Whether you eat a very healthy diet everyday, exercise and follow detox programs regularly, it is still important to incorporate daily steps to counteract any indulgences on any potential unhealthy food and environmental exposure to toxins that are outside our control. Daily detox maintenance is also a good way to supplement other major cleanses.
Daily detox steps will help combat toxicity levels and make you feel good. Once they are built into a regular routine, they can be part of your healthy habits:
- Water
Drinking water helps flush toxins out of the body, maintain organs lubricated and promote more effective daily elimination. Not drinking enough water can lead to a risk of re-absorbing the toxins into the system. Alkaline or detox water, such as hot water with lemon and cayenne pepper, is a great way to start or sip through the day.
- Exercise
Exercise promotes removal of toxins via perspiration. The skin is a detox organ and sweating is crucial for the elimination of heavy metals stored in fat tissues.
- Detox teas
Some teas are known to aid in detoxification, particularly green tea, ginger, dandelion root, burdock and liquorice root.
- Fresh juicing
Fresh raw cold-pressed juicing of organic fruits and vegetables is a common and versatile approach to detoxify, purify and alkalize the body at home. Spices, herbs, nuts and seeds can add additional detoxifying capabilities and benefits to the juices.
- Apple Cider Vinegar
Organic unfiltered apple cider vinegar helps detoxify the liver and alkalizes the body. It removes toxic waste more effectively due to its vitamins, minerals and enzymes.
- Dry body brushing
Considering that your skin is a large detox organ, dry brushing your skin before a shower from the extremities towards the heart is an effective step to stimulate the lymphatic system and remove dead cells and toxins.
- Detox foods and supplements
The kidney and liver are the body’s organs of filtration. Any foods that promote more efficient internal processes are important, such as fibre, vitamins, probiotics, phytonutrients, etc. In particular, ginger, garlic, turmeric, cayenne pepper, lemon, lime, grapefruit, wheatgrass, spirulina, chlorella, cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and milk thistle are foods that can greatly enhance your detox efforts. Supplements can facilitate regular detox in convenience formats.
- 8. Hydrotherapy
There are many forms of hydrotherapy, from detox treatments found in medical spas or specialized clinics (e.g., thalassotherapy) to simple steps that can be done at home. One simple form of hydrotherapy is the application of hot and cold water in the body (such as alternating hot and cold shower) to detoxify and strengthen the circulatory, endocrine, immune and musculoskeletal systems.
- Sleep
The mechanisms behind toxin removal processes are active during sleep. In particular, the brain has its own detoxification system, similar to the lymphatic system of the body, to clear cerebral waste. Without adequate sleep, cellular level is impacted as the entire body depends on it for optimal function.
- Mouth Detox
Tongue scrapping is an easy and fast Ayurvedic technique to remove food and debris, dead cells, bacteria and other toxins for a cleaner mouth and improved metabolism. Also, oil pulling which involves swirling and swishing sesame, coconut or other oil in the mouth for about 20 minutes, improves oral hygiene by reducing bacteria. It also prevents heart disease, reduces inflammation, and clears skin and other conditions.
