Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Detoxification - An Ancient Ritual Diet

By James Steele


Much has been written about the detox diet (detoxification) over the decades. It seems the past ten years, roughly, have seen an explosion of these diets. The basic principle is the same across all of them, and that is to use foods (or liquids) to help your body get rid of toxins. First, we must caution you and suggest you talk to your doctor before embarking on any kind of detox diet. Many people turn to this overall approach when they want to lose weight. While it is possible to achieve that, we feel the loss will be temporary for a variety of reasons. We will talk more about the detox diet in the rest of this article.

There are two basic approaches with many types of detox diets. First, the diet calls for avoiding foods that are known to introduce toxins in your body. Naturally, that is probably something every person should do, anyway. Secondly, the particular diet will recommend you eat foods, or drink liquids, that support the body's ability to process and eliminate toxins. There is a fairly large variety of detox diets, and frequently they also require that your intake of calories is reduced, as well. You will find some that have you eat much smaller portions or even go on liquid fasting such as with juices, only.

It is important to obtain a good amount of information on the specific detox diet you are thinking about. This is because certain ones are more strict and hard. Some detox diets are fairly gentle and will not cause excessive stress on your body. There is a range of suggested durations for many diets of this kind such as three, five or seven days. Your shape should be respectable if you want to endeavor this diet for an extended period of time. A fast in which only water, or juice, is consumed has long been known for its ability to flush toxins from the body. However, a lot of the public attain this in an environment that is controlled where skilled supervision can watch you.

One of the main purposes of the liver is to purify your blood. Not surprisingly, some herbal detox support blends and individual plants provide direct support for optimal liver function. Many substances are good for cleaning the liver, and some of these are Milk Thistle, which might be the best, and also Burdock root and Chlorella. A healthy liver is important for creating enzymes and antioxidants, which are necessary ingredients for detoxification. Another large organ involved with detoxification is your skin - the largest organ we have. Keeping the skin clean is important, so a couple times a week you should simply brush it. Dry brushing helps remove dead skin cells, thus keeping the skin pores open and stimulating blood flow.

Used for millenniums, detox diets have been seen in different cultures and in different forms. In truth, this is considered a different type of medicine or methods and it has created debates within the Western medicine community. Do venture out in this area carefully and at a slow pace.




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