Friday, November 13th, 2009...12:34 am
Want To Detox? Do It The Healthy Way
You don’t need to deprive yourself of food and drink in order to perform a detox diet. In fact, you’ll harm your body rather than do it any good if you do that. Instead, you just need to be eating and drinking healthier alternatives.
Every day, you should look to eat four to six meals small portioned meals at consistent times. Have your largest meals at breakfast and lunch. and consume increasingly less as the day wears on. How you cook your food is also vitally important. Frying food is unhealthy, so choose grilling, steaming or baking instead.
Whether they’re canned, dried, fresh or frozen, fruits and vegetables are fundamental to a healthy detox diet. You should have five portions of them a day at a minimum.
Don’t limit yourself to just apples, bananas and oranges though. Also consider avocados, apricots, black currants, blueberries, blackberries, chestnuts, currants, cherries, clementines, figs, dates, grapes, gooseberries, lemons, kiwifruit, grapefruit, limes, melons, passion fruit, mangoes, nectarines, pomegranates, plums, pineapples, peaches, pears, redcurrants, raspberries, tangerines, tomatoes, and strawberries.
As for vegetables, choose from spring onions, asparagus, beetroot, brussels sprouts, gherkins, cabbage, potato, carrots, cauliflower, red pepper, celery, cress, radish, cucumber, green pepper, aubergine, haricot beans, lettuce, swede, marrow, onion, courgette, peas, green beans, parsnip, pumpkin, rhubarb, spinach, sweet corn, broad beans, runner beans, turnips, watercress or yellow pepper.
As well as fruits and vegetables, increase your consumption of fibre, beans, seeds, and nuts. The following are ideal, particularly as healthy snacks: rice cakes, buckwheat, brown rice, quinoa, mung beans, pinto beans, chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans, millet, cashews, almonds, baked beans, cereal, walnuts, sesame seeds, flaxseed, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.
You want to avoid taking in too much sugar, wheat, processed or red meats, breads or pastries, and any types of dairy product. Though these foods aren’t considered entirely unhealthy, they can slow down the progress of your detox as they are more difficult for your body to process.
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