It happens every spring. We fling open the windows, put away our winter
coats, and suddenly get the urge to clean the house. But do we ever
think about “spring cleaning” the toxins from our body?
Detoxifying in the spring is an important part of the
traditional ayurvedic medicine seasonal routine. Spring is the kapha
season; because the wet and cool weather reflects the moist, cool,
heavy qualities in the body that ayurveda believes predominate during
this time of the year.
Biologically, nature supports cleansing of the body in the
spring. In winter the digestive fire is high, and people eat more
sweet, rich and heavy foods. Mostly we are unable to assimilate these
hard to digest foods so the undigested wastes and toxins accumulate in
our bodies. If you don’t assist these toxins in moving out of your
body, you can become prone to flu, colds, cough or allergies. You might
feel unusually fatigued, sluggish or drowsy after a meal. Your skin can
be less radiant, heavier, and oilier. If the toxins are allowed to keep
accumulating in the body, even more serious illnesses can result.
Spring is the best season for detoxification; nature is already trying
to clear out the toxins. It’s the time of year to help the body
efficiently detoxify. How do you help the body with its own spring
cleaning?
Here at HealthWalk
we have several modalities to support you in this process and we will
work with you to tailor a program for your personal needs. Vital Hematology live blood analysis
can show the condition of your blood, which circulates throughout the
body once every 70 minutes- an accurate picture of the body’s overall
health can be revealed – from parasites, microorganisms, heavy metals,
stress and vitamin deficiencies can be seen among other stressors.
Functional Nutritional Counseling, Adrenal and Hormonal Analysis and Biomarkers Analysis can show you how the various crucial adrenal, hormonal and bio-markers balances in your body are operating. Together the HealthWalk
team will then work with you to regain and maintain the optimal
equilibrium to sustain your health through supplementation, nutrition
and lifestyle adjustments.
Eating organic might be more expensive but well worth it.
Committing to eating only foods that haven’t been sprayed with
pesticides is an immediate way to dramatically cut your exposure to
toxins. On an average those of us who eat conventional fruits and
vegetables consume over a gallon of neurotoxins
per year from pesticides on the food. Another great benefit of eating
organic produce is that they are packed full of more nutrients and
anti-oxidants than its chemically showered alternative.
The liver is the second largest organ in the body. This
organ’s job is to process and filter the toxins in the body. Because of
the many chemicals, additives and pollutants it deals with every single
day, our livers are chronically over worked. The problem with this is
that the overworked liver can let toxic chemicals, heavy metals, excess
sugars and hormones out into the blood stream and body, contributing to
and/ or causing health problems such as PMS, skin rashes, fatigue,
obesity and cancer and more. Treat your liver well and it will do its
job. Here at HealthWalk our nutritionist will work with you on how to detoxify the body through proper nutrition and supplementation.
You are what you eat. One of the best ways of detoxing your body is to eat good, nutritious and detoxifying foods. HealthWalk’s
nutritionist will help take the guesswork out of what foods to eat to
properly detoxify. Sticking to whole foods and cutting out processed
foods can really help. Processed foods are full of additives and the
plastic and tin cans that processed food comes in can leach dioxins and
metals like aluminum into your body as well as produce/deposit
pseudo-estrogens in men and women which mimic the hormone estrogen,
creating hormonal imbalances which can lead to cancer among other
diseases. At HealthWalk we can analyze and support the rebalancing of your hormones based on saliva hormone testing (Hormone/Adrenal Analysis).
World Health Organization has found that 100% of the population has
hormonal imbalances and that a good percentage of our illnesses are due
to this factor. It is now apparent that resolving hormone imbalances is
one of the keys to good health and wellness.
A client came into HealthWalk
complaining about all of the medications his physician has him taking.
He has developed several health problems from some of the medications
including night sweats, fatigue and extra weight gain. He worked with
our Vital Hematologist and Functional Nutritionist
to analyze his overall health so that there is a comprehensive plan to
support his wellbeing. They put him on a natural detoxification
program, suggested a few natural supplements and recommended some
dietary changes to account for the effects of his medications. He has
now lost weight, gained his energy back and his night sweats were gone.
Detoxifying your body is a wonderful gift to give yourself this
spring. You will rid yourself of the winter sluggishness, lose weight
and feel more vibrant. Come to HealthWalk we can help you detoxify and help you feel healthier and happier too!
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