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There are so many diets nowadays that people are getting into. A lot of these diets focus on weight loss, but are you aware that there are diets out there that are tailor-fit for a full body detox? Yes, body detoxification involves living a healthy lifestyle and following a nutritious eating plan. To help you out, here are some of the popular types of diet that can help you in freeing your body from toxins.

Diuretic Diet

The first body detox diet is the Diuretic Diet. The aim of this diet is to help the body excrete fluids mainly through the urinary system. It can also reduce a certain amount of body fats. Food choices in this detox diet are melon, parsley, artichoke, celery, watercress, asparagus, dandelion, and juniper berries. Coffee and tea are very good diuretic beverages, just make sure that you choose the types that are good for the body.

Hallelujah Diet

Next is the Hallelujah Diet, which consists only of raw foods. People might see this body detox diet as a tremendous shift as far as eating habits are concerned, although there is an option to allow 15% of your food consumption to be cooked, which should only be taken at the last meal of the night. This diet does not have any breakfast in its eating plan, although you can opt to drink fresh vegetable juices as an alternative. You might find it hard to adapt to this diet, but you can do it gradually by replacing your breakfast with fresh salads of fruit and vegetables and milk.

Juiec Fast

The Juiec Fast is another type that is based on liquids. Basically, you can drink fruit juices and vegetable juices, or a mixture of both. This is not only helpful in your whole body detox quest, but it can also supply the body with the much needed amounts of enzymes, vitamins, and minerals. The enzymes acquired are a great aid in the digestive processes of the body, where production of other digestive enzymes can be minimized.

Master Cleanse Diet

Another detox diet is the Master Cleanse Diet. Just like the previous diet, you have to drink a special concoction, which is a mixture of cayenne pepper, maple syrup, and lemon juice in a glass of water. You might be wondering what the sweet maple syrup is doing in the mixture, but don’t worry, it is proven to control toxins that were stored in the body as fats, thus transforming them into energy that can be used later on.

Mono Fruit Detox Diet

A body detox diet that thrives on eating only a single type of fruit is the Mono Fruit Detox Diet. This is done in order to stabilize the pH level of the body and maintain body sugars at healthy levels. The water from the fruit also flushes out the toxins and helps in cleansing the body cells. This diet is good for as long as you like.

Raw Food Detox Diet

Finally, the raw food detox Diet keeps the metabolism in good working condition and strengthens the immune system thanks to the intact vitamins and minerals of raw foods. Such nutrients are lost when food is cooked, and with this diet, the potassium-sodium ratio is put on a good level.

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Although it is difficult for some of you to transform your diet completely, you do not need to go 100% raw. You can incorporate natural alternatives to the foods you eat (like peanut butter and organic raw unscheduled peter pan). You can also buy all organic, stay away from cow milk, incorporate plenty of fruits and vegetables and drink only water and you have radically changed your life already!

switch to 100% raw foods right away may be difficult for some people because of their personal preferences. Also, by switching to raw foods, the body begins to detox its own within a few days. Change more gradually and to be wise so that the body will not have to go through detox so difficult at first.

method used was six days of work, a holiday which seemed to work as a body could compare the taste of food. After a while, the body would choose what was in good health over the unhealthy, allowing detoxification to continue alone. The sense of well-being that was felt in six days is still desired on the seventh day. Contrasts between the types of foods and their tastes have been identified, and personal preferences could win this one for now. But finally, non-cooked food prevailed.

A second method was to eat raw foods “cold turkey” for two consecutive weeks. At the end of the period of two weeks, a list was made to see what was popular … Most processed foods or raw vegetables. Initially, the desire for processed food was still there, but over time it has lost its appeal. In the end, the feeling of “welfare” because eating raw food won over the taste of food cooked and processed.

Keep in mind that you do not integrate a full 100% diet of raw foods forever! You can eat raw foods 80% of the time, for example, perhaps until dinner, then go for dinner cooked. Just eat more fruits and vegetables alone can change your health dramatically.

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Just mention the raw food diet and people think you have gone a little loopy. Well, when you get this reaction and you are tired of explaining just give them one of these weirder examples (hahaha)! Trust me, after this, raw food lifestyle will seem pretty mainstream But guess what none of them date further back than the raw food lifestyle, of course!

