Why and how to detox your body and is detox good for you? Detoxification is the process in which we clear the toxins from our body, neutralize or transform them, and clear excess mucus and congestion. Toxins that build up in our body come from our daily diet, drug use, and environmental exposure. Oxidized fats and cholesterol, free radicals, and other irritating molecules act as toxins in our body. Poor digestion, colon sluggishness and dysfunction, reduced liver function, and poor elimination through the kidneys, respiratory tract, and skin all add to increased toxicity.

Detoxification of the body involves changes in our diet and lifestyle that will reduce the intake of toxins and improve their elimination. We should avoid chemicals and additives, refined food, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs as much as possible.

There are many different ways to detoxify your body:

Colon cleanse, enemas, colonic irrigation
An enema or colonic irrigation flushes the colon with water and provides an avenue for toxic bile to leave the body. The use of enemas should be limited to fasting time, since misuse of enemas can affect the normal bacterial flora of the intestine and cause a dependency on the enema for regular elimination. That is why when detoxifying your colon, it is important to incorporate probiotics in your diet to replenish your intestinal flora. A colon flush can also assist recovery from food poisoning, stomach flues and diarrhea.

Detoxification Procedures
Homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, massage, sauna, herbal liver and kidney cleansing formulas, antioxidants, vitamin and mineral supplements.

Eating Less
A good way to start the detoxification process but can require the greatest discipline.

Exercise
Walking, aerobics, sports, stretching and light exercise assist detoxification.

Fasting with Lemon Juice and Honey
Honey and lemon supply nutrients that assist in detoxification and the honey reduces the rate of cleansing to a more comfortable level.

Juice Fasting
Fasting with juices supplies an abundance of nutrients, including enzymes and calories to reduce the cleansing intensity to a more comfortable level.

Raw Food Diet
Effects are similar to the ones in juice diet, but the process is much slower.

Vegetarian Eating
A light, vegetarian diet will aid detoxification.

Water Fasting

A very intense and straining cleanse, since it demands the most calories.