Seven Days to Detoxification

Awareness is one key factor to be able to stay away from illnesses and diseases. With today’s medical costs soaring high, it is quite expensive to get sick. And for this reason, many people now are looking for ways to stay healthy. But the more important consideration is whether they are ready to make certain changes in their lives or not.

Staying healthy means that you should eat the right kinds of food at the right amount, avoiding harmful vices like smoking and excessive alcohol drinking, and most importantly, changing your life to the fullest. If you think you can keep up with all of these things, then you’re sure to live a healthy and illness-free lifestyle.

Your body is susceptible to many illnesses and diseases probably because of the things (like food and certain beverages) that you take in. Even the environment that you live in can affect the level of toxins inside the body. When the toxins are too much for the body’s natural detox process, the toxins build up. This build up can have certain harmful effects to the body which might cause a person to get sick.

The detox diet is very much popular nowadays, and the diet includes the use of different herbs and supplements. Other persons follow a certain diet which aids the body’s detox process. These foods help in the excretion of toxins through your skin, lungs, liver, intestines, and kidneys. The lymphatic system of the body also helps in eliminating toxins in the body.

But before starting any detox diet or program, it is best to consult first your doctor; just to be safe and for you to obtain a correct assessment of your present health condition.

There is also toxicity symptoms which you might be able to observe if you already have excessive toxin build up. And once you start to detox your body, these symptoms will usually get worse. But after a few more days, they will eventually pass. It is a good sign because the toxins inside your body are eliminated in big quantities.

If you’re still looking for an effective way to get rid of toxins in your body, why not try the detox body cleanser. It cleanses the internal parts of your body in just seven days. Yes, you’ve heard it right, seven days.

You can make use of this detox program for seven days, and eliminate those unwanted body toxins. The detox body cleanser usually comes in caplet forms, as well as in fiber packets. It consists of natural fiber and herbs. After seven days, you will feel detoxified, energized, and revitalized. There are even consumers who claim that they feel the great effects even on the first day.

Detox body cleansers are reasonably priced; in fact, you can get one at no more than . Price is not a very important consideration especially if you want to achieve healthy visible results.

Detox body cleansers are convenient to use, though it is made from herbs, these cleansers are usually great tasting which works naturally with the body’s digestion. The entire formula is geared towards complete internal body cleansing.

Detox body cleansers are not hard to find. You can find them in leading drugstores, and even in online stores. Cleanse your internal body for only seven days, try it now.

The Myth of “Detoxification”

One of the hottest marketing buzz words these days is “detox” (which is used pretty much interchangeably with “cleanse“). It doesn’t matter whether you’re being sold shampoo, face cleansers, acne treatments, weight loss pills, vitamins or dedicated “cleansing” products, it’s very likely you’ll be pitched on the “detoxing” capabilities of the product. Yes, these days, more and more retailers are claiming their products can help reduce or remove the nasty chemicals found in our increasingly polluted environment.

It’s a smart strategy (even if it’s ruthless, underhanded, unethical and not supported by any credible clinical evidence) since it capitalizes on many people’s fears that we’re slowly being poisoned by the vast array of noxious chemicals present in our food, water, and air supply.

And it’s not surprising therefore, to find these toxins described in the most menacing of terms; they are everywhere. We breathe them in. We eat them in our food and we drink them in our water. We even absorb them through our skin. They are keeping us sick, fat, depressed, tired, and unable to reach our true potential.  

Despite the apparent danger, none of these toxins are ever identified. Funny, huh? Because in the world of genuine science, toxins have names and are readily identifiable. We know exactly what each one is called.

So what, right?

Wrong.

If these various products actually DID reduce toxins we are regularly exposed to (such as dioxin(s), PCBs, and methyl mercury), it would be easy enough to prove. Yet no proof of effectiveness is ever offered. Why do you think that is?

I’ll spell it out for you…

If you can identify a specific toxin and you can measure it, then you can test your product’s ability to remove it from the body. The only reason not to do so is obvious…

Your product does not work as described.

Recently, renown experts have weighed in on the “detox and cleansing fad”, dismissing it as complete nonsense. For instance, in 2007 scientists from the charitable trust “Sense About Science” reviewed 15 “detox” products (ranging from facial scrub to bottled water) and found the claims to be largely meaningless. They concluded the term “detox” is nothing more than a marketing term. For instance, when the term was used for promoting a facial scrub, it meant little more than it helped “clean the dirt out of your pores” – which, of course, is what every facial scrub does.  

