Your liver is the detoxification centre for your body and lifestyle factors can increase the amount of toxins entering the body, causing extra stress on your liver. These factors include medications, coffee, alcohol use, smoking, high fat diets, pesticides and exposure to pollutants. A liver cleanse reduces the toxic load in the diet and helps build your liver function.
When would I need to detox?
When a body is overly ‘toxic’, certain signs and symptoms may be a result*, including:
- Nervous System symptoms: depression, fatigue, mood changes, poor concentration, headaches with nausea
- Immune Dysfunction: allergies, asthma, eczema, sinusitis, hayfever, food sensitivities, fibromyalgia, recurrent viral, fungal or bacterial infections.
- Digestive Problems: Indigestion, reflux, gallstones, intolerance to fatty foods, intolerance to alcohol, bloating, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome
- Blood sugar irregularities: sugar cravings, hypoglycaemia
- Hormonal imbalances: PMS, increased side effects to the OCP or HRT.
- Other symptoms: bad breath, itchy skin, dark circles under the eyes, excessive/offensive sweating, pale skin.
Are there any side effects to a liver detox?
As your body eliminates toxins, you may temporarily experience headaches, irritability and fatigue. This effect will only be temporary, as your body removes the majority of the toxins.
I’ve learnt so much about health in this past 4 years and its important to experiment with different health strategies so I can understand how my patients feel when you given the same challenges.
Laura's disclaimer: If you wish to undergo a detox, I highly recommend that you consult with a professional first, as a detox may not be for everyone to undergo at a whim. A detox can change your liver function, which in turn can alter some medication responses.
Tune in soon for the guidelines to my gentle detox process. Its not as scary as it seems!
A clean liver is a happy liver (especially when it has a martini in its hand...?)
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