We've found the fountain of eternal youth... It's called E3Live! Try it for yourself!

Search This Blog

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Tips for Detox: Do Detox Diets Really Work?

Like in life, the more willing you are to ask for help, the more likely you are to have people show up that can assist you.  So, if you’re trying to learn how to detox safely and effectively, using the proper supplements or fruits and vegetables, then you’ll be ready if you do enough research.  That’s because there are many online resources to teach you about this topic.  Short of a “detox your body” manual, we hope this site will help you get some answers to your questions.  When you’re pondering a difficult topic like how to clean out your body from years of toxic build up, you should do some due diligence.  Once you’re comfortable with having filled your mind with the proper ways of embarking on your detox program, you will be more properly prepared mentally to proceed.  So, how does one detox with ease as this article’s title suggests?  Well, you have to start with the basics.  The basics start with defining what would qualify as a detox diet and what is just eating a big salad every day.
Don’t Confuse Fasting With Detoxing
detox_your_body_fasting.jpg
Fasting has been a part of not only many diets but spiritual traditions as well.
This is a common problem or distinction that needs to be made.  And the distinction is quite a simple one, just important.  Fasting implies that no food is being consumed as part of the detoxification.  This is not what this is about as a way to detox your body.  We offer advice and info about how to detox using proper organic foods, supplementation with teas or even doing an herbal detox which involves specific plants and herbs to help you clean out your system.  With the right dietary choices, you can do a proper detox without fasting.  Sometimes, a fast is recommended for a person who has a tremendous amount of ambition, or weight to lose and has less information.  Often times, a fast is not the best way to lose weight or detox your body.  The best way can vary person to person, but usually includes hydration as a key component.  So, fasting can be part of a detox, but it may include supplements and any number of a variety of drinks or teas.  So, in this sense, it isn’t like you are eating and drinking nothing in order to lose weight or otherwise detox the body.
Detox Your Body One Choice At A Time
Basically, as you learn how to detox, you will be faced with many challenges emotionally as well as physically.  It isn’t strictly your body that will be going through this cleanse.  Your mind will be going through it too.  In fact, many in the health care professions use the term body-mind now, to indicate how there really is no separation. In any case, a body detoxification process is both a challenge and opportunity for you to pay attention to other ways in which you live your life.  The toxins you are trying to eliminate from your body got there somehow.  What types of choices do you (or did you) make that got you to this point in the first place?  Part of learning how to detox your body is that many of these old behaviors and patterns will show up again and again for you to address in your life.  The more completely you address them, the more beneficial each future cleansing process will be for you.

No comments:

Post a Comment