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Detoxification Of Your GI Tract: A Basic Understanding

There are a number of dietary toxins that can accumulate in your system. One way to get rid of these unwanted substances is detoxification of your gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). Blame it on that fatty slice of pork you had for dinner or your daily consumption of junkfoods for snacks. Simply put, improper diet and innutritious food are the root causes of dietary toxins in your body.

There are several body components that help in eliminating dietary toxins, a process known as detoxification. The GI tract itself is further subdivided into two segments, the lower and upper GI tract. The mouth, esophagus, pharynx and the stomach are the organs that make up the upper tract. These are the main organs where food is initially processed. The lower tract consists of the intestines and your anus. Your small intestine is further subdivided into three parts namely the ileum, jejunum and duodenum. The large intestine also consists of three main organs, the caecum, colon and the rectum. The lower tract is basically responsible for the digestion and excretion of your body wastes. Other excretory organs, including the liver, pancreas and kidneys also aid in detoxification.

When your GI tract cannot perform its functions properly, toxic waste builds up in your body. It then becomes necessary to detoxify and cleanse your tract from these toxins. There may be times when cysts, adenomas or polyps breed in your organs, detoxification would help in removing these unwanted components. Detox cleansing also helps in healing lesions, ulcerations and other tissue problems in your system. It also maintains the tone and the shape of your intestines. Detoxification of your GI tract is responsible in keeping things normal and balance by regularizing PH and eliminating harmful bacteria like candida and other harmful yeasts.

There are a lot of ways where you can detoxify your GI tract. The best technique of detoxifying lies in proper diet and knowing which foods to eat. Some people would also find it beneficial to take in probiotics supplements to aide in the propagation of good bacteria in the intestine to aide in better digestion.

There are a number of medicinal herbs that aide in the detoxification of your GI tract, one of which is dandelion roots. They now come in form of teas. Dandelion roots contain insulin that is need by bifidobacteria, a good bacterium that thrives on the intestines. Dandelion roots are found to be very efficient in detoxification through strengthening and cleansing the liver and GI tract.

Detoxification of your GI tract needs to begin with a detox diet. You can take in fruit juices, vegetable drinks and broths and herbals teas. Drinking plenty of liquid is always beneficial. Cut down on the meat and grains. Fruits and vegetables should always be a part of your meal.

A detox diet may also include the intake of some herbs, psyllium and bentonite. These are known to be effective substances in helping your cleansing.

You should always see to it that every part of your body is well maintained. The excretory and digestive components of your body need regular detoxification to ensure that your body functions are all normal. Removing dietary toxins is very vital in keeping your body healthier and livelier. Get started with detoxifying your GI tract today, and see for yourself the difference it can do.

Sandra Kim Leong

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Avoid liver, gallbladder, bowel and colon surgery by doing regular liver or gall stone flush or colon cleanse to detoxify your body. But if you find a liver flush or detox too hard then read the following article on hospital diets.

Usual Therapeutic Diets In The Hospital

1. Clear Liquid Diet
Purpose:
relieve thirst and help maintain fluid balance
Use:
post-surgically and following acute vomiting or diarrhea
Foods allowed:
carbonated beverages; coffee (caffeinated and decaff); tea; flavored drinks, strained fruit sugar; popsicles; commercially prepared clear liquids; and hard candy
Foods Avoided:
milk and milk products, fruit juices with pulp

2. Full-Liquid Diet
Purpose:
provide an adequately nutritious diet for patients who cannot chew or who are too ill to do so
Use:
acute infection with fever, GI upsets, after surgery as a progression from clear liquids
Foods allowed:
clear liquids, milk drinks, cook cereals, custards, ice cream, sherbets, eggnog, all strained fruit juices, creamed vegetable soups, puddings, mashed potatoes, instant breakfast drinks, yogurt, mild cheese sauce or pureed meat, and seasoning
Foods avoided:
nuts, seeds, coconut, fruit, jam, and marmalade

3. Soft diet
Purpose:
provide adequate nutrition for those who have troubled chewing
Use:
patient with no teeth or ill-fitting dentures; transition from full-liquid to general diet; and for those who cannot tolerate highly seasoned, fried or raw foods following acute infections or gastrointestinal disturbances such as gastric ulcer or cholelithiasis
Foods allowed:
very tender minced, ground, baked broiled, roasted, stewed, or creamed beef, lamb, veal, liver, poultry, or fish; crisp bacon or sweet bread; cooked vegetables; pasta; all fruit juices; soft raw fruits; soft bread and cereals; all desserts that are soft and cheeses
Foods avoided:
coarse-whole grain cereals and bread; nuts; raisins; coconut; fruits with small seeds; fried foods; high fat gravies or sauces; spicy salad dressings; pickled meat; fish, or poultry; strong cheeses; brown or wild rice; raw vegetables; as well as lima beans and corn; spices such as horseradish, mustard, and catsup; and popcorn

