6 powerful detox strategies for your
gut health
#1 clean up your diet
Start by reducing foods known to upset gut health such as junk foods, processed foods, refined grains, sugar, alcohol, and coffee. Instead, incorporate nutrient-dense juices, smoothies, soups, and deliciously healthy entrées.
Eat foods such as avocados, spinach, beetroots, carrots, green leafy vegetables, asparagus, apples, nuts, dark chocolate, and cruciferous vegetables. These foods have powerful antioxidants. They reduce fat buildup in the liver, help in the breakdown of toxins, and support detoxification. While cleansing, it is best to buy organic to avoid toxins like GMOs, pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides. Consuming toxins while trying to cleanse your body- does not make a lot of sense!
#2 Kick up the gut healthy superfoods
#3 support your liver
Certain environmental toxins can induce damage and dysfunction in the liver. Many natural practitioners suggest milk thistle or liposomal glutathione supplements support optimal liver health. Bitter foods such as dandelion leaves, raw radishes, and bitter greens are also recommended to promote bile excretion. You can even kick up the cruciferous veggies such as kale, broccoli, collard greens, and arugula. Cruciferous vegetables help your body make diindolylmethane (DIM), a substance that helps the liver detox.
#4 reduce environmental toxins
As I mentioned earlier, exposure to toxins such as such as antibiotics, heavy metals, pesticides, and artificial sweeteners induces gut microbiome toxicity and cause disease.
Here are some of the way's toxins sneak their way into our daily lives: