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January 11, 2025 By Mubasheera Chaiwala 1 Comment

5 Yoga Poses To Detoxify Your Liver

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The liver is the only organ in the human body that can regenerate itself! Its primary function is detoxification. Other organs like the intestines, kidneys, and lungs work together with the liver to ensure that toxins are transformed into less harmful substances and excreted via urine, stool, sweat, or breath. Regular cleansing of these organs is essential to keep them functioning smoothly. So, how do you detoxify your liver? It’s simple! Correcting your lifestyle is the key, and that’s where yoga comes into the picture.

How Can Yoga Help Detoxify Your Liver? 

Certain yoga asanas stimulate the digestive system and massage internal organs like the liver. They strengthen and make abdominal muscles more elastic, aiding the proper removal of waste materials. Including twist variations in your yoga practice can detoxify and rehydrate your spinal column while releasing tension from poor posture. Proper alignment in these poses can also reduce back pain and improve digestion.

Here are 5 yoga poses to detoxify your liver and improve its function!

1. Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)
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  • Sit up with your legs stretched out straight in front of you on the floor.
  • Keep your spine erect and toes flexed toward you.
  • Slowly raise both arms straight above your head and stretch upward.
  • Exhale and bend forward from the hip joint, moving your chin toward your toes, keeping the spine straight.
  • Place your hands on your legs, wherever they reach, without forcing the stretch.

 2. Ardha Chakrasana (Half Wheel Pose)
Ardha Chakrasana can be performed in various ways, each offering unique benefits.

  • Begin in Tadasana (Mountain Pose), raising your hands as you inhale.
  • Place both hands on your lower back.
  • Inhale deeply and gently backbend your upper body, allowing a comfortable stretch.

 3. Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

  • Lie down on a mat in a prone position, keeping your feet together.
  • Place your hands on the floor at chest level.
  • Gently raise your upper body, extending and deepening the stretch to create a graceful arc in your back.

4. Shashankasana (Child’s Pose)

This posture is simple and adaptable. Variations can be chosen based on comfort.

  • Sit comfortably in Vajrasana with your palms on your thighs.
  • Inhale and raise your hands straight upward, stretching.
  • Exhale and bend forward.
  • Touch your nose or chin to the ground.
  • Keep your arms stretched out with palms on the ground.

 5. Anulom Vilom (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
Though not an asana, this Pranayama practice is included due to its immense benefits. Proper breathing is vital for bodily processes, and Anulom Vilom ensures optimal oxygen intake.

  • Close your right nostril with your thumb and inhale slowly through the left nostril.
  • Remove your thumb and exhale through the right nostril.
  • Close your left nostril with your middle finger, inhale through the right nostril, and exhale through the left.
  • Repeat this process.

These poses are simple and can be performed at home. However, always practice within your body’s limits and avoid forcing movements. Consult your doctor before beginning any yoga practice, especially if you have pre-existing conditions.

We hope these yoga poses to detoxify your liver help you! Do leave your thoughts in the comments below. For more on yoga, check out Healthy Reads or join an expert on a live, interactive session on GOQii PRO within the GOQii App. 

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this blog is for general awareness and educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for personalised medical guidance or concerns related to your health.

April 11, 2024 By GOQii 9 Comments

Have You Tried The Raw Detox Diet? Try It Now!

raw detox dietI’ve always wondered what a raw detox diet is and how does one eat raw vegetables. Then, I found that a raw food detox diet is the dietary practice of eating only uncooked, unprocessed, and often organic foods. It can include raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouts, organic milk and organic milk yogurt. In India, most may not be comfortable with a long-term raw diet. However, including raw food in your diet as often as you can, definitely helps in detoxifying the system.

What is Detoxification?

It’s a way to recharge, rejuvenate, and renew your body. Detoxification can help you jump-start your body for a more active and healthier life. In our body, there is an ongoing process to remove the toxins which have been formed by the food we eat and also through the environment we are exposed to. Our body system is naturally designed to transform the toxins and excrete them out of the body. In order for this to happen naturally, our body should get a break from the regular exposure to processed foods, heavy diets, and environmental pollution.

Raw food is low in calories but contain good amounts of nutrients like vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It also has high fiber content which eliminates toxins by managing bowel movement. The unhealthy diet has been the leading cause of headaches, fatigue, lack of concentration, feeling bloated, indigestion, bad breath, etc.

Including a raw diet will surely make you feel more fresh and energetic.

Remember to drink plenty of water when you are on a raw diet. It is the best detox food that you can have. Raw diet helps maintain your weight as well, it also saves your cooking time.

What Does a Raw Detox Diet Include? 

