5. Matrix Detox Mechanism
The matrix has been forgotten for many years. It is now coming back into modern medicine because of its importance for the cell's surroundings, and the cell needs to be in contact with all the matrix around it. If that contact or the communication goes wrong, cellular diseases such as cancer develop. The matrix can also store toxins, however; it will bind to some of these proteins in the matrix. It can be bound there for years and cause autoimmunity; it also causes cellular disease. One of the aims of detoxification must therefore be to support, clean and remove toxins from the matrix.
The extracellular matrix (ground regulation system) is the next line of defense in the fight against toxins (Figure 8). If the autoregulatory system fails to successfully excrete the culprit, the body will store the toxin in either the connective tissue or the fat tissue until another attempt can be made to deal with it. Often in dysregulation, the process is not easily reversed, and toxins can stay in the body for years, if not a lifetime, if detoxification is not facilitated.