3/25/08: Safe and Effective Detox Part III
To Your Health! with Dina Khader, MS, RD, CDN Westchester’s Premier Integrative Nutritionist 3/25/08 In the final part of her series on detoxification, Dina discusses her ten lifestyle tips to optimize the detoxification process. Eating right is the first step, but there’s a lot more you can do to get the most from your detox program.
Effective Detoxification
Effective Detoxification
When talking about health and a healthy lifestyle then detox comes into the conversation at some point. There is a lot already said about detoxification; that is to get rid of foreign substances from your body. Toxins come from everywhere, from the food we eat to the air we breathe. In some cases, it’s even absorbed through our skin.
With these toxin in our system, our body does function at peak performance, there is something hindering the normal functions.
Let’s take a great sportsman, such as David Becham. When his busy with one of his photo shoots, promoting a new men’s designer, he is dressed for the occasion in the glove-fitting suit. After the shoot, he goes directly to the LA Galaxy stadium for an important match against their main opponent. But he doesn’t put on his soccer jersey and boots, no just run onto the field in his suit. Nobody care that he doesn’t wear his jersey, he looks good in everything he wears. At the end of the game, he just brushes his suit a little and run of to a prestigious dinner.
I really don’t think that that would be his best game ever. Something is not right, something stand between him and his game. He’ll still perform to some satisfactory level, but not at his peak.
Or maybe he just forgot that he was still wearing the suit. At half time, he looks up at the big screen and sees the suit. Frantic, he run off and put on his boots and jersey.
This is just some comparison to what happens in the case of toxins in our body.
The strange stuff inside our bodies are useful somewhere else, like a suit at a nice dinner. But in our bodies they’re harmful. That’s why our bodies still can function, but not optimally.
When is the best time to detox?
At the time we’re thinking about detoxifying ourselves, it’s normally when a lot of different symptoms show up. Our skin looks terrible, we feel tired most of the time. Headaches and muscle pains are also sometimes of the common signs.
Best is to come into a routine of regular detox, to prevent excessive build-up of toxins. In this little article, we’ll explore some ways to cleanse your system in from excessive build-up and to get into the good habit of a healthier lifestyle. Best is to detox on a regular bases.
Spring Clean
The signs of toxin build-up are evident, even under the thickest layer of make-up. Now you are looking for a way to get rid of the pimples, inside out.
You have basically two routes to take to your destination. One is the fast track, the other is the gradual climb.
When I say fast, I literally mean fast. Quit eating. Nope, not a partial fast, where you eat only grapes and drink green tea, not that. Quit eating completely.
Fasting is a very old method, but I don’t know whether the people from ancient times realised the complete effect that it has on them. It’s so good for your health, your mind, your emotions and your spirituality.
The most ancient writings I have available on fasting are the Bible. There is already a comprehensive guide to effective fasting. Later studies en writings only complement what is written in the Bible. Here we find fast lasting only a part of a day, up to 40 days. Medical research showed that 40 days is the ultimate. Longer periods than that brings damage. But up to 40 days, will do no harm.
For detox purposes I’d recommend a short fast. If you’d like to take on longer fasts, get at least comprehensive book about the subject. There are three options for the short fast: Part of a day, a whole day or up to three days.
For a part of the day, don’t eat anything. (This is not the part between breakfast and lunch.J) Skip at least two meals and eat the third on the normal time. Let’s say you eat dinner. The next meal you eat is dinner the following day.
When fasting a whole day, you eat dinner one evening, eat nothing during the next day and start eating again at breakfast the following day. This is one I’d recommend.
Fasting for two or three days becomes a little complicated, but with a longer chance to get rid of unwanted stuff. When you resume eating, the first two meals should be foods that is easily digested and well absorbed. Light meals such as fruits and vegetables are perfect.
When fasting, drink only water. Period. No green tea, no flavoured water, no coffee or cold drinks, just water. And drink at least 2 litres of water. It will do only good if you drink even more.
If you don’t want to quit eating, even for two meals, no problem. Then there is a more moderate method, the gradual way.
