What happens when you detox?

Detoxification or cleansing is very misunderstood. Cleansing allows the body to eliminate used wastes and toxins and helps improve our health as it removes harmful substances we in-hail, ingest and are exposed to every day.

Most people think of a cleansing program or detox as a way to purge their system of the poor food they have eaten and think of this a away to lose weight. While it certainly helps with weight loss, cleansing or detoxing is also a valuable and healthy process for those who have undergone heavy pharmaceutical intravenous drugs, or who have been hospitalized. It' also a must for anyone who has (or suspects they have) any food intolerance's and always essential if you've been diagnosed with yeast overgrowth (Candida)

What are the benefits?

All detoxing programs that are worth their salt so to speak must include a remove and replace component. This means taking out foods that are really garbage & non-foods as well as those foods that are know to be reactive (those foods like gluten, dairy, soy etc.. that commonly cause an allergic immune responds). These non- foods/toxic foods are replaced with whole foods (think lots of fresh green and brightly colored  produce) healthy fats and proteins and of course plenty of filtered water. This helps your body process metabolites better because your reducing the load on your liver when your doing a detox. Cleansing or detoxing also helps re-balance the body due to consumption of more alkalizing foods. Any safe detox program needs to be done for several weeks and should include specific therapeutic and supportive supplements to ensure proper removal of toxins through the two stages of the process.

More about what actually happens when you detox -

While the body is always naturally detoxing these days our bodies are exposed to many more contaminates than ever before due to commercially farmed food, processed foods, pharmaceutical medications, stuff we put on our bodies and all the pollutants in our environment; both in the home and outdoors. Over time this overload slows down the body's ability to process and remove toxins and they build up - especially in fat stores. 

The skin, lymph, lungs, kidneys and liver are all major pathways of the body for detoxifying, but the liver does the heavy lifting. When the liver is over worked and over burdened by medications, alcohol, caffeine; poor food choices and environmental toxins proper digesting of the food you eat is much more difficult. When you don't digest properly you don't get the nutrients from your food to nourish your body which not only leaves you feeling crummy but also puts you at greater risk from invading pathogens. Anyone who frequently get sick with colds, flu migraines, experiences nausea, constipation or diarrhea will most certainly benefit form cleansing. Likewise anyone who has difficulty with concentration, ADHD, arthritis, GUT issues or allergies should absolutely do a clinically supervised detox program.

Remember that the liver is not only the body's main detoxifying organ it also has a dual role in proper digestion of food. This is why so many people find it very difficult to lose unwanted weight - there livers are overloaded and fat loves to hold on to toxins!

When we detoxify our body’s liver must convert fat soluble nutrients to water soluble nutrients (Phase I and Phase II) before they can be eliminated. It's a complicated process to convert these fat soluble toxins to water soluble ones and involves a number of steps in the metabolic process. And frequently when people move too quickly, or have problems with some part of this conversion process they end up with toxic metabolites that are fare worse than those they were trying to eliminate in the first place. In effect they re-intoxify them self. This is why the Master Cleanse is NOT a safe way to go about cleansing and I do not recommend it to anyone.

Bottom line - if you've been thinking of changing your diet and want to learn how to eat more healthfully a detox can really help you get on the right path. 

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Be kind to your liver!

Everybody knows you can't live with out a liver - right? But, I bet you didn't know the health of your liver is directly connected to ALL chronic health conditions. Did you know that poor liver health is the biggest reason so many people can't seem to lose weight?

The liver is an incredible workhorse for the body and it acts as the body's major filtration and detoxification system. The liver is truly amazing! The liver functions as part of our digestive system by breaking down fats, proteins and carbohydrates from food we eat. All hormones,chemicals (including medications),environmental toxins, bacteria, viruses, fungus and parasites must be filtered through the liver.

Many of us (if not most of us) were raised in a time before there was much awareness of environmental toxins or any real understanding of the health hazards of commercially produced food. Just thinking back on the toxic household cleaning products my mother used in our home when I was growing up makes me grimace!

Years of eating commercial raised produce and livestock and exposure to toxic household cleaning products,eventually over stress the liver and it can't do it's job as a part of the digestive system and this is a major contributor to difficulty in losing weight.

Toxic Overload-
All those years of toxic overload begin to damage the liver and the toxins that normally get filtered out start to re-circulate through the body. This re-exposes glands to damaging compounds. Just consider how many medications you have been given over the years that have been found to be harmful and have been pulled off the market! Plus our livers were never designed to process synthetic hormones like estrogen or bovine growth hormones, OTC medications like NSAID's,or artificial sweeteners derived from pesticides like aspartame.

Reduce your toxic load-
This means of course its vitally important to takes steps to reduce the burden of toxins your liver is exposed to though daily living. And, this is one reason the top health experts agree that eating naturally raised livestock and organically grown produce is so important to overall health. These foods are free from man made toxins, plus they are complete and nutrient dense "fuel" for the body.


The Weight and Liver Connection -
If you have ever seen anyone with a pot belly you know that person has a congested liver. This is called edema. This is because the area in the abdomen becomes filed with liquid from the liver that cannot process protein properly. The only way to address this problem is to change the quality of the protein you eat from commercially raised to naturally raised. If you have a protruding pot belly begin by switching to quality protein and eliminate high fat foods and gluten containing grains. This is an essential step in beginning to repair your liver. Next you need to add foods that sooth and support the liver so it can do it's job again. Green leafy vegetables are rich in minerals and help ease a congested liver. Healthy fats such as avocados, raw coconut oil and raw nuts are beneficial too. There are many other good foods to help repair a clogged liver these are only a few.