04/27/2026
One of the most common things patients tell me this time of year is that they feel like they are dragging. Not sick exactly, just not right. Energy is lower than it should be, digestion is sluggish, skin is not cooperating, and no matter how much they rest, they wake up feeling like they never quite recovered. Most people chalk it up to the end of a long winter, and they are not entirely wrong. But what is actually happening in many of these cases is that the body's detoxification system has been running on empty for months.
Your liver works around the clock to neutralize and eliminate what your body has been exposed to, from environmental toxins and heavy metals to the byproducts of stress hormones and processed food. It does this through a two-phase process that requires specific nutrients at each step. When those nutrients are in short supply, which they often are after a winter of heavier eating, less movement, and less sunlight, the system gets backed up. Toxins that should be leaving the body recirculate instead, and that is when people start feeling the way so many of my patients describe this time of year.
That is exactly why I wrote this article: Spring Cleaning: "For Your Body." It walks through how your liver actually processes and eliminates toxins, why both phases of that process have to work together, and the three pillars I use with my own patients to support a real, effective cleanse. Not a juice fast or a crash program, but a practical approach grounded in how detoxification actually works physiologically. If what I described above sounds familiar to you, I think it will answer a lot of questions you may not have even known to ask.
The link to the full article is in the comments below. Give it a read and let me know what you think.
To your health and happiness,
Dr. Mark.
