Foods That Detox The Body
Foods that detox the body, will put you on the road to better health and looking younger.
An all natural detox diet is essentially cleaning out your system, helping improve your skin texture and reducing wrinkles.
Unfortunately toxins are everywhere, and our bodies become toxic both internally and externally, by doing a detox you are able to help the body expel these toxins, and renew its self.
Toxins eliminate through the body’s own natural process, the skin, livers, digestive tract and respiratory system.
First, the body will release toxins through the gut, and whatever does not go through the gut, will go into the blood stream and pass through the liver, which then flushes them out.
The problem therein lies, if toxins do not get flushed out, they end up in your lymph system (a clear to yellowish watery fluid which is found throughout the body) and blood system.
It has become virtually impossible to eliminate chemicals from our environment, which leaves us with only one option, to cleanse our body of these chemicals periodically, by doing an all natural detox.
By detoxing your body you are providing a better place for nutrients to be easily absorbed, wastes to be expelled and enhancing the body’s own healing system, you will also;
- Eliminate pesticides/environmental toxins from the skin.
- Help clear cellulite and improve skin tone.
- May assist in losing weight
- Can energize the body and relax the mind.
A lot of people are confused with detoxing because they presume it is about fasting, drinking only water, juice fasting, or a combination of water and juice. The truth is your body needs nutrients and energy, if you are fasting on water or juice only, it will make detoxing for your body much harder to do.
How To Detox
- Eliminate coffee, cigarettes, saturated fats and refined sugars.
- Try to minimise the chemical based cleaners you have and personal health care products, such as deodorants and shampoos, go for a natural alternative instead.
- Take Vitamin C as this helps the body produce glutathione, a liver compound which helps drive out toxins.
- Drink at least 2 litres of water or herbal teas.
- The best herbal teas to drink when detoxing are dandelion, white tea and milk thistle.
- Put half a lemon to warm water, this helps stimulate the liver.
- Add epsom salt in the bath to help draw out toxins.
It can be very beneficial to take a detox supplement to help clean the body of toxins.
I find running around after two children, going on a natural detox diet makes it easier for me to get all the benefits of a toxin free body.
Milk thistle is a good one to take; studies suggest active substances in milk thistle (particularly silymarin) can help protect the liver from damage caused by toxins, certain drugs and alcohol.
Many herbalists will recommend the benefits of milk thistle, for the prevention and/or treatment of various liver disorders including hepatitis, fatty liver associated with long term alcohol use, and liver damage from drugs.
Milk thistle works by raising glutathione, a protective protein in your body. Glutathione is a very powerful natural detoxifier that is in each and every one of your cells. Without it, you would die from the accumulation of toxins.
When taking a supplement always make sure it has no additives, I have been taking supplements for years and I am very careful about what brands I buy.
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June 25th, 2009 at
when detoxifying the body, i find it much better to use natural products rather than those synthetic detox products. that is why i always go after the natural detox way. but for convenience. those commercial detox kits are pretty much better..
April 21st, 2010 at
Very interrsting, I have leart a lot. Thank you very much, I will do it.
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