When talking about any environmental toxin -
There are two categories of actions to take.
1️⃣ Damage Prevention is all about reducing exposure.
This means that we focus on
➡️ avoiding the toxin
➡️ reducing our contact with it
➡️ preventing it from entering our system
This means that we identify things that can hurt us. Using certain products, eating from certain sources, living in certain areas etc... and finding safer alternatives to avoid the damage.
This alone, will not fix the previous damage the toxin has already caused you.
But it's important for two reasons:
❗️ Stops or minimises more damage on you.
❗️ Reduce toxic exposure = more space for the body to recover & get stronger
2️⃣ Healing is more focussed on the existing condition of your system
This approach may be confused with 'detoxes' and 'cleanses'.
Here's my opinion on how to use this approach correctly:
Healing means we focus on the body's ability to heal and repair naturally.
A 'detox' or 'cleanse' may sometimes have a place in this process, but they are NOT the priority.
The priority first is providing the body the nutrition, energy, space & time to heal.
Additionally, knowing your health 'weak-points' and history helps direct situation-specific support.
This focusses on empowering the body to decide what is best as it recovers and heals with your support.
This might mean that it's years before your body decides it's ready for a 'deep detox'. And that's fine because you don't need a detox to feel better or recover.
Together, damage prevention and pro-active healing methods are an optimal combination.
Just remember: your own body knows better.
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