A Healthy Curiosity

7-Day Clean Eating Detox - an Ayurvedic and Functional Medicine approach

12.04.2019 - By Brodie Welch, L.Ac.Play

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Living in today's industrialized society, we're exposed to environmental toxins that can overload our systems. Combine that with the junk in processed foods and it becomes more important than ever to do the occasional dietary reset. Dr. Alejandro Junger was forced to learn this lesson himself and has been endeavoring to help others do the same ever since. While moving in the direction of living healthily requires effort, Dr. Junger has created programs that are an accessible on-ramp to help people take better care of themselves. Combining principles of functional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, his system goes further into helping find ways to reset and detoxify our bodies. On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity: How growing up in Uruguay and then moving to New York informed Dr. Junger's path The general mechanics of how toxic materials can build up in the body and how the body detoxifies Why our bodies can’t deal with the overload of toxins on their own Ways to support the pathways for detoxifying in our bodies Alejandro Junger, M.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of Clean, Clean Gut, Clean Eats, and most recently, Clean7. He completed his training in internal medicine at New York University Downtown Hospital and his fellowship in cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital. After his medical training, he studied eastern medicine in India.Now, in Clean7, he aims to make health transformations more accessible and easier to implement, especially for all whose fast-paced lifestyles means putting their health on the back burner.  Links: The Institute for Functional Medicine Connect With Dr. Junger: Website Articles by Dr. Junger Instagram Facebook -- Learn more about the Level Up program Free Balancing Yin and Yang Meditation

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