As you aware about todays living conditions modern era you can understand it’s easy to understand why toxins build up within our body so heavily. All Environmental toxins those found in pesticides insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, fossil fuels, and also other synthetic chemicals create an elixir of toxins to bombarding us on a daily basis.

Not properly cleaned water, harsh household cleaners, and the prevalence of over-processed, artificial foods also more contribute to the body’s poisoning. For these reasons it is actually sometimes necessary to engage in natural body toxin cleansing to help the body to purify itself and eliminate poisonous waste.

First choice to eat well is a beneficial first step in the whole process of toxin cleansing. To truly purge the body’s waste and also to support the cleansing systems (the lymphatic system, liver, intestines and blood), organic food choices are vital. Along with the consuming primarily organic, whole foods, it is even also wise to include food choices that known for their natural detoxification effects.

A few of these organic and detoxifying foods include:

* Broccoli
* Other cruciferous vegetables (cauliflower, asparagus, etc.)
* Green vegetables
* Fruits (berries and apples)
* Onions
* Garlic
* Lemons
* Broccoli sprouts
* Liquids (green tea, pure water and algae drinks rich in enzyme)

# Cures and Helps Fight Contraction of Smallpox,
# Cures Appendicitis,
# Cleans the Stomach,
# liver
# and Dissolves Body Fat or Grease,
# Useful towards Hernias,
# Heavy Legs,
# Dropsy,
# Strengthens the Gums and
# cures Gingivitis,
# Calms Headaches
# and Nervous Aches,
# Cures Typhus,
# Avoids and Fights Premature Aging,
# Helps Avoid Baldness and Strengthens Hair also Keeps it Healthy,
# Purifies the Blood,
# Is Recommended for Sexual Weakness,
# Helps with the Bile Duct and Gall Bladder,
# Contains or Stops Hemorrhage,
# Disinfects all kinds of Wounds,
# Cures Flu Symptoms,
# Promotes the Secretion of Sweat and Urine,
# Cures Rheumatism and Gout,
# Favors the Elimination of Certain Intestinal Parasites,
# Promotes a Healthy Appetite and Gastric Juices in the Stomach,
# Cures Tonsillitis,
# Fights Diarrhea and Dysentery,
# Smooths and Embalms the Skin,
# Normalizes the Heart Beat,
# Stimulates Hepatic Function,
# Refreshes and Cures Thirst
# and Cures Chronic Insomnia.

NOTE: Drinking juice of more than 2 lemons per day may cause negative side effects

