7 Effective Ways To Easily Detoxify At Home
We all want a fit body and glowing skin. To achieve this, a regular exercise regime and healthy eating habits are imperative. However, detoxifying our bodies from time to time is also vital to good health. Detoxification helps cleanse our bodies of all the accumulated toxins. This debris of toxins gets collected due to bad eating habits, wrong foods, environmental toxins, medications, etc. Moreover, we all live hectic lives, leaving us with little or no time to undertake a proper cleansing process. But, simple changes in our daily lifestyle can help us detox our bodies naturally.
We bring you a list of seven effective and practical tips to detoxify in the comfort of your home.
1. Hydrate With Water
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It’s a fact that 60% to 70% of our body is made up of water. Water is the most inexpensive way to cleanse our bodies. Drink warm water immediately after you wake up in the morning. Make sure that you do not eat anything for thirty minutes after drinking water. This is the time needed by our body to cleanse, reboot and hydrate while removing toxins.
Consuming lukewarm water in the morning helps to digest and eliminate food properly. Hydrating with water also keeps constipation at bay. Constipation is a chronic lifestyle disorder that significantly contributes to the accumulation of toxins in the body. Drinking enough water improves digestion which in turn flushes out more toxins from the body.
It is interesting to note that increased water intake also keeps your urine clear and non-smelly. Though your bathroom trips might become more frequent due to increased urine output, your urine will be less concentrated with toxic substances.
But, if you are a smoker and have a drug test scheduled the following morning, then simply washing your system with water won’t help. In such a scenario, synthetic urine can come to your rescue. UPass is a synthetic urine brand with an all-inclusive kit and manual on how to use UPass urine.
Barring a few instances of exceptional cases, as mentioned above, water therapy is a healthy way forward for detoxification.
2. Give Your System a Break
Fasting is rapidly gaining popularity amongst health enthusiasts. In fact, in 2019, ‘intermittent fasting’ was the most searched keyword for weight loss on Google. Many health professionals are now propagating intermittent fasting as a safe method of detox. Dr. Jason Fung, a renowned Canadian nephrologist, advocates intermittent fasting as an effective tool to heal type 2 diabetes and achieve weight loss. Research studies have shown that fasting and restricted diets positively affect the aging process and cell repair.
Moreover, fasting is said to enhance the production and activity of enzymes required for detoxification. Furthermore, as per some studies, intermittent fasting also improves liver health, a major organ involved in the detoxification process.
If you want to try out fasting, it’s advisable to consult a knowledgeable healthcare professional to know if it’s right for you and that you follow all precautions.
3. Sip Green Tea
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Green tea is rich in antioxidants, trace minerals, and nutrients, making it an ideal beverage for cleansing. Green tea cleanses the colon and aids in digestion. Moreover, this beverage boosts the body’s metabolism and aids in weight loss. The water content of green tea hydrates the body and filters out waste.
It is a fact that the liver plays a key role in flushing out toxins from our bodies. Green tea has such properties that it safeguards the liver from toxic substances like alcohol.
Ideally, you should drink 3 to 6 cups of green tea as part of your green tea detox regime.
So, folks, ditch your daily cup of tea or coffee and sip green tea for an easy and healthy detox.
4. Stick to Whole Foods
We all love to indulge in greasy burgers, pizzas, sodas, and other processed food. But, studies show that such foods are the precursors of several chronic lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and even cancer. You don’t need to change your diet for a detox. Simply adding whole and natural foods and eliminating processed foods and sugary drinks will do the trick. Adding green vegetables and fruits, legumes and seeds, lemons, lean meats, and fish can go a long way in cleansing and strengthening your system. These foods also improve digestion and pave the way for eliminating toxins and waste from your body while boosting metabolism.
5. Drink Warm Lemon water
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Consuming warm lemon water after waking up in the morning should become your daily detox ritual. Lemons are known to purify the blood, while the citric acid in lemons improves digestion, enhancing waste elimination. Moreover, lemon supports liver health, a significant constituent in the detoxification process. Lemon juice invigorates the liver function and supports toxin removal from the body.
6. Get Sufficient Sleep
All the detox strategies you adopt will be rendered futile if you don’t get your daily sleep. About 7 to 8 hours of rest is vital to a rejuvenated full detox. An NIH-funded study states that sleep removes toxic molecules from the brain that are associated with neurodegeneration. Moreover, a lack of sleep causes elevated ghrelin levels, a “hunger hormone” that controls our food intake. This leads to increased hunger and appetite. This eventually causes overeating therein, derailing the detox process.
7. Add Probiotics to Diet
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A successful detox vastly depends on your gut health. Gut flora is the main detoxification area in our body. You can improve your gut flora by adding probiotics. Add probiotic-rich foods like yogurt, kimchi, apple cider vinegar to promote healthy gut bacteria and reduce gut inflammation.
Moreover, the liver heavily depends on gut bacteria in the removal of toxins. So, a good amount of gut flora accentuated by probiotics leads to an optimal detoxification process.
Looking Ahead
The detoxification methods mentioned above can be conveniently followed at home. These easy-to-imbibe detox tips will surely help you attain a rejuvenated and healthy mind and body.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
