A gentle detoxification regimen
Instructions:
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Step One: Turn off your computer. I'm serious. No disrespect intended to the miracle that is the internet, but I had a terrible time trying to research this stuff online. Many websites just cut and paste information from each other, but in the process instructions get changed. One site recommends eating more fruit, the other says to avoid all fruit during a cleanse. You get the idea. So do a little searching on your own to see what makes sense to you.
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Step Two: Reduce your intake of sugar, wheat, dairy, alcohol and caffeine. These are cornerstones of the western diet, and can bog down your liver with toxic overload (and sugar overload, since it's in four of those foods). I balked at giving up coffee entirely, but have cut back significantly and substituted green tea, which is liver-friendly.
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Step Three: Help the process along by drinking water. Your liver's main function is to break apart toxins so they can pass through your system via the lungs, intestines, skin, or urine. Clean, fresh water helps them on their way.
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Step Four: Up your fiber intake, for the same reason stated above. Eat more green vegetables, pears, brown rice and flax seeds.
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Step Five: Can you guess what it is? Those toxins can come out through the lungs and skin...so a little exercise, done until you break a sweat and are breathing hard, will also help show toxic buildup the door.
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Step Six: Herbs. Dandelion, turmeric, burdock, milk thistle and chamomile are all liver-friendly, but use your noodle before just popping supplements. If you're sick, see a practitioner or read up on what works best based on specific symptoms.
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