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  Lose weight and live longer

I am one of those people who puts on weight just by looking at food! For this reason I always watched what I eat and always did regular exercise from aerobics to weight training and took part in sports from karate to squash.
 
 
I was doing reasonably well in keeping fit and keeping the weight under control. I had no idea of the scientific how and why behind it I just knew that it worked for me.

Until a few years ago when out of the blue, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis/Chrohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowl disease, with symptoms very similar to bowl cancer, the causes of which is still a mystery to science and medicine.

It was the most devastating thing that happened to me worst even than my divorce! Especially as the first course of treatment, a high dose of steroids, made me put on an awful lot of weigh in a very short space of time. 

After a few weeks on steroids, all my years of effort in eating healthy, keeping fit and controlling my weight seemed to have been wiped out. 

Detox diets are a very popular way of getting rid of harmful toxins that we ingest every day. These diets encourage you to eat natural foods and also encourage you to ingest lots of water and veggies which is all stuff you know is good for you. You hear about celebrities going on detox diets all of the time, and people who go into drug or alcohol rehabs are said to be detoxing as well, so you may wonder if it would be safe and ok for you to do as well.

This is not really the case. Like many other fad diets, detox diets can have harmful side effects, especially for teens. First of all, toxins can come from food or water, from chemicals used to grow or prepare food, and even from the air that we breathe as I mentioned above. Our bodies bring in toxins and then process those toxins through organs like the liver and kidneys and eliminate them in the form of sweat, urine, and faeces.

Although detox diet theories have not actually been proven scientifically, the people who support detox diets believe that toxins don’t always leave our bodies properly when we use the bathroom. Instead, they say that these toxins hang around in our digestive, lymph, and gastrointestinal systems and even in our skin and hair.

These toxins can cause all kinds of problems, like tiredness, headaches, and nausea.

So the basic idea behind the detox diets is to temporarily give up certain kinds of foods that are thought to contain these toxins in the first place. The idea is to purify and purge the body of all the harmful stuff.

Although detox diets vary by a great deal, most of them involve some version of a fast: which is, giving up food for a couple of days and then gradually reintroducing certain foods into the diet. Many of these diets also encourage you to undergo a complete colonic irrigation, otherwise known as giving yourself enemas to clean out your colon. Of course, there are still others that recommend that you take herbal supplements to help speed the cleansing process.

There are tons of detox diets out there to choose from. Typically they involve 1 or 2 days on a completely liquid diet and another 4 or 5 days slowly adding brown rice, fruit, and steamed vegetables to the diet. After a week of eating only these foods, you gradually reintroduce other foods with the exception of red meat, wheat, sugar, eggs, and all pre-packaged or junk foods.

Lots of claims are made about what a detox diet can do for you like preventing and curing disease to giving people more energy to making them more focused and clearheaded. Of course, eating a diet that is lower in fat and higher in fiber can help many people feel more healthy, but certain aspects of these detox diets claim that this is because of the elimination of toxins. This actually does help to clean out your system, but there are some things that you should beware of first.

Basically, to begin, detox diets are intended for short-term purposes only and should not be taken for a long period of time. You should not use a detox diet if you are trying to lose weight.

Because normal teenagers need lots of nutritional foods in their diet, like enough calories and protein to support rapid growth and development, diets that involve fasting and severe restriction of food are not a good idea for them. For teens who are highly athletic, fasting does not provide you with enough fuel to support these activities. It is for these reasons; detox diets can be especially risky for teenagers.

It is not recommended that people with diabetes, low blood sugar, or eating disorders go on detox diets either.

You should also know that this type of diet can be addictive. That’s because there’s a certain feeling that comes from going without food or having an enema which can feel like a high that some other people get from nicotine or alcohol. This can become a dangerous addiction that leads to major health problems in the long run.

Also, many of the supplements that are used during detox diets are actually laxatives, which are designed to make people go to the bathroom more often. Laxative supplements are never a good idea because they can cause dehydration, mineral imbalances, and problems with the digestive system.

Finally, people who fast for days on end may drop pounds, but most of it will be water and some of it may be muscle which your body needs. Fasting for longer periods can also slow down your metabolism, making it harder to keep the weight off or to lose weight later.

I’m not telling you that eating lots of veggies and fiber and drinking lots of water is a bad idea, but even good things can be overdone. For proper health you need to have a balanced nutritional level that you can only by eating such foods as protein from lean meats, eggs, beans, or peas and calcium from low-fat or fat-free milk or yoghurt.

You definitely shouldn’t start a detox diet or stop eating from any major food group without talking to your doctor or a registered dietician first. The human body is designed to purify itself. Your liver and kidneys will do the job they’re supposed to do if you eat a healthy diet that includes fiber, fruits, veggies, and plenty of water.

When taken once every 6 months or longer, the detox diet is not harmful and will cleanse your body of the toxins that you want to be rid of. Just make sure that you are not over doing it or prolonging the diet for longer than you need to. 

Here’s a good read on detox program:

Detox Program by Dr. Janet Starr HullThe 10 Step Detoxification Program can remove: Radiation Poisoning Heavy Metals i.e. mercury Food Chemicals i.e. aspartame Pesticides / Yeast / Mold Microorganisms Alcohol toxicity And more! Read more about the Detox Program!

It’s a sad fact we all have to accept that we regularly ingest tons of toxins into our bodies. When I say toxins, I don’t mean toxins like drugs.

I have to tell you that the list of harmful toxins we ingest into our bodies daily, is endless and the list only gets bigger and longer.  I will list these toxins in another post but let me just say for now that some of these toxins come from foods that we eat everyday too. 

Foods that we trust to make us healthy like fresh fruits and vegetables often have pesticides on them that can cause severe problems. The fact is that even the air we breath brings toxins into our bodies.  There are not many things that don’t bring toxins into our bodies so the solution is to know how to get rid of them.

If we don’t learn how to get rid of those harmful toxins we will experience a wide variety of health problems such as intestinal problems, respiratory problems, colon problems and early aging.  That is not all, but you get the point right?

That is why I am writing this  short guide. I will try and make this as comprehensive  as possible without making it difficult to understand because though I am interested in the science of it, I am no scientist and nor are you.

If you have ever worried about what the elements you are exposed to and what the food you are eating is doing to your body, you will find out the facts here. If you have ever wondered how to get rid of them and live a healthier life, you will learn about it here. Don’t let the world’s grunge take over your body. Use the advice here to make sure that you are as healthy as you can be.

Diet and exercise are naturally the best ways to stay healthy, but getting rid of harmful toxins should also be on your to do list. It’s easier than you think, so why not give it a shot?

The advice that I will present to you here will  cover things like:

·      The elements that we ingest every day that are harmful

·     The toxins that are easy to take as they are not commonly known.

·     Show you what those common dailys are and where they can be found

·     Show you different methods of detoxing your body that perhaps are not well known.

·     Teach you about how supplements can both help you get rid of toxins and be harmful in their won right

·     Tell you how best to get your health back on track after detoxing your system.

 These tips and tool and pools of information are necessary in maintaining your body’s perfect health.