If You Really Want To Learn How To Detox, You’ll Need Specific Details

As you get into it, you'll notice how much alive and vital the fruits and vegetables taste and how you feel.

Some consider juice fasting followed by colon cleansing to be the only way to get the full benefit of a detox program.  The only problem is, not many people know how to choose the right supplements to be taking and drinking to avoid any serious health problems along the way.  Sure, if you’re looking into doing a brief 2-4 day fast, then it probably won’t make a huge difference.  Most of us are carrying enough extra fat and past meals to keep our body’s functioning smoothly for this short duration of time.

If you’re going to go for the master cleanse, then you better plan on about 10 days.  This is the time it takes for your body to not only become more regular with the amount of fiber you’ll be eating, but also to eliminate toxins that have been stored in the cells and tissues of your body from poor diet, pollution, medicines, recreational drugs, and other pesticides and herbicides used in our food supply.  During this time, you should consider what an herbal cleanse is doing.  If you’re using any supplementation (recommended), then you can read the ingredients and what they are supposed to help you with eliminating.  For example, common natural ingredients used in many herbal detox products and teas include:  licorice root, dandelion root, echinacea, sarsaparilla root and yellow dock are typical of many products.  Others include, parsley, fennel and cinnamon as ingredients that help with digestive complaints, elimination and immune support.

How Much Fluid Is Necessary During Your Body’s Detoxification?

When you begin your herbal detox process, the most important thing of all is to remember to remain very well hydrated.  This cannot be emphasized enough.  Whether you eat strictly organics vegetables and fruits or whether you do decide to seek out some of the helpful detox products, getting enough fluids to help flush your system is paramount to a thorough and safe cleanse.  The amount of water you hear about can vary.  But there is a good rule

Water will be your friend during this whole herbal detox process. It is necessary to help you move the bulk and toxins through your system.

of thumb you can follow.  Typically, you’ve heard values all over the map.  Well, imagine now how much more fluid your body needs as it is pushing through all this extra fiber and toxic waste that you are cleaning out of your body and colon.  It will take a bit more water to help this along.  Also, many of the ingredients in the detox products contain diuretics.  These will cause you to loose even more fluid.  So, here is a general rule of thumb:  divide your weight in half and drink that number in ounces of water, plus one glass.  Let’s say you weigh 140 pounds.  Divide this by 2 and you get 70.  So, you should drink – at a minimum – 70 ounces of water.  One typical drinking glass of water is approximately 8 ounces.  So, if you divide 70 by 8 you get a little under 9 glasses; add the extra one and that takes you to 10 glasses per day.  This may seem like a lot of water.  That’s because it is!  But, remember, you’re losing a significant amount as you detox your body and the added fiber needs more fluid to keep you from feeling backed up or constipated – not exactly the best thing when you’re trying to get rid of toxins.

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It Only Feels Tough Because You Think You Don’t Know How To Detox

Confusion over the process can and may happen. Just be persistent and you can do it.

Okay, here’s some reassurance for you.  Your body absolutely knows how to detox and it doesn’t matter if your mind or little thoughts in your head are constantly chitter chattering to you about quitting.  Think of that chitter chatter as like the last remnants of toxic thoughts going on in your head.  Once you get through this first detox, you’ll never look at them the same again.  Experience is life’s greatest equalizer.  That’s why you’ve heard the saying ‘you don’t know what it’s like until you’ve walked in their shoes’.  It means that you can have all the theories you want about say, an herbal detox in this case, but not have any idea what it feels like until you’ve done it.

Need more confidence about really knowing that your body can do it?  You got it!  Did you know that every minute, every day, of every week of every year of your life so far, your body has been doing an amazing job of detoxing?  It’s true.  With each breath, your body eliminates toxic residues of polluted material in your lungs.  Breathing helps to cleanse and nourish your cells not only of your lungs, but entire body.  That’s why you’ve heard and read so much about the importance of breath and body work regarding breathing.

Your body also detoxes itself through sweat.  So, every time you exercise and perspire, your body is eliminating more of those nasty toxins.  What you’ve noticed is that after a long night (maybe one including too many spirits), that when exercising the next day, you’ll smell awful!  This is all that toxic stuff being burned and sweated out.  Imagine if you didn’t eliminate them.  This is why you’re wanting to detox your body in the first place isn’t it?!

