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Eating a diet high in saturated fats can often lead to a buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis). In similar fashion cholesterol, mucus, organic and inorganic toxins, and toxic chemicals can build up in various organs and tissues of the body.

After years of unhealthy diets and exposure to toxic substances, often the body can no longer keep up with eliminating these substances and they get re-circulated into the bloodstream, stored in the liver, body fat or many other parts of the body severely affecting the operation of those organs and tissues.

In addition to deposits of fatty acids and toxins in the liver, liver cells can begin to die; bile flow can become inhibited making digestion of fats difficult.

In addition to the buildups in the liver, problems can begin to arise in different areas of the body. The gastrointestinal tract can develop microscopic ulcerations, pH imbalances, imbalance in bacteria and fungus, among many other problems.

Sometimes, these buildups are not severe enough to be recognized as diseases unto themselves, yet they can lead to quite a few problems throughout the body and thus literally accelerate the ageing process.

Detoxification is one of the functions of the liver and kidneys but can and should also be supported by modification of the diet and colonic irrigation and juice fasting.

Detoxification aims at alleviating and removing buildups of toxic chemicals as well as other toxins from the body and preventing any related diseases. A holistic healing aiming at improving the diet only and thus requires the natural detoxification functions of the liver and the kidneys can often result in the gradual removal of toxic substances from the body.

However, in many instances, the detoxification tends to be very slow if serious buildups exist in various organs and body parts. Thus, the use of cleansing techniques like the colonic irrigation can be extremely beneficial and is in fact a very effective anti-ageing method.