subject: Body Detox and Fasting at New Leaf Detox Thailand [print this page] Body Detox and Fasting at New Leaf Detox Thailand
In some parts of the world fasting detoxing your body has been a practice for thousands of years. Many years ago it was more for purging or ridding the body of sin and other rituals. It was more about self-punishment. Thankfully today things have changed, although some consider it self-sacrifice, even the Buddha practiced it.
Regulated, controlled fasting and body detox can have some of the most amazing benefits we can achieve in a short amount of time. I didn't discover it until my late 30's and it is now something I do a few times a year. Initially I did it because I was training in the gym every day and not getting the weight loss I felt I could achieve with the volume of training I was doing, the weight was just not coming off. What had happened is that my metabolism had slowed so much that I was cancelling out the food I was eating that day and not losing any body weight. To be honest, detox was my last resort. I had heard about it but I wasn't sure I had the self-discipline to see it through even a 7 days program.
I exchanged emails with a place on Koh Samui Thailand and I decided to do a 14 day detox. They suggested 21 but mentally that was too big a hurdle so I went for 2 weeks instead. The results were incredible. I went on a controlled program so my body wasn't going into shock or starvation and after a week I had more energy than I had in years, I was doing Yoga, running and swimming and losing a lot of body fat. Initially there was some water loss and then with the exercise and detox drinks and smoothies I had the right nutrients to keep my body happy and then it let go of the fat.
My skin and eyes cleared, I was toned from the exercise and most of all I had lost over 10kg in body fat but best of all, my metabolism had re started and I was processing food and burning the fuel and stored fat the way I did when I was in my early 20's.
I am now involved in the industry and believe everyone can benefit from it at least a few times in their lives. Give it a go.
