Springtime- I think of flowers blooming, green grass, Easter egg hunts, and exercising outdoors! It's been a really LONG winter here in northwest Iowa with the extremely low temperatures. Being cooped up all winter leads to sluggishness, fatigue, and weight gain. With the seasons changing now is a great time to not only Spring clean your house but do a body cleansing as well!!
Here are 9 ways you can rid your body of toxic build up!
Ditch these clogging foods and your skin, gut, and brain will thank you!
Dairy Products
Acidic to body; contain antibiotic residues and growth hormones; causes mucus build-up and acne.
Gluten/Wheat/Sugar
Processed carbohydrate foods like white breads, white pastas, sugary drinks and candies all demand extra effort from your liver to keep your blood sugar levels stable as well as to remove the toxic substances these foods contain. Eating a processed carbohydrate rich diet will mean your liver is working over time.
Anything with Additives/Preservatives/Colorings in a Box or Can
These foods are highly processed, made in factories, contain chemicals that our bodies cannot break down. They cause weight gain, diabetes, cancer, diseases, and other health issues. It is "dead" food without living enzymes.
Juicing is a way to get a mega-dose of vitamins and nutrients into your body with maximum absorption! Try doing one for 3-5 days if you are new to juicing to give your digestive system a rest! Here is one recipe I enjoy.
Deep Green Liver Detox Juice:
- 1/2 cucumber
- 2 cups kale
- 1 lime
- 1 cup swiss chard
- 1/2 lemon
Sweating is the body’s safe and natural way to heal & stay healthy. Infrared sauna benefits the body by heating it directly causing a rise in core temperature resulting in a deep, detoxifying sweat at the cellular level, where toxins reside.
4. Dry Skin Brushing
Dry skin brushing on a daily basis can provide numerous benefits, such as improved circulation, stimulating lymph drainage, stimulating hormones, and firming the skin.
- Stimulates the lymphatic system, which also helps to eliminate toxins from the body.
- Helps your skin to breathe by removing dead skin cells, and opening clogged pores
- By increasing the circulation to the skin, you are encouraging your body to discharge metabolic waste.
5. Liver Cleansing- Foods/ Herbs:
Consume More of These Foods
- Beets
- Carrots
- Lemons
- Limes
- Dark Leafy Greens
- Sulphur rich foods like onions and garlic
- Cruciferous veggies like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower
Herbs (Be sure to consult with an educated professional before using.)
Burdock Root: Burdock root is an extremely bitter root that is a powerful blood purifier. This will help to support your liver in its blood filtering work.
Dandelion Root: Dandelion root works to support the cleansing of the liver. I like to drink dandelion root tea!
Milk Thistle: Milk thistle can work to cleanse and repair the liver tissues. This is most likely the most common of the liver supporting herbs. It comes in tincture, tea, and capsule forms.
6. Total Body Cleanse
Some people like to use a product to assist with cleansing. Here is the one I use and recommend from Garden of Life. It's gentle and effective! Please contact me if you would like to order one!
7. Herbal Detox Body Wraps
You can use these in the comfort of your own home!
The Herbal Detox Body Wrap is a non-woven cloth wrap that has been infused with a powerful, botanically-based formula to deliver you maximum tightening, toning, and firming results when applied to the skin. It continuously hydrates for firmer, smoother, more youthful-looking skin and reduces the appearance of cellulite and skin slackening.
It is natural and it aids the body in releasing toxins, tightening and toning the body and emulsifying fat so that you lose inches in a 45 minute application. This inch loss can be from 1-6 inches in 45 minutes. Also helps with stretch marks, cellulite, pain, and inflammation. $30 for 1 Wrap (Retail Price).
8. Ion Detox Foot Bath
This is a service I offer in my office. The ion foot bath is a powerful way to experience a cellular detoxification. It generates a stream of positive and negative ions (charged atoms) which attract and attach themselves to oppositely charged toxic particles. Through osmosis these toxins are drawn out of the body through the pores of your feet to cleanse and detoxify the body. It increase energy (both physically and mental energy), vitality, stamina, and weight loss at the same time it is used to purge (ionic detoxifications) the body of toxins, chemicals, radiation, pollution, synthetics, and other foreign material trapped in the body that have clogged up the systems of elimination.
9. Drink More WATER!
Most people are not consuming enough. Rule is to drink half your bodyweight in ounces of filtered water a day minimum! Water cleanses toxins from the body, regulates body temperature, is needed for digestion and more. Use stainless steel or a glass water bottle instead of drinking out of plastic bottles!
Please CONTACT ME to schedule your detox session or wellness consultation!
Copyright, 2014, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.
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