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Losing weight is not easy and not always without risk. So better go see a serious practitioner to be well supported medically. It will help you develop a real plan of action for achieving your goals. In terms of overweight, as to leave nothing to chance!

In our society, thinness is the ideal rule. The definition of overweight is however quite different for health care professionals from the magazines. For your doctor, you’re overweight if your body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 25 (Calculate your body mass index). Go see a practitioner you will appreciate at its proper level the importance of your overweight. Your doctor may also take into account other clinical parameters that have prognostic value for health, as the degree of abdominal adiposity, as assessed by simply measuring the waist (normally less than 90 cm in women and 100 cm in men). The doctor may also measure with a compass the skin fold thickness in different body areas (abdomen, shoulder, hip) to assess the importance of body fat.

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Some experts also recommend incorporating a detox fasting period, so that the body can focus on the elimination and avoid using your energy to digest.

Detox programs typically incorporate progressive stages of fasting, as an immediate cause great stress on the body, although this is not always the case. However, most detox experts today tend not to use the fast, unless strict health food.

In addition to specific dietary restrictions, often including other suggestions, such as skin brushing, massage, and behaviors “detoxification of the mind, like meditation, visualization, and yoga

No animal protein, even in very small amounts, and no milk

It happens that animal fats cause inflammation in blood vessels, which reduces circulation and the amount of oxygen delivered to tissues. And to heal, we need oxygen. In addition, animal foods, including dairy products, released a lot of acid in the blood. Thus, the body uses a lot of calcium to counteract this acid, which can result in people at increased risk for osteoporosis.

To compensate for daily protein needs, experts say it is possible to use vegetarian sources, eating lots of soya, tofu and legumes.

• Organically grown fruits and vegetables

Food grown organically grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, and on the other hand, is not genetically modified, so that when eaten, is not introducing any chemicals in the body. In the event there is no other choice but to eat something non-organic, it is always important to take away the shell.

• Plenty of fluids: water, vegetable juices

Fluids are important to purify the body by helping to clean the kidneys and the body to dispose of their waste. Some experts advise avoiding detox fruit juices due to high amounts of sugar that they carry blood.

Just as we need to send to wash our car from time to time, our body also needs cleaning. The bodies are like filters, and especially human beings need to care for them, which means cleaning them occasionally.

A classic detox diet is a cleansing diet, typically the style of a vegetarian diet, sometimes including certain types of fasting, and with elements that allow the body to release chemicals, stressors, and other toxins, for which can operate optimally.

Anyway, when you look closely at the basic components of a detox diet, you can see that it incorporates several principles rather traditional in the practice of healthy living, therefore it is advisable to consume as what is recommended to avoid

And if this is added the fact that we often experience stress, which removes energy from our body, and usually unhealthy foods are consumed, no doubt will be clear that we will reach a point where our bodies need a vacation .

So everyone, but especially those with a poor diet can benefit by practicing candle Detox, since this is the latest trend in health, although many people wonder if it’s a lifestyle that should be considered for their specific case.

Indeed, it is important to consult a nutritionist to determine the most suitable diet for you, especially in detoxification programs lasting more than a week. For example, the contribution of some vitamins and minerals can be problematic in a vegetarian diet, including vitamin B12, calcium and iron.

Detox Diet is a way to lose weight, gain energy, and release the body of toxins, by protecting our body from toxic environment in which it is immersed, both because of the food we eat, and toxic environments , a toxic relationship in which it is involved, or any toxic chemicals that surround us.

The truth is that recent investigations have shown that our body receives many harmful chemicals from the environment, which end up in our blood.

And if this is added the fact that we often experience stress, which removes energy from our body, and usually unhealthy foods are consumed, no doubt will be clear that we will reach a point where our bodies need a vacation .