What are some ways to detoxify your body without chemicals?!
Question: I'm not doing any of that chemical cleanser or enema stuff. What are some other ways to detoxify? I've be drinking distilled water, which seems to work great.
Answers: I'm not doing any of that chemical cleanser or enema stuff. What are some other ways to detoxify? I've be drinking distilled water, which seems to work great.
The amino acid cysteine bonds with heavy metals, so adding cysteine to your diet as a supplement or as a food is a very good idea. The wiki entry has a listing of different foods that contain higher levels of cysteine (eggs are a personal favorite of mine, for instance - good sources of protein, good source of nutrition, taste great).
Without water you can't flush anything out, so drink lots of water. Sweating, preferably through excercise, and urination are the only ways you can "flush" anything out of your system (in the way that you mean flush).
Most chemical cleansers are combinations of different herbs that have diuretic properties. If you consume an herb that makes your urinate more, you will drink more water. Ergo, the flush. That said, why not just drink water? You're on the right track, there. Herbs are drugs, and you should be careful about what drugs you put into your body. Just because they're natural doesn't mean they're safe. Caffeine is a diuretic - drink some coffee or an energy drink if you need that kind've thing.
Water doesn't have to be distilled - as long as its reasonably clean you're okay. Your body has built in purifiers (liver, kidneys, etc), and they can handle some trace elements and a bit of salt in your water.
Enemas are a waste of time, as far as "cleansing" or "flushing" goes.
Saul
EDIT: Do NOT eat 2 cups of nutmeg! WTF are you thinking? This will accelerate your heart, could potentially make you feel like fainting or like your chest is pounding or your heart is in your throaght, you will probably get the sweats.... this is a reallly really really really bad idea. Nutmeg is an herb that is used as a spice, and is to be used carefully when cooking, and certainly not to be used in large quantities!
Jeez... just be safe, okay? You can purify your body by eating less processed foods (no fast food!), drinking lots of water, getting plenty of good sleep, and excercising at a healthy level for your age and medical condition. There are no silver bullets, no magic compounds that will "do it all" for you, no electroshock therapy treatments at a spa that will "purify" you, it takes some dedication but it can be done.
There are a lot of people who want to take shortcuts, who don't want to spend the time it takes to do it right. These shortcuts are either ineffective, fraudulent, or dangerous. 'Nuff said.
sweat it out with exercise or a Sauna.
for detoxification a dry Sauna is better than a hot tub
Fruit fruit fruit!!! Mainly grapes!!! anddd....lots of water! :)
You could eat foods that are high in antioxidants. For example blueberries, raspberries, cranberries, pomegranates etc
Sweat it out, is an excellent way. Vitamin c helps flush out the system.
Ingest 2 CUPS of freshly ground nutmeg...
It'll be like swallowing sawdust, but a few simple minutes after you will start to detoxify and rid your body of excess waste...
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work out to sweat it out, aso drink lots of water! good luck.
Check into your local spas. Some have a body ionizer. You will sit with your feet in warm salted water and then they will put an ionizer into the water which conducts a low level of electricity ( you can't feel it). It will draw out the impurities in your body. You can see everything that it pulls out. You will be so amazed and grossed out to see the chunks of toxins that are pulled out, pretty amazing. You should do a series of them and they will sun about $30-35 per session and about 30-45 min a session. Best of all you are spending the same amount and you don't have to diet or go on a food picket to get results.
Yeah, those ionizer treatments will freak you out. It can look like a black puddle. There are also herbal things for this, but if you aren't familiar, herbs can have side effects. For general information, milk thistle is for liver, cranberries are good for the urinary tract, there are many treatments for the colon. This is not an exhaustive list, but things you can get at like Wal-Mart or Target or whatever. Is there a specific thing you want to detox?