Detox

I know that milk thistle and curcumin are very beneficial to the liver. They both help increase cell regeneration and decrease inflammation. I don't know of an actual book you could follow though. My suggestion is to eat as clean as possible- organic, fresh fruits and vegetables, no salt/seasonings, nuts/seeds and lots of greens.

Deltaforce, you should try Juicing! I do it every morning, the benefits are great for your liver and digestive system.

I use a Power Juicer by Jack LaLanne, every morning I do a chunk of red cabbage and two carrots (washed/cut), to make some juice!

If you're looking for a more sweet green drink, I used to do Apple, Carrot & Ginger (2 apple, 4 carrots, 1 small peice of ginger), so tasty..

If you have the right juicer, i'm sure you could do Spinach, Avacado, cabbage, carrot, etc.

Thanks everyone.
My diet is fairly good quality. I do loads of greens and leafy vegetables. I eat almost no processed food except chocolates and ice creams. For cabbage and carrots, I graze on them, more lately as a result of Pred.

@ stereo,
Juicing is a good idea but I am not in favor of it for 2 reasons, practically I do not have a space for juicer in my apartment (I know, lame excuse but its fact) and secondly, you lose good fiber. I eat them instead all day long.

Natalie Jones said...
deltaforce - Any side effects from Imuran for you?

None, its been really good to me but I do want to note one thing though, since I started Imuran I started avoiding everything that could potentially tax my liver, like alcohol for example.

Dsm4life said...
Detox are BS in my opinion. Your body will get rid of what it needs to. Besides if these detox were proven and worked so well wouldn't you think our doctors would recommend them?

It could very well be BS and I do agree that body tries to get rid of crap that it doesn't need, if and only if, all of your body engines are working as they are supposed to. In my case, I have already had kidney stones, either as a result of Topamax that I was taking for my migraine or as a result of UC. I am certain that all my body engines are not functioning as they should be. So if possible, I would like to try alternatives to detox it. Plus, if you look into ancient literature like Ayurveda, Indian traditional medicine, it does report detox in it.

Why would our docs not recommend it? I have administered phase III clinical trial and have worked very closely with very well known docs. Some of them worked with ethics that I bowed to their ethics but these are very handful. Majority were b@$***** that wanted to make money. Such category maintains a goal to make you symptom free and not to treat. Since then I resent medical profession to my bone. I would not trust doc for this, unless I am sure that he is not one of those who is just after making money or what I call it as a textbook doctor.

Based on how I feel after a couple of weeks of detox-ing, I'd say it's well worthwhile.
No caffeine, no alcohol, eat salads or whatever raw foods (juicing is great) you can tolerate for 2-3 weeks at least 3-4 times a year, it's a beautiful thing.
Your body will tell you how well it works, and yes I agree w/ deltaforce, with all these drugs we have to take, detox is crucial.