To cure Appendicitis: Drink on an empty stomach, 1/2 hour before breakfast, the juice of 1 whole lemon; the next day, 2 lemons and consecutively each day until able to drink the juice of 7 lemons a day. After a short rest, (about 3 days), start anew the treatment and follow it until better.
To clean the stomach, liver and to dissolve body fat: Drink daily the juice of 2 Lemons in 1/2 cup of hot water.
To cure Hernias: Rub Lemon juice on the affected area combined with equal parts of Onion juice then compliment with a sun bath.
For Heaviness of the Legs and Dropsy: Drink equal parts of Lemon juice and Onion juice, twice a day. To obtain the Onion juice, slice an onion, collect the juice, strain with a clean handkerchief or metal strainer.
To strengthen gums and cure Gingivitis: Give in a circular motion a massage with the tips of the fingers covered with lemon juice.
To cure Headaches and Nervous Pains: Drink 1 cup of tea, coffee or hot water with the juice of 2 lemons.
To Prevent and Fight Premature Aging: Drink on an empty stomach 1 hour before breakfast the juice of 10 lemons in the space of 3 months, seven days on, seven days off.
To Avoid Baldness and Conserve Strong and Healthy Hair: Rub vigorously on the scalp with the tips of the fingers and the juice of 3 or 4 lemons preferably at night then the next day wash the hair with water and soap avoiding the shower head since this promotes the fallout of the hair.
For Sexual weakness: Drink half a glass of Lemon juice on an empty stomach, 2 hours before breakfast; do this for 3 days.
For a leaking Bile duct and/or Gall bladder: Suck the juice out of a lemon while at the same time eat a piece of bread; in this way the bile will be neutralized and nervousness will disappear.
To stop hemorrhage: Apply Lemon juice directly on the bleeding area; this will promote calcium salt formation leading to quick coagulation.
To disinfects wounds, pustules and exposed ulcers: Apply Lemon juice on the affected region which was previously cleaned with soap and water.
To Cure Flu: Drink on an empty stomach half a glass of Lemon juice with half a glass of strong coffee, as hot as can be tolerated, at night, repeat the process, cover body well avoiding drafts and cold areas.
To stimulate the sweat glands and to promote urination:  Drink 1 cup of chamomile or linden flower tea etc, hot with the juice of 2 lemons avoiding drafts and cold areas.
To cure Rheumatism and Gout: Drink for 40 days on an empty stomach, the juice of 7 large lemons, when feeling better, rub the affected areas with a mixture of 1 liter of milk to half a liter of petroleum(fuel oil), empty this mixture into a bottle and heat in a double boiler, when warm, use as suggested taking care to cover the body well and avoid getting wet until the following day.
To Remove Certain Intestinal Parasites: Crush well the several seeds of a lemon add lots of sugar and eat before bedtime or on an empty stomach until desired results are obtained.
To Promote the Appetite and Increase Gastric juices:  Drink the juice of 2 to 3 lemons in half a glass of water, 1/2 hour before meals.
To cure Tonsillitis: Add sodium bicarbonate to lemon juice, gargle 2 to 3 times a day avoiding cold beverages.
To Fight Diarrhea and Dysentery: Drink as a daily drink, whenever thirsty, large quantities of lemon juice sweetened with bee honey or sugar to taste.
To Smoothen, Beautify and Remove Skin Spots: Rub Lemon juice at night on face(avoid the eyes), legs and arms.
To Normalize Cardiac Palpitations: Drink the juice of 2 or 3 lemons dissolved in a glass of cold water, every time as needed.
To Refresh the Body and Remove Thirst: Drink a glass of lemonade prepared with the juice of 2 lemons in 1/4 liter of water sweetened to taste.
To Cure Chronic Insomnia: Drink for 3 consecutive days the juice of 10 lemons; on the fourth night there will be a tranquil sleep.

The liver is the largest gland in the human body. Located behind the lower ribs on the right side of the abdomen, in healthy adults it weighs about 3 pounds and is roughly the size of a football. At any moment in time, it holds about 13% of the total blood supply, and yet we still do not fully understand all that this organ does for us or exactly how it does it.

More than 500 functions have been identified to date, for example:

* Filtering and refining ingested substances
* Storing iron and certain vitamins, minerals, and sugars
* Removing bacteria from the bloodstream
* Neutralizing and destroying poisonous substances, such as converting ammonia to urea
* Maintaining hormonal balance and blood glucose levels
* Regulating transport of chemicals and nutrients used by the body for energy
* Controlling blood clotting
* Managing production and excretion of cholesterol
* Serving as the main organ of blood formation before birth
* Regenerating its own damaged tissue (the liver is the only organ to do so)
* Producing bile, which enables the digestion of fats

The liver is soft and solid in consistency, dark reddish-brown, and indispensable to life. It is uniquely positioned between the intestines and the heart in such a way that all blood, thick with nutrients, bacteria, and potential toxins from the digestive process, passes through the liver before being sent to the heart for general circulation.

Here, in our chemical processing plant, everything we eat (except for long-chain fatty acids) is processed into the essential chemicals of life. Toxins are removed and converted so that they can be eliminated. Bile is produced to be stored in the gallbladder for use later in processing fats and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K).

Internally, the liver has more than 100,000 hepatic lobules, each of which is a small six-sided structure composed of cells (hepatocytes) packed in slabs.