So, remember, as you’re going through this whole herbal detox process that it’s okay to feel frustrated.  It’s okay to

So many herbs can be an overwhelming obstacle - just remember, it is your diet and cleansing exercises that are most important.

feel like quitting.  It’s even okay to feel headaches, fatigue, hungry, thirsty, you name it.  The point is that the process itself is actually like a life detox.  You are ridding yourself of old ways, habits and patterns.  Once you go through this, you will forever be changed by the experience.  They really aren’t that painful or hard on your body physically if done properly, they just take some adjustment.  Then, next time, a bit more fine tuning.  Each time, you’ll make new decisions to take better care of the time between, choosing more organic foods, quitting smoking, drinking less, whatever it may be.  You will be forging a new path towards health and well being that you will not look back on as a failed effort.

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How Do You Follow An Herbal Detox Plan?

You should know that an herbal detox involves more than just what you put into your body. It also involves exercise and activitites to purify your tissues and cells. Yoga is a great practice to engage in to help with this process.

This is by far the most important question to answer.  And, let’s start by examining some myths that exist when reading about when to detox your body.  If you’ve spent any time online trying to learn about this topic, then you have likely stumbled across stuff you never even thought of.  Some stuff from the bottom of the sea, or from some type of purified urine…blah blah blah.  Seriously, this stuff is out there.  The point is, if you can get through the hype you’ll be in a much better position to have a healthier, safer and natural detox.

OK.  An herbal detox refers to the fact that you will be using substances that have been grown (hopefully organically) and evidenced through any number of alternative, natural medicine practices or Chinese medicine to help you detox your body.  Long definition.  The quick and dirty of it is that it is a natural way to detox and does not involve any type of chelating agents and other pharmacological agents.  Chelating agents are typically delivered as an IV and used to eliminate heavy metals from the body.  They can also be delivered as suppositories and those may be sold through many alternative medical practitioner’s offices.   If you do decide to go the herbal detoxification route, you should research what components will make up your plan.  Some herbs and plans, even though they are completely natural substances, can still be very potent – even dangerous if you are not cautious.    If you decide to do a fast as part of your herbal detox plan, keep in mind you’ll need to be drinking plenty of water.  You may also have specific juices depending on your program.  Detoxing the body is serious business, you should not take it lightly.

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Are You Looking To Cleanse And Detox Your Body?

This is an illustration of just your large intestine. Your colon has many functions including absorption and removal of waste.

You’re definitely not alone.  And, good for you!  Many people are coming to the realization that a lifetime of heavy duty agriculturally sprayed vegetables, pre-ripe picked fruits, and antibiotic and hormone injected animals can take a toll on one’s accumulation of these toxic residues in the body tissues.  Now, of course you’ll never hear the government bodies, like the FDA, say anything negative about these products.  Nope.  In fact, there has never been any studies that actually prove any real causal link between a program that aims at detoxing the body and overall health increases.  Well, with respect to overall health and well being.  I don’t think it could  be argued by any court or government agency that heavy metals and specific pesticides don’t cause harm – because they do, and that HAS been in court.  People have died or had serious developmental and neurological manifestations of poisoning from such substances.  There is no argument there.  What we’re discussing is the more subtle form of body cleanse, the one you do to maintain colon health and your energy levels and all that.  This is where we can’t say (legally) that there is any proof that it helps.

Anyone That Has Done Any Type of Colon Cleansing Knows This

The huge percentage of people that do a natural colon cleanse, even for the first time,  report feeling lighter (not just because of what you’re thinking), more comfortable, less bloated, often more energetic and relaxed.  Sure, part of that is because it is comfortable having all that matter removed from your lower colon, but there is more.  This is just what many feel after their first, of typically several colonics.  This is also just one type of detox for your body.  There are a variety of ways that will be explored on this site.  Sure, you could get a prescription or even over-the-counter medications for constipation, but not many people are comfortable with that approach.

For others, they simply find that more natural means are more helpful for them.  Most notably through using natural and organic foods and diet as a way of cleansing or detoxing.  By the way, sometimes the terms detox and cleanse can be used interchangably – don’t let this throw you.  The most important thing to focus on is your ultimate goal.  Why are you wanting to detox your body in the first place?  And why are you searching for an herbal detox program or style to do it?  Well, the answers are obvious here, but let’s make it abundantly clear.  If you are eating foods, breathing air and living life in anywhere but a remote tropical paradise, then you are likely being exposed to a variety of toxins daily.  And, the best way to eliminate these from your body is to use organic foods and a specific detox diet to get you there.

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