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Where does the poison come from?

The sources of toxins can be divided into waste products produced by human metabolism and external factors.

• environment

Water, soil, and air are all essential elements for human growth. With the development of society, environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, and ultimately the human body will bear the brunt of the impact, causing disease or physical discomfort.

• Habit

Modern people live a fast pace of life, lack of leisure activities and regular daily routines, which violates the biological clock and causes physical and psychological burdens. It is one of the important causes of many civilization diseases.

• food

After food enters the body, it produces various wastes after being digested and metabolized by the human body. These wastes will be discharged from the body through various means such as defecation and sweating. If they are not discharged in time, they will be toxic to the human body. Among them, the following foods are the most common:

• Pickled foods: Most pickled foods may contain preservatives such as nitrites for the purpose of preservation and freshness, and excessive intake can be toxic. If it encounters foods rich in amines (such as certain seafood and fruits), it will be converted into highly carcinogenic nitrosamines, causing gastrointestinal discomfort and even cancer.

• Lead-containing foods: Consuming foods containing excessive lead, such as preserved eggs containing excessive lead, can cause memory loss and slow reaction.

• Moldy foods: whole grains, beans, fish, nuts (such as peanuts) and oily foods. After becoming moldy, they will produce a large amount of bacteria and aflatoxin, causing physical discomfort and even leading to liver cancer.

• High-temperature oil smoke: High-temperature cooking methods such as frying, grilling, and roasting will produce carcinogens - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).

Smoked food: Smoked food contains carcinogens from burned materials, such as sugar cane and rice, which contain carcinogens such as PAH and aromatic amines.

Drug residues

1. Antibiotics and hormone residues in chicken, pork and beef, and heavy metal fungicides, algaecides and antibiotics residues in farmed seafood may all be related to the occurrence of cancer. Avoid eating fat, chicken skin, offal and other tissues where drugs and toxins can easily accumulate.

2. Excessive pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits can also harm health or produce carcinogens. Excessive alcohol consumption from tobacco and alcohol products can easily damage the liver. Lit cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemicals that are harmful to the human body and can easily cause various cancers.

food additives

1. Snacks, vegetarian foods, pickled foods, and candied fruits may all contain toxic pigments.

2. Borax is added to pills to increase their crispness, and hydrogen peroxide is added to bean products to bleach them. These additives can cause cancer.

Self-generated

After metabolism, the human body produces waste products, which are called "poisons". Among them, the following types have the greatest impact on the human body:

Free radicals: Free radicals are substances produced after human metabolism and oxidation. They are aggressive to human cells and are the biggest killer of health hazards. Free radicals in the body are produced all the time. Once the number is too high, they will produce a strong oxidative effect, causing human aging and leading to cancer.

Stool retention: Waste that needs to be excreted from the body. If it stays in the intestines for more than 12 to 24 hours and is not excreted, it will produce toxins. If it is not eliminated for more than 3 to 5 days, it will cause stool retention. These toxins may harm the human body.

Cholesterol: The liver produces cholesterol, and the rest is taken in from food. Cholesterol is an important substance for human development and growth. Excess cholesterol will be deposited on the blood vessel walls, causing the blood vessels to narrow and harden, and the cholesterol concentration in the blood to increase, causing cardiovascular disease.

Lactic acid: After long-term exercise, the human body will produce lactic acid, which will manifest physiologically as muscle soreness, fatigue, and weakness in the limbs.

Uric acid: A product produced by human metabolism and excreted by the kidneys. If there is too much uric acid or the kidneys function poorly, it will accumulate in the soft tissues and joints of the human body.

This article is provided by Human Think Tank Publishing House and is excerpted from the book "This is How to Eat to Detoxify and Lose Weight", the original author is Lin Yuhong, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Xinguang Hospital.