Michelle LeSueur, DBe, CNC, CNS

Are Toxins keeping you from getting lean and/or making you fat?

The average American puts over 250 toxins on their body from the time their feet hit the floor, until they walk out the door.  Those of you that have read my book know how passionate I am about toxin awareness.

1/3 of U.S. adults along with over 300 million adults globally are obese.

Do you know people who have tried every diet and still suffer from being overweight?

What may be causing people to retain and/or gain weight – even while dieting?

Why do some diets work for some and not for others?

When we are exposed to a toxin it is stored in our fat cells.  If you are wondering if you have a high toxic load, look in the mirror and if you see a lot of cellulite, you definitely do.  Cellulite is a good indication of what your toxic load is.  If you are a person that does not have cellulite, that doesn’t mean that you don’t need to reduce your toxic load, it may mean that your body handles it better than others or it is in the lymph system and/or other systems.

We are exposed to 80,000 man made chemicals in our daily lives.  Our bodies are staggering under the enormous load of industrial toxin that has entered our food, water, and environment — and these toxins are also making us fat.  The average American ingests 10 pounds of synthetic food additives each year, which collect in the body’s fat cells.

Then you look at the fact that 35 states have rocket fuel contaminants in their groundwater. These particular petroleum based fuels block the absorption of iodine to the thyroid, therefore contributing to hypothyroidism.  I can’t tell you how many people that I have told to have their thyroid tested, find out they are suffering from low thyroid.  When your thyroid isn’t functioning, you have a very difficult time losing weight.

General weight gain is rising with the increase level of toxins in our environment.  The staggering load of toxins in our food, water and environment disrupt our hormone balance.  I have worked with hormones for the last 8 years and I find it scary that I have men coming to me in their 20’s and 30’s with low testosterone.

The more toxic your body becomes, the more difficulty you will have losing weight and keeping it off.  Studies have shown that toxins may paralyze parts of the brain having to do with appetite.  I have seen this first hand.  I have had so many patients that say they are not hungry and so they only eat one big meal that makes them fat. Then you have the person that will say they never feel full and they are always hungry. Our body’s natural weight control mechanisms are not functioning properly!

The currant reasons for Obesity, inactivity and overeating, alone, do not explain the current obesity epidemic.  An epidemic is something that happens fast, so this leads us to believe that it has to be environmental instead 
of genetic.

Many people do not have a clue how they are being exposed to these toxins.  Our environment is filled with chemicals. They permeate our home, our office, our food, our car, even the air we breathe and the water we drink. Toxic chemicals are also found in the products we use to care for our home and ourselves. We are exposed to hundreds—possibly thousands—more chemicals than our great grand parents were.

Currently, 100, 000 synthetic chemicals are known to exist in our environment. The endocrine system is affected by 51 of these synthetic chemicals. Some of them mimic estrogens, but many of them interfere with other parts of the system, such as the pituitary and the thyroid.  The endocrine system is an integrated system of glands located throughout the body.  When one fails the whole system goes down.

For example, the adrenal glands produce hormones that you can’t live without, including sex hormones and cortisol, which helps you respond to stress. These manmade compounds largely affect the adrenal glands, and when the adrenals fail, the thyroid soon follows. The adrenal glands are foundational and by keeping them in balance, you are more likely to have more balanced hormone levels.  In my clinical practice 75 percent of my patients who had adrenal problems had adrenal fatigue, and the other 25 percent were in failure. This is a huge problem. These victims of environment have no energy, can’t sleep at night, and feel generally unwell.  Many people don’t realize when you train hard you need adrenal support because these glands are really being taxed.  By using the proper adrenal support, you will find greater success in your training and the results will reflect that.

Throughout our lifetimes, toxins and carcinogens build up in our systems and can eventually cause the spontaneous ignition of cancerous growth cells. People are suffering from cancer at an all time high. According to the American Cancer Society, over the course of a lifetime, men now have a one in two chance of getting cancer and women a one in three chance. In 2008 alone 570,280 people are expected to die of cancer—almost 1500 people a day!  You can imagine what the numbers are today.

Here is a list based upon more than 100,000 tests, the Environmental Working Group reported the dozen fruits and vegetables that are most and least contaminated with pesticides.

This is just a sample of the list I have in my book to help you know where you could be exposing your self unknowingly to toxins.  I also list things that help you reduce your toxic load.  If you would like to read more about this you can purchase my book at

http://uniquehealthandwellness.com/books/willingtochange.htm

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