This is a week long program and easy to follow. For 5 to 7 days, just eat steamed or fresh fruit and vegetables and a good quality meal replacement shakes. Drink the shake at breakfast, eat 5 to 10 portions fruit and veggies during the day and another shake in the evening.
Please note that it needs to be a good quality shake, not the R50 tin in the pharmacy with the girl in the bikini on the cover. Rather buy it from a direct selling company, where you can get personal attention from the person selling it. And in general, the products from direct selling companies are very high quality. Make sure that you get enough protein in with this plan. Ladies should consume approximately 60-80g of protein daily and men 120-150g.
When you buy fruit and vegetables, try to buy organic. Organic food is by far the better choice, because there are no chemical fertilizers or pesticides used on organic products. In other words there is no toxin in or on these products. All and all, it is the healthiest choice to make.
You can use either of these methods as often as you like. When fasting a day or shorter, you could do it from once a week to once a month. When choosing the week long steamed veggies, do it at least every three months.
When undertaking regular dotox sessions, like these above, you are beginning to get into a routine of continuous cleansing.
Prevention is better than cure.
Rather prevent toxin from entering your system, than trying to get it out. Here are a couple of tips on how to keep most of the toxins out.
1. Eat healthy
These are very general guidelines, stuff you know already, but it’s good to hear it all at once.
Buy rather whole foods than processed or refined food. That is crushed wheat instead of white pasta, or fresh vegetables rather than diced, frozen veggies.
Buy organic, whenever possible.
Stay away from junk food and ready packed snacks.
Drink at least 2 litres water daily.
Use different natural supplements to enhance different body functions.
Take fibre supplements daily.
2. Exercise regularly
Work up a sweat at every exercise session. Different toxins get eliminated in sweat than in other ways of elimination.
Exercise also improves circulation. Better circulation removes toxins faster from the cells and delivers it in the liver and kidneys.
Rest just enough, not too much, not too little. This includes your sleep patterns, your daily recreation as well as your vacations. (Vacations is not a luxury, it’s a necessity for your health.)
3. Get health related tools
There is a couple of equipment that is recommended for keeping toxins at bay.
Ozone generator. Super oxygen works miracles when it comes to the fight against and the elimination of toxins. Just read a couple of positive studies on the internet about ozone.
Drink purified water. Water purifiers are very common these days. When choosing a purifier, take systems where the useful minerals remain in the water.
Get an air purifier. These systems remove most of the dust and airborne bacteria from the air.
Clean your house and office with a great vacuum cleaner. There are two brands available in South Africa which competes for the first place in effectiveness. I’d recommend any one of those. (That is not the systems sold on TV, but used to be sold by door to door salesmen.)
Use healthy cooking techniques. Use a convection oven, rather than a microwave oven. Steam your food rather to boil it. There is nice equipment to steam your food. This time you can buy the one that is advertised on TV.
Put these things on your goal sheet or on your family Christmas wish list, but make sure to get these tools over time.
Something else you should take note of is to stay regular with elimination. Food shouldn’t stay longer than 24 hours in your system. (Sorry for the ugly detail, but…) When it stay longer in your system it begins to rot and it become a new source of toxins.
Luke warm green tea or ginger extract first thing in the morning, on a empty stomach helps a great deal to stay regular. That is on top of your daily fibre supplements and 2? water. Please stay away from laxatives, it’s very harmful to your digestive system. Pick a time of day that you could spend every day on the throne. Get a time when you’re relaxed. If you think back a little, you might find a time of day that is the most likely that you need to go naturally. Make this your regular time.
Supplements
It is fairly common knowledge these days that we all need food supplements. Even the healthiest of us needs it. Specifically when we’re talking about detoxification, supplements play a major role.
Fact is that with proper nutrition our bodies just function better. A second reason is that most natural supplements are free of toxins, so in that case you’re doing better than with normal foodstuff. Further is there supplements available that assist especially the immune and elimination systems.
Some tips on choosing a supplemental range.
Stick to one brand. Most brands’ products are in balance with each other.
Only use top quality natural supplements. These are normally not available at retail stores and pharmacies.
Look for personal service when choosing a range. Get all your questions answered by a real person and make sure the products are targeted on your specific needs.
