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How
to Detox the Human Body
Have
you decided to go on a detox diet and become confused by the number of
plans, programs and instructions you have read? Have you seen
conflicting advice and wondered who is right? Well there is no one
right way. Everyone is different.
Each person has a different
health problem she or he wants to improve. Eash person's toxic load is
different and each person's level of nutrient deficiency is different.
People have different metabolisms. Some are fast metabolisers and some
are slow. So what is right for one person is not right for another.
What works for one may not give the same results for another. So we
come back to the question :
How do you detox the Human Body ?
The
basis for all body detox programs are really the same. They all aim to
rid the body of toxins, the waste products that have accumulated over
the years clogging our systems and causing congestion to increase the
vitality of the body. This vitality or newly found energy in the cells
allows the body to repair and regenerate itself. The various intensive
detoxification regimes undertaken by some people with cancer have
proved that this can happen.
All detox diets share the same
principles that you avoid foods and drinks that are detrimental to the
body and use natural preferrably organic whole foods. The recommended
foods help provide the minerals, vitamins and amino acids and other
nutrients that the body needs on a regular basis to repair and renew
itself.
All agree that a high proportion of fresh vegetables
and some fruit is necessary. Usually whole grains, with exception of
wheat, pulses, and limited use of oils, nuts and seeds is included.
Wheat is the most difficult grain to digest and can aggravate existing
digestive disorders. Nuts and seeds are limited as they are considered
hard to digest for a lot of people and the oils are a burden to the
liver which is the main organ of detoxifcation.
The use of
animal protein in detox diets is hotly debated. Some argue that animal
protein is heavy, clogging, congesting and harder to digest. Others
insist that animal protein is needed to supply the amino acids required
by the liver for its very complicated and sophisticated detox pathways
or routes. Others maintain that a whole grains especially brown rice
with pulses supply enough amino acids for effective detoxification.
Proponents
of Metabolic Typing, a system devised to determine which foods and
nutrients are best for your type of metabolism say that the best
detoxification diet is one which gives your cells the best
energy. This can only be achieved if you eat the right foods
for
your metabolic type and some types need animal protein.
Some
detoxifcation experts recommend that vegetarians start eating animal
proteins especially when they have been very sick. Poultry, red meat
and fish will provide excellent nutrition for them. Others who have had
a high meat diet often do better when they reduce their intake of meat
and balance their diets with other foods.
Dairy products are
very limited or eliminated from detoxification diets. They
tend
to be very acid forming, come high on the list of common food allergies
and intolerance and have been blamed for the origins of atherosclerosis
and heart attacks. Unless organically produced they have been found to
contain toxins that mimic oestrogen and can play havoc with our hormone
balance.
Which detoxification progam you go on will depend on
which one appeals to you and which eating plan you will feel
comfortable doing. It will depend too on how much experience you have
already had and the severity of health problems you want to improve.
Start with gentle, short and less taxing cleanses and work your way to
the more vigorous and longer plans.
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