How Safe are Low Levels of Toxins?
In this post, we will learn in detail how safe Low Levels of Toxins are. Read it to the end, and you'll learn a lot.

The father of toxicology, with the daunting name Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (but also known as Paracelsu), advanced the idea that toxic substances do not harm the body if the amounts are small enough, otherwise often stated as “the dose makes the poison.”
This 16th century theory has endured as a modern guidepost for toxicologists and may seem reassuring, as we consume food with questionable dyes, preservatives, and other chemical substances we cannot pronounce, and as we use plastics, pesticides, and other chemicals that pollute the environment and also find their way into our bodies: if the levels are small enough, no harm is done.
Below are three concerns we might want to consider when it comes to relying on this precept for toxic exposure:
1. The perception of the level of a toxin considered “safe” can change over time.
For example, the established levels of the chemical BPA in plastics was ruled safe by the FDA as recently as 2008. However, technology and testing methods improve over time. Animal studies using new approaches have discovered harmful effects of low levels of BPA not uncovered by standardized toxicity tests. Based upon this new research, both the NIH and the FDA published concerns regarding potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants and young children.
A New York Times article reported in July of 2012 that the FDA, while still maintaining BPA is safe, has officially banned its use in baby bottles and children’s drinking cups. Over the years research repeatedly discovers unsuspected toxicity in substances with widespread use, other examples include lead, asbestos and PCBs.
2. Environmental toxins not tested for safety find their way into the body.
The CDC issues a report on the monitoring of human exposure to chemicals found in the environment. In 2009 the report contained the levels of 212 chemicals in the body; for its 2012 update 34 new chemicals were added to the table. Most of us carry more toxins in our bodies than we ever imagine.
Most environmental chemicals not added directly to food, chemicals found in clothing, cosmetics, and furniture, have never been tested for safety at any level so their impact on health is unknown because the burden of proof that a substance is harmful rests with the government and not its manufacturers. Plus there a lot of supplements like Mitolyn and Enki Elixir that are very much effective in controlling the levels of toxins
3. Research shows that ingesting or absorbing chemical toxins from the environment can interfere with optimal health and the body’s overall ability to avoid illness or chronic disease.
Environmental toxins are known to play a factor in both; for example, there is a known connection between lead and Alzheimer’s disease and synthetic chemicals are implicated as a factor in breast cancer. Chemicals that mimic hormones are implicated in behavioral disorders.
The recommendations for a healthy lifestyle are familiar to us – eating organic foods, avoiding GMO and highly processed foods, and avoiding pesticides and synthetic chemicals as much as possible.
However, as more untested chemicals are added to our environment, and as more connections are made between environmental chemicals and health, it might be wise to reconsider how committed we are to those healthy choices or whether we are relying more upon an unwarranted sense of security that small amounts of toxins will not hurt us and that we are protected by government standards.
With the overload of toxins in the environment, it is impossible to avoid them. So, it stands to reason that the second part of a healthy lifestyle would include a program of detoxification. Fasting, special diets, and colonic therapy, to name a few, have been around for a long time.
Another, increasingly popular, form of detoxification is the ionic foot detox machine. It works by detoxing your body of harmful toxins by putting a small current into the salt bath water to generate positively and negatively charged ions. These ions then neutralize the charged particles in your body and they are pulled out through the skin via osmosis and diffusion.
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