Article 25: Metabolism and Detoxification – Food Detoxification Methods and Liver, Kidney, and Intestinal Detoxification

Metabolism and Detoxification

When we talk about metabolism, we're referring to the elimination of toxins. Therefore, people with strong metabolisms naturally have strong detoxification abilities. So what are toxins? They are substances that can interfere with normal physiological activities, damage bodily functions, and lead to obesity, such as free radicals, accumulated feces, cholesterol, fat, uric acid, lactic acid, water retention, and blood stasis.

There are many methods for metabolic detoxification. Here are a few simple food-based detoxification methods:

Honey water detox method

Honey water is excellent for moisturizing the intestines and relieving constipation, making it a natural and non-irritating way to detoxify. When preparing honey water, the water temperature should not be too high, ideally around 30-40 degrees Celsius; otherwise, it will destroy the active substances in the honey, significantly reducing nutrient absorption.

Salt water detox method

After waking up in the morning, drink 0.5 liters of salt water quickly. You should feel the urge to defecate within half an hour. This method helps flush the intestines, effectively eliminates accumulated waste, reduces belly fat, and promotes overall health recovery.

Duck blood detox method

Duck blood is suitable for consumption once a week for detoxification. It can absorb heavy metals in the blood and intestines, which are then excreted through feces. However, when buying duck blood, it's important to distinguish between good and bad quality. Avoid buying duck blood with added chemicals, as this type can easily cause poisoning.

Mushroom Detox Method

Black fungus and shiitake mushrooms are both excellent for detoxification, and you should eat more of them regularly. These black fungi help your digestive system absorb dietary fiber, ensuring normal bowel movements and promoting metabolism.

Detoxification with plain water

Drinking eight glasses of water a day can keep your intestines relaxed and promote healthier fluid circulation, making it a very simple and easy way to detoxify and beautify your skin.

Green bean soup detox method

Mung beans are excellent for detoxification, and drinking mung bean soup is especially beneficial in summer. However, it's not recommended to consume them in autumn and winter because mung beans are considered cooling in nature. The detoxification method using mung bean soup is similar to the salt water detox method, but it's more effective in summer.

Enzyme Detox Method

Supplementing the body with enzymes can effectively remove blood toxins. Enzymes are the substances in our bodies that break down waste products such as cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. Therefore, to remove blood toxins, it is necessary to supplement the body with enzymes.

For example, Retamine Enzyme Concentrate can replenish the body with more than 700 kinds of enzymes, restore blood flow, keep blood circulation smooth, restore blood vessel elasticity, and prevent chronic diseases such as high blood lipids and high blood pressure. For middle-aged and elderly people, it can also improve and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Whole grain detox method

Whole grains mainly refer to foods such as corn, millet, oats, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and buckwheat. Whole grains contain many special vitamins and minerals that are lacking in refined rice and white flour. These nutrients are easily absorbed by the human body, helping to regulate the intestinal environment, eliminate toxins from the intestines, maintain regular bowel movements, and improve immunity.

Among various metabolic detoxification methods, it's important to understand that the main organs involved in metabolic detoxification are the kidneys, liver, and intestines. By helping these three organs perform their metabolic detoxification processes effectively, weight loss can be achieved with ease.

Helps kidneys detoxify

The kidneys are vital organs for detoxification, filtering toxins and waste products from protein breakdown into the blood and excreting them through urine. Fruits and vegetables such as cucumbers and cherries can help with kidney detoxification.

Cucumber: Cucumber's diuretic effect can cleanse the urinary tract and help the kidneys excrete toxins from the urinary system. It also contains cucurbitacin and cucumber acid, which can help detoxify the lungs, stomach, and liver.

Cherries: Cherries are a valuable natural food and medicine that helps the kidneys detoxify and also has a mild laxative effect.

Helps the liver detoxify

The liver is an important detoxification organ. Various toxins are transformed into non-toxic or less toxic substances through a series of chemical reactions in the liver. In our daily diet, we can eat more foods such as carrots, garlic, grapes, and figs to help the liver detoxify.

Carrots: Carrots are an effective food for removing mercury. They contain a large amount of pectin, which can bind with mercury, effectively reducing the concentration of mercury ions in the blood and accelerating its excretion. Eating some carrots every day can also stimulate blood circulation in the gastrointestinal tract, improve the digestive system, and fight free radicals that cause disease and aging.

Garlic: Special components in garlic can lower the concentration of lead in the body.

Grapes: Grapes can help the liver, intestines, and stomach clear waste from the body and also enhance hematopoietic function.

Figs: Figs contain organic acids and various enzymes, which can protect the liver and detoxify, clear heat and moisten the intestines, and aid digestion. In particular, they have a certain resistance to toxic substances such as sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide.

Intestinal cleansing and detoxification

When the intestines function normally, they can quickly eliminate toxins. However, if the function is impaired, toxins will remain in the intestines and be reabsorbed, causing significant harm to health. Many foods, such as konjac, black fungus, kelp, pig's blood, apples, strawberries, honey, and brown rice, can help the digestive system detoxify.

Konjac: also known as devil's tongue, or snake six valley in traditional Chinese medicine, is a well-known "gastrointestinal cleanser" and "blood purifier" that can remove waste from the intestinal wall.

Black fungus: The plant colloids in black fungus have a strong adsorption capacity, which can adsorb impurities remaining in the human digestive system and cleanse the blood. Regular consumption can also effectively remove pollutants from the body.

Kelp: The alginic acid in kelp can slow down the absorption of radioactive strontium in the intestines and promote its excretion, thus helping to prevent leukemia. In addition, kelp also promotes the excretion of cadmium that has entered the body.

Pig's blood: After the plasma protein in pig's blood is broken down by enzymes in digestive juices, it produces a detoxifying and bowel-regulating substance. This substance can react with dust and metal particles that have entered the human body, transforming them into substances that are not easily absorbed by the human body and directly excreting them from the body. It has the effects of removing dust, cleansing the intestines, and relieving constipation.

Apples: The galacturonic acid in apples helps with detoxification, while the pectin they contain can prevent food from rotting in the intestines.

Strawberries: Strawberries contain a variety of organic acids, pectin and minerals, which can cleanse the intestines and strengthen the liver.

Honey: Honey has been considered a detoxifying and beautifying agent since ancient times, containing various amino acids and vitamins needed by the human body. While helping to eliminate toxins, honey also has certain effects on preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases and neurasthenia.

Brown rice: Brown rice acts as a "plumber" to cleanse the large intestine. As it passes through the intestines, it absorbs a lot of waste and eventually eliminates it from the body.

Based on the theory of metabolic detoxification, there is currently a very popular body cleansing and weight loss method that uses metabolic detoxification products and techniques, supplemented by a cleansing diet. For example, our "Four Seasons Cleansing Set" uses traditional Chinese medicine meridian therapy to accelerate blood circulation, regulate endocrine function, clear the meridians, expel toxins and excess fat from the body, unclog internal circulation, purify the internal environment, and detoxify and beautify the skin. It has a good effect on improving the accumulation of toxins, constipation, water retention, and fat accumulation caused by imbalances in the body's internal circulatory system and endocrine disorders.

The body cleansing and weight loss method is specifically designed for people with decreased gastrointestinal function, irregular bowel movements, constipation in all seasons, water metabolism disorders, and fat accumulation. It can effectively remove the three impurities (turbid air, turbid water, and accumulated feces) from the body, acting as a cleanser for the internal organs. It not only reduces body surface fat but also reduces visceral fat.