Eighty-five to ninety percent of all blood that leaves the stomach and intestines carries ingested substances directly to the liver, where macrophages (Greek for “big eaters”) or Kupffer cells remove large amounts of debris and bacteria. In the liver, drugs are chemically modified, thus defining the system’s reaction to them.

Liver Diseases
Because the liver is our body’s central refinery, it is affected by ingested chemicals whether they are prescription drugs, street drugs, or an over-the-counter product. In fact, almost every known pharmaceutical has, at one time or another, been implicated as a cause of liver damage. Every drug, industrial solvent, and pollutant, whether inhaled or swallowed, presents a challenge to our metabolism, sometimes resulting in damage to the liver.

Chemicals that damage the liver fall into two groups: predictable toxins and unpredictable ones. Predictable liver toxins regularly cause damage after exposure of a certain strength or duration in a large percentage of the population.

Unpredictable toxins cause damage in only a small percentage of the general public or in people with existing liver disease. Unpredictable damage appears to result from an allergic reaction that targets liver cells. A surprisingly large number of prescription drugs that are considered safe and currently in general use have been shown to cause significant liver damage in some people.

Predictable damage seems to be the result of ingestion of certain chemicals, specifically those that are difficult for the kidneys to excrete. The liver tries to clean up the blood by modifying those chemicals. During the process, other more dangerous toxins are formed and they then attack the liver and damage the cells. Injury can range from destruction of a few cells, which the liver can usually replace, to sudden and acute liver failure that calls for immediate hospitalization and eventual liver transplantation. Examples of known predictable liver toxins are the cleaning solvent carbon tetrachloride and the pain killer acetaminophen.

Acetaminophen is present in many over-the-counter and prescription drugs (e.g., Tylenol[R], Nyquil[R], Excedrin[R]) and is safe for most people when taken as prescribed. When it is taken in excess or over a long period of time, however, serious liver damage is the predictable result. Acetaminophen is toxic at lower doses in individuals who regularly consume more than two drinks a day or in those who may experience an allergic reaction.

Excessive exposure to certain other chemicals, in particular synthetic hormones or steroids, can result in a tumor, an abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells begin to reproduce at an uncontrolled rate. Of course, the liver can be invaded by both noncancerous (benign) and cancerous tumors; in fact, benign tumors are quite common and usually produce no symptoms.

There are several types of benign tumors, including hepatocellular adenoma, which occurs most often in women of childbearing age and is associated primarily with the use of oral contraceptives, and hemangioma, a mass of abnormal blood vessels. Up to 5 percent of adults are believed to have small liver hemangiomas that are asymptomatic and require no treatment. Cancerous tumors are discussed later.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation hosts notes from an international conference that focused on the problem of drug-induced liver injury. Authorities discussed drug testing by pharmaceutical companies, recommending more stringent controls over the testing, marketing, and releasing of pharmaceuticals to the general public, including better drug labeling in order to combat what is cited as a growing national and international problem.

Street Drugs and Alcohol
Illegal drug users and those who consume excessive amounts of alcohol (more than two drinks a day) represent the population group most at risk for life-threatening liver damage. Among the most prevalent liver diseases in this group are hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis.

Each year more than 25,000 Americans die of cirrhosis of the liver. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in those between ages 25 and 44 years. Cirrhosis is a chronic disease marked by the gradual destruction of liver tissue, which is slowly replaced with scar tissue. As a result, levels of nutrients and hormones are progressively diminished, filtering of drugs and poisons is inhibited, and production of protein and other vital life substances is blocked.

Almost all serious disorders of the liver cause the same set of symptoms. The most common include (but are not limited to):

* Abnormal nerve function, sleep disturbances, and mental confusion
* Prolonged generalized itching
* Breast enlargement in men
* Abdominal pain or coughing up or vomiting blood
* Curling of fingers
* Hair loss
* Jaundice
* Muscle loss or unusual change of weight (a decrease of more than 5 percent within two months)
* Poor appetite or fatigue or loss of stamina
* Redness of palms
* Salivary gland enlargement (visible in cheeks)
* Shrinking of testes and general loss of sex drive or performance
* Spider-like veins in the skin

Of course, not all liver disease is drug-induced or alcohol-induced. Other hepatic diseases include viral hepatitis, congenital liver defects, and autoimmune disorders, in which the two metabolic disorders are hemochromatosis (absorption of too much iron) and Wilson’s disease (retention of too much copper in the liver).

