This is a question I get asked regularly but the answer is not clear cut so I thought it was time to explain it in more detail. For body cleansing to be effective with the minimum of detox reactions your routes or “channels” of elimination must be open.

What are the channels of elimination?

The main channels for the excretion or elimination of toxins are your bowels, liver and gallbladder, kidneys and skin. The lymph system and blood are often referred to as channels of elimination. They play a part in the circulation of toxins around your body to the liver and kidneys but neither open directly to the exterior of the body.

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If you are feeling run down, sluggish, heavy and out of shape you would probably benefit from a body cleansing detox. Cleansing helps to get rid of toxins that are the underlying cause of minor  health problems and more serious conditions like cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, diabetes, heart disease, MS and depression.

Thousand of harmful substances get into your body from the air, food, water, clothes, personal care products, your home and workplace. Toxins disrupt the the normal flow of energy and function of the body. They lead to inflammation, a process that has been linked to cancer, heart disease and other chronic ills.

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Research has shown Chlorella to be extraordinarily effective in helping to eliminate toxins, heavy metals, and radiation from the body. Nadia, Brydon, Medical Herbalist and Raw Food Educator uses Chlorella extensively in her work.  In this interview she shares a wealth of information about how to detox with chlorella.

Q1 You recently gave a talk about Chlorella. Can you tell us how you came to be so interested in it?

I first began to learn the importance of all green foods when studying in the USA at the Hippocrates Institute about 8 years ago.  The Institute in their wisdom always puts every single patient on Chlorella because it’s the ultimate green food.

It has incredible detoxifying, micronutrient, immune boosting and healing qualities and I saw at the Institute firsthand how for hundreds of people it just seemed to not only give incredible energy but was a real miracle food, healing so many people.

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You’ve decided that you want to detox. You know it’s the right thing to do but you can’t quite bring yourself to do it? You are having trouble getting started. If this sums it up for you then this article from coach Karen Knowler can help. Although it’s about going raw you can apply these tips to starting and maintaining a detox diet.

What Do You Need To Believe?

Belief is one of the most powerful, if not THE most powerful, internal drivers in existence.

When we believe in something, both our head and our heart are engaged, and taking action becomes easy because we are already in alignment.

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Toxic pollutants are all around us. They get into your body from food, water, air and products you put on your body. Mounting evidence shows they accumulate in your body and cause many health problems. Minimizing exposure and improving detox is an important step to improving your
health. Here are some Detox tips to help you improve detox.

Minimize exposure:

• Reducing the chemical load on your body will give it a chance to detoxify some of the backlog.

• Eat organic food as much as possible to reduce exposure to herbicides, pesticides, fungicides antibiotics and hormones that are used in conventional farming.

• Drink filtered water .

• Avoid household products and cosmetics that contain toxic chemicals . There is a wide variety of natural and organic products to choose from these days.

• Avoid toxic metals. Eat only low mercury fish. Don’t cook in aluminum pans. Avoid cigarette smoke. Avoid handling lead.

• Use household plants to help purify the air or consider an air filter.
  Bamboo Palm, English Ivy, Gerbera Daisy, Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, Peace Lily are among those that can help.

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After years of hearing that chocolate is bad for you all we hear is now is how good it is for you.  It’s only dark chocolate though that is suddenly being hailed as the latest superfood. But I was astounded recently to hear that a particular healthy chocolate could detox you!

When I contacted the people who were saying this I discovered that it is not the chocolate itself but the Acai berry juice that it is sweetened with that is a detoxifier.  Oh, really?

I have to explain that this particular raw cacao is sweetened with raw cane juice crystals, blueberry and Acai berry juice. It’s sold in tiny squares and the makers recommend that you take 3 squares a day for it’s benefits.

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