The Link Between The Big Three – Toxicity, Cancer And Obesity

By Andreas Moritz

People started gaining weight ever since life became more and more convenient. When modern amenities were introduced, life became sedentary and we simply got less exercise. But that’s stating the obvious, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it is much more subtle than that. While a ‘fatty’ or sedentary lifestyle directly contributes to weight gain, the enemy is subtler than sheer laziness.

Modern conveniences often come wrapped in toxins, both literally and metaphorically. They’re everywhere: in tap water, bottled water, bottled drinks, product packaging, the hundreds of chemical additives in processed foods and beverages, medical drugs, harmful low-grade radiation, and even the paint in toxic toys.

Toxins enter our bloodstream from the air we breathe, pesticides in fruit and vegetables, abnormally high levels of antibiotics and hormones in the meat of cattle, and chemical waste ingested by the fish we eat.

It is not possible to be free of toxins; neither do we need to be. A healthy body is designed to handle moderate amounts of toxic agents. However, most of us choose to live toxic lifestyles or are exposed to dangerous toxins without really being aware of it. And the human body was never meant to process the levels of toxins it is now subjected to.

The developed world is suffering from a toxicity crisis and we’re paying a very heavy price. But how is a toxic lifestyle linked to being overweight?

The Unholy Triad

Researchers are calling it the Unholy Triad. I call it The Big Three – the link between toxicity, cancer and obesity – a connection that is still at the cutting edge of medical research.

The root of obesity often leads to an organ of your body you are least likely to associate with fat – the liver. The liver is the second-largest organ of the body, after the skin, and is responsible for – hold your breath – more than 500 functions.

Before we discuss the details, let me make the connection between toxicity and obesity. The body is an extremely complex yet wonderfully synchronized machine, and an imbalance in one area may impact on an organ or a set of tissues that seem unrelated. Toxic chemicals and other poisonous compounds may affect organs and systems without always leading to weight gain. Hence, not everyone exposed to a high degree of toxicity is overweight.

When they enter the bloodstream, poisons are stored in weak and vulnerable organs and tissues because they cannot fight back. The weakened organ becomes weaker, damaged, and diseased and eventually begins to malfunction. This results in conditions ranging from cysts, insulin resistance, metabolic disorders, lung disease, kidney diseases, gall stones, immunological disorders (65 percent of your immune system is located in your intestines), chronic inflammation, hormonal imbalances, to cancer.

But the reverse is always true. Overweight and obese individuals are necessarily suffering from a ‘toxicity crisis’, a state where the body cannot handle the toxic overload.

So how does it work? Fat tissue is basically used as a safe-house for toxins. It is your body’s way of keeping excess metabolic waste and other toxins out of harm’s way. Storing them in fat cells, which have a low metabolic rate, keeps poisons out of the bloodstream so that they don’t reach other tissues and organs.

There is no doubt that individuals who are obese harbor a severely toxic and polluted internal environment. This leads to congestion of other organs and systems. Consequently, the entire body slows down and begins to malfunction.

Have you ever wondered why some people find it difficult to lose weight? After shedding those initial extra pounds, the fat just doesn’t seem to budge! This is because a toxically overloaded system, or morbidly obese body, causes all your organs to become sluggish. As they begin to lose their natural ability to function as they were meant to, they also lose their ability to metabolize and process fat effectively.

This also makes it easier to understand why individuals who are overweight suffer from a host of health issues and diseases. There’s a river of toxins – chemicals introduced to the body as well as those produced by the body in reaction to external pollutants – constantly circulating in the blood, tissues and organs. This ultimately kick starts a vicious cycle, where toxic overload leads to obesity, and excessive fat and cellulite build-up blocks metabolism, which leads to further weight gain.

One type of toxic chemical pollutant in particular merits mention in the context of weight gain because of its notoriety. It is a group of substances called organochlorines which are used in pesticides. Organochlorines enter the body when we eat plants sprayed with insecticides that contain these substances – DDT was banned in the US a long time ago but several other organochlorines are still widely used – and by eating animal products that contain them as cattle feed.

The problem is that organochlorines are difficult to break down and are easily attracted to fat and stored in fat cells, where they can remain for several years. If the levels of organochlorines in your body are very high, you are likely to store fat so that it can safely hide away the toxins. No wonder obese bodies are very reluctant to letting go and losing weight.

Traditional slimming techniques gauge weight loss reducing calorific intake and increasing the body’s metabolic rate. This ranges from crash diets to tweaking dietary habits. It also involves rigorous exercise regimens that simultaneously burn fat quickly.

However, a vast majority of individuals also regain the weight they lose, unless they continue with stringent weight-reduction exercise programs. This ultimately exhausts and wears out the body as you are constantly working against its tendency to gain weight!

A holistic approach, on the other hand, recommends cleansing and detoxification of the body. This process removes years of toxic build-up and gradually repairs and restores the organs to their optimal level of functioning. When this happens, the body also returns to its normal weight.

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