Start the Year Off with a Detox

As if by rote, we Start the Year Off with the best intentions, starting a new diet, joining a gym, quitting smoking, or sacrificing some other long-loved vice. The problem with the approach each time is that the change is so uncomfortable that it is easily forgotten within weeks after getting started. If only we made gradual changes to our routines, those changes would not seem drastic and the improvements would be easier to maintain.

One way to initiate that change is through a detox diet plan, which will help the body to naturally eliminate the buildup of toxins over the years so that our gall bladder, liver and kidney are all able to do the job they were intended to do. The liver is an amazing organ that performs over five hundred functions (only second to the brain). It acts as a filter for all the food we eat and air we breathe, removing what doesn’t belong to keep our bodies nourished and healthy. But all the artificial ingredients in our food and toxins in our water and air clog up the liver over time, making the toxins back up into other organs. When other organs attempt to get rid of toxins, this shows up as rashes, tumors and disease. Disease occurs when the liver cannot do its job and that is why having a healthy liver is the key to having a healthy body.

Unfortunately, by the time to Start the Year Off we become aware that our liver isn’t working properly, we’ve already reached cirrhosis. Warning signs for liver failure do not manifest as liver pain, rather they show up as a wide variety of problems throughout the body such as:

Appetite problems

Difficulty breathing

Liver cirrhosis, hepatitis, pancreatitis

Liver Spots

Most infections

Heart disease

Brain disorders

Duodenal ulcers

Kidney diseases

Cancer

Multiple Sclerosis

Fibromyalgia

Elevated estrogen

Chronic Fatigue, low energy, “brain fog”

Allergies

Depression

Impotence and other sexual issues

Prostate diseases

Urinary problems

Hormonal imbalances

Menstrual and menopausal disorders

Problems with vision

Puffy eyes

Skin disorders

Dizziness and fainting spells

Loss of muscle tone

Wasting away

Constipation, diarrhea, nausea, frequent vomiting, flatulence

Hernia

Hemorrhoids

Pain in the back and shoulder area, frozen shoulder

Pain the upper abdomen, dull pain on the right side of body

Sciatica

Joint problems

Osteoporosis

Scoliosis

Gout

Asthma, allergies

Headaches and migraines

Tooth and gum problems

Herpes, thrush

Shakes and chills

Cold extremities

Symptoms truly span every part of the body, making it difficult to pinpoint the cause. Many of the pharmaceuticals used to treat these symptoms are actually damaging to the liver.

To Start the Year Off with doing a liver detoxification diet will keep you full and satisfied while getting rid of the toxins that slow you down and cause many symptoms you may not have attributed to a sluggish liver. After all, a commitment to getting healthy should be about more than weight loss. Weight loss, at time, can be nothing more than water loss. Helping your organs to work optimally will give you the energy to do everything you want to do with more vigor, be it exercise, work or keep up with more energetic friends.