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What Does Detoxification Have to Do With Digestion

From teas that promise weight loss, to all-day juice diets, there’s a never-ending list of methods that promise a cleaner and healthier inside and outside. With so many methods available, it can be hard to determine those which may be ineffective, or worse, harmful. Let’s explore if there are any effective methods of detoxification to eliminate potential toxins.

Why Does Digestion Go Wrong and What Does Detoxification Have to Do With It?

Hippocrates was once quoted saying that “all disease begins in the gut”. This remains true today as it did thousands of years ago as more and more findings are showing how the digestive system affects us systemically including our brain health, joint health, skin health and overall inflammation.


Our digestive system can be impacted by many factors including:

  • Overeating
  • Gastrointestinal health conditions
  • Side effects of pharmaceuticals
  • Other health conditions influencing gut health
  • Preservatives and additives present in food
  • Incorrect preparation of food alongside microbes present in food


The constant presence of the above means that our detoxification pathways need to be working at their best all the time. Detoxification specifically means the combined ability of the liver, urinary, digestive, respiratory and integumentary (skin) system to eliminate any harmful compounds that are created within or enter the body.

Although our natural detoxification ability should be able to eliminate enough harmful compounds to keep us healthy, in today’s world there is an excess of exposure from multiple sources that can overwhelm our natural detoxification pathways. These sources include not only the foods we eat but also the chemicals in the products and the environment around us.


Enter Enterosgel

Although a range of dietary and lifestyle changes can help support detoxification, the wide range of chemical and toxin overload in our environment can make supplements necessary, especially when digestive conditions such as indigestion, malabsorption, diarrhoea, constipation, food sensitivities and others are also present.

Enterosgel is a silica-based binder that can adsorb a range of harmful chemicals from within the digestive tract and help to eliminate from the body.

It can help with:

  • Easing diarrhoea
  • Preventing or reducing toxic reactions
  • Relieving symptoms of indigestion
  • Removing toxins and irritants from the body
  • Protecting the intestinal wall to promote healing


This inert gel can help support the body’s natural detoxification pathways leading to greater detoxification ability overall.

Find out more about Enterosgel here.

S QLD / N NSW Area Manager

Jessica Morland

Jess is a qualified Nutritionist with a Bachelor of Health Science in Nutritional Medicine. She believes that there is no one size fits all approach and is passionate about educating, inspiring and supporting clients and practitioners with a customised approach to healthcare. Specialties include preconception, pregnancy, post-natal and infant care. 

Jess is excited to build relationships, educate and share her knowledge with both retail and practitioners in South Queensland and Northern NSW.

Lauren Matich, BHSc (Nat.)

Lauren Matich

BHSc (Nat.)

Lauren is an NHAA accredited Clinical Naturopath with a Bachelor of Health Science. She is incredibly passionate about natural health and educating clients on the foundational importance of nutrition, lifestyle and stress management and believes complimenting these building blocks with nutraceutical support and functional testing often holds the key to optimal health and vitality. Lauren looks forward to supporting practitioners and clients in these key areas.

Specialties include supporting thyroid health, digestive disorders and mental health.