There are some nutrients that are great for detoxification. The omega fatty acid-range helps with circulation. Anti-oxidants are perfect for protecting cells against damage. And fibre is irreplaceable when it come detoxification. Make sure that this supplement contains both types of fibre. One type is only used in the digestive system. The other is absorbed into the bloodstream and distributed through the body.
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The motto he base his work on is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. “The First Wealth is Health.”
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Francois du Toit has two degrees related to counselling. He realised that prevention is more powerful than cure. As a counsellor, he regularly worked with cases that needed curing. So he combined his professional knowledge with his passion for great health and became a wellness coach.
The motto he base his work on is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. ?The First Wealth is Health.?
If your health is important to you and you found this article helpful, join Francois? personal coaching service. It includes the designing of a personalised program for healthy eating, effective exercise and the right mindset. This program is designed around your goals, personality, schedule and other preferences. This is an exclusive service where he works with only 50 clients who want to take their health to the next level. Find out more at http://feelgreat.bravehost.com.
Body Cleansing Detoxification: The 5 Most Effective Methods
Today’s world is full of ways to get toxins into your body. The trick is to find ways to eliminate those toxins at the same rate or faster than they are introduced. Finding a body cleansing detoxification method that does more help than harm is important.
We are constantly bombarded with chemicals in the foods we eat, liquids we drink and even the air we breathe. Bentonite, Benzene, Benzoic Acid, BHA, BHT, Bronopol and Butylparaben may not be common terms in our vocabulary but they are relatively common toxic substances found in cosmetics, foods and cleansers. This is bad enough but there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
Our bodies do a pretty good job of eliminating toxins by filtering them out in the kidneys and liver then eliminating them through sweat and our excretory system. The problem comes when these natural systems for detoxifying get overwhelmed and cannot keep up, creating toxic overload. The results can cause respiratory, digestive and many other general health problems.
The good news is that there are ways to help your body rid itself of accumulated poisons, such as:
-Changes in diet
-Herbal body wraps
-Herbal supplements
-Cleansing plans
-Saunas
Often people will change their diets either temporarily or for extended periods of time in an attempt to cleanse their systems. Many of the toxins we accumulate come from the food we eat. Processed foods are famous for their toxic content but even more natural foods like fruits and vegetables contain pesticides, herbicides and artificial hormones among other things.
Fasting, eating organic whole foods, mainly vegetables, and drinking lots of fluids especially water, is a common basis for these detox diets. Periodic use of this cleansing method does “clean you out” but should be used cautiously over extended periods of time. There are many essential elements required in a healthy diet and some of those may be neglected if this type of restricted diet is overdone.
Herbal body wraps usually consist of covering your body some mixture that includes clay, salts, water and a few other ingredients like oils. The idea is that the salt draws water from the skin bringing the toxins with it. The toxins are drawn out of the cells when cellular fluid is removed from the cells to replace the excessive amount of water being pulled from the skin.
This generally involves lying in a room covered with this mixture for up to an hour or more. There is an easier way that I will discuss later on. It is important to drink plenty of fluids afterwards to replace the water that has been flushed from your body.
Herbal supplements, normally in the form of pills, can also be used to cleanse your body. Increasing the level of antioxidants, certain vitamins and minerals can have an effect on the way your body functions. This change can include the more efficient excretion of toxins. It becomes a fairly tricky business when you alter the basic chemistry of your body so before embarking on a journey of this nature be sure to have a complete understanding of the entire process. Your doctor, not just the Internet, should have a major role in whatever plan of action you choose.
Some people go to a spa or seek out an established program when they want to use a tissue cleansing plan. Many plans consist of regimented daily schedules of enemas then cleansing drinks and liquid supplements. This series is repeated periodically during the day. Lasting a week or more, this method obviously takes commitment, dedication and a carefully calculated program. You need to be sure the program comes from a reputable source and is administered with sufficient guidance.
My favorite and arguably the easiest (my kind of plan) is the use of a sauna for detoxification. The main way toxins are eliminated is through the excretory system. Elimination of solids and liquid urine are the paths that come to mind immediately. The truth is, however, that the process of sweating also eliminates surprisingly large quantities of fluids. Excessive sweating, as in a sauna, dramatically increases the rate that toxins are included with the sweat. This happens because many of the toxins are found within the cellular fluid.
