Wellness First: How to Start a Full Body Cleanse

We run up the miles on our body clock just like we do a car. That’s why, every now and then, our bodies could do with a service.

Given the entire industry for wellness is estimated to be worth around $4 trillion dollars, it’s clear we’re investing more money than ever into self-improvement and recovery.

But can a lifestyle cleanse really improve our lives or is it just a fad? Well, there’s no reason to doubt your own intentions. Why wouldn’t you want to feel healthier?

You don’t have to climb a mountain or uproot your life. Here’s how you can start a full body cleanse today with minimal effort.

Change Your Diet

Start your wellness detox by beginning a body cleanse diet. How your body responds to this depends on your current diet. If your diet isn’t healthy at the moment, this may prove to have a bigger effect on your body.

The idea behind a diet like this is to give your body a chance to recover and remove anything harmful. Start by looking at what you eat and drink at present.

Remove anything which could prove harmful, especially alcohol and hard-to-digest foods like processed foods, carbs, and sugars. Introduce foods that are antioxidant and high in vitamins and nutrients.

Seeds, fruit, and green vegetables like spinach or kale can help your system purge anything toxic. You can also help your body by drinking more water, giving your liver a chance to filter harmful chemicals from your blood more efficiently.

Up Your Exercise Routine

Adding more exercise into your daily routine can help your cleansing detox by burning off fat and strengthening your body to help it cope with the rigors of your daily life.

Body cleanse exercises can be as strenuous as you like, so give exercises like weightlifting, yoga, or running a go, as long as they make you sweat a little.

Sweating helps to purge your body of any additional excess chemicals your kidneys and your liver can’t quickly remove. If you’re exercising, make sure you build up a sweat to help your body during your cleanse.

Exercise can be dangerous if you don’t make the effort to stay safe and warm yourself up before you begin. This useful article should make you realize that warmups are worth the effort.

Relax and Rest More Often

Part of understanding wellness is to understand the need to give your body time to recover when it needs to.

This means getting enough sleep at night to allow your immune system to operate at 100% efficiency. It also means giving yourself downtime when you’re awake, too. Meditation, for example, could be a good way for you to lower your heart rate and remove stress.

Stress can have a wide range of harmful effects on your body, from heart problems to infertility. Take the time, as part of your cleanse, to calm your life down and relax a little more.

If you suffer from any ailments, see if alternative remedies like CBD could help you to relax. CBD and other cannabis-based treatments could be your new best friend on the road to wellness, as our article explains.

Make a Body Cleanse the Start of a New You

The whole point of a whole body cleanse is to reset the clock and give you a chance to build habits which last.

That’s why you shouldn’t go cold turkey from your favorite things, but rather build a healthier lifestyle in moderation. Exercise a little more, improve your diet, and take advantage of every opportunity to rest and relax.

Every step you take to detox yourself from negative elements in your life, whether that’s bad foods, bad moods, or bad people, will help you feel better in the long run.

Feeling encouraged? Don’t forget to check out our other health and fitness articles to give you more ideas and inspiration on the road to self-improvement.