If complete fasting seems difficult for you, then among other home remedies for detox includes the raw detox diet and juice fasting. They are doable and though not as effective as complete fasting, but they definitely serve the purpose to great extent.
Before knowing about the raw detox diet, we must know how a healthy diet is essential for detoxifying the body. A healthy diet containing lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes is key to countering the negative health effects of our increasingly polluted environment. Eating a variety of these foods provides access to vital sources of nutrients that support the body’s ability to detoxify. Flavonoids- plant chemicals or phytochemicals found in green tea, flaxseed, soy, and blueberries, provide a jump start for the body’s cleansing mechanism.
As vitamins or minerals do not act in isolation, the total nutrition helps each nutrient to perform at its best with help from another nutrient. People still do not understand the importance of diet and supplements that help the body’s detoxification enzymes to perform at optimum levels. Any gross short of a particular nutrient kick starts the inability of body to deal with toxic conditions created both externally and within the body itself.
If you want to stay on a raw detox diet program for few days like a week or so, then 100% raw diet helps a lot in cleansing. On a more compromising note, a 75% raw diet without any junk food, processed sugar, caffeine, alcohol may help the purpose. But it all depends upon you, how much strong willed you are to detoxify your body and restore your health. Fruits and vegetables with a high fiber component can make the most of your food during this detox program. Strictly avoid overcooked, smoked, burned, and charred meats. Avoid non-veg totally during this period.
Among many researchs, one shows how important flavonoids(one phytochemical) are in counteracting the effects of combustion by products (toxins) in the body and preventing cancer. And they are found plenty in food from plants. Among other vitamins, vitamin C and vitamin E are powerful detoxifiers which should be taken together as they support each other’s function. So foods rich in vitamin C and E should form a major part of your detox diet program