Detoxification Tips

• Eating a healthy diet ensures that you get proper nutrition and helps the cleansing process. Eat plenty of fiber, including brown rice and organically-grown fresh fruits and vegetables. Beets, radishes, artichokes, cabbage, broccoli, spirulina, chlorella, and seaweed are excellent detoxifying foods.
• Avoid foods that contain additives or are nutritionally bankrupt. Avoid sugar, salt, saturated fats, caffeine, cigarettes, and alcohol, all of which act as toxins in the body and are obstacles to your healing process.
• Avoid meat, as animal protein puts a tremendous strain on the digestive system.
• Eat yogurt, as this helps maintain a proper bacterial balance.
  
• The use of antioxidants, like vitamins A, E, and especially C, is very essential for detoxification. Antioxidants are involved with helping cells to neutralize free radicals that can cause mutations and cellular damage.
• Cleanse and protect the liver by taking herbs such as dandelion root, burdock and milk thistle, and drinking green tea.
• Drinking water is instrumental in detoxification. Water flushes toxins and waste from the body and transports nutrients to where they are needed. Try to drink at least 2 quarts of pure water per day.
• Baths, saunas and steam rooms are great for removing toxins from the skin and regenerating health and energy. Hot water increases blood flow and capillary action near the surface of the skin, causing faster release of toxins. The heat also increases sweating and opens up pores. It has been documented that our skin's sweat glands when combined can perform as much detoxification as kidneys. Therefore, it is very important to support our skin for detoxification to be maximal. If our kidneys are damaged, then helping the skin will help the kidneys indirectly, but effectively.
• Skin Brushing helps the skin to remove its outer dead layers and keep the pores open. Besides brushing, one can try toweling off vigorously until the skin is slightly red after bathing. Thus, towels have to be changed regularly as they may contain toxins.
• When the bowels slow down, toxins are not eliminated and are reabsorbed and carried back to the liver for recycling and elimination. The easiest way to get the bowels moving is by using a high fiber diet consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables. One of the best ways to improve the bowel function is with herbal remedies that act as bowel stimulants or laxatives.
• Colon cleansing has been used for 4000 years as a health practice of detoxification. Through this process, the large intestine or colon can be healed, rebuilt and finally restored to its natural size, normal shape and correct function.
• Lack of exercise contributes to toxicity. Exercising stimulates body systems so that metabolic efficiency is stepped up. Walking, aerobics, sports, stretching and light exercise can assist detoxification.
  
• Use all-natural products for personal hygiene. Look for alternatives to the chemically items offered in most stores. Using organic products decreases the number of preservatives and chemical additives your skin comes into contact with and therefore, that may enter your body.
• Use natural cleaning products. Minimize use of chemical-based household cleaners and personal health care products (cleansers, shampoos, deodorants and toothpastes), and substitute natural alternatives.
• Taking herbal supplements is the most convenient form of detoxification for those with a busy lifestyle. Using herbs, fiber, and supplements can be very important to a cleansing program. Many herbs facilitate the cleansing program and contribute important vitamins and minerals. Fiber "sweeps" the digestive tract clean and quickens the transit time of waste elimination. It absorbs toxins and escorts them out of the body. A probiotic supplement helps balance the good and bad bacteria in the digestive tract. Milk thistle supports liver function. Herbs such as garlic, red clover, echinacea, or cayenne may also induce some detoxification.
• Daily bath using natural soaps is essential. Take care of your skin using only natural oils and natural products. Detoxification baths should be done once a week and maintenance once a month.
• Natural fiber clothing is favored over synthetic fiber as the former can help eliminate toxins.
• Practice hydrotherapy by taking a very hot shower for five minutes, allowing the water to run on your back. Follow with cold water for 30 seconds. Do this three times, and then get into bed for 30 minutes.
• Breathe deeply to allow oxygen to circulate more completely through your system.