For more energy and a better body feeling: We show you how you can do something good for your body with the 24-hour detox cure. This is how you detox in fast forward.
Do you feel listless and drained? Have you been feasting too much or drinking too much alcohol lately? Make your body fit again, strengthen your immune system and simply feel good in your body again.
A helpful detox program doesn’t necessarily have to extend over several days. Even a turbo detox can yield great results. The great thing: detoxing for 24 hours can really be done by anyone!
What is Detox?
Detox means to purify and detoxify the body. It’s about cleansing the body and eliminating pollutants, as well as toxins that we add to the body with our everyday lifestyle. In short: a poor diet, too little sleep and, above all, tobacco and alcohol consumption are ultimately to blame for the harmful substances in the body. But external influences are also responsible for the toxic components, such as environmental pollutants, for example.
All of these things put a strain on the body and make us feel bad, tired, have trouble sleeping or even joint and muscle pain. Detox should help to banish all these bad things from the body.
We show what an optimal detox day looks like:
The diet for detox
- On your detox day, generally avoid hydrogenated fat, sugar, salt, wheat, gluten and yeast. In addition, you should keep your hands off alcohol, caffeine, flavor enhancers and processed foods in general.
- Even more so, animal products such as milk, eggs, meat and sausage are taboo.
- Natural products are in the foreground during a detox cure. For lunch, for example, a Crete salad is suitable: put 1/4 cucumber, 100 g cherry tomatoes (halved), 50 g arugula and 1 tbsp Kalamata olives (other vegetables as desired, such as peppers) in a bowl. Mix with a sauce of 2 tablespoons orange juice, 2 tablespoons vegetable broth, 1 teaspoon olive oil and pepper.
- The most important thing is to drink a lot! Especially on the day of purification, you can not avoid two to three liters of water or unsweetened tea. Start drinking it right after you get up.
Everyday life and exercise for detox
In addition to diet, light exercise is also very important. For your detox day, it’s best to opt for a sport that stimulates the metabolism, such as swimming, walking or running. Stretching exercises or a small yoga session can also serve their purpose. These 3 easy yoga exercises work well.
At least as important as your exercise is also adequate sleep of at least seven hours. This not only helps with detoxification, but also strengthens your muscle power and immune system.
Tips: Grab a friend or colleague to “get through” the day with you. This motivates and is also much more fun!
Sudden cravings? No problem! If you feel a strong desire for sweets or salty foods, you should not torture yourself, but satisfy the “hunger” – but only in moderation!
Beauty Sleep
Beauty sleep is absolutely number one on your priority list when detoxifying your body. Eight hours of restful sleep is good for stress and lowers your cholesterol. Actress Penélope Cruz’s beauty trick is a good night’s sleep. The Hollywood beauty likes to sleep up to 12 hours a day. Another advantage: if you sleep longer, you simply have less time to eat!
The ideal temperature for your restful sleep is a maximum of 18 degrees. Before sleeping, you should air your bedroom well. An hour before you go to sleep, you should also stop watching TV or staring endlessly at your cell phone. Set an alarm clock by your bed, because you should ban your smartphone from the bedroom for the night.
Drink plenty of water
Remember your electrolytes! After excessive alcohol consumption often comes the well-known afterthirst, also called burn. During your night’s rest, your body lacks fluids. Immediately after waking up you should pour yourself a large glass of water, this will stimulate your digestion and harmful substances will be flushed out of the body through the urine.
Hands off alcohol and nicotine
The best part of your lunch break is the cigarette after lunch? On your detox day you should do without it, even the after-work beer or the glass of wine in front of the TV are out today. You want to detox properly and in these 24 hours you don’t do anything halfway.
Eat healthy
Make sure that you avoid foods such as meat, fish and protein on detox day, as they can quickly over-acidify your stomach. So stay away from fast food and other unhealthy foods. The same goes for carbohydrates, dairy products, dyes and preservatives. You should also avoid sweets. You can still eat fruits and vegetables, but preferably in the form of fresh juices, smoothies or soups.
Give yourself a break
Try to take a five-minute break every hour or so in your daily routine. Do some light calisthenics and stretching. Walk around the office a bit, go to the office kitchen more often and make yourself some tea. Take the stairs instead of the elevator on your way to the meeting.
Small sins are allowed
If you get an extreme appetite for something salty or sweet, you are allowed to snack. If you try to give up something, it often ends up in binge eating. If you really want to do something good for your exhausted body, you should enjoy everything only in moderation.
