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Detoxing has been a wellness trend for a long time. Many detox diets are just passing fads, but there is plenty of research proving that proper detoxification is crucial for cognitive health. Removing toxins is one of the key pillars I use in my protocol to reverse Alzheimer’s and dementia. When I work with patients who are struggling to see changes when implementing other diet and lifestyle changes, the breakthrough came when we were able to eliminate the toxic burdens on their system.
Here are my top 5 ways to detoxify naturally for cognitive improvement.
1. Elimination 💩
The #1 way to eliminate toxins is to eliminate – we must remove our bowels every 24 hours. Ways to help with this are:
2. Lungs 🫁
Lungs can be exposed to mold, poor air quality and other toxins.
3. Kidneys 💧
Drinking enough good quality water every day to keep your kidneys functioning optimally.
4. Liver 🦠
Your liver might have a build up of toxins that can put a stress on other organs, such as hormones or toxins from the environment. I recommend using supplements like these to help process toxins:
5. Skin and Lymphatic System 💆♀️
This system runs throughout every corner of the body alongside the venous system, but doesn’t have a pump like the heart and veins. It relies on you to move, so that the larger molecules can move from top of your head to the tips of your toes and back to the liver where the toxins can be processed at. The Lymphatic System plays a vital role in your immune system, processing the toxic debris after you fight off an infection.
Detoxifying this system is my absolute favorite because it is like a spa day! Here’s a long list of some of the fun things you can do to detox:
Working on this system has a double benefit of being a nervous system reset. You can detoxify stress and stress hormones like cortisol and maintain a balance between the sympathetic flight-or-fight state and the parasympathetic relax state.
While these detox steps are super important, I want to emphasize how important it is to stop your current exposure to toxins. If you want to dive in a little deeper on what that looks like, you can watch my webinar on the non-toxic environment we have at Marama.
Find a way to support your nervous system and detox this week. Use this list and choose one thing you can do this week that will help you on your path to better cognitive health.
Warmly,
Dr. Heather Sandison
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P.P.S. – Want to take a quiz to find out how toxic you might be? Find out for FREE in under 5 minutes here. You’ll see your results immediately, PLUS you’ll gain instant access to Heavy, a brand new docuseries that I’m a part of that exposes the shortcomings of mainstream detox and offers a new approach that’s effective enough to deal with our growing toxic load.
P.P.P.S. – And just another opportunity to view one of my talks this week via The Food Solution Summit 3.0! I’ll be speaking with Mary Sheila Gonnella on February 13 to speak about optimizing cognitive function with nutrition and lifestyle. You can watch my interview and 20 other experts for FREE. Register here.
