Detoxing

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PlaydohPants wrote: »

Check out this post about detoxes!!

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10062152/is-anyone-thinking-about-doing-a-detox#latest

Beat me to it.

OP: Your kidney and liver are your natural filtration systems. You will lose weight if you eat a reasonable deficit. Good luck

If you are hungry maybe you have set your calorie goal too low or aggressive. Especially not good if you are feeding an infant.

I would stay away from "cleanses" as they can be dangerous--especially to the baby. There could be lots of things going on, but I'm betting on a yeast overgrowth in the gut due to the high levels of estrogen from pregnancy and breastfeeding (estrogen, as nearly every woman knows, encourages the growth of yeast in the mucosa lining the reproductive canal--but it also encourages its growth elsewhere in the body). Recent studies have suggested that your microflora (the bacteria in your gut) actually influence your appetite toward what they want to eat. The gut is called "the second brain" for a reason--it has a constant feedback loop with the brain. It is actually pretty amazing. You likely don't need a cleanse as much as you need a pro-biotic supplement and staying away from feeding the "beasties" in your gut the starch and sugar that they thrive on. Kefir and yogurt will help to establish "friendly" bacteria and they will discourage yeast overgrowth. Eating lots of veggies will help as well because they feed other bacteria that have been discouraged. Given the right diet, and the eventual cessation of breastfeeding, you should be able to right things in your gut (which, as I have said, is the likely source of the problem). Coconut oil contains a fatty acid (caprylic acid) that is great for discouraging yeast. I would include some in my diet every day--the lauric acid that coconut oil also contains will benefit your immune system as well as the baby's. If you get massive "die-off" of the yeast in your gut, you can feel pretty lousy for a day or two while the die-off toxins that it is putting into your bloodstream are filtered out through your liver and kidneys. You will want to drink lots of water and maybe do the new program every other day until the die-off reaction stops.

You can also try a fast from fructose for a couple of weeks. I did that and it ended my sugar and starch cravings. The reason why it works is that staying away from all sources of fructose (keep in mind that table sugar--sucrose--is 50% fructose) will lower your level of fructokinase (a gut enzyme). Some scientists believe that eating a lot of fructose in the form of sugar boosts fructokinase to abnormal levels and that may be the basis of the craving for sugar and starch (the body quickly converts starch to various sugars).