Even in the best of times, getting sick for many Americans has been a path to bankruptcy. Now, as we head into an uncertain economic future, we are even less able to afford to get sick. Yet if we continue to follow "doctor’s orders" we will find ourselves at the mercy of a disease-oriented healthcare enterprise that is on its way to consuming 20% of our total economy. We just cannot afford it. What is a person to do? Fortunately, there are viable, low-cost, self-help options immediately at hand.

Prevention is our escape lane from the runaway healthcare juggernaut. It is how we can avoid the expense and suffering of disease. Why wait until we get sick to pay attention to our health?

It has always made more sense to prevent disease than to sit back and wait for it to land on us, but never more so than now. Medical doctors get paid for treating diseases – prevention is not their thing. Fortunately, there is a huge amount you can do for yourself to prevent and reduce disease with minimum expenses involved.

Top of the list is detoxifying your body. When you learn how to detox properly you will be able to take better charge of how you feel, you will enjoy more energy and mental clarity, and you will take a giant step towards optimum health and longevity. And, once you know how to detox, it does not need to cost you anything.

I know there are all kinds of products on the internet for detoxifying your body. They are not that expensive and many of them work quite well. Compared with the cost of getting sick, or even a visit to your doctor’s office, they are outright bargains. But who needs extra expense right now? So let’s look at how to detox without having to spend any extra money.

As soon as you stop introducing toxins into your body, your body’s natural response is to begin detoxifying itself. There’s nothing complicated about it. The problem for most of us is how to do something as simple sounding as stopping poisoning ourselves. Many of us crave sugar or junk food and find ourselves on a go-around we cannot get off. So it’s not as easy as "just saying no" to junk food, sodas, candies and all the rest of it, and then letting nature take its course. We need some help.

The best thing you can do to detoxify yourself is to hydrate your body properly. It will make it much easier for you to stop poisoning yourself - cravings will melt away without a lot of effort and the effects of good hydration through your body will be fast and truly profound.

Not just any water will do. Tap water is out of the question. The best water for this purpose is pure water with electrolytic minerals added to it. They will cost you pennies per day. The minerals improve your ability to absorb the water into your cells. They accelerate the effect. I know of no single thing that can have greater benefit for your health.

Any detox program or product that you buy should be used in combination with proper hydration. Otherwise, you can wind up feeling worse instead of better! It is vital. The fact is, good hydration is often enough to turn the tide, all on its own. It is so affordable, its results are so far-reaching, it has to be experienced to be believed.