{"id":1327,"date":"2019-04-11T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=1327"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:11:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:11:59","slug":"detox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/detox\/","title":{"rendered":"Detox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is a &#8216;detox&#8217;?\u00a0<\/strong><br>A detox is a regime designed to reduce the toxin levels in our bodies. This may be achieved by: reducing the levels of toxin taken into the body (i.e. cigarettes, alcohol and chocolate); increasing the elimination of the toxins within the body; or both.<br><br>Spring is traditionally the time to detox, when the days are getting longer and there are plenty of fresh salad vegetables available. The New Year however, is rapidly becoming a more popular time. This appears to be due to two reasons: New Year&#8217;s resolutions often include reducing many of the toxins we live with and getting into a healthy regime; the excesses of the Christmas period having left many of us feeling sluggish and slow. Others decide to fit a simple detox regularly into their regime (for instance not drinking alcohol, tea or coffee one day a week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How you go about a detox depends on what you want to achieve and what you think you will be able to achieve.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A simple detox may involve cutting out toxins (coffee, alcohol, cigarettes etc) and increasing your water intake for a few days. This is very simple and probably easier to achieve than more complicated detox programmes. It may even result in a permanent change in habits.<\/li><li>More complicated detox regimes often include a more radical change in diet. Some people will gradually cut out meat, dairy and cooked foods and eat raw fruit and vegetables for a few days, before reintroducing the other foods slowly back into the diet. This is often accompanied with herbs or supplementation to assist with the elimination of toxins.<\/li><li>These are not weight loss regimes (although a detox regime can often result in weight loss) and it is important that the body still receives an appropriate calorie and vitamin intake.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many different detox regimes discussed in books and magazines. If you are thinking of detoxing keep these points in mind:<br>1. Will you be able to keep the regime up? &#8211; completing a simple detox will be more beneficial than not completing a complicated extreme detox.<br>2. It does not matter how many supplements and herbs you take, reducing the toxin intake is important.<br>3. If you are on medication or suffer from a medical condition it is best to discuss your plans with your doctor.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a &#8216;detox&#8217;?\u00a0A detox is a regime designed to reduce the toxin levels in our bodies. This may be achieved by: reducing the levels of toxin taken into the body (i.e. cigarettes, alcohol and chocolate); increasing the elimination of the toxins within the body; or both. Spring is traditionally the time to detox, when the days are getting longer and there are plenty of fresh salad vegetables available. The New Year however, is rapidly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1327\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodlandherbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}