Was your holiday filled with pumpkin pie,
roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, a little bit of eggnog, and endless amounts of
sweets? If not, then you’re already ahead of the crowd, if you are in this
category, you may be thinking, “Help!” Not to worry, take a deep breath, and
let’s discuss detox.
First off, detoxing is a way to cleanse and
re-start the body. Think of your body like a battery, sometimes you just need
to a kick-start to get back on track.
Twenty-one days is what is recommended to
start new habits and release the addiction or routine of habits. Eating certain
foods, especially sweets have a way of being addictive and allowing your body
to feel drained without them, but then your body jumps on a roller coaster with
them, and goes from a quick high to an inevitable low.
Kris Carr, the
author of Crazy Sexy Diet, goes off
the idea of “21 days” and personally creates an intense detox for the body.
“Detoxification is as necessary for life as the beating of the heart. Our cells
are constantly forming toxins as normal waste products of metabolism. The cells
release the toxins into the blood; within a few heartbeats, the toxins are
swept into the liver for detoxification.”
While being a
Seattle Pacific University student, it’s hard to obtain the freshest of organic
produce and the ability to take a lot of time out of your busy schedules to
focus completely on your body. Don’t throw this article out just yet; there are
a few easy, dorm-accessible ways to detox the body.
Start your
mornings out with a glass of water, simple. Add a lemon and a dash of cayenne
pepper, if you don’t have any cayenne pepper at hand, the lemon will do. Keep
water as your weapon and always have a reusable BPA-free bottle at hand. Water
helps to cleanse the body and release free radicals that basically just keep
the body’s system from letting go.
According to
Dr. John Dempster, a local naturopath, his top ten-detox foods include lemon.
Along with the lemon Dempster talks about the high amounts of fiber in beets
that help to eliminate the bodies’ toxic waste. Broccoli sprouts have twenty
times the amounts of sulphorophanes
than regular broccoli. Sulphorophanes has anti-cancer principles that help in
the detox process. Garlic and Curcumin, also known as Turmeric, are the top
powerful detoxifiers due to their high levels of sulphur. Next time you are out for sushi, don’t
hesitate to order the seaweed salad or stop at the store and grab some crunchy
sea vegetables to help purify your blood. Dandelion leaves can be added to
salads or as a snack that is full of antioxidants. Apples make sure to get USDA
organic, have the ability to help your body release food additives that is a
main factor in that holiday pie.
Pick and choose
out of these options and try for a minimum of twenty-one days to start off 2013
right and give your body the TLC it needs and deserves.
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