Leech Therapy

Leech therapy has been practiced since medieval times and probably much before. It is very popular in Iran today. Leeches have been used to help cure problems with gout, which accompanies a lot of inflammation in the body and for helping regulate a person’s blood pressure.

The leeches are placed on a person’s body to draw blood from the individual. The practice is similar to use maggots, which are often placed on live creatures to help eat away infection (which is what they do, see below).

Here are some benefits of using leeches that are widely publicized:

Leech therapy can help improve venous congestion, making surgical maneuvers including the re-attachment of appendages more possible.

They assist with would care.

They can help clear poison from the body.

They help reduce swelling.

They release pain reducing and blood thinning chemicals in the body which may help prevent clotting while reducing discomfort.

They can vaso-dilate meaning open up the venous system in some respects.

While leech therapy has long been used by mankind to help heal and cure many symptoms and diseases, it has only recently begun surfacing again. Even so, you may be hard pressed to find this popular therapy in most doctor’s offices, because it would take some time for it to become mainstream.

Maggots

Maggots are used in various places of the world to help cure infection. In surface wounds, one might place maggots inside to help rid the body of a skin infection. It may sound unhealthy, but it is practical in some cases and certainly useful in situations where one has an infection and is not near a medicine chest.

Despite the popularity of leech therapy, maggot therapy has not yet caught on as widely. There are documented benefits of this form of therapy; however it is more likely to be used in alternative practice rather than in a traditional setting. This may change with time however.

Tree Stick

In many African countries, people use a natural substances, a small stick or twig cut from wild trees as a toothbrush they carry around in their mouth all day long. This natural tooth brush helps them save a few dollars in the grocer so they don’t have to buy toothbrushes and paste.

Many know that these particular twigs are not fancy but often do a better job of cleaning the teeth than traditional brushes made of plastic. A tree stick or chewing stick of more commonly known as a “sothiou” or in some cases it is called “mswaki” which translate into “to clean” or “clean”.

Often called chew sticks these sticks are now available in many raw food stores because they are plant based. You do not need to use fluoridated toothpaste with them. You can actually munch on the stick all day, as it emits a type of liquid most believe help with the tooth care process.

Because most raw food diets do not consist of much junk food, the sothiou does a good job of getting rid of most of the germs and bacteria that would cause tooth decay.

Twigs For Toothaches

Natives of some villages in Africa even use twigs to help fight toothaches. While this may sound outrageous, it is true. There are certain trees, including the gum trees that apparently have pain relieving properties.

When an individual has a toothache, someone goes to the gum tree and cuts a twig. The twig must be chewed, which in essence helps remove particles that form between teeth. It can also brush the teeth.

While many find the process a bit bitter, this twig is just as capable of cleaning the teeth as any modern tooth brush and paste. There is even evidence suggesting the twigs contain compounds that can help eliminate bacteria in the mouth, including the types of bacteria that may cause diseases like gum disease or tooth decay.

Because these little sticks do not contain any fluoride, they are perfectly safe for anyone including younger children! For raw foodists looking for a natural source of dental care, the first place to start ma be a chewing stick or a few. You might want to look for a stick containing anti-microbial components because these are best at fighting bacteria.

This can prove especially beneficial in families with several children!

Radon Baths

In the Ukraine you can receive a radon bath treatment or shower to cure many different ailments. You can also receive radon treatment of your gums. They are even used for reproductive complaints. Radon is said to help fight arthritis and other diseases often caused by aging, and for treating skin diseases, diabetes, inflammation in the body, and even vascular problems or peripheral (in the arms and legs primarily) nerve problems. Can it really do all that?

Most people would say you have to try it before you buy it. There is at lest some medical evidence in all cases to back up these claims. If you are a true fan of nature as most raw foodists are, it is at least worthwhile to check into some of these treatments. At least the tree sticks, which is definitely a cure for bad breath that Mother Nature intended. And, you don’t have to worry about cooking anything, just grab a stick and start chewing, just what nature really intended.

Sincerely yours,

Omid

Today Angela and I show you our natural tooth care regimen. We also will be reviewing a few other fun product also. Enjoy……

Eating raw foods is natural. Our bodies thrive on all that is fresh and vital. A raw food diet (or increasing the amount of raw food that you eat) is bound to bring a feeling of increased wellbeing.

