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Detoxing your body occasionally is good for your body. Detox doesn't just mean giving up beer or junk food for a couple of days. Our body is a storeroom of toxins and harmful chemicals accrued over a time frame that make our immune system ineffective and damage other parts of our body. When the toxin level surpass certain level, they get transformed into free radicals and cause widespread damage to all other organs, damage the body's defense and may cause lots of serious medical conditions such as diabetes, MS and even cancer.

Now that we know how damaging these toxins are, how do we protect our body? One of the ways is with a detox diet. Nowadays, body detox and the benefits gained from these diets is a well researched subject. Research has also shown that a detox once or twice a year helps in lowering cholesterol in blood, counter allergies, improving skin, balancing the chemical levels in the body and effectively lengthens our life span.

When you go on a detox diet, you're giving your body a break by helping it get rid of the toxins and useless chemicals that have accumulated over the years. This diet is used by countless celebrities and people who were able to triumph over their various addictions. They assert this type of diet has improved their life quality by increasing energy levels, aiding weight loss, improving digestion, making the body more resistant against diseases, improving their mental mind frame and counter fatigue that was hindering their every movement. All the above can be obtained with a healthy diet and regular exercise but people usually recognize the significance of a healthy diet late in life and by then we are already infused with a lot of toxins. At this stage, a detox diet is the best way to bring back normalcy to our body.

There are many different types of detox diets. You can go for a liquid diet that prescribes only water or fruit juices through out the day for a few days. Other options include a diet whereby you raise the consumption of fish and lower calorie intake. Another type of detox diet is the herbal detox diet.

With so many diet combination, as long you have the right fundamentals, you can also build your own diet catalog.

One of the most popular and easiest detox diet is the grape diet. This diet requires you to eat only grapes and nothing else. With this diet, you can eat grapes anyway you like, as a fruit with water or as juice. This should be followed for a few days to give your system a detailed cleanse. It's enough if you use this diet for a few days if you're healthy.

There's another simple diet variant called the lemon diet that's a preferred choice of many. With this diet, all you have to do is drink lemon juice and nothing else for the whole day. Do you know that water is also known as one of the best detox agents? So, drink at least 64 ounces a day. By adding lemon to water, you get the extra nourishment of Vitamin C.

The lemon diet is a little more complex compared to the grape diet. The recipe for this diet involve mixing two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemons, 1/8th of cayenne pepper, 2 tablespoons of B grade organic maple syrup with a cup of pure water. It's essential to make sure that the water is free of fluoride.

Another detox diet that's enriching and that is able to counter hunger is the cabbage soup diet. The Gazpacho diet is similar to cabbage. This is a Spanish combination of tomatoes, bell peppers, fresh garlic clove and cucumbers. This soup is meant to be drink cold.

While a detox diet is a great way of attaining a whole new body combined with good eating habits; nonetheless, be careful when choosing your detox diet and applying it.