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Investing in a detox health retreat is a great way to kickstart your health journey. A Personalised Health detox will help you even more, by taking into account your individual health status, needs and goals, and tailoring an approach accordingly to maximise the health benefits for you.
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In this article, we will take a closer look at how different aspects of a detox health retreat can help with weight management as well as other health concerns.
Juice fasting
Juice fasting is a popular component of many detox health retreats and is advocated as an effective way to help your body to pre-digest nutrients, thereby increasing absorption, giving your digestive system a break and reducing the stress on the body’s natural detoxification processes. Naturally reducing your overall toxicity level enhances the body’s repair and healing mechanisms, helping to restore optimal functioning.
Whilst cleansing and detoxing your body, juice fasting also fills you up so you don’t feel hungry, making it easier to abstain from food.
One study looked into changes in gut microbiota induced by juicing and its role in terms of health benefits. The study involved a 3 day vegetable/fruit juice regimen, followed by 14 days of normal eating. The study observed significant decrease in weight and body mass index from day 4 which was maintained until day 17, thought partly to be due to the prebiotic-like effect of the fruit/vegetable juices positively influencing the balance of the intestinal microbiome.
As well as aiding with weight management, other health benefits of juice fasting include improved digestion, regular bowel movements, reduced IGF-1 and blood sugar levels, lowered blood pressure, decreased impact of oxidative stress, improved mitochondrial function, and overall enhanced health and wellbeing.
Juicing and fasting may be recommended, and will be tailored according to your personal situation and unique health needs. Amchara’s health team can create and prescribe a tailored super supplement programme to be followed during your retreat to maximise your body’s ability to heal and recharge.
If juice fasting isn’t for you, you can still benefit from tailored meal plans on a detox health retreat. Meals can include healthy breakfasts, raw food, healthy mains and snacks, all personalised to provide you with optimum levels of nutrition during your stay, as well as inspiring you to make positive changes once you return home.
Personalised 360° Health
In the 21st century many factors can influence your health and wellbeing. 360° Health means taking a complete, whole person, tailored approach to you as an individual.
Personalised Health will take into account nutrition and lifestyle, as well as Functional Medicine and genetic testing. Amchara’s Personalised 360° Health approach can empower you to make long lasting, sustainable change, achieve optimal health, and boost your wellbeing and happiness.
This approach results in better health management, both in terms of particular health conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, gut problems and hormone balance, as well as managing weight, and reducing stress and anxiety.
Our experienced Personalised Health practitioners combine naturopathic principles with Functional Medicine, working with you to review your relationship with nutrition together with interactions between genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors, which can influence both your long term health and the development of complex chronic disease.
Your Personalised Health retreat can include advanced Functional Medicine laboratory tests to measure your genetics, hormones and your gut health, enabling you to better understand your individual circumstances and achieve optimal health.
Stress management
Reducing your stress levels has a beneficial effect on your overall wellbeing. Chronic stress – prolonged and constant stress – can be caused by many different factors and can have detrimental effects on your health if left unresolved.
At a detox health retreat you will be immersed in a supportive and nurturing environment that enables you to switch off, relax, detox and kickstart your health journey. At Amchara you can revitalise and re-energise your body and mind with state of the art spa facilities, health treatments and exercise classes, as well as swimming, yoga and meditation. Enjoy the far infrared sauna (FIRS), which can help increase blood circulation and relieve inflammation and soreness, promoting relaxation, as well as reducing your body’s chemical load.
Healing body work such as lymph massages can aid the detoxification process, help you relax, and relieve stress and pain. Although research is limited, it is thought that massage therapy, particularly deep tissue massage, which encourages lymphatic flow and circulation as well as improving metabolism, can also help with facilitating weight and management.
There is a wealth of research and evidence on the relationship between physical activity and stress, one aspect of which is the positive effect increased physical activity can have in reducing stress. Exercise reduces your body’s stress hormones, as well as stimulating the production of endorphins, chemicals that act as natural painkillers and mood elevators.
Additionally, if you increase your levels of physical activity you will also be increasing your overall expenditure of energy, which can help with weight management and decrease total body fat.
Creating good habits
We understand that it is important to help you develop long term habits to underpin your health now and for the future. Our mission is to help you ‘Change for Good’ and empower you to improve your lifestyle and health.
Educational talks and raw food preparation classes are delivered by our experienced Personalised Health practitioners and can help build your knowledge and understanding of different aspects of health.
We also offer 1:1 psychological and emotional support, and health and wellbeing coaching to help you plan how to build healthy habits. This can include identifying what your triggers and unhealthy patterns might be, what your health goals are, how you can plan to change your surroundings to avoid temptation, and tie your ‘new’ habit to an existing one, enlist the support of family and friends, chart your progress and look forward to a more positive, healthy future.
We want to enable you to feel empowered to make long-lasting, sustainable changes to your daily life and health outcomes.
Takeaway
Why not come to Amchara for a relaxing detox health retreat in the tranquil surroundings of the English countryside in Somerset?
With expert advice on hand from our experienced practitioners, you can benefit from personalised health advice, tailored to your needs and goals to help you maximise your health gains.
Or if it’s difficult to find time to get away, why not try Amchara Juicery – cold-pressed, nutritious juices delivered to your door to help you boost your health, naturally. Created by Amchara’s expert in-house health team, you can enjoy a range of fresh, organic juice cleanses (and super soups) at home.
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