  1. Sprouts Salad: Sprouts provide good nutritious value and are easily digestible. They increase the vitamin and mineral content of the grain and decrease the carbohydrate and calorie content. Basically, any whole legume or grains can be sprouted. Some sprouts have a change in flavor after sprouting.
  1. Avocado Salad: Avocado is a complete food with lots of nutrients. It is a very versatile fruit as it takes on both, sweet and savory taste, perfectly. It’s got a buttery texture and hence, can be used as a healthy substitute for butter with bread. This salad is very refreshing as an evening snack or as a side with roti. For those people under diet, this makes for a wonderful meal by itself.
  1. Beetroot Pomegranate Juice: Pomegranates and beetroots, both contain good amounts of antioxidants and nutrients and are also rich in Vitamin C. This colorful root vegetable contains powerful nutrient compounds that help protect against heart disease, birth defects, and certain cancers, especially colon cancer. Beetroot is well known for its blood purifying properties. Due to the rich iron content, it is said to be an indispensable cure for anemia.
  1. Tricolour Fruit Salad (Orange/ Papaya + Kiwi/ Dragon Fruit/ Berries/Tomato’s + Cucumber/Litchi/ Honeydew): These fruits and vegetables are rich in fiber and loaded with vitamins, minerals and water. It will help you to feel fresh and prevent any deficiencies of the same.
  1. Cranberry Curds Salad: The possible health benefits of consuming cranberries include lowered risk of urinary tract infections, prevention of certain types of cancer, improved immune function, and decreased blood pressure.
  1. Tender Coconut Smoothie: Tender coconut water is a natural, nutrient-rich isotonic drink. It is high in electrolytes, chlorides, potassium, and magnesium and has a moderate amount of sugar, sodium and protein. It’s also a good source of dietary fiber, manganese, calcium, riboflavin and vitamin C.
  1. Cucumber Juice: Cucumbers contain multiple B vitamins, including vitamin B1, vitamin B5, and vitamin B7 (biotin). B vitamins are known to help ease feelings of anxiety and buffer some of the damaging effects of stress. Cucumbers are rich in two of the most basic elements needed for healthy digestion: water and fiber
  1. Fresh Tomato Salads: As an excellent source of the strong antioxidant called Lycopene, Vitamin C, and other antioxidants, tomatoes can help combat the formation of free radicals known to cause cancer.
  1. Fresh Fig Salads: Figs are high in natural sugars, minerals, and soluble fiber. They are rich in minerals including potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron and copper and are a good source of antioxidant Vitamins A, E and K that contribute to health and wellness.

If you have never tried a raw food detox diet, now is the time. Give it a go and do let us know how it helps you! Before you begin any diet plan or try any of the above, do check with your doctor, nutritionist or dietitian in case you have any allergies. For more tips, guidance and queries on nutrition, speak to a certified expert by subscribing to GOQii’s Personalised Health Coaching here.

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October 3, 2021 By Hajra Mithani 1 Comment

Healthy Eating Tips To Detox The Body

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Are you looking to detox your body before the Navratri festivities begin? If you’re planning to indulge or go off your healthy routine for a while, it would be great to take these few days to detox the body. It is a good opportunity to give your body a break. Take these steps to detox the body, clean out your GI tract and provide your body with the nutrients it needs to thrive. You can also follow these steps post festivities. 

What is Detoxification?  

Detoxification is the process of cleansing our body from chemicals, waste, toxins, and harmful substances. Our body has its own internal detoxification system through our liver, kidneys, colon, skin, lungs and lymph glands. However, when our body becomes overloaded with toxic substances, such as from pollution, a poor diet of fast food, alcohol, medications, illness and stress, it needs help in rebooting so it can function optimally again.

In essence, detox is all about eating a diet that supports and improves the functioning of our liver. Unlike popular belief, detoxification is not about weight loss alone. It’s mainly about helping and supporting your body to get rid of all the waste through proper dietary choices. It is beneficial for one and all.

Who Needs To Detox The Body? 

Anyone who is suffering from unexplained fatigue, dull skin and hair, allergies, tired and puffy eyes, menstrual irregularities, and feelings of anxiety and depression. This also includes people suffering from constipation as it’s likely to be a result of harmful toxins lingering in your body, preventing the absorption of essential nutrients – and when this happens your immune system will not fight bacteria efficiently resulting in colds and flu most often.

Benefits of Detox 

  • Removes toxins from the body
  • Improves digestive health: The digestive system is one of the most critical areas of the body. It’s where nutrients from the food you consume are absorbed, keeping your body functioning as it should.
  • Mindfulness
  • Increase in energy
  • Control food cravings
  • Micronutrient bonus

What To Consume To Detox the Body? 

1. Natural Detox Waters

  • Lemon water consumed with black salt immediately improves digestion, cleanses your liver and maintains PH levels of the body.
  • Coconut water has composition that mimics our plasma and helps clear out impurities from blood.
  • Water infused with cinnamon sticks overnight and having it the next day.
  • Water infused with cumin seeds, coriander seeds, ajwain and fennel seeds overnight and having it next day
  • Water infused with 1 inch ginger, slices of orange, mint/tulsi leaves overnight or you can simply use any sliced fruit and sliced vegetable and herbs.

2. Smoothies 

  • Green Smoothie: Grind cucumber, parsely, celery, pineapple and chia seeds together and have it replacing your breakfast
  • Green Juice: Grind kale, spinach, broccoli, mint leaves, apple/pineapple and have it in your mid meals
  • Mango Smoothie: Grind 1 mango with almonds and have it replacng your breakfast
  • Apple Date Smoothie: Grind 1 apple, 2-3 dates, water and mint leaves and replace it with your breakfast.
  • Orange Banana Smoothie: Grind banana and orange or strawberry and banana with 1 tbsp of yogurt and ice cubes and replace it with breakfast.

3. Soups

  • Lemon and Coriander Soup (you can add chicken if you’re a non-vegetarian) 
  • Beetroot and carrot soup
  • Tomato and carrot soup
  • Zucchini and broccoli soup
  • Green moong soup
  • Spinach and carrot soup
  • Egg soup
  • Corn soup

4. Salads

  • Sprouts salad
  • Moong salad
  • Green salad

For an entire list of raw detox salads, click here: https://goqii.com/blog/9-raw-food-diet-that-are-tasty-and-healthy/

Replace your aloo paratha with moong chilla and your maida pancakes with oats pancakes. Avoid milk and milk products, refined flours and oils, breads, pasta, sugar, fried foods, packaged foods, pickles, papad and junk food. Once a month try doing a complete detox by replacing your meals with smoothies, soups, salads, chillas and infused water. Make the most of this precious time by cleansing your body. 

We hope this article helps you. For more tips to detox the body, check out Healthy Reads or ask your GOQii Coach directly by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

Stay home, stay safe, detox the body and #BeTheForce 

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