Tips to Detox Your Body and Mind
March 19, 2024
Conseils de désintoxication de printemps pour votre corps et votre maison
DetoxificationSpring is a great time to take stock of your health and do a “spring detox” for your body and home, reducing the impact of the long winter months. This article offers some tips to take charge of your health today, and rid your body of accumulated toxicants.
1. See the sun? Get some.
With spring officially here, the days are longer and the grass is greener. Just stepping outside to soak up a few rays of sunshine for as little as 10 minutes can stimulate the brain chemical serotonin. This chemical has been clinically proven to make you feel happier.
Sunlight also stimulates the body’s production of vitamin D. The body makes vitamin D when skin is directly exposed to the sun. Skin exposed to sunshine indoors through a window will not produce vitamin D. Cloudy days, shade, and very few foods naturally have vitamin D. Most people need more vitamin D after being indoors all winter.
Dr. Will Cole provides more information on the importance of vitamin D here, and offers insights into how to get more and optimize absorption when supplementing it.
2. Move it!
If it’s not possible to get outside because of cold or rainy weather, there are lots of exercises you can do inside. Check out these great at-home workouts from our friend, the Betty Rocker. She has workouts focusing on abs, the core and the full body, all using exercise equipment most of us have at home.
If the weather cooperates, head outside and take advantage of the warmer weather to move as much as possible. You don’t need the gym or a park for exercise. Walk around your yard, neighborhood, or find a wooded walking trail nearby. A light jog or run can also be beneficial. A brief stroll outside on a sunny day can improve your mental and physical health. Research has shown doing so routinely is good for your heart and your mind. Just be careful not to take on more than your body can handle before consulting with your health care provider.
3. Eat right, right now.
In winter we sometimes fill up on foods high in sugar, like sweetened sodas and baked goods. Our body responds with a rush of insulin, causing a blood sugar crash, along with weakening your immune system.
Instead, opt for clean whole foods. This is important for a physical spring cleanse. Eating clean is more than avoiding junk foods; it is about eating whole, natural foods while being conscious of the food’s origin to your plate. Fresh whole food such as, fruits and vegetables, are a great way to jump-start your spring cleanse. Dr. Mark Hyman shares some tips for simple healthy cooking here.
4. More water, please.
One of the healthiest and most effective ways to detox is to drink more water. There’s just no substitute for it. Water is what your body needs for better health. To replenish the water we lose each day, drink half your body weight in ounces of water. For example, a 160-pound man should drink 80 ounces of water. Add some lemon, cucumbers or orange wedges to it for extra flavor. You’ll be surprised how refreshing it tastes, and how much better you feel!
And avoid diet sodas. Artificially sweetened sodas are corrosive to your health; a habit of one or more diet sodas daily has been linked to a 50 percent higher risk of stroke, heart attack, and cardiovascular death over the course of a decade among the 2,500 people in the NOMAS (North Manhattan) Study.
Instead, opt for fluids that can help you detox, and improve your health, such as bone broth. Bone broth is the liquid from cooking chicken, beef, or other animal bones and connective tissue for many hours over low heat. Its main benefits lie in the amino acids, collagen, and vitamins and minerals that are released and concentrated during the broth-making process. Dr. Amy Myers has a great article about the gut-healing properties of bone broth here, and she provides instructions for how to make it yourself.
Tips to Detox Your Home
Your grandma may have called opening the windows to let fresh air in, and stale winter air out, spring cleaning, but this is just another way of detoxifying your home. And, with many people now at home more, there may be more spring cleaning going on. In addition to opening the windows, here are some other suggestions to help you “detox” your home and make it healthier for you and your family.
1. Use the basics.
When possible, use to green cleaners, or use your great-grandmother’s standbys of water, vinegar, and baking soda for many of your household cleaning jobs. And, hydrogen peroxide is a great natural disinfectant.
2. Make a clean sweep.
Your floors are usually some of the dirtiest surfaces in your home, no matter what time of year. With kids and pets, muddy shoes and boots, keeping them clean can be a constant battle. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA-filter at least once a week to keep dust levels down, and mop using natural ingredients, including vinegar or baking soda.
3. Use a water filter.
Water filtration systems provide great tasting water at significantly less cost than bottled water, plus they are reported to help improve health. Ann Shippy shares her tips on how to choose the right system in this blog.
Complete Your Spring Detox with an Infrared Sauna
Reports from the Centers for Disease Control estimate that over 80% of all illnesses have causes rooted in personal environments or lifestyles. In an industrialized society, reducing exposure to toxins in the air we breathe and the food we eat, as suggested here, can be a challenge. But there’s an added level of detoxification that can help you achieve greater health and wellness this spring—sauna detoxification.
Le principe de base de la détoxification par le sauna suggère que les maladies courantes sont causées par l'accumulation de substances toxiques dans le corps. Débarrasser le corps de ces toxines, par le biais d'une désintoxication naturelle au sauna, peut aider à soulager les symptômes, à prévenir les maladies futures et à améliorer la santé et la vitalité en général.
Tout comme la lumière du soleil, votre corps absorbe les ondes infrarouges dans un sauna Sunlighten, ce qui aide à détoxifier et à revitaliser vos cellules. La transpiration profonde et très efficace qui en résulte élimine les substances toxiques au niveau cellulaire.
Les chercheurs savent depuis longtemps que les substances toxiques, y compris les métaux lourds, sont éliminées du corps par la sueur. Par conséquent, plus vous pouvez transpirer en toute sécurité (tout en maintenant une bonne hydratation), plus vous éliminerez de toxines de votre corps. L'utilisation du sauna est l'une des méthodes les plus efficaces pour provoquer une transpiration détoxifiante. Lors d'une cure de désintoxication au sauna, la sueur évacue les toxines du corps par les pores. Mais tous les saunas ne sont pas identiques.
L'absorption en profondeur de la lumière infrarouge libère les toxines des couches de graisse situées juste sous la peau. Elle aide également votre corps à éliminer les toxines de vos organes internes.
Cette incroyable détoxification est réalisée grâce à la technologie de chauffage infrarouge exclusive et hautement efficace de Sunlighten. Selon une étude scientifique, les poêles à sauna infrarouge SoloCarbon® de Sunlighten sont les seuls dont il a été cliniquement prouvé qu'ils augmentent la température centrale du corps de 3 degrés (par rapport au simple chauffage de l'air autour du corps). Par conséquent, l'utilisation régulière d'un sauna Sunlighten permet une transpiration vraiment profonde, productive et détoxifiante au niveau cellulaire, là où résident les toxines.
Désintoxiquer votre corps, votre esprit et votre maison après un long hiver est une excellente façon de commencer le printemps avec une ardoise propre !
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