Detoxification

Lisa Raleigh, one of the trainers from the Biggest Loser TV show, and owner of VO2Max Private Gym talks about the detox process...

Why would you need to do it?

So often in my consultations I have people saying, “I’m fine” or “I’m ok.” People actually don’t know what it feels like to feel fabulous, energetic or fantastic! Most of us exist at 60% of our optimum level of health. How would you know what ‘great’ feels unless you felt it for the first time?

Detoxification is a process whereby we eliminate all the toxins from the body- clean the blood, clean the lymph, change the pH of the body and give our bodies a chance to heal themselves naturally.

How do we do it?

For a period of between 7-14 days you need to eliminate:
Wheat
Dairy
Sugar
Caffeine
Processed foods
Salt
Alcohol
Artificial sweeteners

You must eat only fruit and drink only water and herbal tea till 12am. Then for the rest of the day you need to eat only foods that come from a ‘tree’ not a ‘factory.’ This means nothing processed or unnatural. Try stick to organic, raw options as much as possible.

During detoxification you should feel some heavy side effects like nausea, bloating, constipation, headaches, excess sweating, clamminess and skin irritations. These are all ways of the body trying to eliminate impurities and each and every person’s symptoms are different.

Some product tips to help you along:

Take a daily tonic called Bentonite clay and Psyllium husk. The clay absorbs toxins and the husk fibre swells up like a sponge, sticking to the walls of the colon and literally scraping it clean.

Exercise daily- whether a light jog, yoga, Pilates or light resistance training, shaking it up gets the circulation going which will get everything moving and eliminating faster.

Go for a few treatments of colonic irrigation. This will help amplify the detox and help to move along any stubborn blockages in your colon.

Drink raw veggie juices- these provide live enzymes to our bodies, these are easily absorbed and within 15 min reach down to a cellular level to balance and nourish our cells.

Substitute these three items in your daily diet
· Normal salt for Himalayan rock salt
· Any oil (including cooked olive oil) for coconut oil
· Sugar for Xylitol/ organic honey

Take a pre/pro biotic (L Acid ophilns, Bifido bacteria, L Salvarius) to restore good bacteria in the colon.

Drink 8-12 glasses of water daily

Try to have a few lymph drainage massages during these two weeks. These will also help to get the lymph system moving and therefore eliminate toxins.

So happy detoxing! Enjoy the rewards and don’t give up. Know that you will feel worse before you start to feel absolutely great!

Executive Wellness: Weightloss and Fitness Centre offers the Lisa Raleigh weight loss and wellness programme in Newlands. For more information please contact Joy Krige:
Tel: 086 022 4454
Email: joy@executivewellnesscentre.co.za

For more information on the Lisa Raleigh Weightloss and Wellness Clinic call her on 031-2018585 or email her on lisaraleigh@vo2max.co.za