The first, second and third days of your juice diet will be the most difficult. Have all your supplies prepared in advance, such as fresh veggies, a juice extractor, some juicer recipes, lots of water, a variety of teas – diuretic Senna or natural stimulants and soothing mint or chamomile blends. You’ll also want ground flax seed to mix with warm water for a morning drink.
In order to detoxify the body with a juice diet, the first day should start with a liter of water and a fiber drink, then an 8 ounce glass of celery juice, wheat grass or something light and purifying, perhaps with apple; then more water during the first hours of the morning and another juice, perhaps carrot, mid-morning, then more water until lunchtime. At lunch, a variety of leafy veggies can be extracted.
Some people enjoy a heartier juice with tomatoes, cucumber and green or red peppers; while others prefer to keep the heartier juices for the afternoon. The juice diet is very versatile, especially in terms of flavor and richness because you can add spices like cayenne, garlic, parsley, lemon, a little sea salt, and combine veggies to make a sweet beet-carrot combo or a spicy gazpacho. If you’re accustomed to a larger meal in the evening, then save your spicy / savory drinks to the time of day you most need it.
The main idea of drinking juice, water, fibers and diuretic teas is to detoxify the body, therefore you MUST be having regular bowel movements to flush out the waste. If you’re not, you’ll need to increase natural laxative tea dosage and fiber drinks, or perhaps give yourself an enema or go for a colon hydrotherapy cleanse. In the end, in order to detox your body properly, you need to rely on the natural ability your body has to remove toxins and waste: breath, sweat (exercise), urine and bowel movements.
]]>The organs and tissues that are involved in body detoxification are contained within three main systems in your body: circulation, digestive and lymph. As your blood flows and is pumped through your arteries and capillaries, it is constantly exchanging oxygen and other nutrients with your cells and tissues and taking back the waste by way of your veins. This system keeps the flow of nutrient and waste in harmony within your body. The veins then send the blood through your liver and ultimately is filtered again and the waste ends up leaving through urine or feces. Your lymph system collects or drains the intracellular fluid where it can be dealt with by way of your immune cells and ultimately dumps into your veins for the final filtering just described. Then, to follow with this body detox process, the digestive system then is necessary to absorb larger nutrients, electrolytes and water mainly through the colon and eliminate the rest through your bowels as feces. You really couldn’t design a better “how to detox” program if you had to write it yourself.
How Yoga Poses Work With This Natural Detoxification Process
There are several ways in which we can assist our body in this toxin elimination process it goes through each day. It isn’t that it doesn’t work, we just have very high demands for the modern way we live our lives. Any assistance we
Spinal twists are great poses to assist with your body detoxification.
can provide our body with the detox process is that much better for our health and well-being. Many types of exercise are great to assist your body with one main aspect of its natural detox mechanism which is breath. Your lungs are a major organ responsible for a big part of the detox process. The following are simply a few detox yoga poses that assist the major systems previously described.
First of all, consider the spinal twist. It has many variations, consider Marichiyasana 3/Marichi’s Twist or Ardha Matsyendrasana as suitable asanas (poses/postures). It is based upon the idea that the twisting motion, combined with full deep breaths, assists your body in gently squeezing and moving the toxins through your body – like gently squeezing and wringing out a sponge. Photo Credits
A second pose is often referred to as a resting pose in many yoga fitness traditions. It is called Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward-facing dog). This is a well-known pose by name and has many benefits. One of the benefits as we are describing here is with circulation and lymph flow. Also, by the nature of your position, it is also a gentle abdominal stretch and digestive aid. Photo Credits
Finally, Viparita Karani, the pose that is easier to call legs-up-the-wall is a good one for 
detox purposes. Again, by opposing gravity, the flow of circulation and lymph is enhanced. Additionally, as you rest on your back, it soothes your nerves and allows your body to go into a parasympathetic mode rather than the daily fight or flight, stress response mode it may typically be in. All three of these yoga poses for detox can be done in a sequence or practice that can be done daily. The benefits of your yoga practice will also enhance your mental and emotional well-being, another important aspect to the detox process.
The focus of this article is to address another component of the physical body aspect of detoxing, which is exercise. You see, what you put into your physical body in the way of foods and drink or even medicines, pollution and commercial agricultural by-products is only one aspect of what needs to be addressed. Sure, if you are constantly eating processed foods, soda/pop, and other refined food products then you have an obvious source of toxins entering your body. If, on the other hand, you simply eat commercially grown fruits, vegetables and take some prescribed medication, you may not be aware that there are potential toxins accumulating in your body from that as well. This is by no means a case for you to stop taking your medications to live on a water fast alone. The point is that there are toxins that exist in our environment and are entering our bodies in a variety of ways.
What Type of Exercises Help With A Body Detox?
Running is great exercise to help with your body detox.
