Detox: Cleansing the Body Inside Out

Detoxification has become popular in recent years as part of an overall health, beauty and weight loss regimen. There are numerous types of detox available, and range in price from the cheap, do-it-yourself variety, to expensive spa detox treatments and programs.

If you are feeling run down or in need of an inner cleanse, detox may be right for you.

Even though you are ‘healthy,’ this does not mean that you don’t need to detox. Our body should detox for us effectively on a continual basis. Our kidneys and liver are constantly working by cleaning out all the pollutants (smoke, caffeine, chemical-based products, and so on) in our body. The theory behind detox is that we help cleanse the whole body, in a focused way, in order to help purge ourselves of any impurities which our bodies may still be retaining, particularly in the kidneys and liver. Detox strengthen our organs back to optimal function.

Basically, this is done through fasting, in other words, resting the organs and stimulating the liver by pushing out the toxins from the body. Nourishing the body with healthy nutrients from all-natural sources, not processed foods which have become such a part of the modern diet, is also done to maintain optimum health.

Fasting and special purification diets have been practiced for centuries around the world by different cultures, usually as part of a religious observance. The ‘body is a temple’ would be the best way to sum up this philosophy. You are what you eat is a more modern way of thinking about it. Whichever view you choose as most useful for you, detox may become an integral part of your overall health care.

Although a lot of people want whole body detoxification, some wants to have a detox on a particular organ only, such as the kidney, liver or colon. During kidney cleansing, herbal supplements and juices are used to dissolve and wash out kidney stones. For the liver, particular foods are consumed to detox it, causing the gall bladder and liver to remove fatty deposits and toxins out of the body. Colon cleansing on the other hand, gently flushes the colon with water, providing a pathway for the release of toxins.

It terms of the dangers of detox, you should always be wary of anything hat seems too extreme, or needs to be done too often. With regard to colonics, there are definite risks involved with both the treatment, and either you or another person administering the detox treatment. Generally speaking, detox through the use of colonics is not recommended.

See Detox: An Introduction Part 2