When Cancer Strikes
Although there is a much higher incidence of primary liver cancer (originating in the liver) in patients with a chronic liver disorder, in particular those with chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis, it is not the most common form of liver cancer.

Secondary cancer, by far the most common form, has spread from another organ. A metastatic tumor forms in the liver when large progressive tumors within other organs shed cells. These cells move throughout the body through the circulatory system or through the lymphatic system, often lodging in tiny capillaries. The liver, connected to or close to a number of primary organs, is most often infected by metastatic tumors.
Primary cancer is still somewhat of a mystery. It is associated with viral hepatitis and certain parasites, drugs, and environmental toxins. Each year, 1,000 Americans die of primary liver cancers, and chronic carriers of the hepatitis B or C virus are at increased risk. Also at risk are patients with cirrhosis, people exposed to aflotoxin, people over 60 years of age, those with a family history, and men (the risk for men is twice that for women).

Symptoms of both types of cancer include abdominal pain, weight loss, fever, jaundice, nausea and vomiting, and weakness or fatigue.

Diagnostic techniques may include medical examination and liver function tests, abdominal ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), hepatic arteriography (x-rays taken after a substance is injected into the hepatic artery), and liver biopsy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a diagnostic technique that provides a cross-sectional image of the organs with x-rays or radiation, is also used.

There are several treatment options. Which one your doctor recommends depends on one’s general health, overall liver function, and whether or not the cancer has spread.

Localized cancer (cancer that has not yet spread) is considered to be resectable (able to be surgically removed) or unresectable. When resectable cancer cells can be removed by surgery, there is no evidence that the cancer has spread and the liver is working well. Unresectable cancer cannot be removed, even though it has not spread, because of cirrhosis or other conditions that cause poor liver function or because of the location of the tumor or other health problems.

Orthodox treatment may include any of the following options and others not listed here:

* Radiofrequency ablation. The physician uses a special probe to kill cancer cells with heat.
* Percutaneous ethanol injection. The physician injects alcohol directly into the liver tumor to kill cells.
* Cryosurgery. The physician makes an incision into the abdomen and inserts a metal probe to freeze and kill cancer cells.
* Hepatic arterial infusion. The physician injects anticancer drugs directly into the blood supply to the cancerous area.
* Chemoembolization. The physician inserts a tiny catheter into an artery in the leg. Using x-rays as a guide, the physician moves the catheter into the hepatic artery. Anticancer drugs are injected into the artery, and tiny particles are used to block the flow of blood out of the liver to the heart through the artery. With blood flow blocked, the drug stays in the liver longer.
* Total hepatectomy with liver transplantation. If localized liver cancer is unresectable because of poor liver function, some patients may undergo liver transplantation.
* Chemotherapy and radiation. These measures are used for advanced cancer or cancer that cannot be treated in another way.

