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Why is reducing toxins important?
Currently, our bodies may be exposed to more than 300,000 toxins daily, with some environmental experts estimating that our bodies are bombarded by up to 700,000 different toxins on a daily basis. When toxins accumulate within the body, they create inflammation, in addition to causing potential epigenetic changes which alter the manner in which genes are expressed. Chronic inflammation can create deteriorating health, and trigger the onset of painful autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. When chronic pain already exists from an injury, such as a back injury, accumulated toxins can amplify pain. Potential sources of toxins include food, water, air, clothing, makeup, hygiene products, household cleaning products, household molds, and household items that release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air, such as carpeting, sofas, and mattresses.
Toxins can be acquired through non-stick frying pans, plastic cutting boards, and even some nutritional supplements. Heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides such as glyphosate and paraquat, fungicides, molds, microplastic particles, aflatoxins, bacterial toxins, PCBs, dioxins, phthalates, and PFAS, which include more than a thousand forever chemicals are also toxins. It’s not possible to list every toxin within this article because the number of toxins is so extensive.
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The Autonomic Nervous System and Chronic Pain
This blog article will explore the connection between chronic pain and the Autonomic Nervous System, which is a component of the Peripheral Nervous System. To understand how the Autonomic Nervous System affects chronic pain, learning about the Autonomic Nervous System first would be helpful. The Autonomic Nervous System regulates involuntary processes in the body which include heart rate, blood...
Mitochondrial Health
Mitochondria are microscopic oval shaped organelles found within all human cells, except for red blood cells. Healthy mitochondria are critical for overall health. They produce the energy our cells require, which is known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), thereby earning mitochondria the nickname the “power houses” of the cells. Each cell can contain hundreds, and even thousands of mitochondria...
Reducing Toxins in Water
Improving the quality of your drinking water by reducing toxins is an essential strategy when inflammation and chronic pain reduction are your goals. Although municipal water treatment facilities treat water to remove many potential harms to health such as bacteria, parasites, protozoa, and viruses, they do not remove heavy metals or chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, fungicides,...
Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidants
To understand what antioxidants are, and how they protect our cells, we must first explore free radicals, which are unstable atoms or molecules that contain an odd number of electrons in their outermost electron shell. Due to their unpaired electron, free radicals become highly reactive, and when they interact with other molecules within the body, they can cause damage to cells. The reactivity...
Reducing Toxins in Foods
The toxin reduction decisions you choose to make can lead to the reduction of chronic inflammation and chronic pain over time. Eating organic whole foods is ideal because processed and highly processed foods may contain higher levels of inflammatory toxins, in addition to added sugars, added starches, and refined carbohydrates. Avoiding or minimizing processed and highly processed foods in your...
Why is reducing toxins important?
Currently, our bodies may be exposed to more than 300,000 toxins daily, with some environmental experts estimating that our bodies are bombarded by up to 700,000 different toxins on a daily basis. When toxins accumulate within the body, they trigger inflammation which can amplify chronic pain, in addition to causing potential epigenetic changes which alter the manner in which genes are...
Haptens, Inflammation, and Chronic Pain
Haptens are small molecules that include many toxins. On their own, toxins do not trigger an immune system response, until they have bound to a protein carrier molecule within the body. Then the bound toxins are called haptens. The immune system views the cells with haptens as being abnormal, and creates an inflammatory response that may result in chronic pain and other symptoms. This...
Sugars and Names of Hidden Sugars
Elimination of added sugars, added starches, and refined carbohydrates from your diet will be one of the most impactful health changes you can choose to make on your chronic pain reduction journey. Consuming these substances can create an inflammatory effect within the body, and amplify chronic pain. Gut microbiome dysbiosis is a term that means that the microorganisms that live inside of the...
"Ray of Hope Chronic Pain Recovery Support was created following my own recovery from debilitating chronic pain."
Bonnie J Miller BScN, Program Director
"My quality of life has improved dramatically, and joy has returned."
Although I no longer practice as a Registered Nurse, I continue to help people by providing nutrition, health, and lifestyle education. Having recovered from unrelenting chronic pain from multiple medical conditions, I am positioned uniquely to support people who are suffering from chronic pain, and provide them with encouragement and hope that better tomorrows are possible.