A 3 day raw food cleanse might be incredibly helpful in the quest to remove harmful toxins from your body and also provide a nice jump start to a raw diet plan. The body has the ingrained capability of filtering out pollutants from the environment and our diet via the liver, kidneys, lungs, and skin. The key would be to give the body the raw resources to do just that.

While there are numerous variations to the three-day detoxification diet, each one of them follow these general suggestions:

- quit smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, eating processed foods and table sugar, and consuming alcohol
- eat lots of ripe and raw vegetables and fruit
- eat soaked nuts and seeds
- have lots of pure water

Following a three-day raw diet simply involves enjoying raw fruits, vegetables, herbs, and / or seeds for your nutrition. Dropping beef and milk products helps to further cleanse the system of dangerous bacteria and toxins that enter into the body as a consequence of eating dead animal products and / or processed food. Detoxifying your body helps to clean the blood which in turn aids in rejuvenating the filtering organs thus helping to optimize their functions.

This detoxification diet will give your body a chance to flush toxic waste without interruption from new poisons entering the body at the same time. As well as the raw food, a successful raw cleanse may include raw herbs that can further help in the internal cleaning of the body.

Infusions using:

• milk thistle
• ginger
• senna
• lemon

and other herbs can be created with hot water and can quickly help your body release noxious substances and poisons in a matter of a couple of days.

Besides raw food, one must consume plenty of water on this three-day detoxification diet. Raw living food contains masses of water in them, but to replenish a body that is nearly eighty percent liquid, plenty of pure clean water has benefits. Each important chemical process that occurs in the body wants water, including the creation of muscle, so it is of the utmost importance that clean water consumption stays high. Drinking plenty of water also assists the kidneys and liver in removing the toxins that you need to get rid of during your detoxing cleanse, allowing you to expel most of them by way of urine and sweating.

Just like an individual who is making an attempt to detox from a drug addiction, drinking lots of water and relaxing in a sauna can really move this poison release to another level. Please discuss these solutions with your doctor before giving them a try. The sauna cleanse may be one to add to your detoxification regime when you have done subtler cleanses already.

Pamela is a natural health enthusiast. Check out her other publication: Raw Food Vegan and her site: Raw Food Diet Basics