Just as your car’s engine can become bogged down from years of engine sludge building, your human engine may be suffering from a similar malady.
As obesity rates skyrocket throughout the US, it has been discovered that another contributing factor to this phenomena would be toxins! They leave our blood stream and find a home in our fat stores – thus engine sludge.
“Scientific evidence shows that certain chemicals block our hormones and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Known “endocrine-disrupting” chemicals, this class of toxins includes PCBs, DDT, dioxin, some pesticides, and many plasticizers, like BPA. These chemicals play an important role in the global epidemic of obesity. Dr. Bruce Blumberg, professor of developmental and cell biology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of California in Irvine believes there’s evidence that industrial pollutants are contributing to America's obesity epidemic. Dr. Blumberg calls those chemicals “obesogens.” (Jose Bravo – Obesity & Chemicals: A matter of Environmental Justice, March 11, 2011)
One specific example that I would like to discuss today is Phthalates. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals that may be linked to obesity and other diseases: Phthalates are plasticizers found in PVC tubing, plastic, cosmetics, shampoos, soaps, lotions, lubricants, paint, pesticides, fragrances and more. One recent study linked a type of phthalate that leaches into processed food with abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in men.
We surround ourselves with them, we slather them all over our body as if they will provide us with the perfect wax job and a showroom shine, however, they are killing us from the outside in.
As science has proven, anything we rub on our skin enters our blood stream within 90 seconds. (That’s why we have so many patches for things these days.) So if we cover ourselves in phthalates and wait 90 seconds, we’ve basically filled our body with these toxins.
One way to begin cleaning your human engine from that sludge is to eliminate your exposure to those toxins.
Just as Castrol GTX can begin to clean that sludge out of your vehicle's engine, a few simple changes in the products you use, personally, can begin cleaning out your human engine!
I am grateful to have found such products that are always safe, always work, and are always green.
When you are ready to discuss which alternatives could be right for you, contact me via e-mail or give me a call! 
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