Spring CLEANING!

Beet Juice Liver Detox

The liver holds a key to efficient metabolism, weight control, bowel health, and detoxification. The liver is the major fat-burning organ in the body. Cleansing your liver can greatly improve weight loss and energy. When you regularly consume sweets and other processed carbohydrates, junk food, and other unhealthy foods and beverages, your liver converts these calories mostly to fat and stores it. Fat can build up in the liver, which can lead to “fatty liver” When this happens, something has gone wrong in the process of metabolism. It is known that fat accumulates in the liver with a number of conditions, the most common being obesity. Fatty liver is also associated with diabetes mellitus, high triglycerides, high fructose corn syrup, and heavy use of alcohol.

The liver stores toxins in fat cells. The more toxins it stores, the more the liver functions are compromised. The liver can become congested just like the colon. When the liver is congested, excretion of bile is slowed down, and a person can be more prone to constipation. As toxins linger in the gut too long, some will be absorbed back into the bloodstream. Toxins circulating in the system can cause water retention in certain areas of the body, especially the thighs, hips, and arms because the body holds onto the extra water to dilute toxins. We notice these unsightly collections as cellulite. A cleansed, well-functioning liver can greatly facilitate the loss of cellulite and water weight.

You may have a number of signs of liver congestion, even though all your liver-function blood tests appear normal. The tests used to determine liver function are not designed to show mild dysfunction, but rather liver damage. Because the liver is involved in so many critical functions, it can affect nearly every system in our body, including the nervous system, the immune system, the endocrine system, the digestive system, and the circulatory system.

Symptoms of Liver Dysfunction and Toxicity

• Poor digestion, bloating, gas, weight gain, cellulite, and constipation
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Coated tongue or bad breath in the morning
• Mood changes, depression, “foggy” brain
• Allergic conditions such as hay fever, hives, skin rashes, asthma
• Headaches: migraines, tension headaches, hormonal headaches, cluster headaches, pain in the eyes, vision problems
• Fluid retention, swollen legs, high blood pressure
• Hypoglycemia, blood sugar instability
• Inability to tolerate fatty foods, nausea, abdominal pains, acid reflux
• Fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome
• Acne, allergies, and asthma
• Back pain
• Brown or dark spots on the skin, often called age spots or liver spots
• Bursitis
• Cancer
• Chronic fatigue
• Immune system weakness
• Insomnia
• Kidney problems
• Lupus
• Obesity
• Sinus problems
• Small bright red spots on the body (cherry angiomas)
• Thin stools

This is an excerpt from Lesson 2 of my 30-Day Comprehensive Detox e-program. And you can also order the Comprehensive Cleanse Kit  or the Omni Cleanse Kit. Spring is a great time to cleanse.