The Iron Yuppie

"Detoxification" Schemes

In relation to the earlier comment about toxins, this was a fairly interesting page summing up the variety of different detoxification schemes. I actually like fasting (once a year anyway); it puts me in a very different state of mind during (which I suppose is basically attributed to starvation). However, I have never felt healthier before, during or after the fast, and I suppose this is why. Logically, I did think that the human digestive system was much more like a system of pipes where there could be eddys or currents that would trap stuff for an extended period of time, but I suppose, thinking about it now, that's pretty much absurd. The body is an exceptionally well designed machine and to think that it would carry around "5 lbs. of undigested red meat" or "gum you swallowed when you were 10" is fairly absurd. That does not really explain why, though, we carry around filth in our lungs for our entire lives if we smoke (nasty picture). What's up with that?