| As we grow older as a society I think we are | | | | consists of a natural spring water, pure organic maple |
| beginning to realize how important health and body | | | | syrup, lemon, and cayenne pepper diet for the duration |
| consciousness is to the everlasting state of our | | | | of the program. In mixing the four ingredients together, |
| existence. We can look at people who are 25 years | | | | you receive your fluids (water), cleansing agents |
| old that have maintained a McDonald's diet and notice | | | | (lemon and pepper), and flavor and hunger curbing |
| how much closer to 45 they actually look. Then we | | | | (syrup). |
| can look at a 75-year-old person who switched to a | | | | The Master Cleanse is essentially recommended for |
| completely healthy diet over 30 years ago and you | | | | those who not only want a body cleansing, but also a |
| would never believe they were older than 50. The | | | | spiritual cleansing. It is then that people realize that after |
| correlation between diet, exercise and good health has | | | | their 4th or 5th day, they no longer suffer from hunger |
| become paramount to a long-lasting life, and people | | | | pangs. This is because your body is finally aligning itself |
| are jumping on the "health train" in droves. Within this | | | | with its spiritual self (which doesn't have a taste for |
| new realization is the idea that body detox might be a | | | | pizza and hot dogs), and only requests the foods that |
| route to this good health. But does it equate | | | | provide great nutrients. Those who participate in the |
| health-wise to a great diet and plenty of exercise? | | | | Master Cleanse for the wrong reasons tend to find |
| Let's find out! | | | | that they are hungry and suffering throughout the |
| What is Body Detox? | | | | entire 10-14 day cycle, while those who wanted a |
| Body detox has recently become the buzz word to | | | | spiritual cleansing just as much as body detox will |
| the stars. This is because, like most other diet crazes, | | | | actually lose their desire to eat the foods that brought |
| people are finding that when they detox, or cleanse, | | | | them to the point of needing the cleanse in the first |
| their bodies, they also quickly lose weight. However, | | | | place. |
| detoxing your body is not and never has been a route | | | | Issues with Body Detox |
| to take to lose a quick 10 pounds. Instead, it is a fast, or | | | | With the revelation that body detox might be able to |
| semi-fast, you go on to efficiently clean your system | | | | provide instant results for body cleansing has, like other |
| of the toxins and other garbage that has been put in | | | | potential "quick fix diets," become all the rage. People |
| your body as a result of bad eating habits, and even | | | | are trying to use body detox methods to quickly lose |
| stress. | | | | weight, which of course is not its true purpose. But |
| Detoxing your body can be done in a variety of | | | | how can they help it? The temptations are |
| methods. Typically people detox by drinking tons of | | | | everywhere! You watch television and see the latest |
| juice, water and pretty much nothing else for 7, 10 or | | | | pencil-thin star sitting on a talk show and bragging |
| 14 days. In doing this, they are cleaning out all of the | | | | about how they now fit into their size 2 jeans. How did |
| routes that food travels so that it may travel more | | | | they do it? Body detox, of course! And once you see |
| easily and eliminating the strange environmental toxins | | | | this sure-fire, 10-day method to lose your own weight |
| that the body didn't know how to. Detoxing can almost | | | | that took years to accumulate, you simply can't resist! |
| be compared to taking a trip from your significant | | | | Of course doctors are not happy with this latest |
| other for 7-14 days in Vegas to make sure that you | | | | craze, because it is, well, crazy! When they consider |
| can put up with their "issues" more easily when you | | | | the route you must take to lose weight effectively, |
| get back. Okay, I'm just kidding about the significant | | | | they know that people are potentially putting |
| other, but the idea is similar in that you are giving your | | | | themselves in danger for the sake of the "perfect" |
| body a rest from the diet that puts stress on your | | | | body, which essentially does not exist. For some, this is |
| organs in breaking down heavy foods constantly. At | | | | just another version of an eating disorder and should |
| the end of the detox, you feel clean and rejuvenated, | | | | be avoided at all costs unless correctly instructed by a |
| and in some instances, you lose your desire for those | | | | medical practitioner. |
| foods that once put stress on your body. | | | | It seems that body detox is definitely a very positive |
| The idea of the detox comes from the Chinese | | | | route to effectively clean your system of what should |
| method of fasting where you don't eat for a certain | | | | not have been there in the first place. However, just |
| number of days to eliminate the block between you | | | | like anything else, it is possible to have too much of a |
| and your spiritual self. Detox, like fasting, serves as a | | | | good thing. You can overdo anything in life. And if you |
| preventative health measure to help you lighten your | | | | are taking it upon yourself to use a potential healthy |
| load of the excess "junk" in your body and essentially | | | | method to clean your system, such as body detox, but |
| help to rejuvenate the lymph glands, colon, kidneys, | | | | use it for the wrong reasons, then you're doing just as |
| liver, lungs, and skin. Because of the vital organs it | | | | much of a disservice to your body as you were |
| affects, it is important to detox when you're physically | | | | yesterday when you cleaned out that box of donuts. |
| and spiritually ready, only for the right reasons, and | | | | To avoid the potential health risks involved in |
| sparingly (i.e. once or twice a year). | | | | inappropriately detoxing your body, do your research |
| The Master Cleanse | | | | and consult with your doctor, then begin your journey |
| One particular detox method that has become very | | | | down the right path toward good health and spirituality |
| popular in Hollywood is the Master Cleanse. This diet | | | | - you'll be so much happier that you did. |