WANT TO FEEL LIGHTER? MORE ENERGY? CLEAR SKIN? CONSIDER A SPRING CLEANSE!
Spring is a season of new growth, increasing daylight, enhanced levels of activity and as such is the perfect time to consider embracing a personalized spring cleanse. Traditionally, twice a year cleansing in spring and fall is encouraged to assist your body in optimizing function.
The normal systems of elimination in the body are urinary, bowels (assisted by the liver), skin, lungs and all are assisted by optimal lymphatic drainage. Depending on the symptoms a person presents with a cleanse may be whole body and general or more focused on liver and kidney support.
How do you know you might benefit from a cleanse? This is a conversation for your naturopathic doctor to help you decide if a cleanse is appropriate and specifically what form of cleanse is best suited to your current level of health.
If you are noticing low energy, achy joints and muscles, cloudy thinking, skin eruptions, malaise or low mood, gas and bloating, constipation or diarrhea, difficulty sleeping and feeling unrested when you wake in the morning a cleanse may assist you.
Components of a personalized cleanse may include:
dietary suggestions to reduce acidic and inflammatory foods
movement or activity to assist with lymph flow (swimming, walking, rebounding)
exercise or saunas to assist with skin elimination
herbs, biotherapeutic drainage or supplements to assist the liver, kidney and bowels to eliminate more optimally
a phase of REST activities (media fast, journaling, meditation)
People experience significantly better energy, brighter skin, feeling ‘lighter’, more motivation, enhanced creativity and generally feeling ‘tuned up’.
If you are feeling less than ideal consider having a personalized cleanse program designed for you by your Sage Clinic naturopathic doctor.