Detoxification

4 Simple Ways To Detox Toxins From Your Body Comfortably

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NaturalSociety  November 8 2013

When we think of a detox, most of us think of a slightly unpleasant and restrictive period marked by frequent bathroom visits, all done to rid the body of toxins built up overtime. While many detoxes can be unpleasant, they are ultimately helping to improve your health. Still, there are several things you can do that will encourage consistent and gentle detoxification, things that you can add to your daily routine to ensure your body is working to stay healthy and un-phased by the toxins in the environment and in your diet.

Our body becomes laden with toxins primarily from the things we consume through food, water, breathing, and the things we come in contact with. These toxins– in the form of pesticides, pollutants, heavy metals, and more—can have seriously negative consequences on our bodies, leaving us feeling lethargic, ill, and even encouraging disease.

In its natural and healthy state, the body works to rid itself of these toxins. From filtering the blood, to sweating, and eliminating through digestion, the human body is a fine-tuned detoxifying machine when left to its own devices. Still, encouraging the healthiest state for detoxification can only help the process along.

In addition to using various herbs and foods for a gentle and effective detox, try incorporating the tips below to ensure your detox is as comfortable and effective as possible:

1. Exercise Regularly

Through sweating and regular exercise, you activate the lymphatic system which in turn affects digestion, immune health, and circulation. Because the lymphatic system doesn’t have a pump (like the heart) to move lymph throughout the body, it depends on your activity levels to keep things in motion.

In addition, sweating is perhaps one of the best ways to detox. Some heavy metals detox better through sweat than they do through urine or blood. Also, it clears toxins from the pores and encourages healthier skin.

2. Fast with Juicing

Juicing fresh organic vegetables and fruits is a great way to give your digestive system a bit of a break while speeding the delivery of healthful nutrients including antioxidants. Juicing gives your body a chance to “reset” itself and find that natural detoxifying balance—where it works effectively to naturally rid the body of contaminants.

3. Drink Plenty of Water

Hydration is important for all of your body’s natural functions, including detoxifying. If you aren’t drinking enough water, the toxins you take in through food are lingering in your digestive system until they are pushed out. Like fiber, water helps you keep things moving, so to speak. Filtered water is the best choice, as tap water often contains the very things you are trying to get rid of, like fluoride.

4. Incorporate These Foods

Some foods and herbs have natural detoxification properties. Including these in your diet is easy and can create an environment where toxins aren’t welcome. Parsley, cilantro, chlorella, apples, and dark green vegetables including kale and spinach can all help you on your detox lifestyle.

4 Ways To Detox GMOs From Your Body To Minimize Damaging Effects

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NaturalSociety  October 15 2013

Genetically modified organisms are hiding throughout the U.S. food supply. And try as you might to avoid them, if you eat at a restaurant, are forced to pick up a snack from a vending machine, or even if you take supplements that don’t explicitly state they are GMO-free, you are likely ingesting some GMOs. But the good news is that you may be able to detox these GMOs from your body – a few tips are just below.

Many GMO foods, but specifically corn, have been studied with frightening outcomes. From simple effects like weight gain to more serious ones like organ disruption and massive tumors, we have only really scratched the surface on all of the potential effects of these lab-created foods. This is why it is vitally important to regularly cleanse and detoxify your body of foreign health-wreaking materials. Keeping them out of your diet is the first step in ensuring you don’t experience their effects, but since GMOs can’t truly be avoided, detoxing is another route you’ll want to take.

Here are 4 simple ways to potentially detox GMOs from your body:

1. Increased Fiber Consumption

One of the best ways to ensure your body is eliminating those things which it has no use for (heavy metals, GM-toxins, and food additives) is through a high-fiber diet. This is achieved by eating plenty of plant foods but also by occasionally detoxing with something like psyllium husk.

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4 Tips For Minimizing Detox Side Effects And A Healing Crisis

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NaturalSociety  July 24 2013

Many people have this wonderful idea of how a detox will feel—they imagine they will feel light, energetic, and generally amazing. After all, the detox is all about getting rid of the bad stuff, right? While it’s true that a detox is designed to rid your body of harmful toxins and “bad stuff”, it isn’t always fun for everyone – at least during the detox process. Although the end result can feel amazing, the process of detoxing can come with some rough side effects due to the exiting of toxic waste. We call this a “healing crisis.” But there are measures to take to reduce detox side effects and lessen the healing crisis.

