Good Food Good Health- Detox naturally

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After eating all the rich food that Christmas entails it is time to naturally detox your body, and quite simply eating a good balanced healthy diet can do this. Our motto ‘good food good health’ says it all.

Nowadays there are many books written about this subject and many famous people swearing by some new treatment which costs the earth and generally has little effect the body cannot do itself.

Did you know that our bodies already have fantastic ways of ‘detoxing’ – getting rid of things that we do not need, silently and effectively every day?

What we need to do is to help and support these natural processes. By taking stock of our diet though eating a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, regularly, enables the body to work at its best – ‘good food good health’.

The word varied here is of utmost importance. It would do your body no good at all if you ate only one type of fruit or vegetable, and ate that in abundance. The body gleans different components from various foods and needs an array of vitamins and proteins a good balanced varied diet delivers.

Basically the body has three methods of naturally ‘detoxing’. Firstly through your lungs when you exhale, secondly your skin and the third most obvious way of getting rid of waste is through stools and urine.

The skin is the area most people over look, and yet it is the largest area on our body. Many cultures in the past used the skin far more for cleansing and detoxing and knew its importance for cleansing the whole body.

Your skin is fabulous, when you start thinking of it as a two-way membrane through which substances can pass back and forwards, into and back out of your body, then there is a lot you can do to assist and improve detoxification processes through your skin.

Making your own salt scrub is cheap and easy, mix olive oil and finely ground sea salt together with a few drops of essential oil. Vigorously rub the mixture in and leave for at least 15 minutes before showering or bathing.

As always make sure you are sensible and use a rubber slip proof shower or bath mat when using any form of oil products in the bathroom.

As well as detoxing, you can have added benefits by having a partner or friend to massage each other, with relaxation and de-stressing, and the great smell of the aromatherapy oil adds to this.

Can also be great fun is you share the shower too! But beware, this kind of malarkey is no good if you both slip and do yourself an injury. Always take care.

The shower is another great tool too, and any shower can be turned into a naturopathic treatment just by alternating hot and cold water, although this is most definitely not advised for people with heart or blood pressure problems.

After taking a normal shower, turn the heat up as hot as you can bear – obviously not to burn yourself, and focus especially on the chest, tummy and thighs for about 30 – 60 seconds. Next switch to cold water for 30 – 60 seconds, and yes it is ok to shriek at this point, although family members and neighbours might be confused!

Repeating this procedure a few times after your daily shower will really get your blood circulating through the skin, with the added benefit of each skin cell getting boosted oxygen and nutrition. Detoxing is this simple.

Honestly, after a couple of weeks your skin will feel great and have a healthy glow, and by eating good food at the same time will maintain this and help strengthen your body’s ability to fight off stress and viruses that are prevalent at this time of the year.

So as always just remember good food is good health.

Sandra & Ted

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