| We live in a world in which free radical-causing | | | | unlike other detox diets which contain large amounts |
| substances and toxins are everywhere, and as we | | | | of fresh fruits and vegetables, health fats, and whole |
| age they build up within our organs. Our foods and | | | | grains. The cabbage detox diet is also high in sodium, |
| water, the air we breathe, and even some of the | | | | so it would not be a good choice for anyone |
| medications we take to make us feel better are | | | | suffering from high blood pressure. |
| actually making us sick with the toxins they contain. | | | | Even if you did not get bored with the cabbage |
| So undergoing regular detoxification is the best way | | | | detox diet after the first week, staying on it for any |
| to protect our bodies from systemic toxic overload. | | | | longer is not recommended. The cabbage detox diet |
| Benefits Of The Cabbage Detox Diet | | | | is simply not nutritious enough to supply the minimum |
| One of the most effective of all detoxification | | | | daily requirements of vitamins, minerals, and protein |
| programs is the cabbage detox diet. Cabbage has | | | | over the long term. Using the cabbage detox diet |
| been shown in clinical research trials to have | | | | every three or four months could be beneficial, but |
| cancer-preventing properties, and may be equally | | | | doing it more often is not. |
| important in fighting other degenerative diseases. The | | | | Detoxification is certainly a good idea, especially if |
| cabbage detox diet normally lasts for a week, during | | | | your diet is based on highly processed and fast |
| which cabbage will be the staple food which a person | | | | foods, or you live in highly polluted area. The whole |
| consumes, prepared as a soup with other | | | | point of detoxification is to reduce your intake of |
| body-cleansing and restoring ingredients. Seven days | | | | toxic chemicals while you are flushing out the toxins |
| on the cabbage detox diet will not only flush toxins | | | | which have already accumulated in your organs. |
| from the body, but lead to weight loss. | | | | Animal proteins and fats, refined flours and sugars, |
| Disadvantages Of The Cabbage Detox Diet | | | | nicotine and caffeine, alcohol and certain medications, |
| Sticking with the cabbage detox diet, however, can | | | | wheat, and dairy foods can all load your system with |
| be very challenging for you if you are partial to highly | | | | toxins, and by removing them from your lifestyle |
| flavored foods. The cabbage detox diet is quite | | | | you'll give you body a chance to cleanse itself |
| bland, and can get tedious when followed for the full | | | | naturally, and start feeling better than you have for |
| seven days. Health experts have also pointed out | | | | years! |
| that the cabbage detox diet is nutritionally limited, | | | | |