Understanding the Symptoms of Detoxification
It is vital that you understand and properly interpret the symptoms and changes that may occur when beginning a wellness and nutritional program. This refers to using foods and supplements of a higher quality to replace the lower quality foods and supplements that have been a part of your diet until now.
The quality of wellness is also improved by omitting toxic substances such as coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, alcohol, salt, etc. When use of stimulants is stopped, the withdrawal registers in the mind as a decrease in energy. This period lasts about seven days and is followed by an increase in strength vitality, relaxation and a greater well-being. During this healing phase, the body’s energy aids the internal organs to begin reconstruction. Weakness felt during this time is not true weakness, but rather the prioritization of energy to the repair of vital internal organs. It is important not to waste energy, but to rest and sleep more. This is a crucial period of time and if you use stimulants (coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, salt, etc), you will abort the healing and detoxification process of your body.
When there is a pile-up of waste matter in the body, the immune system may decide that it is time to clean up. It may provoke mucus discharge to flush out the toxins, calling in an army of white blood cells to help dispose of the stuff. Clean up reactions are adjustments by the body to keep itself whole and functioning.
A great deal of toxins can be pulled out of the body’s tissues and put back into circulation in order to be eliminated. During this process, uncomfortable symptoms may occur such as fatigue, aches and pains, skin discharges, unusual sweating, frequent urination, diarrhea or constipation, a feeling of coldness and irritability. During cleansing, many people may experience the re-occurrence of old ailments, some of which have not been evident since childhood. These symptoms generally last from a few hours to a day. The healthier one’s condition, the fewer the symptoms.
The focus of Western medicine first and foremost is to “cure” the disease by relieving the symptoms and thereby removing the discomfort. The medications used for this practice do so by aborting the cleansing process of the body and only drive the toxins deeper into the tissues. Cooperate with your body by not using drugs to stop the cleansing process. They may make you feel better, but they do so by driving the toxins back into the tissues. Get some rest; your body is efficiently healing itself – naturally.
Detoxification should be seen as a very positive event. It means that the program is exciting and working and that the body has begun the detoxification process.