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Medical Corner How Do You Start
A Body Detox? helps your body reduce damage
caused by free radicals and may
lower your risk of diseases that can
impact detoxification.
DETOXIFICATION When starting a body detox, you’ll first • EAT FOODS HIGH IN PROBIOTICS:
need to lighten up your toxin load in the
body because they are obstacles to your
Eating a probiotic diet keeps your
healing processes.
digestive system healthy, which is
• REDUCE EXCESS ALCOHOL INTAKE: important for proper detoxification
and immune health. This can also
Drinking too much alcohol reduces
be taken as Supplements.
your liver’s ability to carry out its nor-
mal functions, such as detoxifying.
• REDUCE YOUR SALT INTAKE: Con-
suming too much salt can increase
• FOCUS ON ADEQUATE SLEEP: Ade-
water retention. You can eliminate
quate sleep allows your brain to reor-
excess water — and waste — by
ganise, recharge, and eliminate toxins
increasing your intake of water and
that accumulate during the day.
his means cleansing of the blood. Your potassium-rich foods.
body is well-equipped to eliminate tox-
• DRINK MORE WATER: Water therapy is
T ins and doesn’t require special diets or • STAY ACTIVE: Regardless of your
expensive supplements. That being said, you very good. In addition to its many roles body size, regular physical activi-
can enhance your body’s natural detoxifica- The liver performs in your body, water allows your body’s ty lowers inflammation and allows
over 500 essential products from your blood. to work properly. Exercise “YOGA
tion system. detoxification system to remove waste your body’s detoxification system
Your body has a sophisticated way of elimi- functions, including and Jump roping are good.”
nating toxins and that involves the liver, kid- • REDUCE YOUR INTAKE OF SUGAR AND
detoxifying harmful
neys, digestive system, skin, and lungs. Still, PROCESSED FOOD:: Excess junk food In Summary, certain dietary modifica-
only when these organs are healthy can they consumption is linked to chronic dis- tions and lifestyle practices may help
substances from
effectively eliminate unwanted substances eases like obesity and diabetes. These reduce toxin load and support your
but when these systems are compromised, conditions can cause harm to organs body’s detoxification system. This can
impurities aren’t properly filtered and the the blood. important to detoxifying, such as your be achieved as above and even more.
body will now be adversely affected. liver and kidneys.
• EAT ANTIOXIDANT-RICH FOOD: Con-
While detox diets don’t do anything that your
suming a diet rich in antioxidants
body can’t naturally do on its own, you can MRS NKIRU OKONKWO
optimise your body’s natural detoxification HOSTEL NURSE / MATRON
system.
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