Due to the level of emotional stress, environmental toxins and beliefs systems floating around out there I don’t suggest jumping into a plain water fast. For most of us ‘a cleanse’ can be as simple and subsiding from our daily poisons for a period of time; maybe three months. As easy and cost saving as this approach may be I want to warn you that there might be some uncomfortable side effects. Welcome these symptoms and use the opportunity to learn, understand and start to support your immune system. The detox symptoms are just the body eliminating old stored toxins. Once you stop bombarding yourself with toxins the body has a chance to remove the old garbage.

The body stores toxins in the connective tissue. The longer you take in toxins by way of eating, absorbing them through your skin, inhaling them or producing them within your own pharmacopeia; such as stress hormones, the more toxins will be stored in your connective tissue. The minute you give your body a rest from consuming toxins the body gets busy with eliminating those dangerous, old, stored toxins through the skin, breath, bowls and urine. This abrupt elimination of these old toxins can cause some symptoms that show up as headaches, hot flashes, skin rashes, bad breath, flatulence and increased mucus. These uncomfortable symptoms can instantly be relieved by using specific essential oil formulas that were intentionally formulated in order to help the process of a detox. These formulas are: Detox, Body Balance, and Weight +/-, Headache, Stomach, Hot Flash and Stress. Read It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fat for a better understanding of how your body protects you by storing the toxins that the liver can’t neutralize in real time.

Before you start ‘a cleanse’ you may want to understand how and when the body naturally cleanses itself so you can best support the process. Go to Simplification is the Key to Cellular Nutrition. Here you will find a time table and simple recipes that will fit any lifestyle and any budget.
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You can strengthen your immune system quickly by following any of the following recipes upon waking, up until noon, which is the time that the body is naturally cleansing itself of toxins. These recipes not only assist with neutralizing and cleaning out toxins, these recipes load up the storage units in the body with nutrients. Support your body’s natural cleansing process and strengthen the immune system at the same time with the following recipes:

Detox Shake –
Juice of 1 lime or 1/2 of a lemon
1 sm. clove garlic (peeled) 
1/2  tomato
1/4 cup fresh herbs: basil, dill, cilantro or parsley
1 tsp. Bragg’s Aminos
2 tsp. coconut oil 
dash of cayenne
blend all ingredients together with 1 or 2 cups water (Serves 2)

The Master Cleanse –
8 oz. of purified water
Juice of 1/2 of a lemon
1 tsp. blackstrap molasses
a scant of Cayenne pepper
stir and enjoy!

Flush the liver –
Juice of several oranges or a grapefruit
Juice of ½ lemon or lime (4-6 tablespoons)
2-3 tablespoons of cold-pressed olive oil or sesame oil
1-3 cloves of crushed garlic
Blend and drink

The liver flush is followed by an herbal tea made by boiling three cups of water and adding several thin slices of fresh ginger root. Pour this mixture over on teaspoon each of licorice root, fennel seed, fenugreek seed and peppermint leaves. Prepare the tea first and let it steep while you make the ‘liver flush’ drink. Two hours later have 8 ounces or more of fresh vegetable juice made from carrots, beets, celery and any greens. Sip slowly, salivating each mouthful thoroughly.