Carrying more weight than is optimal causes poor health and shortens one's lifespan. This is so obvious, that major corporations (pharmaceutical, food, medicine) have all conspired to keep us fat, and therefore buying their products in a doomed attempt to get thin. Think that's a "conspiracy theory"? Fine…so how do YOU explain your inability to lose weight and keep it off?

I, too, had tried it all. I was obese, with the additional symptoms of obesity: High blood pressure, sleep apnea, and diabetes. I experimented with exercise, the Atkins diet, and more. It wasn't until I discovered toxins are the actual and ultimate reason most people get fat, that I was finally able to shed those excess pounds.

But that sounds like crazy talk when one hears it out of the blue. It only makes sense when one understands how I came to discover it. To that end…here's my journey.

A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 2/6/2007		Page Views: 4,612
Hashtags: #AtkinsDiet
Trying to lose weight…AGAIN…with the Atkins Diet.
Estimated reading time: 6 minute(s) (1372 words)

Two. Hundred. Fifty. Six.

The Day I Mooned Ann Coulter

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 8/17/2007		Page Views: 6,213
Hashtags: #Humor #AnnCoulter #Conservatives #Health #Hydrocolonics
I get my first hydrocolonic as Ann Coulter watches…sort of.
Estimated reading time: 11 minute(s) (2438 words)

I have been thinking of getting a hydrocolonic for some time. (What the heck's that got to do with Ann Coulter, you ask?)

Michael and Paul Join A Gym

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 3/25/2008		Page Views: 4,698
Hashtags: #Humor #Health
Fit or fat? Hard choices.
Estimated reading time: 4 minute(s) (716 words)

My last serious attempt at dieting was the Atkins Diet, two Januarys ago, in preparation for "looking good" (a lost cause at best) on our May cruise. I did lose some weight. But of course the diet ended when the ship left Tampa, because the real purpose of a cruise is to provide a venue for conspicuous overconsumption of food; and my diet never resumed.

Toxins Made Me Fat

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 6/15/2010		Page Views: 5,744
Hashtags: #Health #NaturalHealth #Toxins
How environmental toxins are the secret cause of all our fat woes.
Estimated reading time: 7 minute(s) (1503 words)

Now, the body, which is very delicately and cunningly designed, knows that the toxins are loose and causing problems. So it begins to play with your mind. Just as it makes you look for something to drink when it needs water, it makes you give up on your diet when it needs a safe place to store those toxic molecules. And so the cycle concludes: You give up, gain back the fat you lost, and feel better even though you are heavier than is healthy for you.

My History of Toxins

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 6/16/2010		Page Views: 6,493
Hashtags: #Health #NaturalHealth #Toxins
All about every toxin to which I've been exposed.
Estimated reading time: 6 minute(s) (1319 words)

My upcoming appointment with Dr. Crinnion's office comes with a request that I pre-fill out an 11-page questionnaire. This document is intended to give the examiner a feel for my life-long toxin exposure…a tricky task, since, as we go through our day-to-day lives, we don't usually tally our exposure to various environmental toxins which, by definition, always surround us.

The Toxins Are Whirling, So The Flesh Is Weak

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 6/17/2010		Page Views: 6,713
Hashtags: #Toxins #Health #NaturalHealth
All about my physical complaints.
Estimated reading time: 4 minute(s) (918 words)

I'm 59 years old, and I'm not as frisky as I was when I was, say, 30. Or 40. Or 50, though even then I was starting to fade. The general wisdom in our culture is that this is a normal and unavoidable consequence of age. But is it?

Blood Test

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 6/21/2010		Page Views: 3,398
Hashtags: #Toxins #NaturalHealth #EnvironmentalToxins
All about how I gave my life's blood in the quest for nontoxic living.
Estimated reading time: 3 minute(s) (573 words)

I just got back from my first appointment with my new environmental medicine doctor. The goal: To begin tallying my toxic load, and determine how to reduce it for weight loss and improved health and energy.

Heavy Metal, Man

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 6/23/2010		Page Views: 7,601
Hashtags: #Toxins #NaturalHealth #EnvironmentalToxins
How I got tested for my heavy metal content.
Estimated reading time: 5 minute(s) (1146 words)

So, this morning I had my "Provoked Urinary Toxic Metals Assay". The purpose of this test is to learn which, if any, heavy metals my body has collected and been unable to get rid of all these years. It involved peeing into a bucket, getting an IV, and peeing more into another bucket. A good time was had by all.

Toxin Lab Results

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 7/19/2010		Page Views: 6,095
Hashtags: #Toxins #NaturalHealth #EnvironmentalToxins
I get the lab results detailing exactly how toxic I am.
Estimated reading time: 8 minute(s) (1818 words)

It can be argued that DDT had the immediate, beneficial effect of saving perhaps hundreds of millions of lives from being lost to malaria by killing the mosquitoes that spread it. However, a common insect mutation would eventually have left us with a mosquito population immune to DDT. And because this chemical is so pervasive and long-lasting, it's unchecked use would have eventually destroyed the bird populations that are the mosquito's natural predators. Eventually, malaria would have bounced back, worse than ever.

Shampoo Or Real Poo?

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 7/26/2010		Page Views: 5,559
Hashtags: #Toxins #NaturalHealth #EnvironmentalToxins
How I replaced poisonous personal products with toxin-free choices.
Estimated reading time: 7 minute(s) (1554 words)

"What goes on you, goes in you." This truism is based on the fact that your skin is not only your largest organ, but your largest organ of ingestion. You breathe through your skin—if you are 100% covered with grease or grease-based makeup, you will suffocate even while gasping for breath. You take in minerals from a bath, which is why people soak in hot springs or Epsom Salts. And if you soak in poison, or rub it on your body, your skin absorbs that, too. Plus which, toxins absorbed by the skin are not filtered by the kidneys and liver as they are if they've been eaten. So it's really important to avoid putting toxins on your skin if at all possible.

Blood and Gums

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 8/9/2010		Page Views: 5,733
Hashtags: #NaturalHealth #Toxins #EnvironmentalToxins
I return to the toxin doc and visit a new dentist.
Estimated reading time: 7 minute(s) (1577 words)

It's been a month since my last visit to the Toxin Doc. Today was my scheduled appointment, early actually, at 8:30. And then I had a dentist appointment scheduled at 10. Plus, work. So it's been a busy day but not too busy to share it with you.

Glutathione

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 8/18/2010		Page Views: 3,146
Hashtags: #NaturalHealth #Toxins #EnvironmentalToxins
I get my second glutathione treatment.
Estimated reading time: 3 minute(s) (573 words)

Today I had my second-of-four glutathione treatment.

When Everything Came Out All Right

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 11/23/2010 Updated: 11/23/2010		Page Views: 3,745
Hashtags: #ColonicIrrigation #Health #NaturalHealth
Blog Entry posted November 23, 2010, in which I get my second colonic irrigation.
Estimated reading time: 2 minute(s) (475 words)

I was a little nervous about having a woman administer the colonic. As I explained to Dr. Crinnion, when it comes to having things stuck up my butt, I'm much more used to guys doing it.

Dumping

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 11/30/2010		Page Views: 5,237
Hashtags: #NaturalHealth #ColonicIrrigation
I begin to let old things go.
Estimated reading time: 7 minute(s) (1518 words)

It isn't always easy to let go of things that no longer serve us, especially if they were once treasured and have been held onto for years.