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Jul 5, 2011

Detox can help you get ripped


Detoxification (detox) is not necessarily confined to drug and alcohol addiction - in fact, it can be part of a plan to optimize healthy strategies for building muscle. That is because a broader meaning of this term refers to dietary cleansing that entails removing harmful toxins from the body and reducing intake of highly refined foods.


Dietary detox may improve health, mental state and energy levels. All of these components are essential ingredients to getting and staying ripped.


The simplest detox formula includes minimizing the consumption of processed foods and maximizing that of unprocessed foods. The effects of the cleansing diet may be measured by assessing performance improvements that are likely to occur during subsequent weight training regimens.


Proper sports nutrition cannot be overemphasized for the athlete who is devoted to building muscles. While critics often point out that evolution has built in defense mechanisms to counter environmental toxins, evidence has been pretty compelling that highly processed foods contribute to long-term weight gain and may damage cardiovascular and immune function over time.


So get your detox program in gear. Minimize alcohol and processed foods while maximizing unprocessed foods that are readily found in any helping of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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