| > | | | | of digesting these foods. Everything becomes clearer |
| When people talk about detoxification and cleansing | | | | — your blood, your organs, your mind. You |
| the body of harmful toxins, it’s often seen as | | | | start to become more aware of the toxic nature of |
| a fringe element of vegetarians. | | | | the food you’d been eating before. |
| People really don’t like to think about harmful | | | | Toxicity is of much greater concern in the twentieth |
| toxins building up in their colons or in their arteries, | | | | century than ever before. There are many new and |
| but it’s often a by-product of a carnivorous | | | | stronger chemicals, air and water pollution, radiation |
| diet. A diet that’s high in fat and processed | | | | and nuclear power. We ingest new chemicals, use |
| foods tends to slow down our digestive systems, | | | | more drugs of all kinds, eat more sugar and refined |
| and our elimination processes are also interrupted. | | | | foods, and daily abuse ourselves with various |
| This can allow harmful bacteria and toxins to | | | | stimulants and sedatives. The incidence of many |
| accumulate and can create a general feeling of | | | | toxicity diseases has increased as well. Cancer and |
| sluggishness, as well as a host of digestive disorders, | | | | cardiovascular disease are two of the main ones. |
| such as irritable bowel syndrome or colitis. When we | | | | Arthritis, allergies, obesity, and many skin problems |
| begin eating a more healthy vegetarian diet, we start | | | | are others. In addition, a wide range of symptoms, |
| to get more dietary fiber into our systems, and all of | | | | such as headaches, fatigue, pains, coughs, |
| a sudden, our digestive systems start to work | | | | gastrointestinal problems, and problems from immune |
| better, | | | | weakness, can all be related to toxicity. When you |
| When you eliminate high-fat meat and processed | | | | start a vegetarian eating plan, your body eventually |
| foods from your diet, then much of your | | | | cleanses itself of the harmful effects of these toxic |
| body’s energy is freed from the intense work | | | | foods. |