4. Soft-Restricted diet
Purpose:
reduce sodium content in the tissue and promote excretion of water
Use:
heart failure, hypertension, renal disease, cirrhosis, toxemia of pregnancy, and cortisone therapy
Modifications:
mildly restrictive 2g sodium diet to extremely restricted 200mg sodium diet
Foods avoided:
table salt; all commercial soups, including bouillons; gravy, catsup, mustard, meat sauce and soy sauce; buttermilk, ice cream, and sherbet; sodas; beet greens, carrots, celery, chard, sauerkraut and spinach; all canned vegetables; frozen peas.
all baked products containing salt, baking powder, or canned shellfish; all cheeses; smoked or commercially prepared meats; salted butter or margarine; bacon, olives; and commercially prepared salad dressings

5. Renal diet
Purpose:
control protein, potassium, sodium and fluid levels in the body
Use:
acute and chronic renal failure, hemodialysis
Foods allowed:
– high-biological proteins such as meat, fowl, fish, cheese, and dairy products – range between 20 and 60 mg/day
– vegetable such as cabbage, cucumber, and peas are lowest in potassium
– potassium is usually limited to 500 mg/day
– fluid intake is restricted to the daily volume plus 500 ml, which represents insensible water loss
– fluid intake measures water in fruit, vegetables, milk and meat
Foods avoided:
cereals, bread, macaroni, noodles, spaghetti, avocados, kidney beans, potato chips, raw fruit, yams, soybeans, nuts, gingerbread, apricots, bananas, figs, grapefruit, oranges, percolated coffee,, coca-cola, orange crush, sport drinks, and breakfast drinks such as Tang or Awake

6. High-Protein, High Carbohydrate diet
Purpose:
to correct large protein losses and raises the level of blood albumin. May be modified to include low-fat, low sodium, and low cholesterol diets
Use:
burns, hepatitis, cirrhosis, pregnancy, hyperthyroidism, mononucleosis, protein deficiency due to poor eating habits, geriatric patient with poor intake; nephritis, liver and gallbladder disorder
Foods allowed:
general diet with added protein
Foods avoided:
restrictions depend on modifications added to the diet. The modifications are determined by the patients condition

7. Purine-Restricted diet
Purpose:
designed to reduce intake of uric-acid producing foods
Use:
high uric acid retention, uric acid renal stones and gout
Foods allowed:
general diet plus 2-3 quarts of liquid daily
Foods avoided:
cheese containing spices of nuts, fried eggs, meat, liver, seafood, lentils, dried peas and beans, broth, boullion, gravies, oatmeal and whole wheat, pasta, noodles, and alcoholic beverages. Limited quantities of meat, fish and seafood allowed

8. Bland diet
Purpose:
Provision of diet low in fiber, roughage, mechanical irritants, and chemical stimulants
Use:
gastritis, hyperchlorhydria (excess hydrochloric acid), functional G.I. disorders, gastric atony, diarrhea, spastic constipation, biliary indigestion, and hiatus hernia
Foods avoided:
– fried foods, including eggs, meat, fish, and seafood; cheese with added nuts or spices; commercially prepared luncheon meats; cured meats such as ham; gravies and sauces; raw vegetables
– potato skins; fruit juices with pulp; figs; raisins; fresh fruits; whole wheat; rye bread; bran cereals; rich pastries; pies; chocolate; jams with seeds; nuts; seasoned dressings; caffeinated coffee; strong tea; cocoa; alcoholic and carbonated beverages and pepper

9. Low fat, Cholesterol-Restricted diet
Purpose:
reduce hyperlipedimia, provide dietary treatment for malabsorption syndromes and patient having acute intolerance for fats
Use:
hyperlipedimia, atherosclerosis, pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, sprue, gastrectomy, massive resection of small intestine, and cholecystitis
Foods allowed:
nonfat milk; low-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetables; most fruits; breads; pastas; cornmeal; lean meats
Foods avoided:
– remember to avoid the five C’s of cholesterol-cookies, cream, cake, coconut, chocolate; whole milk or cream products, avocados, olives, commercially prepared baked goods such as donuts and muffins, poultry skin, highly marbled meats
– butter, ordinary margarines, olive olive, lard, pudding made with whole milk, ice cream, candies with chocolate, cream, sauces, gravies and commercially fried foods

10. Diabetic diet
Purpose:
maintain blood glucose as near as normal as possible; prevent or delay onset of diabetic complications
Use:
diabetic Mellitus
Foods allowed:
choose foods with low glycemic index compose of:
a. 45-55 fats
c. 10-25% CHON
– coffee, tea, broth, spices and flavoring can be used as desired
– exchange group include: milk, vegetable, fruits, starch/bread, meat (divided in lean, medium fat, and high fat), and fat exchanges
_ the number of exchanges allowed from each group is dependent on the total number of calories allowed
_ non-nutritive sweeteners (sorbitol) in moderation with controlled, normal weight diabetics
Food avoided:
concentrated sweets or regular soft drinks

