1. Achey muscles and/or joints. Often a byproduct of dehydration, aches in muscles or joints mean the muscle tissue and fibers are not getting the nutrition they need, and are often overloaded with unnecessary chemicals or “nutrients.”

2.  Frequent headaches. Another dehydration signal and one associated with improper diet and exercise.  Headaches arise from problems in the blood-flow to the brain.  If there is a high level of toxic residue in your blood stream, it can cause frequent headaches.  This can also happen as a side effect when you body cleanse.  If you’ve ever had a caffeine addiction, you’re familiar with the headaches that arise from a sudden change in the blood stream chemicals, or lack thereof.

3.  Low energy or frequently being tired.  Your body’s vitality affects your mood and motivation levels.  When the body is busy trying to deal with an overload of foreign toxins, it tends to pull back on the abundance of life energy you are normally afforded.  A whole body cleanse can free up the body to give you more zest for your day instead of slaving away processing chemicals for you.

4.  Frequent colds or sickness. In a similar vein, a highly toxic bloodstream often results in a reduction of immune system agents that protect you from disease and foreign germs.  When your body is fighting to process toxins, it doesn’t have as many free resources to defend against invading agents.

5.  Coughs or a sore throat.  Mucus is a byproduct of toxic residue that accumulates in your breathing pathways.  An over-abundance of such residue can result in frequent coughing or sore throats.  Smoke-related pollutants are notorious for this effect.

6.  Runny nose or nasal/sinus congestion.  Many sinus problems are related to overall body chemistry.  Allergies and atmospheric pressure are only components of a larger sinus balance in your system.  If you’re toxic, meaning out of balance, your sinuses will let you know.

7.  Dense or yellow urine. You’ve surely noticed a discoloration or varying coloration in your own urine.  If not, you should check.  The more yellow or cloudy your urine is, the more contaminants and pollutants are being expelled from your body.  This means it’s time to take it easy and let things clear up.  You’ll know when they have because the color will begin to get more clear.

8.  Irregular, painful, or messy bowel movements.  Another touchy subject for some, but you can’t deny the overall digestive process we humans go through when we eat to survive.  If your digestive system is clogged up with toxins that it can’t process fast enough, it will malfunction.  If you have these bowel symptoms, it is sometimes best to perform a total cleanse to clear up the contamination.

9.  Acne or oily skin. Your pores are a key part of the body cleanse process, allowing toxins from your bloodstream to seep out through your skin.  This gets them out of the body where they just cause problems.  However, if this is happening in excess, as happens at adolescence when the body is dealing with a whole new set of hormones and chemical agents in the blood, it may mean you are overly toxic and could use a detox.

10.   Lack of food enjoyment or taste.  This one is a it less obvious but a major factor.  If you notice that regular and healthy foods aren’t satisfying your hunger, it may mean you have formed a dependency or addiction to the toxins you get from other, less healthy sources.  If you drink coffee for a morning jolt, but the caffeine is having less and less of an effect, then you’re reached a critical mass of caffeine in your bloodstream and it is having a reduced effect.  To compensate, perform a body cleanse to rid your body of caffeine (and your dependency on it) for a while.  Then, when/if you return to it, it will be a fresh stimulant to the body once again.

All of these symptoms are influential in self-diagnosing a toxic system.  Pay attention to the signals your body is sending.  It is a perfectly-balanced instrument capable of complete auto-pilot in the health department but you can easily throw it off-balance with poor choices.  Let your symptoms guide you to the root problems, which can often be taken care of with a total body cleanse to get you back on track with a healthy, fresh, clean start.

Environmental Toxins:    Sometimes called exogenous (made outside your body) toxins, environmental toxins include all the chemicals and pollutants that you’re exposed to through air, water, and food.
Common environmental toxins include pesticides, herbicides, prescription and over-the-counter medications, carbon monoxide, triclosan, bisphenol A, phthalates, and volatile organic compounds.
Metabolic Toxins: Sometimes called endogenous (made inside your body) toxins, metabolic toxins are produced by each of your cells as they go about their everyday metabolic processes. Metabolic toxins can also be produced by microorganisms that act on incompletely digested food in your digestive tract.
Environmental Toxins are definitely the more dangerous of the 2 types in that they are all around you and are almost impossible to avoid unless you make positives steps towards eliminating them.  Almost everything that you do involves some sort of environmental toxin.
One thing that most people don’t realize is how prescription and over-the-counter medications can negatively affect your health.  Many people are lured into believing that a “pill” can help solve all of their problems when in all actuality the key to being truly detoxed is learning to live your life without relying on medications.   Society puts such an emphasis on pharmaceuticals that almost every quirk that someone has that makes them unique can be “cured” by taking one prescription pill.

Instead, remember that there are natural, healthy processes for dealing with toxins, poisons, germs, and bacteria.  A body cleanse may be exactly what you need.
A museum that deeply explores the hot-button topic of Psychiatry and the evils associated with it can be found here @ www.cchr.org. They currently have a museum set up in LA, California that explores the deep-rooted problems with Psychiatry and the diagnoses’ that a lot of modern day doctors think are absurd. The exhibit is titled Psychiatry: An Industry Of Death and has been receiving a lot of attention lately.