Detoxification
has many forms and alludes to numerous programs that clean the body of
toxins. Today, the water we drink is laden with chemicals foreign to our
system. Our environment is toxic and the foods we eat, even the air we
breathe are laced with some kind of toxin that may be hazardous to our
health in the future. This is partly due to the advances we have made as
a society. We are able to lengthen the shelf life of food but in doing
so; we add a chemical that may have side effects like encouraging
obesity. Carbon emissions from cars and factories affect our digestive
and respiratory system making them more susceptible to illnesses. As a
result, everyone is undergoing a form of detoxification to maintain life
and health. Although fundamental detoxification begins with diet, detox
programs may include nutritional reinforcement for the liver, lungs,
kidneys, bowels and blood.
Detox diet recipes help the body to
eliminate toxins in many ways. First, natural vegetarian diets include
the fiber needed for stimulating regular bowel movement. Detox diet
recipes also contain the best possible amounts of vitamins that nourish
and foster the bowels and the liver, and other eliminative organs. Detox
diet recipes also include a valuable source of enzymes. The elimination
of meat from the diet for a short period strengthens detoxification
because meat is so hard to digest and needs many enzymes for its
digestion. Therefore, vegetarian diets are cleansing diets and aid the
body in elimination of toxins.
Diets are very essential and are
usually the baseline for any detox program, whether it is herbs,
cleansing or other detox programs. Detox diets will generally subtract
trigger foods that cause many problems with digestion and elimination.
Foods like dairy (milk, cheese) and wheat (glutens) are often the roots
of allergies. Sugar is eliminated due to its "empty calories" and may
produce hypoglycemia. Meats are eliminated because they contain
hormones, antibiotics and other items that are difficult to digest.
Caffeine is to be avoided because it too has many ill effects on the
body's digestion. Refined, processed and junk foods are also absent for
any detox program to work.
A sample of detox diet recipe is the
fruit diet which consists of eating certain types of fruits for a period
of time. For breakfast, one can eat as much melons as they would want
to whether it be cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon or gala. The lunchtime
meal could be grapefruits, oranges or pineapples but these fruits
shouldn’t be mixed. Eat till you feel satisfied. At 4 pm, have a large
glass of freshly pressed carrot juice. Dinner time, you can eat apples,
pears, grapes or bananas which may be eaten one fruit at a time and
eaten until hunger is satisfied. This type of detox diet recipe is good
for detoxification and losing weight but it is a type of diet that may
make you weak so try to conserve energy and do not over exert yourself
physically.
Detox diet recipes are just one phase of the program
in cleansing your body. Once cleansed, a program of rebuilding and
strengthening your body and mind must be made, done, and continually
monitored to achieve its affect of a longer and healthier life.
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