How to Detoxify Your Body

Detox diets are all the rage these days, but do they really work?  If so, which type of detox diet is the best one?

Detox diets are actually great for a number of different things:

• Weight loss
• Clearing up skin issues
• Bloating
• Bowel cleansing
• Constipation
• Immune boosting

The most common use for detox diets is weight loss.  Detoxification can indeed help you lose pounds, but a lot of that weight is from the cleansing of build-up inside the colon and eliminating the toxins that build up under the skin.

Skin issues can be cleared up through detoxification.  When toxins build up under the skin, they can erupt into breakouts and rashes.  Detox diets can help clear up these skin issues by getting rid of those toxins.

If your immune system is low, it may be due to a build-up of toxic substances in your body.  Your immune system is constantly trying to eliminate all of these, which means it isn’t as strong when it needs to attack something like a virus or bacterial infection.

You don’t need to follow any specific detox diet unless there is one that has been recommended to you that you’d like to follow.  I’ve found that the best type of detox diet is to simply eliminate cooked foods for a few days.

Whenever I need to detoxify my body, I fall back to raw fruits and vegetables for 7-10 days, drinking only water and lemonade made with fresh lemons and grade-B maple syrup with a dash of cayenne pepper.  This works very well and very fast!

Just so you know, you may experience some symptoms when your body starts to detox.  Headaches and rashes are the most common, but they aren’t serious.  If you feel a little ill, don’t worry, it usually only lasts a day or two, and it’s a sign that the process is working as it should be.