CHLORINE
Chlorine is a necessary part of our cell make-up. It forms part of the hydrochloric acid in our stomachs.
Fish, meats, eggs and vegetables all contain naturally occuring chlorine. We get additional chlorine from table salt, which is known as sodium chloride, which is really not the best thing.
Natural, dietary chlorine helps in the digestion of food and forms part of cell fluids.
It helps to maintain the health of the lymph system
It helps to maintain correct acidity of blood
It helps to maintain correct action of the liver.
However, too much chlorine destroys intestinal flora which can upset your digestion and inhibit absorption of valuable Vitamins, Minerals and fats.
The most common way in which we overdose ourselves on chlorine is through the chlorination of water, which is something most of us have to live with these days.
Water is chlorinated to protect us from diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever and many other life-threatening diseases which previously were a threat before the practice of chlorinating water was adopted. However, the many side effects from drinking chlorinating water would suggest that it really is better not to drink it at all if you can possibly avoid it.
If you drink a lot of water, or tea, or coffee, then you will be ingesting high amounts of, not just chlorine, but also fluroide, and aluminium. Filtering your water to rid it of the chlorine in your water supply, or boiling your tap water, or letting it stand in the sunlight in a green bottle for several hours, are several options to consider for minimizing the chlorine in your water. However, these treatments do not necessarily remove all the harmful or un-wanted additives which are in tap water.
One helpful tip: The volume of some chemicals in treated water can be reduced, and their toxicity negated, by putting fresh grass or some fresh garden herbs into a bottle of water which is then left in the sun
for an hour before straining.
Drinking chlorinated water affects our digestion on a long term basis.
The effect of absorbing too much chlorine can be felt after you have bathed in a swimming pool for half an hour or so: this causes excess chlorine to be absorbed through the pores of the skin. From there, it enters the bloodstream: Heart palpitations, weak pulse, pins and needles, numbness in the limbs, and dizziness, are some symptoms which can be experienced by sensitive people when they are exposed to excessive chlorine such as the amounts found in swimming pools.
The kidneys have to work hard to eliminate this surplus: this can tire the kidneys, which often results in a candida infection, or some other urinary tract infection after swimming in chlorinated pools. People often think that they have ‘caught’ something’ in these pools, and in a way they probably have, but it is the chlorine which sets the climate for bugs to invade, as it kills off the friendly bacteria in your body, lowers immunity, and tires and
weakens the kidneys as they try to cope with the overload.