We all want to start a new year with fresh ideas and ways to rejuvenate our bodies and minds. Though many people do not make changes past the second week of the new year, here are some easy ways to add detoxification strategies to your daily life.
Reasons why you may want to do a detox? Millions of us suffer from annoying little symptoms, some of which can be indications of serious problems.
- Achy joints or muscles
- Brain fog
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Allergies
- Gas
- Autoimmune diseases
- Migraines
- Asthma
- Acne
- Irritable bowel
- Acid reflux
- Arthritis
1. Gut
Our guts are a complex ecosystem that has as many as 500 bacterial species live and thrive. During digestion, they help make important vitamins, send signals to the immune system to help regulate it, and even make peptides that support healthy mood and cognition. Having the correct forms of bacteria are a critical part of us and essential to our health. We have more bacteria in and on us than we do cells.
Our gut flora, when balanced help prevent harmful bacteria from rapidly growing. However when our gut bacteria is out of balance, harmful bacteria can take over which can affect our digestive, urinary, immune, nervous and most other systems of our bodies. They release ‘endotoxin’, which can increase intestinal permeability, thus causing leaky gut.
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