Cleansing diets, herbs, and fasting programs might seem like recent health fads, but people have been using natural cleansing methods to detoxify their bodies for centuries. Many religions promote fasting to cleanse both the body and mind. With toxins in our food, air, water, and environment, detoxifying the colon, liver, and other organs is more crucial than ever. Over-pollution can weaken the immune system, making us more vulnerable to chronic diseases. Here, we’ll explore various methods and foods that help the body detoxify naturally. Remember, speeding up toxin removal won’t help if you keep introducing toxins into your body. Avoid refined foods, sugars, MSG, yeast, dairy, caffeine, chocolate, soy, peanuts, alcohol, and non-whole-grain starches during any cleanse or fast.
11 Natural Detox Methods
Liver Cleanse
Cleansing the liver involves incorporating bitter greens and chlorophyll juices like wheatgrass and dandelion greens. Other liver-friendly foods include carrots, celery, limes, lemons, and beets. Spices such as turmeric, rosemary, cayenne, cumin, and curry also support liver health. Avoid coffee, milk, and sodas during detox; instead, drink purified water or water with apple cider vinegar (two tablespoons per gallon). Enhance your detox efforts by adding Liver Health to a gallon of water and following liver-cleansing instructions.
Oxygen Colon Cleanse
A highly effective natural detox method is a six-day colon cleanse using distilled water, organic raw apple cider vinegar, aloe vera, Oxy-Powder, and a probiotic supplement. This cleanse quickly purifies the digestive tract. Here are my recommended instructions for performing a colon cleanse.
Candida Cleanse
A Candida cleanse targets the overgrowth of Candida fungus by eliminating all sugar-containing foods. The diet requires avoiding all forms of sugar (including fruit and fruit juice), refined flour, wheat products, yeast-containing foods, and natural sweeteners like agave nectar or raw honey. Also avoid alcohol, dried fruit, mushrooms, cheese, pickled vegetables, and soy sauce. Taking organic oregano oil and a probiotic like Latero-Flora can enhance your Candida-cleansing efforts.
Harmful Organism Cleanse
To deter harmful organisms affecting your health, you can use herbs like wormwood, black walnut hull, clove, and American wormseed. These create a hostile environment for invaders in your intestinal tract. Taking a probiotic supplement also supports balance and discourages unwelcome visitors. Follow my recommended cleansing instructions for harmful organisms.
Liquid Cleanse
A liquid cleanse is a great way to detox while maintaining energy levels. Consume fresh organic fruit and vegetable juices, pureed soup, miso soup, smoothies, flax, hemp, coconut, sesame or pumpkin seed oil, and purified water. Follow this protocol for at least 48 hours to clear out your digestive tract, and longer if possible.
Toxic Metal Cleanse
Some people accumulate high levels of toxic metals like mercury, aluminum, cadmium, and lead. It’s best to perform two cleanses per year to prevent long-term accumulation. Use a heavy metal and chemical detox extract for added support.
Raw/Alkaline Foods Cleanse
This temporary cleanse involves eating uncooked fruits and vegetables with small amounts of raw nuts, seeds, and sprouts. It’s an excellent way to detoxify the colon, liver, and other systems. This cleanse helps the body alkalize the acidic nature of blood caused by a modern, non-alkaline diet. Learn more about the benefits of a raw food diet.
Juice Fasts
Juice fasts involve consuming only freshly-juiced fruits and vegetables for one to three days, or longer. The best cleansing fruits and vegetables include apples, carrots, beets, ginger root, spinach, pears, celery, kale, cabbage, pineapple, cranberry, and other dark leafy greens. Citrus fruits are usually avoided. Organic fruits and vegetables are ideal.
Kitcheree Cleanse
A kitcheree (or kitchari) cleanse is an ancient Ayurvedic method of cleansing the body with a “mono-diet.” This involves eating easily digestible mung beans, cooked vegetables, basmati rice, and spices. This diet gives temporary relief to the digestive system and supports overall detoxification, especially when combined with cleansing herbs.
Cleansing Spices
Combining a healthy, organic diet with cleansing spices is an effective way to detox the body. The best cleansing spices include cinnamon, oregano, turmeric, cumin, cilantro, fenugreek, ginger, fennel, cayenne pepper, black pepper, clove, parsley, and rosemary.
Master Cleanse
This detox method consists of a diet of freshly-squeezed lemon juice, organic grade-B maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and spring water. It’s an effective method for liver and colon cleansing. I recommend performing an oxygen colon cleanse and a liver and gallbladder cleanse simultaneously for optimal results.
