If you are making changes to your nutritional habits for the new year, it's vital that you include specific movements to maximize your ability to fully rid yourself of the waste that builds up.

Every day our bodies are bombarded with toxins from both outside the body (exotoxins)—the polluted environment, medications, alcohol, cigarette smoke, car exhaust emissions and so on—as well as from toxins within it (endotoxins)—the byproducts of nutrient breakdown, hormones and bacterial waste products from the intestines.

The liver is not the only organ of detoxification. Quite the contrary, every cell in your body is cleaning its own house every nanosecond that you're alive. However, all of the body's systems depend to some extent on the detoxifying function of the liver. In fact, one of the greatest common misunderstandings about the liver is that we only need to support it when we drink alcohol.

The higher the temperature goes above the 'normal' 37 degrees C (98.6 degrees F), the more the body speeds up its natural defences against tumours, wounds and infections.

The foods, including rice bran, wheat germ oil, bee wax and sugar cane, contain octacosanol, which can reduce corticosterone levels in blood plasma, a known stress marker.

Not getting enough sleep on a regular basis can cause a build-up of plaque in the arteries, which causes them to stiffen and close up.

The standard theory of heart disease states that fatty foods cause the arteries to 'fur up' and narrow, but it's more to do with insomnia, say researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

The procedure seems to clear the head and stops people worrying or over-thinking when they get into bed, researchers have discovered.

These symptoms can last for years after the patient has been given the all-clear after successful high-dose antibiotic therapy.