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.
