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A Cleansing Diet for the New Year

December 31, 2009 on 9:45 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Our environment and diets contain an overwhelming variety of chemical substances, some of which are toxic to our body even in limited amounts, and many of which are hard on our body’s natural cleansing processes. As well as doing a few body detox programs a year, you can keep up a trim and healthy body by adapting your normal routine diet toward a cleansing diet. In addition to providing year round body cleansing, a cleansing diet will help you maintain better health, greater energy and mood, and a respectable weight. Many people have reported permanent weight loss with a cleansing diet.

The most simple way to convert to a cleansing diet that will help you lose weight and keep it off is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and limit your consumption of fatty foods, processed foods and sugary foods. Here are a few rules of thumb for what foods to include in your cleansing diet:

2-5 pieces of fresh fruit every day. Go light on bananas and dried fruits. Dried fruits should be soaked overnight. Citrus fruits are the most cleansing. Learn about the lemon detox diet.

2 salads every day, at lunch and dinner.

2 servings of Grilled chicken (not fried!), fish or tofu for your protein. Lean beef occasionally.

4 oz. of vegetable juice several times a week. The best vegetables are cucumber, celery, carrot, beets and parsley. If you don’t have the time or equipment to make your own vegetable juice, purchase it fresh in a big quantity, portion it into 2 oz servings and freeze for future consumption.

Sea vegetables (seaweed) regularly. Ground dulse and kelp are easy to use. They can be used as a salt substitute.

Finally, drink more water. Go for a gallon a day of fresh, filtered water. Some of your daily quota can include unsweetened herbal tea. No sugared drinks. Sodas and bottled juices do not hydrate, they just add more substances to your body’s filtration system.