Detoxing: A New Year With A New You
Posted on: 21 December 2016
With the new year just around the corner, many people are thinking about what they will work on for their New Year's resolutions. Oftentimes, these goals are health-related, such as vowing to hit the gym and exercise more, lose weight, quit smoking or drinking, or eat better. These are worthy goals to have, as taking care of your body properly and getting it in tip-top shape can be a panacea for many chronic medical conditions and useful for staving off illness. A good tool to help jump-start your improved health goals is to do a detox. Here is what you need to know.
What Is A Detox?
Basically, a detox is following a regime to remove from toxins from your body and optimize your health. Toxins vary from person to person, but things like chemicals, pollutants, artificial ingredients, sugar, metal, pesticides, nicotine, and caffeine can all be considered toxins. Anything that is robbing you of your health and vigor and preventing you from feeling your best can be toxic. Relationships can be toxic, too. So is not handling your emotions properly. Detoxing is the process over a period of time in which you make the active choice to cleanse from your body or life any impurities, substances, chemicals, things, or people that aren't good for you.
Eat The Right Foods
Whether you are trying to detox from a regular diet of convenience and junk foods or from cigarettes, the right foods can help you. Drastically cut back on your meat consumption for a week or two. Meat isn't bad per se, but it does take longer to pass through your digestive system. You want to clean it out, and foods like avocados, grapefruit, lemons, blackberries, turmeric, green tea fresh ginger, fresh garlic, kale, kiwi, bananas, sweet potatoes, spinach, sunflower seeds, almonds, and artichokes will help you move things along. Smoothies are good way to incorporate these foods into your diet, and they will help keep you feeling full. Cut out alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and artificial ingredients while you are detoxing.
Exercise
Even if fitness goals aren't on your list of resolutions, get moving! Sweating is one of the ways your body removes toxins. Heavy metals, such as arsenic and lead, have been found in sweat. If exercise is difficult, visit a sauna or sit in a hot tub to stimulate sweating by raising your body temperature.
Drink Water
Your body can cleanse itself and function better when it is properly hydrated, Many people are in a constant state of near dehydration. Use a hydration calculator to determine how much water you should be drinking every day.
Research
There is a detox program for everyone and every situation. Surfing the world wide web for ideas and plans is a start, but it's best to visit a natural health care specialist to help you refine what plan and supplements will best help you meet your goals. They can also provide recommended reading and detox books such as The Rockstar Remedy.
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