Natural health: the benefits of detoxing

I have a friend who tells me detoxification is a load of bunk, and that if we were to truly store all of these toxins in our bodies then we would die from poisoning at a young age.

This makes sense, but I am confused because I feel much better when I do a detox. Is it just a placebo effect as he suggests, or is there some benefit to detoxing?

Your friend is correct in that we don’t store every toxin that we consume or absorb in our bodies; this is why we have organs of elimination. There are four main channels of elimination in the human body: respiratory, digestive, urinary, and skin.