Have you thought about doing a
detox but don’t know where to start? The word detox is flying around quite
loosely these days. People are talking about it a lot! The word
“detox” gets almost 30,000 internet searches a month! Many of us come
to think that “doing a detox” is some kind of big thing that we
have to endure for a week or a month. There are certainly many detox methods
out there that would require this kind of mindset. But what if I told you
that our bodies were already designed to be in a perpetual state of healthy
detox, and all you have to do is make some choices each day to support your
body to do what it was naturally designed to do? Sounds to good too be true,
right? It’s not! You and anyone can learn how to detox your body in your
everyday life just by employing these simple habits, principals, and
more.

8 Tips on How to Detox Your Body Every
Day

1. Stay Hydrated

A healthy body is considered to be made up of more than 50%
water. When we are dehydrated our organs literally shrink from
dehydration, and the toxins in our bodies become more concentrated. Hydration
allows our body to function better and flush the toxins out instead of
hanging on to them. Here is an article from
the Mayo Clinic on how much water you should be drinking per
day for your body and weight. Creating a simple habit of drinking more
water can make a huge difference in how your body functions and how you
feel.

2. Drink Lemon Water in the
Morning

Drink a glass of room temperature lemon water or hot water with
lemon first thing in the morning.  The lemon alkalizes your pH, and
stimulates your digestion and liver cleansing function.

3. Have a Plant Based Smoothie for
Breakfast

The traditional American breakfast is not what it’s cracked
up to be when it comes to high quality, efficient nutrition. When you eat
eggs, bacon, bagels, and cream cheese for breakfast, you are actually going
backwards and bogging your body down from its ability to naturally detoxify.
By starting your day with clean, plant based, easy to digest food, you are
giving yourself a morning cleansing boost. Use raw fruits and vegetables, a
good, whole
food vegan protein powder, and plant based milk like almond, hemp,
or coconut milk. You can also find raw food in concentrated
powders.

4. Eat Raw Plants During
Daylight

There isn’t some time of day mystic plant energy behind this. It
is just a rule of thumb that I use to try to remember to eat raw, plant
based, cleansing foods throughout my work day. In his book, The
Food Prescription For Better Health, Dr. Baxter D. Montgomery MD
articulates the healing and cleansing benefits of eating plant foods in their
raw state or as minimally processed as possible. This can be easily
achieved because salad is already the main staple for most people’s lunch
menus. Just take it a step further and try having some fun and exploring
other ways to enjoy raw vegetables, fruits, sprouted legumes, nuts and
seeds.

5. Try to Avoid ‘The 3 A’s”: Addictive,
Acidic, & Allergenic Foods

In my on line program, The
12-Day Detox, we help people reduce their consumption of the top
foods that are keeping them in a perpetual toxic state. Some of the top
contenders on this list are: alcohol, coffee, refined sugar, dairy products,
highly processed gluten, to name a few. I know, I know! When we start getting
into the territory of giving up foods we love it changes the entire context
of this article from “simple daily habits” to “oh no I can
never drink a martini again!” For the purpose of this article, just
consider cutting back on one or two things here and there and see how much of
a difference it makes for you.

6. Eat Whole, Organic Foods

This is one place where you should definitely splurge at the
grocery store. Here is my question: If the objective is to support your
body’s natural ability to detoxify on a regular basis, why would you put
environmental toxins like pesticides, hormones, and other harmful chemicals
into your body? The further along society gets in this discussion, the
more compelling the argument for an organic diet becomes.

7. Drink a Detox
Tea

Let’s face it. We have a lot of bad daily drinking habits
available to us, including but not limited to coffee, alcoholic beverages,
soft drinks, so why not make a daily habit of giving your liver and kidneys
some daily, healthy, hydrating support? You can find a high quality, safe
detox tea at your favorite healthy food market.

8. Educate
Yourself!

You can learn more about the subject of how to detox your
body when you join me on the 12-Day
Detox On-Line. This is a great, all-natural way to do a safe detox
without feeling hungry or deprived. You eat when you’re hungry and learn how
to do it right!

If you’ve enjoyed reading about how to help your body detox every
day, you might love to chat with me about other nutrition and wellness
questions and concerns you might have. I’d love to invite you to a
complimentary phone consultation. Schedule
your consultation right here!

Meanwhile, enjoy your new healthy insights!