When you detox, your body is purging itself of impurities. You’ve been walking around with toxins from the air, your food, medications, and more, for who-knows how long. Your body is used to it—this is it’s “normal”. When you disrupt the normal, toxic state, you are bound to feel some not-so-great effects, many of which are due to the toxins being released into the bloodstream and digestive system, before they are expelled from the body.

There are several things you can do to reduce the negative feelings associated with detoxing.

Reducing Detox Side Effects and Lessening a Healing Crisis

1. Stay Hydrated

Staying hydrated is perhaps the most important tip for minimizing detox side effects during any detoxification protocol or fast. Fresh juices, green tea, or plain, filtered water should be your best friends. Flushing out the toxins is priority number one when detoxing and you can only do this when you are sufficiently hydrated. Because you may be taking something to help rid yourself of these toxins (ie. expelling more waste than usual), rehydration is particularly important.

2. Shift into the Detox, Altering Your Diet Before Beginning

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Glyphosate In Roundup Inhibits Natural Detoxification In Human Cells

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NaturalNews May 24 2013

Crohn's diseaseThe modern age of industrial agriculture and manufacturing has dumped heavy metals, carninogens, plastics, and pesticides into the environment at alarming rates. These toxins are showing up in most human tissue cells today. One distinct chemical may be trapping these toxins in human cells, limiting the human body’s ability to detoxify its own cells. In a new peer reviewed study, this sinister chemical, glyphosate, has been proven to inhibit the human cell’s ability to detoxify altogether. Glyphosate, found in Monsanto’s Roundup, is being deemed by publishers of the new study “one of the most dangerous chemicals” being unleashed into the environment today.

Download the PDF of the study here: http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416

How glyphosate destroys human cells

Glyphosate, most commonly found in conventional sugar, corn, soy and wheat products, throws off the cytochrome P450 gene pathway, inhibiting enzyme production in the body. CYP enzymes play a crucial role in detoxifying xenobiotics, which include drugs, carcinogens, and pesticides. By inhibiting this natural detoxification process, glyphosate systematically enhances the damaging effects of other environmental toxins that get in the body. This, in turn, disrupts homeostasis, increases inflammation, and leads to a slow deconstruction of the cellular system. Toxins build up in the gut over time and break down through the intestinal walls, infiltrating blood, and ultimately passing through the brain/blood barrier, damaging neurological function.

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7 Methods For Detoxing And Cleansing Your Body Of Toxins

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Natural Society | December 26 2012

Cayenne PepperWith the myriad of toxins we’re exposed to in modern society, we’re faced with an increasing burden of unnatural substances that invade our bodies, from pesticides, herbicides and fungicides to air and water pollution, mercury, arsenic and other heavy metals in our food, and the list goes on. Our current unhealthy living conditions call for a few radical corrective measures, if our goal is to maintain any level of healthy lifestyle. One of those corrective measures is to partake in a holistic detox.

The following is a list of various recommendations to effectively lessen your internal toxin levels, which can be done in any combination for increased effectiveness. For optimum results, these should be applied on a regular or seasonal basis, and at minimum once a year.

1. Include Plenty of Deep Colored Vegetables, Herbs and Algae in Your Dietary Arsenal

Cilantro, parsley, alfalfa, and a blue-green algae, chlorella, are three extremely powerful chemical and heavy metal chelators. Dark green vegetables and herbs alkalize and purify the blood, making it easier for the body to rid itself of wastes with less discomfort or “healing crisis” (when the loosening of toxic debris causes a sick or flu- like reaction). You can juice these, include them in salads, and/or mix powdered forms into water or juice for a quick and effective dose.

2. Try Fasting with Lemon Water, Cayenne Pepper and Maple Syrup

This is a radical, but very effective method of giving your digestive system a much needed break from the constant intake of less than optimal foods and flushing out harmful substances. A period of 3 to 7 days, 3 to 4 times a year is a sufficient and proactive strategy. (Use as much lemon as possible, with just enough maple syrup to make it palatable.) Drink as much as desired throughout the day.

Of course lemon water anytime has great benefits.

3. Fast with Juice! A Grade-A Health-Boosting Method for Health

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