Others have weighed in as well. Dr Catherine Collins, Chief Dietician, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London says…

“The concept of ‘detox’ is a marketing myth rather than a physiological entity. The idea that an avalanche of vitamins, minerals, and laxatives taken over a 2 to 7 day period can have a long-lasting benefit for the body is also a marketing myth.”

In a recent WebMD article called “The Worst Diets Ever”, Pamela Peeke, MD, chief medical correspondent for the Discovery Health channel says this of detoxes (also referred to as “cleanses”)…

“All the flushes and cleanses are pure nonsense, unnecessary, and there is no scientific basis for these recommendations.”

So what exactly is in these miracle products claiming to “detox” your body?

The consumable products claiming to rid your body of toxins usually contain little more than common diuretics (dandelion root, uva ursi, buchu, juniper, etc) fiber (which will add bulk to the stool) and milk thistle – an ingredient which may offer some liver-regenerating characteristics (1).

However, none of these common ingredients will do anything to draw deep seated environmental toxins from deep within muscle and fat tissue stores.

Caveat emptor!

1. Biodrugs, Volume 15, Number 7, 1 July 2001 , pp. 465-489(25)

Detoxification Part Xvi – Causes, Prevention and Treatment

I. Introduction
American diet contain high in saturated fat, trans fat, and other harmful substances such as sugar, caffeine, pesticides, addictive substances, etc. and less in fruits and vegetables. These types of harmful substances is toxin. Our body detoxified functions try to get rid of them everyday, when they fails causing disruption of hormone production, damaging our body detoxification organs and weaken our immune system resulting in hormone imbalance and many chronic illness consequently.

II. Causes
A. Internal Causes
1. Overdose of red meat
Our animals are grown in a crowded environment and fed by growth hormones to perverse the maximum profits. No matter how restricted the government regulations are, these traces of growth hormone still remain in the animal body causing more harm than good. Although our body requires protein and fat to function daily, overdose of red meat causes cholesterol building up in the arteries, triglyceride in the bloodstream, and high blood pressure resulting in heart diseases and chronic illness.

2. Overdose sugar
Carbohydrates are essential to our liver and kidney function, overdose of sugar in American diet causes insulin resistance, damaging the pancreas, reducing the circulation of blood and causing hormone imbalance.

3. Excessive drinking
Our social life is a mess. We drink too much. Since alcohol is a stimulant, moderate drinking helps increase the circulation of blood and improve mental alertness. Excessive drinking reduces the brain’s function, damaging our liver, decreasing the function of the immune system and causing inflammation.

4. Artificial Agents
Artificial agents may help to perverse food and make it look good, but they are toxic to our body. These types of agents stimulate appetite by directly influencing the hunger centers of the brain causing you to eat more resulting in obesity.

5. Smoking
Smoking not only causes lung cancer, it also causes the depletion of oxygen levels in the bloodstream, increasing the risk of hardening, thickening and calcium attached in arterial wall as well as increasing the risk of heavy metals accumulating in our brain.

6. Consuming not enough fruits and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients that are vital for daily function of our body. Vitamins C, E, K and chemical substances in fruits and vegetables such as alpha carotene, beta carotene, selenium, chlorophyll, and amino acid are powerful antioxidants that not only helps to increase body metabolism, it also helps in strengthening our immune system against fighting the forming of free radicals as well as protecting our body by fighting against inflammation caused by bacteria and virus.

B. External Causes
1. Air Pollution
The cause of air pollution are the result of burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles such as the emitting of carbon dioxide resulting in ozone pollution, acid rain, and toxic heavy metal pollution. Yes, this is the air we breath very day. Every breath we inhale, our body is required to detoxify all this harmful material entering our body. If you have a weakened immune system, some of these harmful can not be removed from our body resulting in heavy metal accumulation as well as disrupting the normal function of organs causing inflammation and infection.

2. Soil Pollution
Soil pollution are caused by misuse of the soil in poor agricultural practices, mineral exploitation, industrial waste dumping, and indiscriminate disposal of urban wastes. These kinds of wastes accumulating in our soil include herbicides, pesticides, heavy metals and man-made chemicals that will enter our body through raining, snowing and foods. If our body cannot get rid of them long term accumulation of these harmful substances will result in a weakened immune system and chronic diseases.

3. Water pollution
An estimated 90% of waste water are discharged directly into rivers and streams without treatment. There are as many causes of water pollution such as poorly designed landfills, road deicing salts, and hazardous waste sites resulting in heavy metals and harmful chemical substances entering the water that we drink everyday.

