The hankering to detox comes on strong in springtime. For those that follow a seasonal lifestyle and diet, spring transitions us from the winter diet of carbs, pantry vegetables (squash, root veggies, grains), meat, and beans to verdant, bitter greensand freshly dug roots. We can feel our bodies switch gears as the warming weather encourages more activity and time spent outdoors. In the cyclical nature of health, this is the time to focus on your eliminatory organs—the liver, kidneys, skin—which you may have ignored during the colder months. Boosting the liver. Consider this organ the poster child of detoxification. Closely aligned with both the digestive and circulatory systems, the liver ceaselessly filters toxins and waste from the blood and stores it in the bladder.
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