Vitality is a state of continuous wellbeing. Being vital provides a positive, strong and energetic state of living and a feeling of total wellness. Low vitality may appear at times signalling the need for cleansing...
Often there is a shift in overall wellbeing leaving a person with symptoms such as:
- Brain fog, forgetfulness
- Dry, pale skin tone
- Tiredness
- Low stamina and endurance
- Irritability
- Poor motivation
- Repeated illness
- Muscle weakness
- Weight gain
This shift in our wellbeing is related to a decline in our 'Vital Force' which has been impacted by the burdens of everyday exposure to toxins. Regularly helping our body to eliminate toxins helps to recalibrate bodily functions to help enable enhanced vitality.
Benefits of Detox
Our body consistently needs to break-down and eliminate substances that have entered our system whether internally via the food we consume or externally via the products in our environment and applied to our skin.
If we continually consume unhealthy foods or are constantly exposed to environmental toxins, the places pressure on our liver, kidneys and our bowels. Soon we begin to lose our luster!
Our energy declines, our skin loses its elasticity and tone, we become more irritable and over-reactive, there may also be bowel habit changes, weight fluctuations, sleep disturbances, joint pain, headaches and an existing illness may worsen.
Helping the body to detoxify is an important initial step in the process of enhancing vitality. However, do not think that one quick few weeks of detoxifying is going to offer you with long term results, the goal is to be realistic and set up better habits that you can stick to for ongoing vitality.
Detoxification involves supporting multiple areas of the body that are affected by accumulation of toxins e.g. Kidney / Liver / Gallbladder / Bowels / Skin / Nervous System.
Herbal Support
McDowells provides toxin elimination and liver cleansing formulations which contain herbs used traditionally to cleanse the blood and support vital organ functions to enhance toxin clearance from the body. It is beneficial to include these herbs in a detoxification protocol.
Formulations can be made to support individual needs based on your symptoms and health status.
If an intensive detoxification protocol is requested this may include dietary restrictions and elimination for a specified period of time.
For simplistic approaches to altering current food habits, here is a guideline:
- Drink minimum of 8 glasses of filtered water daily
- Avoid excessive protein intake, aim for 0.8g per kg of weight as a guide over a day
- Reduce saturated fats by only consuming red meat 2 x per week
- Avoid refined ‘white’ processed sugars and foods Replace with ‘brown’ unprocessed foods and natural sugars such as honey or xylitol.
- Consume at least 4 cups of fresh vegetables daily and include beetroot and broccoli for the liver
- Swap chemical household products for natural eco friendly options
- Swap chemical based skin and body products for natural options
- Gentle Skin brush or exfoliate to eliminate dead skin cells weekly
- Move your body daily with regular moderate exercise to help blood flow
- Consume no more than 2 cups of coffee daily
- Avoid alcohol and smoking (this would be suggested as mandatory for a strict protocol and steps taken to stop smoking is encouraged and reducing alcohol if consumption is high)