The first fluids to be “sweated out” come from the fluid surrounding the cells. With excessive or prolonged sweating the fluids within the cells are flushed out to replace the fluids surrounding the cell and the dissolved toxins go along for the ride. There have been cased when individuals have been exposed to very high levels of a specific contaminant and used a sauna to detox themselves. The toxin was eliminated in such high concentrations that they could actually smell the particular chemical as it was excreted in the sweat.
All of these body cleansing detoxification methods work and have their own advantages and disadvantages. The one that is best is, as they say “the one that you will actually use”. Today’s home sauna options offer such surprisingly low cost and ease of operation that it is no wonder they are becoming the method of choice for so many families.
This method is much less harsh and more enjoyable than any of the others. In fact I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that it is the only body cleansing mentioned that anyone would do even if it didn’t have the detoxification benefits.
Mike Hirn is a longtime sauna enthusiast. His website supplies a wealth of information about detoxification and other health benefits of home saunas.
http://www.the-home-sauna-center.com
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7 Effective Homemade Colon Cleansing Diet
There are many different homemade colon cleansing diets in the market. These are also called the eliminative diets which are the most common diets and simple to use. All of them achieve almost the same results through feeding the body with less and simple foods, in simple combinations and with more liquids.
The following are the 7 effective homemade colon cleansing diet. Whichever methods you choose, it’s important that you take sufficient rest and exercise.
1. Bulk Diet: Intestinal Cleanser/Detoxification
There are many bulk in the markets which can be purchased in organic shops. These are good elimination diet but you must follow directions as indicated. If you have already had a sluggish bowel, you may need to do an enema or a Colema cleansing to help move your bowel. You may take fruits, vegetable or fruit juices once in mid morning and afternoon to help elimination.
2. Chlorophyll Diet:
This is a diet using 1 teaspoon liquid chlorophyll into a glass of water (preferably distilled) in every 3 hours. Chlorophyll has high level of iron to attract oxygen to your body to neutralize toxic wastes. This is a master-cleansing diet for all catarrhal problems. You may use this diet for 3-4 days prior to fasting or any other kinds of diet to remove catarrhal conditions effectively.
3. Carrot Juice Diet:
This diet is taking one glass of carrot juice every 1.5 hours for a week, 10 days or for a month as you like. It helps in the elimination of mucus and catarrh from the bowel. However, carrot juice alone is not a whole and perfect food and hence, you need to get off of it at a certain time.
4. Watermelon Flush:
This is good for cleansing of the kidneys and you may be on it for 4-5 days. It helps to eliminate debris and toxic materials from the bowel effectively.
5. Grapes Diet:
It is advisable to use grapes with seeds, using approximately 4 pounds a day, and average of 1 pound every 3 hours, for about 5-10 days. You may chew its seeds and skins. Grape skins has high potassium-a great cleanser and detoxifier in the body. It is best work with a colema wash.
6. Potato Peeling Broth:
This broth has high potassium which is efficient for neutralizing long accumulated acidic and toxic wastes in the body, as in arthritis and rheumatism. Dosage is 2 cups/day for 1-2 months along with your regular diet.
7. Herbal Teas:
All herbal teas are useful. You may use parsley tea or juniper berries tea for kidneys, peppermint tea or chamomile tea for stomach problems, comfrey or fenugreek tea for lungs congestions, flaxseed tea for inflammation and irritation in the bowel and stomach ulcer.
It is important to note that the above are diets for detoxification and are not diets for you to be on all the time. You must get OFF these diets and get back to a healthy way of living. For those with severe constipation and sluggish bowel tone, you may still need physical washing of the colon using enema, colema or colon hydrotherapy. These diets can be a great support to enhance these cleansing therapies.
Alex Liu is very passionate with colon cleansing and how it made a difference to many people. He is building this Colon Hydrotherapy Guide site professional Colon Therapist. You’ll get interesting facts and must-know knowledge about Colon Cleansing and how Colema Board can effectively cleanse your body systems.