Super Potent Detox Diet!

by Kris Pitcher

Got your attention? I've been meaning to avoid this topic for some time now...but the commercial pelting has gotten to me. It's sure to offend, so I'll just apologize straight away. My intention is not to offend, I'm sorry. It's just I don't want you to think you're full of sledge.

It's natural to want to go a little more, uhm - "natural" this time of year. We are more aware of what we are putting into our bodies. This is a good thing. We want to eat healthy, good. We want to cut down on "bad" things like alcohol, sugar, caffeine, and anything purchased through a drive through window. These are all good things.

Having said that, you don't need a DETOX diet. You don't need special detox products, pills, juices, concoctions, flushes, cleanses etc. etc. etc. Your body is not full of sledge. Toxins are not lodged in your crooks, crevices, or crannies. Your body is an amazing machine and has some fairly sophisticated organs which serve to filter and detoxify.

Your kidneys filter blood and remove waste via urine; they also secrete a number of hormones and play a key role in regulating blood pressure. Your liver is a giant filter. You can't live without it. It's primary function is detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion. It stores glycogen, produces hormones, and produces bile a digestive aid which emulsifies lipids. That bile goes into the gallbladder for a short stop or into the small intestine where it makes it's decent...down and out.

Healthy people who are moving their bowels daily (good for you double doers), who don't have any problems with these organs are doing just fine. Now, I am all for decreasing the amount of toxins we are exposing ourselves to, and ingesting in our foods. And I think that detoxing has it's place. Where you ask? Detoxing gets your head straight is what it does. But you don't need anything but a clean eating plan for that. So let's not even use the "D" word...strike it from your lips!

Plan to eat CLEAN! Fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, complex carbohydrates, herbal teas, and water. No sugar, salt, alcohol, caffeine, processed foods, simple carbs. and nothing with frosting, from a box, or at a restaurant. Get your diet cleaned up. Stop eating garbage, processed food and sugar. Increase your fiber to 25 grams per day ladies, guys up yours to 35. Drink your water. And exercise.

Remember this is a multi billion dollar industry full of products lacking scientific backing. Save your money and do what works. Your body is a remarkable machine, regenerating itself everyday. Treat it well, then take it on vacation with all the money you'll save!