4. Indoor pollution
Indoor pollution such as gas heaters, gas appliances, wood burning fireplaces, leaking chimneys and furnaces, and tobacco smoke causes allergic reactions such as eye, nose and throat irritation, and weakening our immune system.

5. Toxins in Food
Certain foods are more toxic than others, such as french fries, BBQ chicken, and most fast foods which contain a high quantity of trans-fat that has been shown to be carcinogenic. Fruits and vegetables grow in the contaminated soils or herbicides are used on them, pesticides will absorb the contamination substances and have poor nutrition.

III. Prevention and Treatment
1. Liver cleansing
a) Milk thistle
Milk thistle, a flower plant of the daisy family have been traditionally claimed in treating chronic liver disease. It contains silymarin that helps to protect liver function and the liver in expelling toxins.

b) Licorice
Licorice is a legume plant and and native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It contains glycyrrhizin that not only has both estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activity but also is an important liver herb with strong hepatoprotectant properties in treating the suppression of hepatic stellate cell activation and subsequent liver fibrosis.

c) Tabebuia heptaphylla
Tabebuia heptaphylla is also known as pink trumpet tree. It contains alkaloids, flavonoids, sulfur and essential oils helping to support the immune system, and it also has antifungal, antibacterial and antibiotic properties. It is a powerful antioxidant that helps to cleanse toxins accumulated in the liver as well as protecting the forming of cancerous cells in the prostate.

d) Stilingia root
Stilinga root not only helps to strengthen the immune cells but also prevent and treating food allergies and eczema by stimulating the removal of toxins accumulation in the liver caused by long term eating of preservatives, canned foods, fast foods and excessive alcohol drinking.

e) Pricky ash
Pricky ash is also known as toothache tree. It has been used traditionally as a digestive aid, to strengthen the nervous system. It also is a tonic and stimulant herb for the liver and gallbladder.

f) St. John wort
St. John wort is also known as tipton weed or klamath weed. It has been used traditionally in treating depression. It contains different flavonoids and 3-O-coumaroylquinic acid that has anti-inflammation and antioxidant effects by stimulating the immune system in fighting allergies and liver protection from toxins.

g) Fennel
Fennel contains anethole, polymers and essential oil that helps the liver and pancreas in the metabolism of fats and sugars. It also helps to dissolve fat deposits of the body and restore damaged liver cells that cause jaundice, hepatitis and other liver disorders.

2. Kiddey cleansing
a) Dandelion leaf
Dandelion is a rich source of vitamins A, B complex, C, and D, as well as minerals such as iron, potassium, and zinc. Dandelion root has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine in treating liver disease by stimulating the removal of liver toxins. Dandelion leaf on the other hand are used as a diuretic to stimulate the excretion of urine in removing the toxin accumulated in the kidney.

b) Echinacea
Commonly called purple coneflower. It contains a wide variety of chemicals that not only helps to strengthen the immune system but also stimulates the removal of toxins that causes kidney inflammation and infection.

c) Corn silk
Corn silks are the silky fibers that are found under the leaves and on top of an ear of corn. It contains flavonoids, essential oil and minerals that helps effectively in treating acute and chronic inflammation of the urinary system caused by toxins accumulated in the kidney.

d) Apple
Apples contain high amounts of vitamins A, C, E and a variety of antioxidants that not only help in strengthening our immune system but also help to cleanse our kidney from toxins through urinary extraction and preventing kidney inflammation.

e) Artichoke
Artichoke is a perennial thistle originating from southern Europe containing thiamin, riboflavin, niacin. These are antioxidants that besides helping strengthen our immune system, it also is used to treat kidney diseases and protein in the urine caused by toxins through poor diet for a prolonged period of time.

f) Golden rod
Golden rod is a yellow flowering plant in the family of Asteraceae. Golden rod has been used in traditional medicines as a kidney tonic, and treating urinary infections and stones. Golden rod juice also helps to cleanse of kidney and bladder caused by toxins and inflammation.

