Hashimoto\'s Thyroiditis Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause

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Approaches  to  Detox   

•    Vitamins and minerals necessary for proper liver function are

used to support the body’s internal detoxification pathway.

•    Detoxifying herbs are thought to bind toxins to help with

their breakdown and excretion. Some herbs also work by

stimulating the liver’s detoxifying ability.

•    Foods and diet: Clean diets give the body a break from being

burdened by toxins from foods, allowing the body to process

the backlog of accumulated toxins.

•    Fasting: In fasting, the body breaks down fat for fuel, which is

thought to help with eliminated wastes that accumulate in our

fat tissues.

•    Hydrotherapy: Hot water and baths stimulate blood circula-

tion through the liver, helping the liver filter out more toxins.

Toxins are also excreted through sweat.

•    Probiotics: Probiotics minimize harmful gut bacteria that

make toxins while helping preserve the protective intestinal lin-

ing, which enables toxic substances to pass through the diges-

tive track for elimination.

•    Sauna: The heat in saunas stimulates blood circulation and

sweating, allowing for more effective excretion of toxins.

•    Colonic irrigation: Flushing the colon with water and herbs is

believed to flush out toxins that accumulate in the lining of the

intestinal tract.

•    Toxin binding: When taken internally, fiber and clay are

thought to bind to toxins and heavy metals present in our

intestinal tract, aiding with their excretion from the body.

•    Exercise: Exercise helps with detoxification by increasing blood

and lymphatic flow throughout the body’s filtration system as

well as excreting toxins through sweat.

Adapted from Natural Standard Database.