Carcinogens & Toxins

You may be doing all the right things to maintain or create health. One often overlooked and very important source of disease is Carcinogens. Carcinogens are chemical compounds found in food, air, water, medications, cleaning products, garden (think weed killer) and body care and makeup products. It’s important to understand how they enter the body and the probability of these toxins to cause disease and cancer. Thousands of new chemicals have been released into the environment with new ones being released all the time. To counter this it is equally important to avoid and detox from these toxins.

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS AND CANCER:

  • Workplace, Home, Food, Water, Medical Treatments and our Lifestyle Choices

  • Contributing factors are tobacco smoke, nutrition and environmental exposure is the cause of up to 80% of cancer diagnoses and deaths in the US

  • Unfortunately, according to the CDC reported the average U.S. person has at least 12 synthetic chemicals in their blood and urine.

CARCINOGEN GROUPS AND CLASSIFICATIONS:

World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies and designates the levels of known and probable carcinogenic compounds.

  • Group 1 = Carcinogenic to humans  

  • Immunosuppressant drugs, Chemotherapy agents, Vaccine ingredients, Estrogen and HRT products, X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Food irradiation and Airport Screening.

  • Group 2A = probably carcinogenic to humans

  • Group 2B = possibly carcinogenic to humans

  • Group 3 = Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity

  • Group 4 = probably not carcinogenic to humans  

10 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF CARCINOGENS

  1. Induce Metabolic Activation
  2. Induce DNA damage and/or mutation.
  3. Alter DNA repair or cause genomic instability
  4. Induce Epigenetic changes
  5. Induce Oxidative Stress.
  6. Induce Chronic Inflammation
  7. Suppress the Immune System
  8. Modulate Receptor – mediated effects 
  9. Cause Cell Immortalization
  10. Alter a Cell’s Proliferation, Death or Nutrient Supply

 

DETOXIFICATION PROTOCOLS

  • Stop using plastics to store food

  • Stop using plastic water bottles

  • Ditch the harsh chemical cleaning products in the home

  • Use chemical free body care products

  • Sauna and Exercise to induce sweating which helps the body to detox.

  • Eat non GMO and Organic foods

  • Dry Brushing before a shower gets the lymph moving and helps the immune system do its job.

Michael Parascandola
Know Your Fats!

Foods containing fat are full of Calories and can help you gain or maintain weight. Some fats have extra health benefits Choose healthy fats for your high-calorie diet.

Download the Know Your Fats sheet.

Michael Parascandola