How To Detox Naturally
Here’s how to detox naturally. These top tips will help you to rid your body of toxins that are making you sick.
Our bodies are constantly detoxifying.
The liver, spleen, lymphatic system, and kidneys are primarily responsible for detoxification.
Since we have all these systems in place, why would we need to ‘detox’?
The reasons are a poor diet, dehydration, and high toxin exposure can overload our systems.
Swimming Pool Analogy
I’ll use the analogy of a swimming pool. If the pool filter gets clogged, the water starts to get murky.
If you’re swimming in that water every day, you may not notice how bad it’s getting. You also can’t see through the haze. Then, you start getting sick and don’t know why.
You haven’t changed anything. What you don’t realize is, it’s the toxic water that is giving you ear, nose, and skin infections, digestive issues, and respiratory infections.
You can take antibiotics and medications to numb the symptoms. However, it will keep coming back and getting worse each time unless you clean the pool (detox)!
If the pool has gotten toxic over many years, you have extra work to do to get the system back into balance.
First, you must clean the filter (the liver). Next, make sure the water is flowing through the system (hydration). Then, put the right substrates in the proper amounts into the water (nutrients).
And, last make sure someone isn’t dumping garbage in the pool when you’re not looking (heavy metals, pesticides, radiation, pollution, beauty products, plastics, etc.).
The same thing goes for your body.
If you’re experiencing chronic health issues, odds are you’ve been living with a high toxic burden for a long time and you don’t realize it.
Luckily, you can start to detox your body naturally in very simple ways! No gimmicky programs required.
Top Tips to Detox Naturally
Below are the ultimate tips on how to detox your body in a natural way.
1. Get Yourself Hydrated
Drink lemon or lime water every day.
It is far more powerful for detoxification than plain water. Additionally, it helps cleanse the liver, kidneys, spleen, thyroid, and gallbladder.
Lemons and limes purge the toxins we’re exposed to from plastics, synthetic chemicals, radiation, and processed food.
2. Eat More Raw Fruits & Veggies
Raw fruits and vegetables are hydrating. They all contain all the nutrients the body needs (yes even protein and healthy fats).
They have the highest nutrient content of all the foods in the world. Fruits and vegetables have antioxidants, phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, and compounds yet to be discovered that support detoxification.
3. Lower Fat Intake
When you lower your fat intake, it basically lessens the digestive burden on the liver and frees it up for detoxification.
First, try to reduce fat intake from meat, eggs, dairy, butter, oil, nuts/seeds, and avocado. However, even if you reduce your fats by 25%, that is very helpful.
After you reduce fat, if you are really motivated to detox, you can go fat-free for short periods of time.
4. Drink the Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie
Another way to detox naturally is to drink the Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie.
First, heavy metals are passed down from generation to generation unless you take steps to remove them from the body.
The heavy metal detox smoothie detoxes you. It uses just this with five key detox ingredients: barley grass juice powder, cilantro, dulse, spirulina & wild blueberries.
Heavy metals in the body are associated with ADHD, autism, Alzheimer’s, depression, anxiety, and more. Get them out! Here is my version of the Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie.
5. Clean Up Your Beauty Products
Last, cosmetics, body care products, and perfumes sold in the US are loaded with toxic compounds.
Over 1400 chemicals are banned by the European Union due to their questionable or harmful health concerns. Although, all of these are legally allowed into our products in the US.
Certainly check out my recommended products page to find safer, cleaner alternatives (that still work great).
