Let’s think about the way our bodies work. We intake food and water which our bodies require. Our bodies then digest the food and diffuse all its nutrients throughout the body, and what can’t be used at the time is stored into fat. We then pass all the by-products which the body has no use for.[P]
Drugs don’t work that way, they diffuse almost entirely throughout the body. That’s what they are designed to do. But with excessive intake of drugs the body cannot diffuse it all, just like it can’t diffuse all the food at once and what the body can’t cope with is stored into fat cells. The drug then starts developing a habit of storing itself into fat cells over time. Think of a person who has been overweight for a while, it’s hard for them to lose the weight. These stored toxins are just as hard.
The goal of detox is to rid the body of all these toxins accumulated by the drug; it also helps stop the uncomfortable symptoms of withdrawals. Without detox drug residues remain in the body for years and cause cravings. Drug detox usually comes with counseling to help psychologically, regular exercise, massage therapy, sauna, and nutritional supplements.
Exercise is very important in detox because it encourages sweating. 99% of our sweat is water and 1% toxins and minerals. While exercising our muscles produce toxic byproducts and when our bodies detect them it stimulates the part of the brain that helps you breathe faster to expel them. When those toxins are expelled others that are in the lungs follow. Exercising also stimulates bowel by 60% which also excretes toxins. When our bodies burn more calories than we take in fat is released as a use of energy which is healthy, and when someone crash diets sudden break down of fats lead to sudden rush of toxins into the system that the body can’t handle. Detox is focused on getting these toxins out of the body in a gradual and healthy manner.
