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.