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Friday, October 30, 2009

A Good, Healthy, Natural Detox

By Michael Giggs

You don't need to starve yourself to achieve the benefits of a detox diet. Doing so will actually make you even less healthy. Instead of depriving yourself by eating and drinking less, you should be concentrating your efforts on eating and drinking healthy, wholesome 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.

There are many fruits you can choose from so try as many as you can. Ones to consider include apples, bananas, grapes, tangerines, avocados, blackcurrants, cherries, clementines, dates, chestnuts, figs, grapefruit, blackberries, kiwifruit, limes, mandarins, oranges, raspberries, blueberries, nectarines, lemons, pineapples, pomegranates, melons, red currants, peaches, strawberries, plums, tomatoes or apricots.

For vegetables, there is just as a wide a choice: aubergine, beetroot, asparagus, broccoli, broad beans, carrots, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, courgette, eggplant, cucumber, cress, haricot beans, gherkin, green pepper, green beans, parsnips, peas, potatoes, red peppers, pumpkin, spinach, rhubarb, spring onions, runner beans, turnips, sweet corn, water cress, swede, and yellow pepper.

Consuming plenty of seeds, nuts, fiber, beans and grain, is another important step in detox dieting. The following items are particularly beneficial: lentils, walnuts, buckwheat, brown rice, quinoa, pinto beans, wholemeal pasta, millet, chickpeas, cereal, rice cakes, mung beans, baked beans, almonds, kidney beans, cashews, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, and pumpkin seeds.

Now for food types to avoid. As part of a healthy detox diet, try not to eat anything that contains sugar, processed meat, red meat, pastry, breads, wheat and any dairy products. Though they may not be outright bad for you, they are more difficult for your body to digest and process. - 17273

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