Detox diets and raw food

Detox diets and raw food

Eating raw foods such as greens, veggies and fruits is the best way to detoxify because raw foods are high in nutrients that cleanse your body.

Maybe you know that there are several detox stages: In general, vital organs such as the liver, the kidneys and the colon are cleansing the body 24/7. 

But between 4 a.m. and noon your body is in the "specific cleansing and elimination mode". That's when most of the deeper detox work is being done.

So if you aren't hungry in the morning, don't force yourself to eat breakfast and just drink water to support the cleansing process.

About the detox process

The liver is the most important organ for cleansing the body: 

All the foods you eat and drink go through your digestive system and most of it finally gets to the liver where it is being filtered. Nutrients get back into the blood and damaging stuff such as toxins and waste stuff are being sent to the kidneys and excreted through the urine.  

Some foods are being eliminated directly through the colon.

To work properly the liver needs different kinds of enzymes and anti-oxidants. 

That's just the point where raw foods and raw food diets come in.

How raw food diets help detox the body

Raw food diets help detox your body in two ways: 

Raw foods are high in soluble and insoluble fiber that soak up toxins and waste stuff and bind them. Both types of fibers help transport damaging stuff through the digestive system so that it can get out of your body easier and faster.  So don't worry about having more bowel movements than you had before.

The second way raw food helps cleanse your body is that raw foods contain a high percentage of water and water is important to flush toxins out of the body.

So if the toxins and waste stuff are flushed out too slowly (or not regularly), they are stored in the body and the liver gets auto-intoxicated. As a consequence, the overburdened liver will break down and you'll get serious health issues. 

Foods you should eat in your detox diet

To detox properly you should eat lots of fruits and green vegetables. In addition to that, prepare your raw food meals with different kinds of nuts and seeds. 

But avoid eating processed foods and foods high in calories and low in vital nutrients.  Remove wheat, dairy, refined sugars, alkohol and cigarettes from your daily nutrition plan because they make your body acidic and disturb the detox process. Or minimize their input at least.

One final advice if you're really serious about your detox diet: 

Drink a glass a fresh lemon water each morning to support your livers cleansing process.

That's how your detox diet works.



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