11. Acid and Alkaline diet
Purpose:
furnish as well balance diet in which the total acid ash is greater than the total alkaline ash each day
Use:
retard the formation of renal calculi. The type of diet chosen depends on the laboratory analysis of the stone
Acid and Alkaline ash food groups:
a. Acid ash: meat, whole grains, eggs, cheese, cranberries, prunes, plums
b. Alkaline ash: milk, vegetables, fruits (except cranberries, prunes and plums)
c. Neutral: sugar, fats, beverages(coffee, tea)
Foods allowed:
– Breads: any, preferably whole grain; crackers; roll
– Cereals: any, preferable whole grains
desserts: angel food or sunshine cake; cookies made without baking powder or soda; cornstarch, pudding, cranberry desserts, ice cream, sherbet, plum or prune desserts; rice or tapioca pudding
– Fats: any, such as butter, margarine, salad dressings, crisco, spry, lard, salad oil, olive oil
– Fruits: cranberry, plums, prunes
– Meat, eggs, cheese: any meat, fish or fowl, two servings daily; at least one egg daily
– Potato substitutes: corn, hominy, lentils, macaroni, noodles, rice, spaghetti, vermicelli
– Soup: broth as desired; other soups from food allowed
– Sweets: cranberry and plum jelly; plain sugar candy
Miscellaneous: cream sauce, gravy, peanut butter, peanuts, popcorn, salt spices, vinegar, walnuts
Restricted foods:
no more than the amount allowed each day
1. Milk: 1 pint daily (may be used in other ways than as beverage)
2. Cream: 1/3 cup or less daily
3. Fruits: one serving of fruits daily ( in addition to the prunes, plums and cranberries)
4. Vegetable: including potatoes: two servings daily
5. Sweets; chocolate or candies, syrups
6. Miscellaneous: other nuts, olives, pickles

12. High-fiber diet
Purpose:
– soften the stool
– exercise digestive tract muscles
– speed passage of food through digestive tract to prevent exposure to cancer-causing agents in food
– lower blood lipids
– prevent sharp rise in glucose after eating
Use:
diabetes, hyperlipedimia, constipation, diverticulitis, anticarcinogenics (colon)
Foods allowed:
– recommended intake about 6g crude fiber daily
– all bran cereal
– watermelon, prunes, dried peaches, apple with skin; parsnip, peas, brussels, sprout, sunflower seeds

13. Low Residue diet
Purpose:
– reduce stool bulk and slow transit time
Use:
bowel inflammation during acute diverticulitis, or ulcerative colitis, preparation for bowel surgery, esophageal and intestinal stenosis
Foods allowed:
eggs; ground or well-cooked tender meat, fish, poultry; milk, cheeses; strained fruit juice (except prune): cooked or canned apples, apricots, peaches, pears; ripe banana; strained vegetable juice: canned, cooked, or strained asparagus, beets, green beans, pumpkin, squash, spinach; white bread; refined cereals (cream of wheat)

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Detox Guide On Liver Cleanse And Its Positive Effects On Our Health

The liver is the primary detoxifying organ in the human body and so it is essential that it always remains working to the best of its ability.

Unfortunately the toxins that the liver helps to rid from the body also attack the liver, causing it to become congested and incapable of fully clearing large amounts of harmful toxins from the blood stream.

A liver cleanse, or a liver flush, helps to wash small stones and crystals out of the liver and the associated gall bladder so that they retain their invaluable ability to detoxify. It is always beneficial to perform a colon-cleanse and a kidney cleanse before flushing the liver.

This is because the colon stores rotting food matter which releases self-produced toxins in to the body, thus this harmful food matter needs to be excreted before anything else is done. Also the kidneys should be cleansed so that they don’t in turn become congested when the waste from the liver passes through them.

It is imperative to cleanse the liver regularly, especially if you live on a diet of processed and fast foods or you consume moderate amounts of alcohol. By leaving the liver in a congested state it means that it no longer has the capability to remove toxins from the blood. These toxins continue to circulate around the body until they settle in one spot and cause illness and disease, which can sometimes turn out to be quite serious.

So what do you need to cleanse the liver?

Apple juice and lots of it – this should be drunk in large quantities for up to 5 days before you flush your liver. It contains malic acid which helps to loosen stones and other bits of debris that are attached to the walls of the liver tubules.

Epsom salts dissolved in either water or fruit juice (not citric fruit) – these help to relax the smooth muscle in the bile duct so that large particles which could cause pain flow through smoothly.

Virgin olive oil – this helps the gall bladder and the bile duct (through which the liver waste runs) to contract with force, thus pushing out big particles that could get trapped.

One big grapefruit or 3 lemons – the juice from these fruits is mixed with the olive oil to help it travel through the stomach, thus reducing the risk of nausea. When the oil reaches the small intestine it helps to carry away the stones and debris from the liver.

A liver cleanse has to be performed to a schedule for it to work properly and so more detailed instructions should be sought before you try it yourself.

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