Learn To Detox Your Body To Boost Your Health

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September 22, 2008

A few years ago my health was bottoming out and I was feeling completely out of it virtually all the time. I’d had several visits with my doctor, and every time I was told the same thing – you’re fine it must be stress.

A friend of mine, who also happened to be a physiotherapist, suggested I would likely benefit from a detox diet, and take some time to learn how to detox the body and understand the impact of toxins on my health. It looked like detoxing had a lot of health benefits, so figured it was a worthy investment of my time to at least check it out, and get to grips with what is really involved and why the natural health industry advocate doing a detox and suggest getting started with the 7 day detox so strongly.

Another thing she suggested to me was to try a detox foot patch. I now use a foot spa about twice a week, if you don’t want to invest in a foot spa, the detox patches can work just as well – but doing it this way you miss out on the relaxing foot massage at the same time

There are some very simple things you can do to help detox your body.

Herbal teas are just as good as water

Making sure you take in plenty of fluids is very important while you are following a detox diet as it will help your body flush out all the toxins. Drinking plenty of water also has other health benefits like promoting regular bowel movements, reduce bloating, and helps reduce the signs of aging by plumping up your skin. Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water each day (about 2 liters), but increase that when the weather is hot.

As a guideline, aim to drink an extra half liter of water for every hour you exercise. The best water to drink is home filtered tap water, or boiled water which has cooled, or bottled water. Try to store your water at room temperature rather than in the fridge. Feel free to substitute herbal teas if you can’t face all that water – loose leaf is better than tea bags as it hasn’t been processed as much. Peppermint, camomile, dandelion root, horsetail and yarrow are particularly good as their additional properties help the detox process. Green tea and redbush has extra punch as it is very high in OPC antioxidants.

That Seems Like A Lot of Water

Although drinking 8 big glasses of water a day seems hard, here’s a few tips that will help. Start the day by drinking a glass of water with a little root ginger or some fresh lemon juice when you rise – it’s the perfect way to start up your metabolism and bowel – then aim to drink little and often throughout the day.

Have a glass before each meal, if you make tea of coffee during the day drink water as well, another during the evening and one more glass when you’re getting ready for bed. As I mentioned above, you can replace some glasses of water with herbal teas.

Eat Foods As Close To Their Natural State As Possible

Try buying farm fresh food and juice or blend them for maximum benefit or just eat them raw, for example as snacks, crudites, salads, and juices. Raw fruits and veg are still full of all their natural enzymes, vitamins and minerals. If food is kept too long, or when it is cooked or preserved, it kills the natural enzymes.

Try to buy your fruits and veg locally, ideally at farms and markets in your area Food imported internationally tends to be picked underripe (so it will be short of it’s full vitamin and mineral supply) and will have a longer time to lose nutrients on it’s trip to the supermarkets.

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