3. Skin cleansing
a) Chromium
Chromium is very important in rejuvenating the skin condition. It helps to balance the blood sugar, and lower stress and depression. Both are main factors that impact skin problems. It also helps to get rid of skin toxins caused by bacteria and virus infection.

b) Zinc
Deficiency of zinc causes the thickening of skin. It is also a powerful antibiotic in treating acne and other forms of skin diseases caused by skin inflammation and toxins accumulation as a resulting of stimulating the release of vitamin A from the skin.

c) Lecithin
Lecithin is a fat-like substance, or phospholipid, produced by every healthy liver that is needed for a healthy skin. Lecithin helps the body in utilizing vitamins A, D, E in fighting against the bacteria and virus that causes skin problems. It also helps to eliminate the toxins on the skin or around the eyes caused by fatty deposits.

d) Strawberry leaf
Strawberries come in endless varieties but all leaves of all strawberries contain healing tannins. It has also been used to aid in the treatment of anemia, eczema, jaundice and other skin problems caused by weakening of the liver.

e) Burdock root
Burdock has traditionally been used in treating chronic skin ailments such as eczema psoriasis, and dermatitis. It also helps to purify the bloodstream of toxins causing skin diseases.

f) Oats
Oats contain antioxidants such as IP-6, vitamin E, and zinc that is not only needed for a healthy heart and prostate gland but also help in rejuvenating our skin by fighting against inflammation in the skin caused by toxin accumulation or bacteria infection.

4. Colon Cleansing
a) Flax seed
Flax seed contains high amounts of omega 3 fatty acid, fiber and lignan that not only helps in controlling cholesterol in the blood stream and provides essential nutrition to our body, its fiber also helps to soften the stool and promote bowel movements for relief of constipation by removing all toxins accumulated in the colon.

b) Psyllium
Psyllium contains about 70% soluble fiber and 30% insoluble fiber. Besides having proven record in Chinese medicine in treating high levels of cholesterol, its fiber portion has been used to treat constipation by softening stools and easing bowel movements .

c) Bentonite
Bentonite is a natural clay that comes from volcanic ash. Taken internally, the adsorbent action of bentonite helps to eliminate and remove toxic material from the intestine.

d) Liquid clay
Liquid clay moves through our body and attaches to any bacteria, virus as well as toxins in our intestine and removes them out of our body as wastes resulting in improved intestinal regularity, easing chronic constipation and easing indigestion.

e) Buckthorn bark
Buckthorn bark is native to Europe and parts of western Asia. It contains anthraquinones that stimulate intestinal movement and also attracts more water to the intestines resulting in a softened stool and removing toxins accumulated in the intestine out as wastes.

f) Rhubarb root
Rhubarb root has been used in Chinese medicine in treating both constipation and diarrhea. Intake of rhubarb root helps to improve intestine tone, as well as remove toxins from the intestine.

g) Cascara sagrada
Cascara sagrada is known to tone the relaxed intestinal muscles in the digestive system. Intake of cascare sagrada helps promote the digestive process in people affected by disorders in the digestion as well as chronic constipation.

5. Lung cleansing
a) Lotus Root Tea
Made from the root of the esteemed Asian water lily. It helps
dissolve and eliminate mucus and lung congestion over time. Lotus
root traditionally has been used to neutralize toxins accumulated in
the lung as well as in treating of other respiratory diseases such
as asthma, tuberculosis, coughing.

b) Platycodon Root
Platycodon has been used in Chinese medicine for over a century
in treating of abscesses, respiratory disorders, intestinal disorders.
Study shows that platycodon roots not only helps to treat cough
due to purulent sputum and inflammation in the chest area but
also removes toxins in the lung.

c) Wild Cherry Bark
Wild cherry bark traditionally has bee used irritable and persistent
cough of bronchitis, pertussis, cough due to increased irritability
of respiratory mucosa. Because of its antispasmodic qualities, it
has been used with other herbs to treat asthma and enhance
relaxation as well as removing toxins from the lung.

d) Mullein
Mullein contains coumarin and rotenone. It has a long history of
use as a medicine and is an effective treatment for asthma
and respiratory disorders.Mullein also helps in soothing the mucous
membranes, reducing inflammation and encouraging healthy fluid
production in the lungs.

e) Ephedra
Epphedra has been used in Chinese medicine traditionally for 5,000
year in treating of asthma and hayfever and common cold. It also
helps to support healthy sinus nasal lung and respiratory function
by removing toxins in the lung.

f) Elecampane
Elecampane also called horse-heal. It has been used for treatment
of the shortness of breath and helps to promote a strong lung.
Elecampane is a wonderful lung tonic. Useful for asthma, soothing
to the lining of the lungs

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A Simple and Affordable Detoxification: Toxins are Everywhere!

Detoxification is important!

