Overloading detox pathways in the body can be a major cause of weight gain. This is why cleansing is an effective way to lose weight.

Using targeted herbs and scheduled calorie restriction can clear detox pathways. It does so by supporting the liver, kidneys and colon in doing their jobs more efficiently.

Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is growing in popularity but has been around for thousands of years, used by ancient people to purify for spiritual practice, meditation and prayer.

This course can be added to any detox program to boost the effects. It works by freeing the body from the massive energy drain of digesting food. When the body is not busy digesting, it can devote it’s time to self cleaning. As humans we’re designed to go for periods of time without food. During these fasting periods the body goes into ketosis and turns stored fat into energy. It makes the body more efficient in times of hunger, by cleaning up old, damaged cells.

What Happens During Fasting

During fasting, damaged cells, that could potentially turn cancerous, commit suicide and destroy themselves. This happens so the body can devote its limited calories to feeding healthy cells.

Intermittent fasting involves picking an eating window of 6 to 12 hours. You can only drink water for the rest of the waking hours. For example, if you pick a 12-hour window, you’ll be able to eat from 8 am to 8pm and spend the rest of the evening fasting.

The most popular and effective intermittent fasting window is 8 hours of eating and 16 hours of fasting, which includes sleep time. You need to consume all food daily in an 8-hour window, for example between 9 am and 5 pm.

The 16-hour digestive vacation gives the body catch up time to self-clean and self-repair. While the 8 or 6-hour eating windows produce the best cleansing effects, beginners should start with a 12-hour window and work their way down to a 10-hour eating window and then 8 hours. This slowly habituates the mind and body against frequent eating, evening snacking or grazing throughout the day.

We’ve been taught that eating frequent meals revs up the metabolism. But even if our metabolic furnace burns hotter with extra, more frequent food, it taxes the body’s resources and leaves little time for self-maintenance.

If you pair intermittent fasting with eating food that’s clean and easy to digest, it can boost the effects.

On caveat, people who suffer from adrenal fatigue or hypoglycemia should do 12-hour fasts or not fast at all.

Supplements

Another way to boost cleansing and support the body’s detox pathways are through supplementation.

Some of the best supplements for cleansing are curcumin (the active ingredient in turmeric), NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine), selenium, green powders and milk thistle.

Curcumin helps clean the body by improving bile flow, which has detergent effect on the body and liver. The liver uses bile to eliminate toxins and bile also rejuvenates liver cells that breakdown harmful compounds.

NAC is an amino acid that also supports the liver. It increases the body’s production of glutathione, which helps the liver get rid of the toxins from food and the environment.

Milk thistle is one of the most powerful liver detoxifying agents and protects the body from the damage of daily radiation exposure, from your microwave, computer or router. It also helps increase production of glutathione, an important liver boosting antioxidant.

Selenium is a trace mineral with anti-oxidant properties and plays a key role in detoxification, particularly of heavy metal. It is beneficial for a healthy thyroid, which rules metabolism.

Powdered greens are a great way to pack more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants into your diet. And the liver loves greens and green powders because it encourages more bile flow. The flavor of green powders is hardly noticeable when put into a smoothie with nut milk and fruit.

On Supplement Quality for Cleansing

It is important high-quality quality supplements from a reputable source. Most of the supplements sold at GNC, Walmart, Costco or CVS contain cheap fillers and don’t include the ingredients stated on the labels. Taking cheap, low quality supplement can actually have adverse effects on your liver and health.

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