Ten Steps to a Healthy Liver
1. Avoid taking unnecessary medications. Be sure to discuss your medication and the health of your liver with your physician. A number of noninvasive liver function tests can be performed to monitor the liver’s reaction to medication.
2. Do not mix medicines without the advice of a physician.
3. Do not take street drugs, and do not drown your liver in alcohol
4. Drink water. When the kidneys are healthy, the liver has an easier job to do.
5. Be careful when using aerosol cleaners. Because the liver must detoxify what you breathe as well as what you eat, make sure that the area is well ventilated when you clean.
6. Be careful when you use bug sprays, paint sprays, and chemical sprays. Wear a mask, and watch what gets on your skin. Your liver also filters toxins that enter through your skin.
7. Eat a well-balanced, nutritionally adequate diet. In fact, proper nutrition is often the only remedy prescribed for mild liver disorders and is an absolute must for acute or chronic diseases.
8. Be careful of the latest fad diet. A diet with too much protein in particular makes more toxic ammonia in the system that the liver must turn into urea to eliminate.
9. Cut down on deep-fried and fatty foods, and minimize your consumption of smoked, cured, and salted foods, which are hard on the system. Try lemon juice instead of salt. Increase your intake of high-fiber foods.
10. Do your homework. Know what you are putting into your system, whether it is food or drugs or an herbal tea. Understand what the substance. or food does for, you, and understand what it does to your liver.

Foods that a good for liver:

Lemon
Brocolli
Sunflower seeds
Almonds
Garlic
Onion
Beet
Cauliflower
Cabbage

Avoid:

Dairy products
Fat foods
Salt
Sugar
Alcohol
Tobacco
Aspirin
Antibiotics

The foods that we eat and how we take care of ourselves greatly affects how our liver works. It is important to choose foods that will help keep your liver healthy. Good nutrition can also help to rebuild the liver and damaged liver cells. It can also help the liver form new cells.

There are many different foods that can help out the liver to keep it healthy as well as to help rebuild it if it is damaged. The foods listed below are used to help to detoxify and to rebuild the liver.

Carrots contain beta carotene and and carotenoids which help to protect the liver. Antioxidants help limit the damage to the liver caused by toxins. There are many different antioxidants.

Brown rice provides the antioxidant, selenium, and also B vitamins.

Beets contain antioxidants such as beta carotene, healing flavonoids, and other carotenes. Beets also contain folic acid. Brocolli contains B and C vitamins and is a good source of folic acid as well.

Broccoli also contains natural sulfur compounds needed for detoxification.

Garlic contains selenium and glutathione which act as antioxidants. It also contains methionine.

Eggs give B vitamins also contains a sulfur containing compound called methionine. Spinach provides folic acid as well as other B vitamins.

Tomatoes contain vitamins C and E and are a good source of the antioxidant lycopene. Wheatgerm is an excellent source of phytochemicals and contains selenium and vitamin E.

Melons and peppers are a good way of getting Vitamin C.

Brazil nuts contain selenium.

Onions have sulfur compounds which are important in detoxification.

Asparagus and watermelon contain high amounts of glutathione which is extremely important in liver toxification.

Papaya and avocado also help the body to produce glutathione.

There are also foods that you can eat that will just help to keep the liver healthy. These foods include soy beans.

Soy beans contain lecithin. Lecithin helps the liver to break down fats and helps the body to reduce high cholesterol levels. It also helps to maintain healthy membranes around the cells of the liver.

Cayenne pepper contains phytochemicals that include beta carotene and lutein. It is also high in certain B vitamins and Vitamins C and E. It also helps to aid in the process of digesting food.

Lemon is helpful in general cleansing of the body.

Walnuts are a good source of arginine. Arginine helps the liver to detoxify ammonia. It is also a high scoure of glutathione and omega 3 fatty acids.

Caraway seeds have flavanoids and carotenoids that act as antioxidants. It also helps if a person has liveror gallbladder disease.

When choosing a diet that is good for helping the liver it is important to think of fresh fruits and vegetables. You will want to eat plenty of dark green, leafy vegetables and colored fruits. These foods contain enzymes, fiber, vitamins, antibiotic substances, and nutrients to help stop cancer. You will also want to eat foods that help to produce glutathione in the body as mentioned above.

Drinking green tea contains properties that help to boost the immune system which in return helps the liver.

Lastly in maintaining a good diet to help the liver, water is always important. You should drink between 6-12 cups per day. Water helps to get rid of the toxins that the liver has broken down.

Making the foods listed above as part of your diet will greatly help your liver as well as your whole body, to make you feel and keep you feeling healthy.

