Spring Cleanse - Tips to Effectively and Safely Detoxify Your Body and Life

Did you wake up one morning recently with the urge to clean your home and out of piles of rubbish stored under your bed? Perhaps you've been craving water or fruit, or even feel like going to the gym for the first time in several months. If you are, you're not alone. Each spring, we instinctively feel the need to clean our home and our body. And if you've spent the last few months with a bottle of wine watching reruns on "Sex and the City", can you bring out the clean up from hibernation.

We are the harmful substances on a daily basis, ranging from pollution and food additives to excess alcohol and junk food, not to mention the toxic people. In excess, it contributes to poor health, stress and weak immune system. Spring cleaning is an opportunity for your body to regenerate. Some people choose cleaning kits or plans, as the Master Cleanse, or similar programs. I actually recommend a less drastic approach, since our bodies are sensitive and can not react to sudden changes.

Try the following tips for the coming five to seven days:

1 Tonic Water

filtered, distilled or spring water helps hydrate and clean the body. Add fresh lemon juice is a plus. Have at least six cups a day, starting with one in the morning on an empty stomach.

2 Limit the amount of food

eat 4 -5 small meals a day, and remember to chew well. While detoxification, the body is actually eliminating the excess waste in your colon, liver / kidney, skin and other organs. Excess food slows this cleansing.

3 Choose the right foods

Vegetables, simple grains (quinoa, brown rice, etc.), some citrus fruits (grapefruit) and light protein (beans, white fish). Try some of food raw materials, and if you cook, you can try it for steaming. During this process, eliminate or limit their consumption of processed foods, fast food, fried food, alcohol, meat, caffeine and sugar.

4 Eat Green

Green leafy vegetables such as field greens, arugula, kale, broccoli Rabe, bok choy and kale are rich in vitamins and pure blood. They also contain fiber, which binds toxins so they more easily excreted. Eat them several times a day, if possible. You could even go to a juice bar for green drink one or two times a day.

5 Add Spices

herbs and spices, including paprika, pepper and turmeric all help the body cleanse. Use them as you want, in food or juice.

6 Reduce stress

Stress causes the release of the chemical in the body that can break down tissue and weaken the immune system. Techniques such as stretching, exercise, deep breathing, yoga and meditation to heal the body and mind. Do not forget the rest.

7 Cleaning leather

Buy a loofah or body scrub. It helps the skin to eliminate waste and stimulate blood flow. Try this once a day (or loofah boy !).

8 Organizing

Clean your house, throw away or donate what you do not need. Make room for new things in your life.