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The Core Liver Cleanse

Written by on December 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Keeping your liver in good shape through cleansing is truly the vital key to having the best overall health you can! This amazing organ has well over a few hundred various jobs to do in the human body! It is truly the front line of protection dealing with any toxins; the livers primary role is to make bad toxins into forms that can be safely and easily flushed from the body as waste. Also, all the nutrients taken in via the gastrointestinal tract goes into the bloodstream by means of your liver, so as you can see liver health is vital!

The liver releases crucial digestive secretions that help facilitate food digestion in addition to cleaning the blood as well. Toxins, pollution, pesticides, and contaminated soil and water are inhaled or taken in regular day to day activity. People’s exposure to these elements is also made worse by the use of steroid use, certain medications, any smoking, and the overconsumption of liquor, and processed foods. Many do not have access to adequate fresh drinking water either. With the support of the healthy liver, people naturally flush the metabolic waste substances and toxins made from the metabolic processes our bodies normally go through. Our livers also have a huge impact on our hormonal system, it helps to modulate and balance our bodily hormone activity levels to ensure proper neurological function. With the processed meals, and nutrient deficient goods people eat these days, plus the external pollution of the air we breathe and the water we drink, our liver has to work harder these days to cleanse our bodies maintain normal metabolic activity.

This where doing a simple core liver cleanse can really come in handy, and help  give your liver the opportunity to do cleanse the rest of the body, after all what good is a tool if it’s not working properly right? The good news is a core liver cleanse is devoid of any fancy ingredients or elaborate concoctions. While I advise looking at different cleansing products out there to see if any suit your needs, you can also do some simple liver cleanses at home too. What I advise is juicing a couple glasses of beet juice, celery juice, cucumber juice, and carrot juice and drinking it through the day. These all work synergistically to help remove excess water and waste plus they deliver vital nutrients that support the liver too, and give it the opportunity and fuel it needs to regenerate so it can work for you again the way it should. Drink plenty of pure filtered water too, i advise around 2-3 liters for women (depending on weight and size) and about 3-4 for men (same size rules apply).

I recommend not eating much solid food, and should you do so, keep it raw, and whole, no man made foods, do that along with regular juicing, then about 3-7 days into the core liver cleanse you should notice a huge difference in how you feel. You may feel a bit sick during this process but that’s totally normal because your body is finally eliminating all those nasty built up toxins, so keep it up and see it through your body will thank you.

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Whole Body Juice Cleanse – Why Juicing is The Quickest Method

Written by on December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

There are tons of different cleansing products, diets, plans, and methods out there that you could spend many weeks if not months investigating what might be the best option. In reality, if you’re looking to detox your body the quickest and most effective method is a whole body juice cleanse. There is a reason that juicing is the most effective means of cleansing your colon and detoxing your body, and this is primarily For two simple reasons; fresh juice has like active enzymes which actually help to facilitate proper absorption of all those vital nutrients and vitamins, but also the juice itself has little to no fiber, and this allows for the body to have to use minimal energy to obtain the nutrients and thus it benefits more.

The first point that needs to be made here is that a whole body juice cleanse will be vastly more effective if the juice that’s being ingested is fresh and organic. As stated above enzymes are what help to allow your body to absorb all the nutrients in the juice itself. Bottled juice has to be pasteurized by law (and for good reason) to prevent harmful bacteria from staying present or growing due to unsanitary conditions at the facility in which it was made and processed, unfortunately this process kills the good bacteria and enzymes along with the good, and as a result, not only does the juice taste subpar, but most people expel the vitamins and minerals through waste due to poor absorption, this obviously defeats the point of cleansing which is to minimize the workload on your digestive system while still delivering higher and more pure doses of the much needed nutrients our body craves.

The second reason why juicing is widely considered to be superior to using other methods like making smoothies, is because of the removal of the fiber during the juicing process. The removal of the fiber is key to drastically reducing the workload on the digestive system, and it means that more juice passes directly to the lower intestine where much of the absorption takes place. This can’t happen with smoothies because you’re getting the fiber along with the nutrients, but the fiber takes up a lot of the real estate and reduces the absorption rate along with also making the body SPEND more energy (using all the nutrients you’re trying to take in to process the smoothie). This is inefficient and a much slower and less effective cleanse, many choose it because it is gentler, and fiber IS important to have, but when you’re trying to get the quickest results, juicing is the only way to go.

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Recipes for Total Body Cleanse Routines

Written by on December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

There is nothing written in stone that says you have to do an organic total body cleanse one way or the other, but it can be really hard to get out of a recipe rut, or you simply may be too new to cleansing to know which ingredients would be best for your juice or for your smoothies. There are tons of different combinations and ultimately what you decide to go with is up to you, should you decide a cleansing product is easier for you because there is less effort, planning, or whatever the reason may be, then be sure to try some of the products available, but otherwise I’ll detail some simple recipes for total body cleanse results without having to buy any products.

If you plan on doing juicing as your primary cleansing routine, then I advise that you stick with a couple “base” veggies as your main juices and then build from there. I will not advise you to put two parts this or one part that, as servings, tastes, and personal preference really override that, so I’m going to advise on what types of veggies you juice, not how much you juice. The most effective cleansing juice combination I’ve used and have recommended for others is not known for its awesome taste, but it is known for its potent effects. My basic recipe involves using a whole beet, as well as a fresh whole cucumber or two, along with carrots, and this can vary in amount, but just be sure to get all three in there, as these veggie juices have a synergistic effect and enhance each other’s cleansing abilities, plus they are common veggies and are generally accessible to everyone, so this is an ideal concoction. If you want to add some sweetness to the mix to reduce the vegetable taste, I recommend adding either pear juice or apple juice as they both mix very well without being overwhelming.

If you intend to do smoothies as your cleansing routine, or are doing it in addition to juicing, you’re in luck, because unlike juicing, these smoothies contain all the fiber juicing removes so you do not need to be nearly as picky about what produce you use, but I do have some recommendations to get the biggest nutritional bang for your buck. I recommend ALWAYS using organic wild blueberries, and then any other types of berry varieties you like, I stress berries because juicing them is not practical because of the level of fruit it would take to make the juice but, they are great for blending, and berries are one of the most nutritionally dense fruits of any kind.

One of the great recipes for total body cleanse results is the combination of blueberries, elderberries, aronia berries (or chokeberry as its otherwise known), and either blackberries, or raspberries, along with a whole banana for potassium and a thicker more consistent smoothie. If you really feel like stacking up on the fiber and nutrition, throw in some greens like spinach or kale to increase the nutritional boost and get you daily greens in as well through a tasty means instead of trying to chew it all like a farm animal. Be sure to always be local and organic when possible and experiment for what tastes and benefits you most.

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