Total Detox Plan

You may wonder sometimes why your body seems to be heavy and you feel too lazy to move, yet you are not sick. You are more than willing to be energetic but your body is not just up to it.

To address the problem, you resort to eating more, drinking cups of coffee and (for some) smoking, thinking that you will feel more lively after. Often you feel better for a short while afterwards, however by doing so you are accumulating toxins in your body which will contribute to your lethargy and general tiredness.

Nowadays, we want our bodies to be constantly active so we can move along with the fast paced lifestyles. Hence, we resort to body stimulants such as coffee, cigarettes, diet pills, drugs and more thinking that they will help the body to stay alert. In, the long term they in fact do the opposite. These stimulants can cause loss of energy and emotional symptoms such as headaches, sickness and depression. They are also accumulated as toxins in the body.

Toxins are agents that can cause harm to the body. There are two kinds of toxins, the Exogenous or external toxins and Endogenous or internal toxins. The Exogenous toxins come from external sources such as car fumes, tobacco smoke, drugs, factory pollution, etc. Enogenous toxins come from viral or bacterial infection. The bodies metabolism also creates its own toxins called Autogenous toxins.

These harmful substances are eliminated from the body by a process called detoxification. Detoxification is the removal of stored toxic products from the bowel, the blood, liver, and kidneys.

The body detoxifies itself naturally all day. The peak of detoxification occurs when the body is rested during sleep until noon. In this way the body can naturally eliminate the toxins acquired from pollution, stimulants and nutrients.One of the easiest ways to help detoxify the body is through a natural diet. Basically changing your diet from a poor to a healthy one to include fish, fruits and vegetables.

The most common stimulants taken by people are refined white sugar, coffee, diet pills, cigarettes and red meat. By replacing these in our diet we can assist the natural detoxification process.

Sugar has a stimulating effect. Hence, we feel invigorated when we drink colas, however, refined white sugar has detrimental effects on the body and it is advised to cut down on it by replacing it with brown sugars like cane sugar which is natural. Fruit juices also give the same kick as to refined white sugar without the harmful effects.

Many people drink coffee to keep them awake at various times during the day. A natural substitute to coffee with a detoxifying effect is Japanese or Chinese green tea. The Japanese or Chinese green tea gives the same kick because it also contains caffeine but it does not contain substances that are irritating to the stomach.

Try replacing some of these elements in your diet and hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised by the renewed energy you feel.