The arrival of spring and warm, social days brings out a desire to look and feel our best – a time of year to tackle weight issues and cleanse the dregs of heavy winter starches and sugary comforts from our body.
Natures Way® Thisilyn® Cleanse helps effectively cleanse the body of accumulated toxins and wastes. This gentle 15 day internal purification program supports and cleanses the liver, urinary tract, lymphatic system and digestive system. Containing Thisilyn
®, a highly active and absorbable form of milk thistle, the famous liver cleansing herb that has demonstrated powerful liver antioxidant, protective and restorative qualities.
Who needs to cleanse and why now?
Spring cleansing helps clean out the residue of winter fatty foods and prepares our bodies for the activity of summer. Most of us also live in an environment heavily exposed to environmental pollutants. Regular cleansing helps detoxify byproducts from processed foods, drugs and pesticides helping ease congestion in our filtering and excretory organs, most importantly the liver.
What has cleansing got to do with your weight?
As stated by Sandra Cabot, MD “The Liver Doctor”, “the liver is a remarkable machine for keeping weight under control being both a fat burning organ and a fat pumping organ”, in other words if you want to lose excess weight then clean out your liver!
A damaged or sluggish liver can result in inefficient fat metabolism and excretion, promoting accumulation of fat in all the wrong places – one of the first places being the liver organ itself, leading to a fatty, swollen liver. Liver stagnation may lead to poor thyroid function. Thyroid hormones that govern how fast fats are burned are predominantly converted into their more active triodothronine (T3) form in the liver. Disrupting this process can decelerate your metabolic rate, reducing your ability to “burn calories”, making it very difficult to efficiently lose weight. Interestingly, obese people often exhibit levels of thyroid hormones an average 30 percent lower than non-obese people.
When completing a detoxification program it is essential to include plenty of fibre to purge toxins and unwanted fats from the bowel. A sluggish bowel encourages re-absorption of fats (especially cholesterol) into the bloodstream and back to the liver, creating more opportunity for conditions such as hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver and abdominal weight gain.
Natures Way® Thisilyn® Cleanse contains three whole body cleansing formulas including the fibre-blend that helps draw water into the bowel capturing toxins and accumulated waste, whilst a soothing combination of herbs assists with their removal.
Nature’s Way® Chlorofresh® supplies premium chlorophyll extracted from young tender alfalfa leaves. Chlorophyll acts as an effective deodoriser, neutralising offensive internal body odours especially in the digestive and urinary tracts by acting as a natural freshening agent and with bacteria inhibiting characteristics that help prevent bacteria induced odours.
Everyone can benefit from the internal deodorising provided by Chlorofresh® including those who experience the inconvenience of odours associated with halitosis (bad breath), incontinence or ostomies, odours which may be controlled with regular use of Chlorofresh®. Another popular use for chlorophyll is as part of an intestinal cleansing programme.
Nature’s Way® Chlorofresh® is available in convenient capsules or as natural or mint flavoured liquid which does not contain any artificial colours or preservatives and are water soluble for maximum effectiveness.
So what are you waiting for? Lighten the load of winter, spring clean your liver and prepare to celebrate the arrival of warm, sunny days and looking and feeling your best!
(Originally published in Health & Herbal News Magazine Volume 17, Issue 3)