Expert Reveals The Secrets To A Successful Detox

January is a popular time to detox. Image: Thinkstock

Make your detox last the whole year with dietitian Christy Harrison's expert tips.

It’s January. Congratulate yourself. You’ve weathered another gut-busting season of family roasts, Christmas cake and chocolates. You may feel awful, but at least you’re still standing. Time for a detox!

Yahoo Food spoke with Harrison —a registered dietitian nutritionist, former editor of Gourmet.com, and creator of food and psychology podcast Food Psych —about ways to start feeling like your un-bloated self again.

"I do think people tend to overeat during the holidays, and maybe they get bloated and constipated and feel a little off," she told us. "Maybe they’ve been eating foods that leave their blood sugar spiked, like sweets or alcohol." However, Harrison warned that eating a lot of a single food—a ton of kale, or a juice "cleanse," for instance—isn’t just an unsustainable diet, it’s one apt to turn you into a seriously grumpy person.

Turns out Harrison isn’t a fan of the word “detox” at all. “[It’s] thrown around a lot, and that word, ‘toxins,’ really gets under my skin,” she said. There’s a lot of debate about what is and isn’t a toxin, and Harrison thinks some “detox” diets are misguided.

Instead, she suggested adhering to the following set of rules for year-long healthy living. And if you want a “detox,” only be militant about them for a month. No exercise belt required.

PHOTOS: Christy Harrison's Six Sensible Detox Rules

PHOTOS: Six Sensible Detox Rules

[Read more at Yahoo Food]