The key point to be made with exercise is that any is a good thing. It doesn’t require an expensive or exclusive gym membership or fancy machine to get the kind of exercise necessary to detox your body. Since one of the main forms of natural body detoxification is through your sweating, this is what you’ll need to produce more of. So, exercise that causes your heart rate to increase and your body to heat up is what is most important. However, you can also get a lot of benefit from having your breath rate increase as well. It is really not possible, to any large degree, to have one without the other, it just deserves mentioning. This is because your lungs are another natural source for detoxifying your body. Cleansing breath and breathing is becoming a lot more common language. It involves breathing in the nose deeply and out the mouth fully. It can sound something like wind entering your nostrils and then a “haahhhhhhh” sound as you exhale.
There is no specific how to detox exercise book or manual. You just need to use your body feedback as a rule. Running, cycling and other traditional forms of cardiovascular exercise could be used for detox purposes, but you don’t need to really push yourself. In another type of exercise, like yoga, specific poses and postures are known to have detoxing benefits for your colon and internal organs. For example, postures that involve spinal twists, downward dog and legs up the wall are great yoga poses for detoxifying your body. With all of the forms of exercise mentioned, it is critical that you are consuming adequate amounts of water that may be much more than you are used to.
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You'll have to give up this type of diet during your body detoxification. You will be eating more foods that are 'alive' and full of active minerals, vitamins and antioxidants.
Okay, now that you are here, let’s discuss some of the do’s and don’ts about a detox program, how to detox, what to eat, how much fluid to be drinking, supplements, and all the rest. Some people even wonder whether a detox diet has any validity or not. Well, if you’re a skeptic, hopefully this site will help clear up some of the myths and misconceptions about what a detox really is.
Detox Your Body The Safe Way
If you are embarking on your first detox diet or program, then you need to know how to do it safely. Most detoxification procedures that have any merit should give you the adequate information to make your diet one of the largest components of your plan. While it can be very helpful to supplement your food choices with the right herbs, teas and detox supplements, the key will be in the organic food you eat and the amount of water you drink.
As just mentioned, you should pay particular attention to make sure that your foods are organic. To the degree that you are trying to eliminate toxins from your body, your choices in food items will make a big impact. Choosing organic vegetables and fruits is no longer difficult and often very similarly priced. On the more exotic foods, you may find organic to be a bit pricey, but remember, this is your health you are dealing with. It just makes sense to go for the cleaner produce – especially when you are hoping to detox your body.
When It Comes To A Cleanse, How Much Should You Drink?
Let’s be clear. The only thing you should be drinking is water, possible a little fruit juice or what ever type of detox
You can blend up your own smoothies and vegetable drinks.
products you may be using. Other than this, you should not be consuming any alcohol, pop or soda, or coffee. While this may be hard on your normal routine, it will benefit your colon in the end. What you are assisting is your natural body detoxification process. Water is an essential component to cellular and organ function and health. Your colon cleansing will be accomplished by the movement of waste through your body. Water and some light fruit juice combined with the proper foods and supplementation will accomplish this. The idea is to work with your body in its own natural detox way, don’t try to force something that is not a natural process. However, you can assist and amplify the results through proper conscious dietary choices. It’s always funny when I hear critics say “do detox diets really work?”. They usually have never done one and consider things fast food and smoking or alcohol simple necessities of life. Don’t get me wrong, enjoying alcohol or a hamburger time to time are fine in moderation. I do not think anyone can defend smoking in this day and age.
Here is a basic rule of thumb to use for how much water you should be drinking: divide your body weight in half and drink that much water in ounces, plus one glass. For example, if you weigh 130 pounds, that would be 65 ounces of water. There are approximately 8-10 ounces of water in a normal glass. So, this would be approximately 8 glasses, PLUS one equals 9 glasses of water each day. You cannot really screw this up, the key is simply to be drinking a very healthy amount each day of your detox. The same rule could apply if you are simply trying to do a thorough colon cleansing, although the process is quite similar for both.
What Is The Difference Between A Drug Detox And A Body Detox?
A drug detox is a specific process for decreasing the body's dependence on drugs from an addiction.
One of the main differences is that with a drug detox you are trying to get clean from some very addictive substances. These drugs have wreaked havoc with not only your body but your brain and mind as well. Going through the detox process from prescription or recreational drugs is no picnic. In fact, it can be very scary and cause a lot of stress in the person’s life. This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t do it. It can be one of the most important types of detoxifications around.
However, the information you are reading here and on the rest of this site is more related to how to detox your colon and cells for purposes of becoming healthier and cleaner. People struggle with low energy levels or are carrying extra weight and feeling sluggish. These are the main types of people that we can help. Also, if you are addicted to drugs of any kind, you need to work with a professional in that area as well as a mental health provider. When we say “detox your body” here, we are talking about from the normal toxins that exist from our environment in our daily lives. Included in these are things like: pesticides (on the foods we eat), air pollution, drugs (prescribed or recreational), smoking and other accumulated types of toxins. An effective cleanse can help eliminate a lot of this type of toxic stress on your cellular physiology. They simply need to be done occasionally as we continue to live in such environments in this age.
As a closing point, remember that when you see “how to detox” on this site, we are speaking to the more specific notion of cleansing rather than drug detoxification. It is worthy to note, however, that as you participate in a cleansing diet with adequate hydration and proper vegetables and fruit, that it will assist you in eliminating other toxic substances from your body – not the least of which can be contributed to by drugs. Best of luck!
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