You will probably have heard of the Lemon Detox Diet and the Grape Diet but maybe you have not come across the 2 Day Apple Detox Diet. It is another of those well tried and tested Naturopathic detox diets and is an ideal short detox to do when you don’t have time to organize a week long detox.

Here’s how to do the Apple Detox Diet

For 2 days eat only apples. Eat them in place of your regular meals and in between as snacks. Eat them whenever you feel hungry. You can eat as many as you want. You can keep to one variety or choose different varieties to vary the flavors a bit. Organic are best to avoid any pesticide residue but still wash them well.

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Soaking in an Epsom Salt bath is a good way to relax or relieve cleansing reactions you may get when you are on a detox diet program. Epsom Bath Salts is a name for crystals of magnesium sulfate (sulphate in the UK) which can be absorbed through the skin and has many benefits. They were named after the town Epsom in  England which apparently contains high concentrations of magnesium sulfate in its water.

Detox with sulfate

One of the body’s detox pathways known as sulfation (sulphation) uses sulfate and and some people lack it. The sulfatation  pathway is an important route for the detoxification of environmental chemicals, food additives, some drugs and toxins coming from the bowel . It is also used to detoxify normal body hormones such as thyroid and estrogen so they don’t build up.

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Scientists have recently discovered a link between a toxic protein in the blood, known as A-beta, and Alzheimer’s Disease. The liver is the main organ that clears toxins from the body including the toxic A-beta so they concluded that improving liver detox could play an important part in preventing Alzheimer’s, one of the most common forms of dementia.

Alzheimer’s Disease which causes progressive memory loss is the fourth leading cause of death in America where 3 million people over 65 are affected. In the UK it is estimated that the condition affects over 400,000 with 1 in 100 people at risk of developing it.  Researchers do not yet know the exact cause of the disease but have discovered that the brain cells (neurons) of sufferers have been replaced with plaque containing amyloid proteins (A-beta).

Liver Detoxification and Alzheimer’s

The liver has two main phases of detox known as Phase 1 and Phase 2. Previous studies have shown that patient’s with Alzheimer’s disease have a problem with one of the Phase 2 detox pathways that involves sulfur (sulphur),  This detox pathway known as sulfation (sulphation),  like the others, makes toxins easier for the body to get rid of through the urine and sometimes the bile.

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The term fatty liver disease covers a range of conditions where there is a build-up of fat in the liver cells and liver spaces. It is usually associated with obesity but may be caused by diabetes, alcohol excess, certain drugs, rapid weight loss or poor dietary choices.  Fatty liver is very common and the only treatment usually  recommended by doctors is a low glycemic diet and exercise.  This diet consists of whole grains, whole fruit and vegetables which of course are the same foods eaten on most liver cleansing diets.

Fatty liver is diagnosed in about 1 in 4 people in the US and is often found during routine blood testing for routine check ups or other problems. A fatty liver rarely causes symptoms itself in the early stages although it can become enlarged and may cause some discomfort over or just below the ribs on the right side.  A liver cleansing diet can soon ease this.

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Your liver is your best friend and superhero. Knowing how to look after it is the key to your health. Liver dysfunction plays a part in most diseases. Your liver is a multi-tasker performing over 500 functions which help keep your body in balance. The modern stressful lifestyle, alcohol, environmental chemicals, medicinal drugs, processed foods and fats can all damage your liver. A liver detox can go a long way to help reduce symptoms of an overworked or damaged liver.

What does your liver do?

Your liver relies on a number of nutrients to work efficiently. If you do not eat the right kinds of foods to provide the liver with everything it needs for the elimination of the extra toxins you are exposed to daily your health will suffer.

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There is evidence that humans have been eating green clay for thousands of years. The healing detox powers of clay, together with plants, herbs & other natural substances, were vital to ancient man.

There are many different clays, all with their own unique properties, but French Green Clay is considered to be the most effective for detox by many health professionals. The therapeutic use of clay in France is now quite common and substantial numbers of users have testified to its success in treating a wide range of disorders.

Green Clay is beneficial for all digestive disorders. It can be used for detox in the treatment of food allergies, colitis, viral and bacterial food poisoning, and parasites which are unable to reproduce in the presence of clay. It has also been used in the treatment of arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, stomach ulcers, acne, pain treatment, hemorrhoids, diarrhea and many others. It was reputed to have been used during the Balkan war of 1910 to reduce mortality from cholera among the soldiers from sixty to three percent.

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