The human body is equipped to detoxify itself through its organs. The lungs, colon, liver, bladder, skin and kidneys clean out the impurities that we ingest from our food, water and air. But poor diets and unhealthy lifestyles put a strain on the body’s ability to keep up and do an efficient job. Harmful toxins such as heavy metals or bacteria, parasites and an overgrowth of candida, viruses and other foreign substances all contribute to a state of unhealthy where the body is more prone to weakness and disease.
Many folks have been taught to believe that to detoxify the body one must follow a strict fasting diet and limit your intake to juices and teas only. Fasting in this manner only deprives the body of necessary fiber, calories, vitamins and minerals and makes it more difficult when returning to a full regular diet.
There is a gentler, healthier yet effective strategy. A better regimen would be to incorporate fresh organic vegetables and fruits into your diet plan or natural body detox or fast along with fresh juices and teas and plenty of clean, pure water. Organic produce is grown without pesticides and is a much healthier option than regular produce. How you cook these fruits and vegetables is also very important. The best option is to steam, broil or bake – or better yet is to eat raw when tolerable. The worst thing to do is eat anything fried in oil or butter. Produce is low in calories, high in nutrients and the fiber is a very necessary part of eliminating toxins from the body. Eating the whole fruit or vegetable also fills you up much better than just liquids such as juice or tea.
Detoxing is a flushing out of unwanted chemicals and debris from your arteries and organs – a cleansing so to speak. Poor diets high in artificial chemicals and ingredients, dangerous fats and sugars, empty calories with no nutritional value are the leading cause of the obesity epidemic we are seeing today. Using a natural body detox plan is a healthy first step in gaining control of your health and will make you feel and sleep better and give you more energy.
As you go through the cleansing detoxification process begin to add foods back into your diet that will become a part of your everyday healthy eating plan. Whole grains, yogurt and legumes as well as fish and eggs are all part of a healthy way of eating.
The natural body detox diet should last from 3 days to no longer than 2 weeks. It is best to never skip meals especially during a detoxification cleansing. Another important component to detoxification is exercise. The skin is your largest organ and excretes toxins through perspiration. A good sweaty workout will get rid of lots of impurities as well as pump up the circulation to help your other organs do their jobs.
Feel better – eat organic produce!
