A 3 day raw detox cleanse might be very beneficial in the search to expel unsafe pollutants from your body and also provide a great jump-start to a raw food regime. The body boasts the ingrained power of filtering out pollutants from the environment and our diet via the liver, kidneys, lungs, and skin. The solution would be to give the organs the raw (pun intended) equipment to do so.

While there are numerous variations to the three-day detoxification diet, every one of them follow these basic suggestions:

- stop smoking, caffeine, consuming processed foods and foods with unnatural sugar, and drinking alcohol
- eat lots of raw, ripe fruits and vegetables
- consume soaked seeds and nuts
- have lots of pure water

Following with a three-day raw food diet simply involves eating raw fruits, vegetables, herbs, and / or nuts and seeds for nutritive intake. Dumping meat products and dairy helps to further cleanse the system of dangerous bacteria and toxins that enter into the body as a consequence of consuming animal products and / or cooked food. Cleansing your body helps to clean the blood system which in turn aids in recharging the organs thus helping to optimize their performance.

This detoxification diet will give your body an opportunity to flush toxic waste without interruption from new poisons entering the body concurrently. As well as the raw food, a successful raw cleanse may include some herbs that can further help in the internal cleansing of the body.

Infusions using products like:

• star anise
• senna
• fennel
• ginger

and other herbs can be created with hot water and can quickly help your body release toxic substances and poisons in as little as a few days.

Besides raw cleansing foods, one must drink plenty of water on a detox. Raw living foods have masses of water in them, but to restore a body that is almost 80 percent liquid, plenty of pure non tap water has benefits. Each important chemical process that happens in the body needs water, including the creation of muscle, so it is of the utmost importance that clean water consumption remains high. Drinking plenty of water also helps the liver and kidneys in processing and removing the toxins you need to get rid of during your detoxification clean, permitting you to release most of them by way of urine and sweat.

Just like a person who is trying to cleanse from an alcohol addiction, drinking plenty of water and sitting in a dry sauna can really push this toxin release to a higher level. Please discuss these solutions with your GP before doing them. The dry sauna cleanse might be one to add to your detoxification regimen when you become more experienced.

Pamela is a firm believer in natural health and detoxification. See her other article: Easy Raw Food and her site: Raw Food Diet

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