Detoxification starts in your liver. While it’s a complicated process, your liver essentially does this in two phases. Learn more about detoxing your body.
We are being exposed to an increasing number of chemicals in our food supply, the air we breathe, and through many common items we use including cosmetics and household cleaners.
Among their potentially adverse effects, these chemicals can build up in our system and may contribute to stalling weight loss. While there are many factors that contribute, researchers find that environmental toxins play a role in being overweight or obese.
That’s where a well-designed detoxification plan can help. Besides helping you eliminate the wrong foods that can contribute to weight gain, the right program can give your liver and overall health a helping hand eliminating those toxins.
Effective detoxification, as a means to support overall health, demands reducing or eliminating what creates a toxic load, but it also requires giving your body everything it requires to optimally detoxify. Food and water becomes the best way to do that. After all, we detoxify constantly, and we eat several times a day. Having a healthy diet is the most important way to detoxify.
Ways To Help Your Body Detoxify
1.Eat The Right Foods
Copious studies show whole foods including cruciferous vegetables, berries, garlic, and spices like turmeric can help your body detoxify through various pathways. Paired with protein and quality fat creates an optimal food plan to support detoxification and lose weight. Go for organic plant foods and the highest-quality animal foods whenever possible.
2.Support Your Gut
Gastrointestinal issues Make it more difficult to support a healthy digestive system as part of the body’s natural detoxification processes. Maintaining a healthy digestive system requires removing obstacles that create dysbiosis (gut imbalances) and other common gut issues, but also incorporating the right gut-supporting foods and nutrients.
3.Reduce The Body’s Inflammation Response
Toxicity contributes to a natural inflammation response, which can lead to a heavier toxic load, stalling fat loss in the bargain. An anti-inflammatory diet includes wild-caught seafood, plant foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids including flaxseed and chia seeds, lots of non-starchy vegetables, and spices including turmeric.
4.Support Your Immune System
At a minimum, ensure you eat well, get good sleep, manage stress levels, practice good hygiene like washing your hand regularly, and get the right nutrients that support optimal immunity.
5.Minimize Exposure
Prevention is always your first line of both offense and defense. Avoid household cleaners, building materials, plastics, processed foods, and other places toxins linger. A good place to start for information about environmental toxins is with the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which provides a wealth of information including identifying toxins in your life.
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