If you want to have more energy, to aspire to a cleaner skin, to lose or search longevity secrets, I suggest you do a detox your body twice a year. Healthy skin depends on your overall health.

Spring and summer are the best times to lead a detox program. The important thing is to clear your schedule for the next 7-10 days, no dinner invitations and whatever else takes a lot of energy and causes stress. Your energy levels will drop significantly for several days while your body uses all the energy to detoxify. This is not the time to be superwoman or work at your physical tone. A light half an hour walk will stimulate the lymphatic system and will be beneficial, but more exercise is not the best idea.

Ideally, you should give up coffee, cigarettes and alcohol a week before starting the rehab program. If you do  too much, prepare for some nasty headaches! But soon they should pass and you will feel great.

When you start your detox program: leave out coffee, tea (including green tea), alcohol, sugar, salt, dairy products, white rice, pasta, bread, dough. No medicines prescribed by your doctor. Any stimulus will inhibit your efforts to detoxify. Every morning start the day with a cup of boiled water and a slice of squeezed lemon to stimulate digestion. Days 1, 2 and 3 are to eliminate all the above foods and meals must be three, with three small meals between, which will consist of: any vegetable except potato and any fruit except grapefruit (it contains naningerin, which inhibits an important enzyme for detoxification). Drink at least eight glasses of water a day.

Remember you must do this at least twice a year or before any major rapid weight loss can happen. This actually prepares the body and allows it to better take in nutrients like vitamins and minerals.  Your skin will thank you with a healthy glow.

We all know that impurities and toxins are a major challenge to those of us seeking better skin. Pollution, chemicals, and artificial food additives all leave their traces on our bodies, and in their most visible form on our skin. Fortunately, the right detox recipe can assist the body in flushing out the impurities we collect as a part of everyday life.

Detox recipes have been used for years by holistic practitioners, therapists, physical trainers, doctors and others, in the course of such difficult processes as injury recovery and inpatient drug detox. However, a good detox recipe can also be used to leave us with healthy, glowing skin.

A raw diet is the most basic, and probably the oldest of all detoxifying diets. From the days of humans living in caves, natural, raw foods like fruits, nuts vegetables and legumes have been eaten raw. Only in recent years has their power to detox the body and brighten the skin become clear.

A slightly less raw, but considerably more fun option is the fruit smoothie. Fruit smoothies are easy to make, and provide a wide variety of flavors.  Simply pick your personal favorite combination of fresh fruits, add some form of dairy product or a substitute like soy milk or honey for thickness and flavor, and finally add ice. Blend to a thick, smooth consistency. The vitamins, minerals and antioxidants will do wonders for your skin.

The most extreme option would be a juice or water fast. These are controversial, and you should definitely consult your doctor before engaging in any such extreme change of diet. Still, many people swear by the detoxifying abilities of these spartan fasts, and the clarity of skin which they are said to bring.

Which detox recipe you choose is up to you, but remember that your skin is merely an outward reflection of what you put in your body. Get those toxins out, and your skin can be clear and beautiful!

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