Detox
Boost your metabolism: do I really have to?
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Since when does the human body no longer manage its typical metabolism on its own? Everyone, please, take cover: our author is spitting Poison and bile.
Karina Lübke
Every spring, there are more and more warnings that I urgently need to flush toxins out of my body. For example, with a five-day juice fasting cure for drinking bottles that cost 130 euros or with magical patches from Asia, which are supposed to pull “pollutants” from the soles of my feet at night. This nonsense is pulling my shoes off! But instead of just detoxifying the sick idea that our bodies have to be permanently prevented from poisoning themselves, many friends scrub themselves inside and out as fervently as men in the 1960s scrub their cars.
Full body detox?
In the meantime there is no longer any place on or in the body that seems to be unencumbered. It starts with washing your hair, where you should first exfoliate the scalp and then wash the hair with a deep cleansing shampoo. Before brushing your teeth, the oral cavity is detoxified by pulling oil on an empty stomach, then the tongue is pulled smooth with a scraper. Women, who are suspicious of their monthly bleeding, must not only be clean, but also pure: With “yoni steaming”, a steam bath should “relax and cleanse the vagina” – according to my knowledge and opinion of gynecologists, she can do that herself . Is there anything else? Maybe a home enema? If someone is into anal: Practical!
Breathing yoga exercises in bursts detoxify the body and mind for free – in contrast to the 1000-euro infrared sauna for home use, as Gwyneth Paltrow also sweats one. With all these efforts and the necessary tools, it is above all the account that is purged.
All black everything
Activated charcoal is currently popular as an all-purpose cleaning agent. The black powder is everywhere – in beauty products and even in burgers or vanilla ice cream. I can’t say that eating optically gains from it, but the rumor persists that you can feast and purify at the same time. However: Too much activated carbon binds important nutrients and influences the effectiveness of drugs, writes “Öko-Test”. In addition, in many powders that are sold as cleaning, the last filth would be – that’s where I get a mess of dirt.
My insider tip: It could help the body not to have to work off fatty foods, sugar and alcohol every day. Since I mostly try to eat a “clean” diet, I am confident that my liver, kidneys and intestines can naturally cope with the removal of waste products. “In a healthy body there is no accumulation of waste products and deposits of metabolic products,” explains the German Nutrition Society repeatedly. In addition, the mixture of bacteria and microorganisms that is tailored to my body is the super fuel that keeps intruders in check at bay. Then a detox tea, although it tastes like poison and bile. But bitter substances cleanse … oh, you know.