The Use of Toxin Binders
Lucas Figueroa is a Licensed Naturopath practicing in Puerto Rico and Texas, specializes in proactive prevention and treatment, combining holistic healing methods with traditional solutions to medical illness. Providing both individual and family care, the most common ailments treated are cancer, chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory,... more
Toxins can come from our external environment, but also by products of internal imbalance. For example, in cases of leaky gut, food poisoning, parasitic, bacterial, virus or mold infections.
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL from wood, peat or coconut shell and bamboo be used as a general toxin binder on an empty stomach first thing in the morning or last thing at night.
BENTONITE CLAY once mixed with water has a negative charge, it gains a spongy texture and can be used to absorb toxins, heavy metals, virus, and bacteria. Also, can be use in a bath to draw out toxins.
FRENCH GREEN CLAY is a type of mineral composed of decomposed plant material and trace minerals such as calcium, aluminum, magnesium, silica, phosphorous, copper, and zinc. It is effective in inhibiting Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Mycobacterium marinum.
OREGON BLUE CLAY has antibacterial properties and abilities against strains of pseudomonas, staphylococcus, MRSA, salmonella, Mycobacterium ulcerans, and E. coli.
CHORELLA PYRENOIDOSA taking away from food mobilize and bind heavy metals, including radioactive metals present after a nuclear accident or radiation therapy.
PECTIN is an excellent chelator of heavy metals, particularly lead.
SILICA has a high affinity for aluminum, as well as mercury, cadmium, and lead. Reduces circulating levels of mycotoxins, which are byproducts of toxic molds and endotoxin released by pathogenic bacteria in the gut that causes inflammation and the symptoms of food poisoning.
ZEOLITE is useful for binding heavy metals such as mercury and lead. It decreases levels of pathogenic gut bacteria, mold toxin, and zonulin a molecule that damages the tight junctions that bind intestinal epithelial cells together.
HUMIC and FULVIC ACIDS absorbs heavy metals, including cadmium and lead, and binds glyphosate and benzo-a-pyrene.
