| u eat a good diet and follow healthy eating guidelines | | | | may well make yourself seriously ill. You should never |
| do you need to detox - and if you do, how should | | | | undertake a radical detox without medical supervision, |
| you go about it? The human body is a self-righting | | | | however a simple dietary restriction detox which only |
| mechanism and has an almost infinite capacity to sort | | | | lasts a day or two should not be a problem. |
| out most problems that occur, including dealing with | | | | None of the following should be done for more than |
| the toxins we ingest on a daily basis. If our bodies | | | | two days or you will cause more problems than you |
| were man made machines with all the interlinking | | | | solve. Our digestive systems don't like change very |
| systems that are required, someone once calculated | | | | much and can wreak dreadful vengeance on you! |
| that they would break down every 7 seconds! | | | | One of the simplest detox systems is just to cut out |
| A good, balanced diet which contains all the food | | | | cooked foods for a day or so and eat nothing but |
| groups in moderate amounts will provide your body | | | | raw fruit and vegetables. It is not advisable to eat |
| with everything it needs to function efficiently. | | | | raw meats and fish unless properly prepared. Slightly |
| Provided you don't do anything to deliberately harm | | | | more extreme is to only have freshly prepared |
| your body, such as smoking, drinking to excess or | | | | juices, you can buy ready made juices but it is far |
| taking harmful substances your body is likely to be | | | | better (and cheaper) to invest in a juicer and make |
| able to process and filter out any toxins that you | | | | them yourself. You can put almost anything into a |
| take on board. If you do indulge in any of those | | | | juice to provide the essential nutrients you need |
| habits or if your diet is based on fast and junky food | | | | whist giving your body a rest from the hard work of |
| with lots of empty calories then your body is, in all | | | | digestion. Bought juices often have preservatives in |
| likelihood, overstressed and in need of some support. | | | | them so they don't really help with the detox |
| If you are feeling constantly unwell and picking up | | | | process. |
| lots of bugs your immune system is likely to be | | | | Most extreme is the water fast. Quite simply you |
| struggling. If you are feeling weary or exhausted | | | | have nothing but water for a day, two at the most. |
| when you wake in the morning and you can't get | | | | This gives your body a total rest from the digestive |
| past that feeling then your body is under pressure | | | | process and allows it to cleanse. You should plan to |
| and is sending you a message. If you feel 'muzzy' | | | | rest whilst doing this, it is certainly not something to |
| headed and unable to concentrate there is most likely | | | | be done whilst you are at work. You will also need to |
| something wrong with the self righting systems in | | | | eat sensibly after you finish your fast and to |
| the body. All of these symptoms suggest that the | | | | continue resting for a day or two. |
| body is under pressure, if they have only been going | | | | There are also some proprietary detox products |
| on for a short while then you may well benefit from | | | | which you can buy, however these can be very |
| a gentle detox regime to improve your mental | | | | fierce and strip the body of many essential vitamins |
| alertness and energy level. If the symptoms have | | | | and minerals and would certainly not fit in with any |
| been going on for a while, or if you experience any | | | | sensible healthy eating guidelines. If you do feel it is |
| of these symptoms to a great degree you should | | | | necessary to detox in this way you should not do so |
| check with your medical practitioner in case there is | | | | under any circumstances without first consulting your |
| something else underlying them. | | | | doctor. It is better to adopt a gentler approach that |
| There are some very simple and very basic methods | | | | fits in more with the mechanisms that your own |
| to help our body that don't require too much hardship | | | | body would choose to naturally cleanse and detox |
| - detoxing is all very well, but if you subject your | | | | your system. |
| already weakened system to even more stress you | | | | |