By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2009-04-28 11:50:28 | Word Count: 706
Detoxing your body occasionally is good for your body. Detox doesn't just mean abstaining from beer or junk food for a couple of days. Our body is a storeroom of toxins and dangerous chemicals accrued over a period of years that render our immune system useless and damage other parts of our body. When the toxin level becomes high, they get converted into free radicals and cause extensive damage to all other organs, damage the body's defense and may cause lots of serious medical problems such as diabetes, MS and even cancer.
Now that we know how damaging these toxins are, how do we protect our body? A detox diet should do the trick. Nowadays, body detox and the benefits gained from these diets is a well researched subject. A body detox helps in lowering cholesterol in blood, counter allergies, improving skin, balancing the chemical levels in the body and can prolong our life span.
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When you go on a detox diet, you're giving your body a break by helping it get rid of the toxins and unwanted chemicals that have accrued over the years. This diet is recommended by many celebrities and people who were able to overcome their various addictions. These people have claimed that this type of diet has improved their life quality by increasing energy levels, aiding weight loss, improving digestion, improving the body's defense system, improving their mental mind frame and driving away the fatigue that was hindering their every movement. All the above can be obtained with a healthy diet and regular exercise but people usually recognize the meaning of a healthy diet late in life and by then our body is already infused with a lot of toxins. At this stage, a detox diet is the best way to bring back normalcy to our body.
There are many different types of detox diets. One of the choices is liquid detox diet whereby you only drink water or fruit juices for a few days. Else, there are diets that raise the content of fish or reduce the calorie consumption per day. A herbal detox diet is a packaged diet that helps you in your purpose.
So many detox diet combination are available that, with the right fundamentals, you too can make your own diet catalog.
The grape diet is a simple detox diet recipe. All you have to do is eat grapes and nothing else. With this diet, you can eat grapes anyway you like, as a fruit with water or as juice. This should be followed for a few days to allow your system a thorough cleanse. It's sufficient if you apply this diet for a few days if you're healthy.
Another type of detox diet is the lemon diet. It's also one of the most popular. With this diet, all you have to do is drink lemon juice and nothing else for the whole day. Water is known as one of the best detox agents, so ensure that you drink more than 64 ounces a day. By adding lemon to water, you get the added nourishment of Vitamin C.
The lemon diet is a little more complex compared to the grape diet. The recipe for this diet involve mixing two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemons, 1/8th of cayenne pepper, 2 tablespoons of B grade organic maple syrup with a cup of pure water. It's essential to be sure the water is free of fluoride.
Another type of detox diet is the cabbage soup diet. This diet is more forgiving as it's more filling and thus able to counter hunger. Another detox diet is the Gazpacho soup diet and it's similar to the cabbage soup diet. This is a Spanish combination of tomatoes, bell peppers, fresh garlic clove and cucumbers. Drink this soup cold.
A detox diet is a great way of getting a whole new body with good eating habits; however, be cautious when selecting your detox diet and implementing it.
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