Popular detox diets promise to flush poisons from your body, purge pounds of excess fat, clear your complexion and bolster your immune system.

But experts say there’s little evidence that extreme regimens such as the Master Cleanse or Fruit Flush do anything more than lead to unpleasant, unhealthy side effects.

Still, these super-restrictive eating plans are hotter than ever, thanks to being linked to lanky celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Beyonce Knowles attributed her 20-pound weight loss for the movie “Dreamgirls” to the Master Cleanse — a starvation diet whose adherents swallow nothing but a concoction of lemon juice mixed with maple syrup, water and cayenne pepper, as well as salt water and a laxative tea for 10 days.

The idea of detoxifying or purifying the body of harmful substances has been around for centuries and cycles back into popularity now and again. There are no hard numbers on how many people have tried the latest fashionable plans, much less stuck with them, but dozens of new do-it-yourself fasting books are glutting bookstore shelves.

That’s what has nutrition experts sounding the alarm over possible risks from lengthy or repeated fasts. Vitamin deficiencies, muscle breakdown and blood-sugar problems — not to mention frequent liquid bowel movements — are some of the seriously unpleasant drawbacks to these plans, which are skimpy on solid foods and often call for laxatives.

“Long-term fasts lead to muscle breakdown and a shortage of many needed nutrients,” says Lona Sandon, a Dallas dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Depriving the body of the vitamins and minerals we get from food can “actually weaken the body’s ability to fight infections and inflammation,” she says.

Because the crash diets can upset blood sugar, potassium and sodium levels in the body, people with diabetes, heart or kidney disease or women who are pregnant or nursing shouldn’t try them, experts say. Children, teens, older adults or people with certain digestive conditions should also steer clear.

The scores of detox diet books and kits out there each have their own take on how to cleanse the body — one calls for spices and fruit juices, another for only vegetable purees — but most of them boil down to extremely low-calorie, primarily liquid diets.

The idea behind these plans, which can last anywhere from three days to about a month, is to rid the body of toxins absorbed from the environment and the less-than-healthy foods we eat. This cleansing is supposed to leave you feeling energized.

Some plans restrict all solid foods and instruct dieters to survive on only low-calorie beverages for days at a time. The Joshi holistic diet involves an elaborate list of so-called acid-forming foods to avoid for three weeks, including seemingly healthy veggies and grains.

Many intestinal experts say we don’t need an extreme diet to cleanse our insides.

“Your body does a perfectly good job of getting rid of toxins on its own,” says Dr. Nasir Moloo, a gastroenterologist with Capitol Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group in Sacramento, Calif. “There’s no evidence that these types of diets are necessary or helpful.”

While there are medical conditions that interfere with organ function and prevent the body from clearing toxins, healthy people already have a built-in detoxification system — the liver, kidneys, lungs and skin, says Moloo.

And by attempting to flush out the “bad stuff” from our intestines, Sandon warns, you’re also “flushing out the good bacteria that keep the intestines healthy.”

Lots of bathroom time

The side effects from prolonged, severe calorie restriction can include headache, fatigue, irritability, aches and pains. Because many rely on aggressive laxatives, these diets can also get pretty messy. Frequent bathroom visits can lead to irritation and breakdown of skin on your bottom, as well as dehydration.

While believers claim they feel lighter and more energetic, studies on starvation show the longer you fast, the more lethargic and less focused you become. Because most of these diets contain very little protein, it can be difficult for the body to rebuild lost muscle tissue.

Although people can quickly drop pounds on these diets, the majority of people regain all the weight they lose on any diet, especially the highly restrictive varieties, according to recent research published in American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association. While people can lose 5 to 10 percent of their weight in the first few months of a diet, up to two-thirds of people regain even more weight than they lost within four or five years, the researchers found.

Cutting back on high-fat foods, eating in moderation and consuming more vegetables and fruits may not seem as glamorous as starving yourself like a celebrity for days, but it’s healthier for you in the long run and certainly sexier than rushing to the bathroom all day.