Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology (INE): Body Freedom Foundations – Pillar 4: Environment – Every-Day Detox
Body Freedom Foundations
Pillar 4: Environment
Every-Day Detox
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2 | Watched "Everyday Detox" video | |
3 | Read through each of the resources | |
4 | Made notes about how to use these resources with clients |
This page is full of great educational tools for you to use in educating your client about activities they can do every day to reduce toxic exposure and enhance their body’s ability to detoxify.
Toxins enter the body through food, air, and water. Every toxin, both from the outside and the inside, places a stress on the body every day. The more the toxic exposure, the more the accumulation, and the more of a toxic load the body carries. Every effort you can make to reduce the toxic load will be of benefit to overall health.
The outside air is filled with industrial waste, toxic automobile exhaust, and residues of pesticides, herbicides, and building materials.
The inside air is filled with toxins too, and some say that the inside air is more dangerous than the outside. That certainly may be true, and rather than attempting to prove or disprove that theory, it’s safer to reduce the toxic load both inside and out.
Toxins are also generated by the body as a result of normal metabolic processing. Digestion, breathing, adrenal fight/flight response, and brain function all generate metabolic waste.
In fact, every cell in your body generates metabolic waste which is removed daily during sleep. Waste products diffuse from the tissues and capillaries and are then eliminated from the bloodstream by the liver, kidneys, and lungs.
But what happens when the toxic load exceeds the body’s ability to eliminate toxins?
Find out by watching the video, Every-Day Detox.
Watch the Instructional Video
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Action Plan
#1: Recommend that your clients consider investing in an air filter.
Products and technology change and improve all the time, so do a little research to determine what’s currently best.
#2: Enourage your clients to get fresh air every day for at least 20 minutes.
Make sure you tell them to open their windows every day for at least 20 minutes to get some fresh air. If the weather is inclement, then just open one window a crack to let indoor toxins out. (Those in northern climates will need to make an effort to get outside as often as possible if opening a window isn’t possible during winter months).
#3: Encourage your clients to eat at least 4 cups of cruciferous vegetables daily.
Cruciferous vegetables contain powerful phytochemicals and are known to aid in your body’s detoxification pathways, reduce oxidative stress and free radicals, keep hormones in balance, and favor the production of “safe” estrogens. Give them a coy of the cruciferous vegetables document and encourage them use it in shopping and food preparation.
Cruciferous Vegetables – Benefits Use this document to educate your clients about the benefits of eating cruciferous vegetables on a regular basis.
#4: Suggest that they eat at least one detox food each day.
Recommend that they add at least one of the following liver-nourishing, detox-supporting herbs and medicinal foods to their daily regime: milk thistle seeds, ground into a powder; turmeric, in smoothies or as a spice on food; dandelion root, prepared as a tea; burdock root, eaten as part of salads and smoothies or made into a tea.
They can purchase these herbs/medicinal foods whole, sifted, and cut, or powdered at an herb shop or online at Mountain Rose Herbs. Check the Creating a Healing Kitchen resource guide for a list of resources.
Foods that Enhance Detox: This document is a reference guide for all the foods that enhance the body’s ability to detoxify.
Creating a Healing Kitchen – Resource Guide: This document contains some of the recommended brands, products, and equipment you’ll find named or suggested in my various programs and recipe collections. I look for high-quality foods and supplements that will support the healing process while satisfying tastes and nutrition. It also contains a shopping list.
