Total Body Cleanse - Any Suggestions?

I tried the 14 day Acai Berry Cleanse. It claims you can lose 2-5lbs of built up matter, and reduce bloating. I do feel like it helped with bloating, but the 2-5lbs loss didn't happen for me. I actually posted this topic right after you, so I hope there are some serious responses, and not little boys posting dumb statements.

I like the website Jointhereboot.com

They have a bunch of great recipes if you are into juicing! You can do just juicing for 3 days or just add it to your diet..

Good luck!

You don't need to pay for a body detox if you eat and drink properly your body will do a great job all by itself.

Cut out processed foods, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, eat plenty of veg, some fruit, good fats, fish, chicken, some red meat, limited nuts and seeds, limited dairy. Give yourself a week or two, see how you go...gradually increase some other foods but eat as unprocessed as possible.

You are wasting your time looking at any sort of cleanse honestly. You can't force the cleansing of toxins from your body; you have organs that do that. Yes you can eat certain foods etc that contribute to liver health (dark berries and the like) but unless you are killing your liver with copious amounts of whiskey (I prefer Kentucky Bourbon myself) and stop that habit, you won't speed that up or "jump start" anything.

People feel great when they do an acai or whatever cleanse? Sure, placebos are great like that. Generally folks are either lowering caloric intake, or changing their nutritional profile in conjunction with this if they already typically eat junk and so of course they will feel better.

It's like when people in the states hype up yerba mate and overpay for it...sheeeet, drank that growing up all day erry day and paid pennies for kilos of tea leaves at a time (come from an Argentine/Paraguayan family). Good stuff though.

So I found those two guys funny, but what they were ultimately getting at was: "cleanses are sorcery, just eat good stuff"

I am interested in doing a Total Body Cleanse to jump start my new healthy lifestyle. I want to get all the bad toxins out of my system....probably lots of sludge from too many weekends of partying back in the day! Lately I have been feeling really groggy, kind of dizzy, and experiencing some tummy troubles. I don't want to do a cleanse that makes me have to run to the bathroom every hour (unless that is the only effective kind).

Any suggestions?

My suggestion would be to just eat more whole and nutrient dense foods, and drink a good amount of water.

There is no need to do any sort of cleanse involving putting veggies in a blender or drinking lemon juice/etc, Your body will detoxify itself to the best of its abilities on it's own and drinking juices aren't going to induce cleanliness.

^^ this

stay away from processed foods, eat lots of fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and drink lots of water. Most of the the so-called cleanses are little more than fibre supplements, be especially wary of any products that use the term detox - in the context of your body it's pretty much meaningless pseudo-scientific bafflegab, your liver & kidneys do that all by themselves.

Keep it simple and keep your money.

Water water water

Dr. Bronners
All one! All one!

More fiber and, as Cory said, a good long shower with lots of soap and maybe some exfoliates. Don't forget to wash between your toes and behind your ears as I sometimes have a tendency to do.

Honestly, all that "sludge" is long gone. A balanced diet and water will do what you want.

Thanks everyone for your advice! I have decided not to take the cleanse route....right now I'm enjoying a Tall Glass of Water with a Spinach and mixed raw vegetable salad!

YAY!

I *love* when people ask for advice and then actually make an informed decision! I am proud of you!