Cleansing and starving your body

Cleansing your body of harmful toxins can provide many benefits including increased energy, weight loss, healthier looking skin, and clearer mind. There are several ways to cleanse your body through different techniques. Detoxing your body can be an important element to better health. Detoxification may seem like an “alternative” health thing done by a homeopathic healer, however, it has certainly been “mainstream” for many years.

Fasting or starvation is used an effective way to rid the body of harmful substances and has been used for centuries. Certainly, those who use the process of starvation to rid the body of toxins claim that “fasting” or temporarily starving oneself will help cut off the toxins being continuously consumed but also give the body a chance to expel the body of such substances.

Though not often supported by healthcare professionals, starvation is thought to force the body to use up the stored fat cells, which often contain stored toxins as well that are very harmful to the body.  Temporary starvation of avoidance of particular foods and beverages can be laid out in a variety of special diets that are popular. For example, one diet might be to consume nothing but water for a week. Another diet might call for the consumption of only watermelon or juice. There are a number of popular “detox” diet regimens that also lead to weight loss. However, the primary goal for many diets is to rid the body of stored toxins. These toxins can be from pollution, past cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, medication, drug use, and processed foods and beverages. At times, evidence may be scarce on the effectiveness of the variety of diets. However, the popularity of many diets continues to increase.

Starving you body has its pros and cons, however, evidence points that there are many more cons or negatives then positives. Let’s begin with the positives. Starving your body for specific reasons, may help you decrease your fat and weight. In addition, it may also rid your body of stored toxins that are often held in the fat cells. The release of toxins and the combination of reduced calories may cause fatigue, tiredness, and slight memory loss. In addition, increase headaches may also occur as toxins are released and cause a “hang over” effect. In any detoxification diet or routine, it is important that the

The cons of a starvation routine might cause your body to acquire a “famine response.” Meaning if you body indicates a scarcity of calories or food, it kicks in to protect itself from being starved in the future. It does several things such as slow down your metabolism and it stores fat more quickly. A future dieting or starvation techniques may also weaken you immune system and have a negative impact on normal body function.

Though cleansing may be good in the short term, it is recommended that the dieter or person involved have adequate time to recuperate from a starvation cleanse.