Raw food diets are based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, preferably organic, such as a variety of fresh fruits and vegies, nuts, seeds, grains, dried fruit, fresh juices and purified water.

<b>Why Raw Foods?</b>

Basically a vegetarian diet, the raw food diet promotes eating and drinking ‘living’ foods. Living foods and juices contain the maximum amount of fibre found in raw produce, fibre that can be lost in processing. Such foods are easily metabolised and tend to be lower in calories than the average diet.

Heating food above 116°F destroys enzymes in food that aid in digestion and in absorption of food, diminishing its nutritional value.

<b>Benefits of a Raw Food Diet</b>

A diet of at least 75% raw food offers numerous health benefits, such as increased energy, improved skin appearance, better digestion, weight loss and reduced risk of serious illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

A raw food diet contains little or no saturated fats, is low in sodium, high in potassium, magnesium, folate and fibre.
Raw food diets are also excellent detox diets. Different combinations of raw, living foods and juices can be used for colon cleansing, liver cleansing, kidney cleansing and skin cleansing.

<b>The Basics of a Raw Food Diet</b>

Any fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, beans, nuts, legumes, young coconut milk – even seaweed – can be menu items of a raw food diet. Your choice of foods may depend on your reasons for dieting, for example:

- sprouted brown rice slows glucose absorption and improves the metabolism

- cabbage supports healthy cellular function; radish leaves act as an anti-oxidant,          as does Shitake mushroom

-carrots are a great source of vitamin A as well as encouraging healthy vision and a healthy cardio-vascular system

You can use a sprouter such as the Easy Green automatic sprouter to sprout seeds, grains, beans – even wheatgrass. Sprouts could be called a ‘super food’ – organic sprouts contain enormous levels of proteins, vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, chlorophyll pigments and enzymes, and are the ideal natural supplement.

Sprouts can be used in salads and soups, or can be juiced. Fresh juices are a great ready energy supply and a good quality juicer, such as the Kempo Greenpower juicer, produces living juices that are full of essential nutrients.
A great juicing recipe to complement a raw food diet is carrot juice with potato, fennel and apple. Simply juice 4 medium carrots, 2 apples, 1 small potato and 1 small stalk of fennel.
Fennel has been shown to reduce and control inflammation of arthritis, it evens mood fluctuation and depressive states and has the rare nutrient called manganese, plus zinc and vitamin B complex.
The nutritional value of grains and seeds is impressive. They contain most of the vitamins – particularly A, B, and E. They’re also fantastic natural sources of unsaturated fatty acids and lecithin, and an excellent source of proteins.

You can even use soy milk makers (such as SoyQuick) to make non-dairy drinks from different beans, rice, nuts, seeds and grains to have with breakfast. If you want something a little more substantial than soy milk you can make your tofu (or, of course, visit a good health food shop).

Essentially, the idea of a raw food diet is to eat unprocessed foods for at least 75% of the time. If the idea of raw food isn’t very appetising to you, you can warm the food a little as long as the food isn’t heated above 116°F.

<b>Cautionary Note</b>

As with any major change in diet, it’s wise idea to consult your doctor before beginning a special diet. This is especially true for children, pregnant women, anyone with anemia and anyone with a pre-existing medical condition.

Even natural foods can conflict with certain medications, so please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you’re taking any medication.

Because a raw food diet is detoxifying some people suffer a mild detox reaction including mild headaches, nausea and cravings. These symptoms may last for several days and you’ll get more enjoyment out of your raw food diet if you cut down on things like meat, sugar and caffeine a week or so before commencing the diet.

<b>Last But Not Least…</b>

A raw food diet is certainly a good way to improve your overall health and wellbeing. Like anything worthwhile it takes time, energy and commitment. Because many of the foods for this particular type of diet are made from scratch there is some preparation time involved. There are many great products on the market that can help you prepare your own living food and save you some time as well.

Combined with regular exercise, a raw food diet is also an excellent weight loss method. If you’ve been feeling ‘a little off’, or just need a pick-me-up and some extra energy, then a raw food diet is certainly a good way to go.

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