With all the rushing about in preparation for Christmas wouldn’t it be wonderful to lie down and have a wonderful, relaxing and therapeutic body massage?  You might regard this as a luxury but the word therapeutic means something that is good for you and good for your health. The history of massage goes back thousands of years and there a numerous references to massage as a therapeutic healing art in ancient Indian and Chinese books dating from about 3000 BC

Massage done by a good and caring therapist is certainly very good for you and a great treatment to help natural detox or to incorporate into a detox program. Even if you are not detoxing just now a massage is very relaxing for both the body and mind. Massage treats the whole person.

Massage has gained phenomenal acceptance in the medical circles and is incorporated into treatment programs for cancer and cardiac patients and to relieve prolonged stress.

Dislodge trapped toxins

From a detox point of view It can help dislodge toxins that are trapped in tight muscles to enable them to be eliminated naturally. A good massage relaxes tense and knotted muscles and stimulates the blood and lymph circulation.

The Lymphatic System is one of the five main elimination channels in your body along with skin, lungs, kidneys & bowels. The lymph system takes the toxic waste from your cells and carries nutrients to them so they can function efficiently. The toxins are eventually carried to the liver and kidneys to be processed for detox or excreted directly into the bowel.

The theory of Eastern massage differs form Western massage in that Eastern massage such as Shiatsu or Thai massage centers on balancing the energies in the body.

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You might be following a detox diet but unless you do some exercise you will not be getting the best from your efforts.Exercise encourages the toxins to move out of the tissues, into the lymph and blood circulation so they can be taken to the liver to be changed into forms that can more easily be detoxed. Mini trampoline exercises are just the thing.

If you haven’t got the energy to exercise, can’t get to the gym, feel too toxic or sick, feel too embarrassed, too heavy or too old then rebounding on a mini trampoline is the answer. The gentle bouncing motion cleanses every cell in your body.

You are using the forces of gravity, acceleration and deceleration to strengthen every cell in your body. Mini trampoline exercises or rebounding as it is also known is considered to be one of the best forms of exercise to activate the lymphatic system. A study performed by NASA found that rebounding is 68% more efficient and effective than jogging.

What is the lymphatic system?

To put it simply the lymph system is a network of tubes and organs that takes wastes and toxins away from every cell in your body and carries nutrients to them so they can function efficiently.  This hidden power of the lymph system is wideley overlooked and neglected.

It produces the cells of your immune system which circulate around your body in the 6 – 10 liters of lymph fluid. It works as a transport system and filter, removing bacteria, microorganisms and dead cells. So you can see why it’s so important.

The lymph system includes the lymph nodes, the bone marrow, tonsils, appendix, spleen, thymus gland, and areas in the bowel called Peyer’s patches. Unlike the blood circulation system that is pumped around by your heart the lymph system has no pump. The lymph vessels run alongside your veins and arteries and rely on body movement for the flow through the lymph channels.

Your liver is loaded with lymphatic vessels, which transport fats and proteins as well as carting off toxic waste. The lymph fluid can become thickened and clogged up with toxins if you don’t drink enough fluid or exercise to keep it moving. An estimated 90% of modern day illnesses and symptoms of poor health are related to poor lymphatic function.

How do Mini Trampoline exercises work?

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You have probably heard many times before that cranberry juice is a good natural remedy for cystitis but you might be wondering how to detox using cranberry juice.

Cranberries are full of many nutrients such as Vitamins C, and K, manganese, several powerful antioxidants and fiber. They also contain a substance called Arbutin which acts as a powerful diuretic that helps draw out toxins.

You can rid the lymphatic system, the bowels and the kidneys of various kinds of harmful toxins with the help of a cranberry juice detox.  In fact Louise Gittleman includes cranberry juice in her recipe for the “miracle juice” that she recommends on her one day detox.  Of course, you can’t detox in just one day.

There are claims being made on the internet that cranberry juice can be used to detox recreational drugs like marijuana before a drug test but there is absolutely no scientific evidence that it can do this.  A good detox diet with supplement support will help you detox drug residues but it will take more than cranberry juice to do it.

Well let’s get on with how to detox using cranberry juice:

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