I want to detoxify my body. What do I ask for at the health food store?
My coworker told me I can go to a health food store and get a series of pills to take for several days to purify my body. I haven't been taking drugs or anything, but I just want to do a body cleanse to make myself feel a little better/healthier. Of course I will be drinking a lot of water too.
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Just got through the detox and worked great when you go to the health food store they can lead you to the right stuff for you
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You'll be wasting your money. The whole alt med detox thing is a scam. From Wiki: Certain approaches in alternative medicine claim to remove toxins from the body through herbal, electrical or electromagnetic treatments (such as the Aqua Detox treatment). These toxins are undefined and have no scientific basis,[1] making the validity of such techniques questionable. There is no evidence for toxic accumulation in these cases,[1] as the liver and kidneys automatically detoxify and excrete many toxic materials including metabolic wastes. Under this theory if toxins are too rapidly released without being safely eliminated (such as burning fat that stores toxins) they can damage the body and cause malaise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification Some quotes: "It's an irrational concept, yet an intriguing idea, that modern life so fills us with poisons from polluted air and food additives that we need to be periodically "cleaned out" ("detoxified"). Never mind that natural chemicals in our foods are thousands of times more potent than additives, or that most Americans are healthier, live longer, and can choose from the most healthful food supply ever available." -- Frances M. Berg, M.S. "Real detoxification of foreign substances takes place in the liver, which modifies their chemical structure so they can be excreted by the kidneys which filter them from the blood into the urine." --Stephen Barrett, M.D. "Toxin" is classic pseudoscience terminology. --Ben Goldacre, M.D. "...these detox programs amount to a large quantity of excrement, both literally and figuratively.†--Peter Pressman, M.D. http://www.skepdic.com/detox.html Edit: Gale - what "toxins" exactly are you talking about (chemically), and how are they removed by your methods - what is the physiological mechanics?
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Are you in the habit of eating canned good products such as the ones below? * Canned Meat Products * Canned Vegetables * Canned fruits * Canned Fish If yes, chances are, you also ingest body toxins along with the food that you eat each day. These toxins in the body find their way inside your system in the form of preservatives. There are many body cleansing products available in the market today, but before you go to some health food store, it would be in your best interest if you read some additional information about doing a body detox. Just copy/paste the URL below to your browser:
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The natural way as God intended mate .......... Let Food Be Thy Medicine Soccrates said. The more wholegrains and cereals like organic brown rice and fresh low sugar fruits like strawberries, pears and watermelon and fresh leafy and green vegies and crunchy vegies like carrotts and celery you eat the larger and easier your motions will be ........... drink more fresh filtered water too to ensure you are properly hydrated and to ease the elimination process...... cut out or right back on caffeine and sodas, pop and soft drinks too as they will dehydrate you terribly and wash out your water soluble B complex of vitamins which are so essential for healthy neural, immune and digestive functioning........ wholegrains and cereals and leafy and green vegies and lean organic meats are rich in the B complex of vitamins. chew each mouthfull at least 20 times ...... to aid in digestion too ....... don't combine proteins and carbs in one sitting ...... leave a 2 - 3 hour gap between each to ease the digestive process ....... eat fruit by itself ie ~ leave an hour after fruit before eating anything else. Pinpoint any food intolerances you may have such as lactose intolerance .......... lactose intolerance can cause bloating, gassiness, belching, constipation, acid reflux, achy bones, moodiness and irritability, brain frizzing ........ unaddressed food intolerances contribute enormously to bad digestion and compromise your whole system ...... eat more leafy and green vegies and low sugar fruits ......... green vegies lightly stemed or raw like broccolli, celery, buk choy, kale, chard are all rich in calcium and magnesium (green vegies for magnesium and calcium fruits for calcium) and perhaps ditch the milk and dairy for 5 days and see if that speeds the process for you. oh, eat more crunchy vegies too like raw celery, raw or lightly steamed broccolli, raw carrotts ....... they act like a broom and sweep the colon clean ...... green vegies are particularly good for helping with constipation ..... and eat the brown rice ....... one bowl full a day of brown rice, plenty of water and crunchy vegies will nail it for you mate. anything you can buy in a supplement, powder, tablet, pill ...... will never do the same job as actually paying attention to the way your body feels when you eat ....... and taking note of how the food you are eating makes you feel .......... if you get symptoms of headaches and migraines, irritability and moodiness, fatigue and exhaustion, nasty mood swings, achy bones, bloating and constipation after eating a particular food ........ eliminate it ........ strip your diet back to green vegie juice and organic brown rice or organic quinoa and slowly add in one food per day and note how your body reacts........ if it disagrees with you don't eat it. tedious and irritating to do sure but well worth the effort. ***EDIT*** for those of us who have no perception of what is contained in tinned foods ........ two good examples would be processed sugar enmasse and MSG ....... both toxicsludge that will only ever serve to put extra strain on your liver and make your body and all your internal organs work just that much harder ....... to desperately try and eliminate them. peace baby ♥
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Eat a lot of raw fruits and veggies Go vegetarian for 1 week no tobacco or alcohol etc avoid sugar as well this is the only detox regime i know
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You already have all you need to "detox", provided you have a liver. That's what it is for. Millions of years of evolution have provided you with the most effective toxin removal system for the human body that has ever existed. Taking herbal pills and potions will have absolutely no effect, save for helping the owner of the health food shop to pay off his mortgage. Seriously, just eat healthily (ie not too much fat, and eat fruit and veg), don't drink too much and don't smoke and you'll be fine.
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Nothing. Your liver and kidneys detox your body 24/7, you do not need to take any pill
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