How To Do a Detox

To be completely effective, a detox program has to address both internal and external toxins. We obviously need to deal with the toxins we eat, drink, breath and put on our bodies. But, it’s just as important to address the internal toxicity created by the body as it performs it’s normal everyday functions. These biochemical, cellular, and bodily activities generate substances that need to be neutralized and or eliminated, as do the external toxins.

A comprehensive detox program must supply the appropriate nutrients to do this – and should include nutrients specifically to support the 2 most important detoxification organ systems, the liver and gastro-intestinal tract.

Although there are additional ways to boost a detox, these should be the key components of any detox.

• Decrease The Number Of Toxins Going In
Limit external toxins by decreasing or removing the amount of irritants that we put into our bodies. This means eliminating the foods that often cause sensitivities or reactions, like gluten and dairy, irritants to the gut like alcohol and caffeine and sugar and all processed foods that also trigger inflammation. For a complete list of foods I recommend you can and cannot eat while detoxing please check out my REMOVE DIET.

• Assist The Body’s Capacity To Neutralize And Eliminate The Toxins

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Fred H.

12:11PM PDT on May 21, 2013

Thank you Dr. Frank Lipman, for Sharing this!

May 21
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Uddhab K.

1:55AM PDT on May 21, 2013

Thank you.

William T.

3:00PM PDT on May 15, 2013

Juicing helps with detoxification. Here is a page that shares how to juice and what are the differences in juicers.
http://www.finishhealthy.com/Juicing.html

May 15
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Sandi O.

1:03PM PDT on Apr 17, 2013

Thanx for sharing, going to look into this further...

April 17
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Jennifer O.

1:15PM PDT on Mar 24, 2013

Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that you can detox your body by following one of Dr. Lipman's suggestions, which is to decrease the amount of food, especially meat, dairy, and grains, that you put in your body. One of our health and wellness programs at TCM World Foundation, our Liver Cleanse, has a food plan that is completely vegan and includes one day of fasting per week, as well as qigong movements that help to strengthen your Liver function, your most important organ for detoxing the body and helping your digestion run more efficiently.

TCM also believes that the Liver must function well in order to cleanse your body-mind-spirit of "emotional" toxins that accumulate in your energy system and stagnate the functioning of your organs, especially your liver, which is very sensitive to stress and negative emotions. Being able to release and let go of anger, worry, stress, and negative thoughts is key to helping your Liver detox your physical body!

For more info on the TCM way of detoxing your body, visit our site at http://www.tcmworld.org/programs/liver_cleansing/