How to naturally detox your body and warning signs that your body needs it.
Short-term benefits from a detox:
- Improve your energy
- Balance your hormones
- Relieve constipation
- Soothe headaches
Signs you need a detox:
- Dark circles under your eyes
- Abnormal Acne
- White tongue/ Bad breath
- General Aches and Pains
- Mood swings
5 Benefits of a detox:
Liver Cleanse: Your liver is responsible for hormone balancing
Calming Inflammation: Many diseases are caused by inflammation (arthritis, ulcerative colitis)
Aids in weight loss: For when you’re exercising and eating well but your weight is slow to come off
Healthier Skin: Redness, Puffiness, and Patchy Skin or congested skin
Low Mood: Detoxing can help overcome low mood and mental fatigue
Healthy Detox Step One: Heal your gut lining
Address any food sensitivities ( remove dairy/corn/whichever foods you’re sensitive to)
Cut out irritants such as gluten, legumes, and refined sugars.
Consume gut healing foods like BONE BROTH
Replace processed foods with whole foods (fruits, vegetables, local meat)
Healthy Detox Step Two: Incorporate healing herbs
Mint: Helps detoxify your blood
Dandelion: Helps detoxify your liver
Ginger: Helps detoxify your gut
Cinnamon: Helps reduce inflammation
Improve fluid exchange:
Watermelon
Cucumber
Help detoxify your kidneys and adrenal glands:
Berries
Help Detoxify your liver:
Lemon
Lime
Grapefruit
Healthy Detox Step Three: Incorporate essential oils
Orange: Detox liver and lymphatic system
Tumeric: Detox Liver and Kidneys
Rosemary: Detox Adrenals
Healthy Detox Step Four: Make new lifestyle plans
Removing foods in your diet that are associated with high levels of pesticides
Avoiding plastics, styrofoam, and teflon
Temporary Intermittent fasting:
Skipping breakfast and only eating during a small, say 6 hour, window will give your body 18 hours to rest and heal. Try this for a few days to reduce the amount of activity that your stomach is performing. The key is to eat healthy whole foods during your eating window and staying hydrated with water.
Spending time swimming in the ocean where there are high levels of magnesium.
Grounding yourself by standing barefoot in the grass, walking on sand or dirt without shoes.
Exercising outside to absorb vitamin d and feel closer to the elements
Your body is capable of more than you could imagine, listen to your body’s warning signs and take the initiative to find a solution.
Best of luck
Live Well Centre