Here are 6 tips for how to overcome an internal cleanse side effects…

When undergoing a period of internal cleanse, side effects will appear that might be alarming to you. However, these are merely a sign that your body is able now to attack the toxins that have built up. It is normal and is the process of effectively eliminating them. By internal cleansing with naturally obtained substances, the body has to adapt to the new regime and it reacts by performing more effectively and ridding your system, via skin and bowel function, of long term detrimental effects.

Being something new for your body to experience, an internal cleanse is remarkable in that the speed at which your body reacts is unsettling. In order to make you feel better, the body has to get rid of all the accumulated ‘trash’ and so in the early stages you may feel worse rather than better. This is only temporary and the initial side effects like tiredness, sore head, feeling nauseous, skin outbreaks, or extremes of bowel function will all pass. Each individual is different and each individual’s reaction to an internal colon cleansing may differ. Everyone though, will ultimately see profound benefits once these side effects have run their course.

Here are a few things you can do to minimize any discomfort you feel during an internal cleanse…

1) It is important during intestinal cleansing to make sure that you maintain healthy hydration of your tissues. Drinking more water along with electrolyte/salt replacements can do this. You will find that this will also help to reduce any headaches or feeling of sickness. By drinking more, you will be urinating more so it is essential that the balance be maintained. Water in the form of nutritious liquid meals such as soups is a perfectly acceptable way of contributing to this.

2) It is highly recommended that you incorporate a probiotics supplement into your diet when doing a whole body cleanse regime. Normally the intestinal flora consists of both helpful and harmful bacteria, which because of the flushing action that takes place during the colon cleansing process may result in a loss of the helpful bacteria along with those harmful ones intended to be removed. Along with vitamin C, replacing the helpful bacteria encourages more efficient function.

3) Exercise is recommended, not for ‘fitness’ or ‘weight-loss’ but as a method of encouraging toxin elimination through the waste system by sweating. Another method might be to have a sauna if exercise seems beyond you. Other treatments you might consider are wraps or baths in muds, clays or liquids known to have detoxifying properties that draw substances to the surface of the skin which will help to speed up the rate of ridding your body of toxins.

4) When you obsess or stress about things your body produces substances that are of no help to the colon cleansing process at all so try to avoid anything that would take you to this state. Accept the side effects as a part of the healing process and allow yourself some small luxuries like peace, quiet, soothing music and self-indulgent ‘me time’ for meditation and practising deep, relaxing breathing.

5) Occasionally someone  cleansing popular opinion has voted yeast flakes as the one for easing some of the side effects during the process. Their main element of nutrition is in the amount of vitamin B they contain and renowned for their abundance of selenium, iron, zinc and yeast glucan – for fortifying the immune system and improving intestinal function. They are easy to add to any liquid in your diet.

6) Listen carefully to your body and eat only when it tells you it is hungry. Often we mistake thirst for hunger, but if you are drinking enough water, then you will know when you need to eat – something non-processed, not overcooked and preferably vegetable based for the greater part of the meal, without too much fat would be best. This allows the internal cleansing herbs to concentrate on sloughing the intestinal lining of mucoid plaque and afford more effective digestive transit ultimately helping you to overcome internal cleanse side effects.