The holiday pre-tox, tips to reduce bloat, boost skin and feel your best for the beach

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The holiday pre-tox, tips to reduce bloat, boost skin and feel your best for the beach

What exactly is a holiday pre-tox? As we head into summer holiday season the idea of a ‘pre-tox’ may be worth considering, the term refers to preparing the body for an excess of some sort such as a holiday or the festive season, where we may over indulge on food, sugar and alcohol etc.

A pre-tox helps us to build resilience into our system, remove excess toxins and protect the liver, the extra benefit to this is vastly reduced bloat and water retention, clear, rehydrated, plump skin, reduced inflammation, more energy and feeling fresh, simply looking and feeling good for our well earned break.

Here are our top tips for pre-toxing before your holiday, try to do as many of these habits as possible in the month before your break:

Drink lots of fresh, filtered water and start your day with lemon and water
Ensure you have at least 8 hours good quality a night, this is when the body’s detox and restorative processes take place
Exercise, and walk as much as possible, sweat out the toxins
Avoid as much as possible fast foods, processed foods, sugar, caffeine or alcohol
Eat plenty of fresh vegetables
Ensure there is plenty of fibre in your diet
Eat organic as much as possible
Practice stress management such as mindfulness, yoga, deep breathing
Dry skin brushing to help stimulate the lymphatic system

Finally we highly recommend the following supplements ‘Vita AmaraDrink DTX or Vita Amaraxanthin DTX’. Optimally aim to take daily for as long as possible before your holiday, but for the the month before will benefit highly. Not only will they help prepare the body and aid the liver but also help reduce sugar cravings and regulate blood sugar levels during your pre-tox.

These supplements contains a combination of ‘bitter’ substances including choline, artichoke leaves, extracts of turmeric, gentian, dandelion, pomegranate etc) that are proven to help support the liver – in part by increasing saliva and stomach acids – this effect reduces toxins and helps the liver to return to a healthy state, increasing metabolism and decreasing fat.