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Spring clean your body!
Spring clean your closet? Why not spring clean your body through detox!
By Cary Galloway
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Step 1: Drink a glass of warm water and freshly squeezed lemon juice ½ hour before breakfast. This helps to increase bile flow to help the liver breakdown excess fat and eliminate excess toxins.
Step 2: Add a touch of chlorophyll to your daily tea or to a glass of water in the middle of the day. Chlorophyll is a wonderful detoxifier, derived from alfalfa. It acts as an antioxidant, supporting cellular health and increasing red blood cell production; which helps to boost energy levels as well.
Step 3: Incorporate more fibre into your diet to help regulate bowel movements and eliminate excess toxins. Oat bran or ground flaxseeds on top of cereals, in applesauce or in smoothies are a great way to get more fibre!
Step 4: Start adding liver friendly foods to your diet such as beets, carrots, celery, lemons, turmeric, rosemary, cumin and curries.
Step 5: Try to eliminate or at least limit your consumption of potential allergenic foods for a period of 4-10 days. These foods include refined sugars, MSG, dairy, oranges, chocolate, soy, peanuts, yeast, caffeine, alcohol and simple starches (anything white). Wheat should also be avoided. Good alternatives include 100% rye bread, Ezekiel bread, brown rice, quinoa, barley, oats and millet.
Step 6: Finally, try to give your digestive system a break by following a 1-5 day liquid cleanse. In this time frame you can have anything you want as long as it is in liquid form, and free from simple sugars and preservatives. Good suggestions include soups (pureed), smoothies, 100% fruit and vegetables juices, and organic broths. Flax, sesame or pumpkin seed oil can also be added to smoothies or soups. Also, be sure to remember that caffeine and alcohol isn't on the list .... disappointing, I know!
Cary Galloway, CNP, RNCP, B.Kin is a Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner (RNCP) and also holds her designation as a Certified Nutritional Practitioner. She has been working in the health field since 2001 when she obtained a degree in Kinesiology and Health Promotion from Acadia University. Caring For You Inc.
consciouscooking@yahoo.ca
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