Detoxifying the Natural Way

Do you have frequent yeast infections, allergies, menstrual pain, or chronic fatigue? Many of these conditions are a sign your body is overloaded with a variety of “stressors” such as candida albicans (yeast), environmental toxins and food sensitivities. A whole body cleanse is often a great place to start improving your health.

Sure we have all the organs we need to eliminate, but if we accumulate toxins (which are in abundance today) and don’t do anything to support our liver, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, blood and lymphatic system, our bodies will eventually be affected. If your not pregnant or nursing, a detoxification program can be beneficial to your overall health.

Most detoxification supplements focus only on the liver and colon. Though important, the only way to make sure detoxification is truly successful, is to cleanse the whole body, and that includes the blood and lymph. These two vital fluids nourish and protect the liver, colon, and all other organs, tissues, and cells.

Detoxifying the colon and liver without cleansing the blood and lymph is like replacing your car’s dirty oil filter with a new clean one, but not changing the oil. Running dirty oil through the new filter will not improve your car’s performance. It’s the same with your circulatory and lymphatic systems. These fluids need “changing” or detoxification, too, for your body’s optimal health.

A safe, effective and natural detoxification program should work with your body’s own detoxification and elimination patterns.

(Consult Dr. Saifi for individualized detoxification program)

Do:

Drink filtered or spring water (at least 64 oz/day), fresh fruit and vegetable juice and herbal teas

Enjoy lots of fruits and vegetables (steamed or raw)

Eat whole grains like rice, millet and quinoa

Have some free-range meats like chicken, turkey, lamb, and fresh cold water fish like salmon, haddock, halibut and mackerel

Eat legumes like lentils, peas and beans

Use cold pressed oils like flaxseed, olive, and canola oil

Do pray. Try deep breathing to increase the effectiveness of detoxification

Don’t:

Drink caffeine and alcohol

Eat refined flour, sugar, saturated fats, artificial sweeteners, and processed foods

Eat dairy and wheat products on a daily basis

Go hungry! Plan your snacks and meals ahead of time

Do exercise. Your body needs time to rest and rebuild while detoxifying. Consider gentle stretches, walks and yoga instead.

Remember this is just for a short time till your digestive health improves, and you feel generally better. Of course many of the food habits would be beneficial to continue. Enjoy the process, and don’t forget your body has the innate ability to heal itself you are just giving it the tools to do so!

This article was adapted from Dr. Weiss’s publication titled Safe, Natural, Effective Cleansing. It is for informative purposes only and is not meant to treat or diagnose. For more information please contact Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Saifi, ND at DrSaifi@nlsclinic.com or call NLS Clinic at 0096594448886