Diet Detox

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  • vikdexkaykai
    vikdexkaykai Posts: 92 Member
    Are your liver and/or kidneys broken?

    LMAO!! :laugh:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    anyone know of any good detox diets? I'm wanting something to clean out my body and have never done one before. I'm looking for something that does allow me more then just drinks and fruit. Any advice would be great! I'm also not looking to do it for a long period of time, maybe only 2 or 3 days

    Basically, you will want to focus on only eating whole, fresh foods. There is no evidence that the drinks actually work, but a healthy diet will allow your body to get rid of toxins. I suggest trying some "green food" with chlorella and spirulina in it (and wheatgrass!) Both of those will help eliminate toxins while putting healthy proteins, vitamins, and minerals into your body.

    Also, here is a good list of detoxifying foods:

    Fruits - natural fiber (especially citrus fruits - e.g. add lemon to your water)
    Green Foods (blue green algae, barley, wheatgrass, kale, spinach, spirulina, alfalfa, etc.) - work with the liver and help clear the intestinal tract
    Garlic - stimulates the liver into producing enzymes that will help rid the digestive system of residue
    Broccoli Sprouts - stimulate enzymes in the digestive tract
    Green Tea - antioxidants and liver aid
    Seeds and Nuts - especially hemp seeds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, almonds and walnuts
    Omega-3 Oils - hemp seeds are the best source for Omega oil - one tablespoon a day will help flush the intestinal tract plus absorb residue that is built up along the walls of the intestines

    My husband has Crohn's, so he has to do a detox every few months. I can't say enough good about the green foods and hemp seeds. Since he has been incorporating them in his diet, he hasn't had any inflammation issues at all.

    Good luck. :flowerforyou:
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    your body is designed to detoxify itself.

    If you're set on cleaning yourself out, drink a gallon of water per day and eat a ton of fresh fruits and veggies while limiting processed foods.......
    and take some metamucil, that'll clean out your bowels and get things back to normal.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    your body is designed to detoxify itself.

    If you're set on cleaning yourself out, drink a gallon of water per day and eat a ton of fresh fruits and veggies while limiting processed foods.......
    and take some metamucil, that'll clean out your bowels and get things back to normal.

    Eww! Not a healthy way to detox, imo.
  • sherisse69
    sherisse69 Posts: 795 Member
    Laxatives.

    Hope that is a joke!
  • sherisse69
    sherisse69 Posts: 795 Member
    Go to the Dr. Oz website. He has a 48 hour detox that looks reasonable. Worth checking out anyway.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,281 Member
    The only detoxing (if you want to call it that) I did was to quit starchy carbs and refined sugar for a month. Get that stuff out of your system and you will feel a lot better.
  • NicoleisQuantized
    NicoleisQuantized Posts: 344 Member
    Detox? Are you a drug addict or chronic alcoholic? Have you been exposed to heavy metals or some other poison?

    Sorry, detox is a word bandied about by unscrupulous companies trying to separate you from your money. It, along with "cleanse" are perhaps the two most meaningless words in the health / weight management lexicon.

    Fresh fruits and vegetables, lean protein sources, lots of fluids and your body looks after the rest (assuming no underlying disease)

    Exactly.
  • stephm112
    stephm112 Posts: 297 Member
    The gym manager where I go suggested the apple detox. Super easy (and got rid of my sweet cravings) eat apples as much as you want for breakfast lunch and snacks, you can cook them (don't add sugar etc) and for dinner have a meal consisting mostly of green veg and lean meat or white fish. It's meant to lower your cholesterol and help blood pressure. I did it after plateauing for 5 months and I've started losing again. The gym manager said it would help kick start things as sometimes the body needs a flush of the system, especially after a drastic change in diet. http://www.ehow.com/way_5313657_apple-detox-diet.html here's the link if you're interested.
  • deanna_bond
    deanna_bond Posts: 104 Member
    DONT DO LAXITIVES. JUST PICK A GOOD DIET PLAN. No sugar no milk for the first week. Use natural fruit for sugar intake and almond/soy milk.

    FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GET UP - Drink 4 8oz. cups a water. its hard at first but after the second day its awesome
    by the end of the day 8 8oz glasses AT THE MINIMUN.

    The fist time I drank 4 cups of water I had to use the bathroom right away and it detoxes naturally. STAY AWAY FROM SODAPOP.
  • SickSkilz
    SickSkilz Posts: 40
    As far as detoxing goes, its good for you to sweat a lot. When I started losing weight and working out a lot, i would leave a residue of sodium and such on anything I got sweat on. Now after a couple months, my sweat is barely salty.

    I wont do a juice only diet either. But what I do do is eat very few processed foods. Fruits, veggies, whole grains (cherios and oat meal), plain salad, and lean meat.

    Detoxing is just like weight loss dietting, if its not a change in lifestyle, it wont stick.
  • deanna_bond
    deanna_bond Posts: 104 Member
    WHOLE FOODS AND WATER WATER WATER WATER...........I have a meal plan that contains no "juicing" no "drugs" NO LAXITIVES......I smile everytime I read it
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    No Juicer. Vita-Mix your vegetables if you want to drink them. :bigsmile:

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