By Dr. Brad Kristiansen
Spring is definitely in the air. It’s time to enjoy the budding leaves and flowers and do a thorough spring clean. In addition to the conventional home cleaning, have you considered that your body needs a spring cleanse too?
Here’s why a spring body cleanse might be right for you.
Toxins Are All Around Us
We’re all exposed to toxins. They’re in the air we breathe and the things we touch. You can't see them, but they're there. And today we face more toxins than ever before.
These toxins can make you sick, give you a rash, or lead to bigger health problems. According to the World Health Organization, environmental toxins are associated with 7 million premature deaths annually.
Types of Toxins That Affect Your Health
Air Pollutants: These come from car exhaust, factory smoke, and even some household cleaning products. Breathing these can hurt your lungs.
Water Pollutants: Chemicals and waste can enter our drinking water. This includes lead from old pipes and farm runoff.
Chemical Pollutants: These hide in many places. They're in some food containers, bug sprays, and even some makeup.
Corrosion: This happens when metals break down. It can put harmful metals like lead into water and soil.
When these toxins build up in your body, you can feel tired all the time, get headaches, or have trouble thinking clearly.
Your Body's Natural Cleaning System
Good news! Your body knows how to get rid of toxins. It has five main ways:
- Your liver acts like a filter. It catches bad stuff in your blood.
- Your kidneys clean your blood and remove waste through urine.
- Your digestive system pushes waste out of your body.
- Your skin sweats out some toxins.
- Your lungs breathe out toxins.
But sometimes this system gets overworked. That's when a cleanse can help.
What Is a Spring Cleanse?
A spring cleanse gives your body a break. It helps your natural cleaning system work better.
A good cleanse might include:
- Drinking more water
- Eating more fruit and veggies
- Cutting back on sugar and processed foods
- Getting more sleep
- Moving your body more
Starting Your Own Spring Cleanse
Want to try a spring cleanse? Start small:
- Drink an extra glass of water each day
- Add one more veggie to each meal
- Take a short walk outside
- Try deep breathing for five minutes
Ionic Foot Bath: A Popular Detox Option
The IonCleanse® Detox Footbath is a foot soak treatment that helps restore the body’s balance and energy levels by detoxifying or eliminating harmful toxins and pollutants.
Accumulated toxins can compromise the immune system, escalate inflammation, and lead to the reabsorption of harmful substances. The inefficient removal of toxins from the body may hinder the immune system.
Facilitating detoxification and promoting circulation can prevent blockages in the lymphatic system, allowing the body to expel residual toxins and heavy metals and thereby improving overall health.
Research showed participants using the IonCleanse® Detox Foot Bath had a 34% reduction in glyphosate, a 46% reduction in aluminum and a 24% reduction in cadmium in their bodies.
Benefits of supporting the body’s detoxification mechanisms:
- Better, deeper sleep
- A greater sense of calm/stress reduction
- Reduced brain fog and improved focus and mental clarity
- Feel More Energetic at Any Age
- Relieving muscle/joint pain and inflammation
- Eliminate potentially dangerous toxins and heavy metals
- Strengthen Immune System
- Improved lymphatic drainage
- Enhanced skin health
- Improved digestion
- An increase in overall wellbeing
How does it work?
The IonCleanse® Detox Footbath combines water, salt, and a small electrical current to produce negative and positive ions. These ions attract and neutralize oppositely charged toxins. The dual polarity feature provides a much more comprehensive purification session than other ionic foot baths on the market.
During the session, the bath water changes color. This is caused by the oxidation of the metal plates in the bath reacting with solutes in the water as toxins are released from the body.
Over the next 24-48 hours, toxins continue to flush out of the body naturally through the lymphatic system (network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins) and excretory system (part of the body that performs excretion or discharges waste).
Your body works hard for you every day. A spring cleanse is a way to say "thank you" and give it extra help.
Author Bio
Dr. Brad Kristiansen is a chiropractor and nutritionist who has helped thousands of patients regain their health.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Innate Wellness products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition. This article is general information, not medical advice — consult your healthcare provider before starting any new wellness routine, especially if you are pregnant or have epilepsy, a bleeding disorder, a pacemaker, or other electronic implants.
