Spring Clean Your Home & Your Body!

We know it feels like Spring, especially with 70's for the pass few days!! So, it's time to think about spring cleaning and cleansing. That means your home and your body....

Those dust bunnies accumulating behind the bed for three months need to go, along with the strange looking green moldy stuff in the fridge. According to health and nutrition expert Jordan Rubin, tackling heavy duty spring cleaning chores will spruce up the look of your home, but it's even more important to cleanse the internal organs of your body.

Rubin, the founder and CEO of Garden of Life, Inc., recommends detoxing with a product that contains food-based, organic ingredient botanicals and no synthetic stimulants or designer chemicals that are harsh on the body.

"Detoxification of the body is necessary because the average American diet consists of unhealthy, processed foods, too much sugar and artificial sweeteners, trans-fatty acids and troublesome vegetable oils," explained Rubin. "This puts constant stress on the digestive system and the liver and introduces harmful toxins into the bloodstream, resulting in sluggishness, heaviness and uncomfortable symptoms."

Scientific literature confirms that environmental chemicals and toxins accumulate in the body as a result of foods and beverages that are consumed, as well as regular exposure to air pollution. Eliminating this toxic build-up at least four times a year is integral to overall health, according to Rubin. Just remember to use a cleansing system that will not make you feel weak or keep you running to the bathroom all the time.

More spring cleaning and cleansing tips include:

• If you are messy and your home is cluttered with newspapers, mail and other items, you are exposing your family and pets to dust, chemicals and other harmful toxins on a daily basis. If everyone is sneezing and has watery eyes, it's time to clean up the mess and breathe easier.


• Shop for natural cleaning supplies without strong chemicals for your home at a health food store. Many people are allergic to common household cleaners and do not even realize it.


• Cleanse your body with the seasons. Just as your car needs a tune up and oil change occasionally, so does your body.

Do you detox? If so, how?