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The gastrointestinal tract is usually the first line of defense against toxins. Therefore, supporting healthy digestion is key to a healthier you. But how does a detox work? And how do you do it?

Whether you want to treat an existing condition or just clear out your system, these articles can help you learn how.

Quick Reads

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Detox Action Plan

Get the most out of your detoxification regimen.

Allergy Test: How to Go on an Elimination Diet

An elimination diet could help you find hidden food allergies.

Help For Those With Gas

Pass on gas with prevention and treatment—before embarrassing GI tract problems occur.

Foie Facts

These facts about liver disease may surprise you.

Sneaky Sources of Gluten

Gluten can lurk in unexpected places. Staying gluten-free means being aware of hidden gluten sources.

Holiday Heartburn Helpers

Recipes that can help your digestion

Ask The Doctor: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Dr. Robert Rountree advises on thyroiditis and natural solutions.

Get Ahead of the Pain

The following vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients help prevent headaches. If pain is often your problem, consider adding these to your daily diet.

Health Matters—Fun Find: Green Defense

If you still want a daily dose of detoxifying green foods, especially when you can’t eat enough veggies, try Jarrow’s Green Defense

Web Exclusive—Author Chat—Some like it raw

Join our discussion with Gabrielle Chavez, author of The Raw Food Gourmet. She dishes on why raw foodies need less sleep, how to go raw during a deadline crunch, and ways the raw diet can satisfy everyone.

A Gentle Fast Can Help Recharge

Times of major life transitions are unfortunately often accompanied by major stress on the body, including the digestive system.

Enhance Immunity With Indian Gentian

Indian Gentian (Andrographis paniculata) has been renowned for thousands of years in India for its anti-infectious and detoxifying properties.

Lighten Your Liver’s Load

If there is one organ that rarely gets the attention or recognition it deserves, it’s the liver.

Science Sees the Light

Alternative medicine practitioners have long held that with a little help, the human immune system possesses the power to heal itself of even the gravest conditions.

Too much of a Good Thing?

If you've been eating lots of salmon to reap the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, here's something you may want to consider:

Read All About It

This section delves deep into the heart of the matter. Click below to read in-depth investigations, article features, cover stories, and the inspirational journeys of others.

Detox the Right Way

Extreme cleanses can deplete your body. Here are three safer ways to lose weight, gain energy, and flush out toxins.

Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Get Off the ’Rhoids

You can soothe hemorrhoids naturally.

Keep Your Kidneys Healthy

Improve kidney function and learn why they are so important to your health.

Gluten-Free Made Easy

Eating gluten-free can transform your health

Gut Feeling

Your emotional state controls your digestion more than you think.

Move Over OJ!

Drink up your daily dose of superfuit for a powerful morning kick start!

Eat to Beat Inflammation

These seven foods can help you beat inflammation.

Fight Food Poisoning

Bounce back from food poisoning faster with these gentle cures.

Healing Foods—Inside Scoop: Kombucha

The health benefits of kombucha tea include removing toxins from the body and taming overgrowths of Candida yeast.

Out with the Old In with the New

No need to make resolutions you’ll never keep. Instead ease into 2007 with this gentle winter cleanse that will clear out last year’s toxins and fortify your body, mind, and home for the year ahead.

Natural Radiance—Desert Revival

Ancient cleansing rituals for inner and outer clarity

Studies in Hope

The power of positive thinking may seem trite, but for these four real-life survivors, a can-do attitude makes all the difference. That and the help of alternative medicine, of course.

Natural Radiance—Cleanse your skin with a detox diet

Radiance From the Inside Out
Get glowing skin with a nutrient-rich, detoxifying cleanse.

Rejuvenating Heat Baths

Feel the Heat
Sweating it out in saunas and steam

Fasting Away Arthritis Pain

Opinions about the causes of arthritis may vary, but one thing remains clear: Your body can’t heal itself unless you reduce the load of toxins it carries.

Baby Food (for you)

Increase fertility through better nutrition.

DeTox, Deconstructed

Toxins abound in today’s world. Here’s some advice from the experts on how to rid your body of these noxious invaders.

Nourishing Body

Restore vitality: take simple steps to cleanse and detoxify

Does Today’s World Cause Breast Cancer?

Activists have been saying so for years—and scientists are finally paying attention. Here’s how to protect yourself.

The Food Lover’s Guide to Fasting

Want to live longer, stave off deadly diseases, and sharpen your mind? Fasting can help. And it’s easier than you think.

Ask The Doctor

Everyone can use good advice. Below, we've gathered top queries and answers for you. Don't see the answer to your question? Email us and our team of experts with respond!

Ask The Doctor: Bloating, Gas, and Abdominal Discomfort

Natural tips to relieve bloating, including how to change your diet, and use probiotics, enzymes, and herbs.

Ask the Doctor: Living With Gilbert’s Syndrome

Dr. Robert Rountree advises on Gilbert’s Syndrome, thyroiditis, and postpartum depression.

Detox from Chemo

An ayurvedic doctor answers this question: Over the past few years, I’ve had surgery and chemo for cancer. How can I restore my immune and hormonal systems?

Chinese herbs for PMS

How Traditional Chinese Medicine treats PMS.

Q&A with David Simon, MD

Q&A

Recipes

Isn't it wonderful that your food can be your "medicine"? All the recipes below include ingredients that act positively on your body for this condition. The bonus? Each one is delicious!

Detoxifying Vegetable Soup

A detoxifying vegetable soup recipe to help increase fertility through better nutrition.

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