accumulate in your body with long-term exposure that scientists are still investigating today. So it's vital that you learn detox your body to help enhance your health.

Scientists are only now starting to discover that make up products and personal hygiene products that contain parabens look like that may be linked to breast cancer - this hasn't really come as a surprise to many in the chemical world, since parabens mimic the action of estrogen in the body.

It was long thought that mercury could not leach out of fillings once they were in place, but more and more autopsies are finding a direct correlation between the level of mercury in the brain cells and the number of fillings that a person has in their teeth.

Developments in dry cleaning that give us agents like perchloroethylene (perc, for short) are are great for cleaning garments without damaging the fabric, but they have now been linked to cancer, as well as damaging the nervous system, sterility and hormone disruption.