By Isagenix Nutritional Sciences
By Dennis Harper, DO
We are all familiar with spring cleaning—the part of the year when we traditionally set aside time to clean the house or the yard. During this time, we should also remember our bodies.
When I’m asked about the best time to cleanse your body, my answer is generally, “As soon as your body starts to feel poorly.” The human body can give you clues for making good nutritional decisions, and listening closely to it is a great step toward being in charge of your health.
Listen to your body and act according to the feedback you receive.
If your body warns that it has put on a few pounds over the last couple of months, is lacking in energy, is feeling sluggish, or if your brain warns that it’s in need of clearing mental fog, then it may be time to perform a “spring cleansing” to help you recharge your health.
I personally recommend the Isagenix Cleansing and Fat Burning System for the job (now available as 30-day supply with Ageless Essentials Daily Pack)—the system comes with a range of different products including the high-protein IsaLean® Shake, the detoxification-promoting Cleanse for Life, and the adaptogen-rich Ionix® Supreme.
My suggestion for a successful spring cleansing protocol is to perform Deep Cleansing for two consecutive days a week for up to two weeks (two Cleanse Days a week as traditionally performed with a 9-day program, but which can also be performed when beginning a 30-day program). The protocol can help you jumpstart losing weight and achieving results.
Afterward, the two-days-per-week Cleanse Day protocol can be followed by Deep Cleansing one day per week (as suggested while following a 30-day system), until you reach your target weight. Once achieved, I recommend Deep Cleansing one day every two weeks (as performed on the Total Health and Wellness System).
Some may not need to cleanse this much, while others may need it more often.
Reported nearly a year ago, the results of two separate clinical trials—a 28-day trial and a nine-day trial—found that the Cleansing and Fat Burning System provided subjects with a statistically significant average weight loss of 6.4 and 6.6 pounds, respectively, and the subjects’ waist and hip circumference also decreased between 0.6 to 1.9 inches.
The Cleansing and Fat Burning System is based on nutritionally dense products that lead to healthy weight loss and maintaining or building muscle all the while allowing your body to sustain fat burning while promoting natural detoxification.
As a reminder, our bodies are exposed to a large array of toxic chemicals from the very foods we eat, from the water we drink, the pharmaceuticals we take, and from the air we breathe.
Springtime is a really good time to get started—if you haven’t already—in eating a diet that is as clean and organic as possible, is higher in dietary fiber, and high in antioxidants to combat the effects of toxins and free radicals. It is also a time to begin drinking filtered water and striving to breathe cleaner air by visiting the great outdoors.
Drinking Cleanse for Life daily for Everyday Cleansing will help with daily up-keep and protecting against toxins. To face the onslaught of accumulated exposure to free radicals and daily toxins, give your body the gift of spring cleansing too.
Dr. Harper has been in general medical practice for 20 years and was instrumental in getting the DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act) implemented in 1994. Dr. Harper was a voting member of the American Osteopathic Association, former President of Physicians for Progressive Medicine, former Chairman for the Osteopathic Licensing Board for the state of Utah and was a Fellow for the Federation of State Medical Boards. Dr. Harper is the author of Cleansing for Life: Nature’s Best Kept Health Secret.