Detox: The Lazy Person's Guide! (ePub)

Based on the simple principle of detoxification as a means of cleansing your system, the dynamic, natural techniques in Detox: The Lazy Person's Guide! will give you a fitter body, a clearer mind and higher spirits.

Author Belinda Viagas offers the simplest of rules to guide your detox, tailor-made to your individual needs, telling you what to eat, how to prepare it, and what to avoid. A series of easy exercises will further boost your circulation and stimulate your immune system.

The Lazy Person's Guide! is a series of popular, cheerful yet thoroughly grounded, practical and authoritative books on various health issues and conditions. Other titles in the series include Beating Overeating, Exercise, Improving Your Memory, Midlife, Quitting Smoking, Self-esteem and Stress.

Other books by Belinda Viagas include the Detox Diet Book, Natural Healthcare for Women and The Pocket A-Z of Natural Healthcare.

Introduction


1. Why Detox?
   Food as Medicine
   The Effects of Stress
   Diet and Stress
   The Benefits


2. How to Detox
   Working with Foods
   Adding Herbs
   Following the Seasons


3. Getting Started
   Targeting Your Detox
   Preparation meals


4. Your Detox Plans
   One-Day Detox
   Two-Day Detox
   Four-Day Detox
   Week-long Detox
   The Original Detox Diet


5. Recipes
   Salad Dressings
   Salads
   Soups
   Sweet Things
   Cooked Meals


6. Back-up Information


7. Cleansing Techniques
   Brushing Well
   Dry Skin Brushing
   Massage
   Exercise
   Hydrotherapy


8. Clearing Your Mind
   Affirmations
   Visualisations
   Meditation


9. No Time to Detox


10. Detox Your Life
    A Personal Audit
    Practical Steps
    New Things

Resources and Reading Guide
Further Reading
Finding a Practitioner
Contacts