Toxins are everywhere. The food we eat, the products we wash ourselves with, and the air we breathe all contribute to the build up of toxins in our bodies. Without effectively eliminating those toxins from our organs, they will eventually cause havoc. Toxins will lead us down the path of sickness and disease. In a society that relies heavily on chemically laden prescription drugs, psychotherapy and surgical procedures to “heal” the sick, it is more than time take detoxification as an important road to our health.

Detox has become an important theme in today’s currency. There are so many detox products trying to get your attention that it can be very challenging to know just what is best. If you search for “detoxification” online today, you will find everything from detox diet plans and fasting to high priced spa treatments, herbal cleansing pills and patches.

Far Eastern cultures have been using alternative treatments for thousands of years. Even the most technically advanced countries such as China and Japan, appreciate the effectiveness and simplicity of natural medicine. So why not try a form of therapy that is effective, yet has no side effects? With so many products on the market seeking your attention, where do you begin? Maybe it is time to introduce you to reflexology.

Reflexology is the practice of strategically applying pressure to areas of the feet and hands that correspond to specific body organs. By stimulating nerves on specific areas of the feet and hands, we can stimulate blood flow and eliminate toxin build-up in the organs and systems of the body. Reflexology is not only effective for self-healing, but has made its mark as an effective detoxification procedure as well. And maybe most importantly in today’s society, it’s free or very low-cost. Yes, reflexology therapy is available to everyone!

If you want to experience reflexology for free, learn the simple massage techniques. Each part of your feet and hands relates to a body system. By applying pressure and massage to those areas, you will increase blood flow and help push toxins out of the body. One of the major benefits is that reflexology is relaxing and therapeutic at the same time. I use reflexology to relieve tension headaches all of the time and it works!

If you prefer to try one of the many products on the market today, try the herbal foot detox patches. They are quite affordable and very effective. By simply applying them to your feet at night before bed, you will help detoxify all of your organs at the same time. Not only are well-known healing oils and tree extracts used in these patches, but there are no side effects, making them a very popular choice.

If you are really serious about detoxification, and you should be, I would recommend that you not only learn the reflexology techniques, but you use them on a regular basis. After all, you only have one body in this lifetime, treat it with care.

Dietary Management Of Cellulite – How Detoxification Works

It is entirely possible to stay on top of cellulite and its ugly consequences. You can do this by way of creams, lymphatic massage or even surgery and liposuction. However, most of the mentioned remedies are only useful in improving the appearance of you body and not actually removing cellulite. As it is well known, surgery can have its own unsavoury complications.

Dietery management of cellulite is the most realistic and results-sure approach to fatty diposits. While women and are more prone to cellulite conditions, men too are not safe. They are both advised to combine a conscious diet, working out and a detoxification programme.

This is how it works. By initiating the functions that deal with excretions in the body, detoxification also steps up circulation and boosts metabolism. Through it, less fluid is retained in the body. These fluids are usually accumulated waste fluids. Detoxification benefits connective tissue also known as collagen more elastic. Another thing this programme does is to shrink the fat deposits that are essentially cellulite by releasing the fats trapped in there. Lumphatic fluids are also allowed a way out and this leaves the body trim.

It is the liver that either metabolises or stores fats in places on thighs and buttocks- the same areas on which cellulite is most visible. The detoxification herbs stimulate the liver to break down fats rather than store them. Some herbs are thermogenic and by raising the internal body temperature can achieve an improved metabolism. Heightened metabolism means that more fat is burned.

As we have already established, through specific processes, certain elements either encourage or discourage the accumulation of fats under the skin on your body. When you combine working out and eating well, a detox programme is the top-up ingredient. Especially after fatty and sugar-rich foods have been ingested, oxidised fats accumulate voluntarily in places in your body.

Unlike other means of beating cellulite, detoxification works inside out and not the other way. When you eventually walk into the swimming pool without feeling ridiculous, it is not because you took a forty minute medical procedure just to look good. It is because you really are healthy and feel good too.

Besides all the other benefits that come with detoxing, your body is left cleansed and rejuvenated. You feel energised and full of life.

An important part of detoxification is fluid intake. Water, just as it is on the surface, is very important on the inside of our bodies. Every time we pass water either as urine or as sweat, it is always coloured, smelly and loaded with toxins that have been picked inside our bodies. By frequently taking water, we are washing the inside of us. With time, regular ingestion of fluids and water begins to pay off. You can actually tell that you are suitably hydrated when your urine smells less.

Post detoxification benefits include smoother even skin and a boost in stamina.

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