Patients who have implemented my simple detox tips for everyday life, and then embarked upon my easy Detox Day plan, were able to eradicate all kinds of health problems, including:
And most important, they feel great! In the first part of this chapter, I will give you my six simple tips you can incorporate into your daily routine. This will keep your body relatively toxic-free. Then in the second part, you can follow my Detox Day plan.
The body stores foreign substances and toxins in its fatty deposits. So, in many cases, people may be carrying up to 10 or more extra pounds (4.5kg) of unhealthy mucus-harbouring toxic waste!
And you wonder why you are so tired, have PMS, digestive disorders, headaches, joint pains, bad breath, allergies, constipation, brittle nails, skin eruptions, poor memory, depression, insomnia, excess weight and so on. It is a toxic world we live in, and you may be living in an increasingly toxic body.
For a time, your body will struggle to protect itself from noxious toxins by trapping them in a ball of mucus or fat so that they are impeded from triggering adverse immune reactions. But this Band Aid will only last temporarily. Before long, the toxins will seep into the bloodstream and into cell membranes, disturbing metabolic function and causing tissue damage.
If I still haven’t convinced you then take the Detox Challenge and see if your body is in need of a cleanse.
WHAT IS A TOXIN?
A toxin can be any kind of substance that causes harmful effects to the body, leading to intolerances, allergies and a general feeling of illness. We are surrounded by potential toxins from the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe. The most insidious toxins are actually not seen, invisible, leaving us unaware as to the grave risks. The good news, though, is that the body has a gift of being able to expel toxins quite readily if we have the knowledge, tools and my Plan to rid them.
TAKE THE DETOX CHALLENGE
Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each of the following questions.
Do you live in a city?
Do you work in an office?
Do you use underground transport regularly?
Do you frequently jog, run or walk alongside busy roads with traffic?
Do you regularly use a mobile phone?
Do you regularly use a computer?
Do you live near electrical pylons, nuclear or electrical power plant or mobile phone mast(s) ?
Do you regularly smoke cigarettes or other substances?
Do you frequently use recreational or prescription drugs and medications?
Do you regularly drink alcohol on a daily basis, or binge-drink on the weekends or at other times?
Do you lead a sedentary lifestyle whereby you never exercise?
Do you catch more than three colds, flus and/or viruses in an average year?
Do you have any mercury fillings in your teeth?
Do you regularly drink on a daily basis any of the following: coffee, fizzy drinks, tap water, cows’ milk and/or carbonated sodas?
Do you regularly eat on a daily basis any of the following: sugar, sweets, chocolates, white bread, tinned or canned foods, frozen foods, microwaved foods, fried foods, meats, cured lunch meats, biscuits, cakes?
Do you normally add white sugar or sugar substitutes to tea or coffee?
Do you regularly add salt to your food when cooking, or add salt when the dish arrives?
Is reading food labels for chemicals or preservatives before making selections irrelevant to you?
Scoring
If you answered ‘yes’ to more than five questions, then you may be a toxic junkie. I suggest you embark upon my Detox Day Plan at your earliest convenience. This weekend perhaps?
If you answered ‘yes’ to more than ten questions, then you are a toxic dump monster. You are most likely loaded with toxins throughout your organs, cells, blood and body. You might even have bad breath, flatulence and body odour. If not, you’ll have it soon enough along with a host of serious ills if you fail to act immediately. Therefore, you must embark upon my Detox Day Plan immediately. And I mean today. I am not giving you a choice here!
My Simple Everyday Detox Tips I have found that patients who implement my simple detox tips for everyday life, and then embark upon my easy One-Day Detox, are able to lose weight much more easily. They are also able to eradicate all kinds of health problems including: low sex drive, infertility, impotency, PMS, indigestion, malabsorption, ovarian cysts, headaches, joint pains, bad breath, allergies, constipation, brittle nails, skin eruptions, poor memory, depression, insomnia, excess weight… the list goes on. Most important, the people who follow my detox tips feel great! Here, I will give you six simple tips that you can incorporate into your daily routine to keep your body relatively toxin-free. I will then follow with the One-Day Detox.
1 Study the top foods list below
Be sure to keep it handy at all times, because it will show you which are the most detoxifying foods for everyday life and which are the most toxic.
Top Detox Foods
Foods to Avoid
2 Buy and start using the following items today
3 Start skin brushing
Buy a skin brush and please make sure you use it. Dry skin brushing speeds up the rate at which toxins are expelled from the body, because it motivates blood cells and lymph tissue, two key physiological detoxification avenues. Skin brushing is not something you do in the bath or shower, but when you are dry. You can bathe afterwards but not during the process.
Method:
Smoothly brush the soles of the feet, working your way up the legs, then up the arms and down the back. Brush in long sweeping movements towards your heart, as it increases circulation and improves skin tone and texture. Always brush lightly and gently, and avoid broken skin, thread veins and varicose veins.
4 Breathe!
The way you breathe can have a dramatic effect on your health – oxygen is á powerful detoxifier. Deep breathing is the key. Most people breathe in a shallow manner, thus depriving the cells, organs and glands of much-needed oxygen. Oxygen literally feeds the blood and cells, as it detoxifies the organs and glands, and is just as important as adequate supplies of water and good-quality food. A lack of it actually starves the brain, nervous system, adrenals, pituitary, kidneys, gall bladder, spleen, liver, diaphragm and colon.
In my breathing method I’ll expect you to adopt more full and ample breathing from the lower diaphragm, while filling the entire lungs on a regular daily basis. But in order to get to a point where deep breathing becomes a part of your everyday life, I would like you to practise the following breathing method for just a few minutes each day. Once you master it, you will find it so much easier to incorporate deep breathing into normal life, when you’re walking, talking, sitting, working or relaxing.
Method:
Note
You don’t need to over-breathe while doing this. It’s meant to be a slow, gentle, calming, meditative exercise. Use visualization (to see or) to think about the slow movements of the air, and, most importantly, feel calmness, tranquillity and serenity as you do it.
5 Take daily exercise
In order to properly detox the body, exercise is essential. I am not suggesting you have to embark upon a vigorous body-building plan that takes you to the local sports centre each day. I am talking about simple, gentle movement – the type that will keep your body nimble, supple and young! Some stretching, walking, step-climbing, mini-trampolining, dancing, salsa, disco, swimming, bicycling, aerobics, Pilates, even tai chi or karate if you can find it in your neighbourhood, or any other moderate fun movements would be excellent on a regular basis. Anything that makes you break into a sweat is even better.
6 Drink water
Regularly drinking still water – not from the tap unless it is filtered – is one of the most efficient detoxifying fluids we can give ourselves each day. I recommend 6–8 glasses of water a day.
Dr Gillian’s Detox Day For the detoxification process to work properly, you should not starve yourself. You will simply give your organs a holiday from what you normally eat. You will cut out the naughty foods, add lots of good foods that cleanse your organs and facilitate the expulsion of toxins from your body. And as a result you will brim with vitality and energy.
THE NAUGHTY FOODS: DANGER… STAY AWAY!
On your Detox Day, say goodbye completely to foods that destroy your cells, drain your energies, are difficult to digest and sap your vitality. Here is a list of Naughtys. And if you can stay away from the Naughtys for longer, then more power to you! It will do you the world of good and make your path to a slimmer, healthier you even easier.
Avoid the following: