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Everything You Need to Know About Detoxing
Caffeine
- It is bad if you feel your system doesn't work properly without it: lack of concentration, tiredness, bad temper, headache.
- Why should you keep it: Drinking 3 - 4 cups of black coffee a day provides the most health benefits overall, including a lower risk of several specific cancers and neurological, liver, and metabolic conditions.
- If you’re nixing caffeine: Going cold turkey can lead to significant withdrawal symptoms like low energy, fatigue, lack of concentration, therefore a gradual reduction is suggested.
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Detoxing to recover your health
Caffeine
- It is bad if you feel your system doesn't work properly without it: lack of concentration, tiredness, bad temper, headache.
- Why should you keep it: Drinking 3 - 4 cups of black coffee a day provides the most health benefits overall, including a lower risk of several specific cancers and neurological, liver, and metabolic conditions.
- If you’re nixing caffeine: Going cold turkey can lead to significant withdrawal symptoms like low energy, fatigue, lack of concentration, therefore a gradual reduction is suggested.
Sugar
- How bad is sugar? Sugar creates hormonal insulin swings and causing inflammation. People with a diet overloaded with sugar have poor cholesterol and are at risk of high blood pressure and other chronic conditions.
- Can it be good? Sugar is a carb, and carbs are your body’s main energy source. That means the good kinds of sugar can be healthy.
- If you’re cutting out sugar, remember this: You’re likely eliminating a lot of carbs, too. That can be pretty taxing on the body. Consume extra electrolytes, plenty of fluids, lots of proteins, bone broth, and soups to help with the transition.
Alcohol
- When is it good: Research shows that light-to-moderate drinking can be good for the circulatory system, and could even protect against type 2 diabetes and gallstones.
- When is it bad: Too much alcohol has been linked with several different cancers, and can also impact the absorption of nutrients in the body and contribute to weight gain.
- Keep in mind: Alcohol leaves your body completely in 24-48 hours.
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The way coffee is prepared matters
- Roasting reduces the number of chlorogenic acids, but other antioxidant compounds are formed.
- Instant coffee may not have the same health benefits.
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Coffee and caffeine
- A typical 12-ounce serving of drip coffee has 200 milligrams of caffeine.
- Instant coffee has 140 milligrams of caffeine.
- Espresso has the highest concentration of caffeine, 70 milligrams per one-ounce shot, but is consumed in smaller quantities.
- Brewed decaf has caffeine too - about 8 milligrams.
- Some people have a genetic variant that slows their metabolism for caffeine and keeps them awake deep into the night.
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Symptoms of sugar withdrawal
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Slashing certain macronutrients
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