Detoxing With Raw Food

Detoxing With Raw Food

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It is absolutely essential for everyone to do a detox every once in a while, especially after a holiday season, or a period of time where cooked and other processed foods have been consumed regularly.

A raw food detox will simply help to get all the nasty foods and harmful toxins out of the body, so that the body can heal itself, or prevent diseases from creeping up.

The best way to do a detox, or to take detoxification to the next level, is a juice fast, but for some doing a juice fast may not seem right, especially for those who have never fasted before. And for them I recommend going on a strictly raw food detox for at least 2 weeks or longer, and if possible remain on the raw food diet.

Raw foods are high in fiber which will promote bowel movements, thus cleansing the digestive system. Plus they are high in nutrients which will restore the body back to health.

To get started on the raw food detox, you simply start eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with raw nuts and seeds. You can make the change gradually where every day you eat more raw foods than you did the previous day. You can also make the change in one day, but this will be hard on your body.

Your goal is to eliminate all cooked, baked, processed, and fast foods, refined sugars, and animals products. This includes milk, caffeine, canned or bottled juices, and bread. These are the foods which made you toxic in the first place, and that is why you need to avoid them at all costs. Alcohol and cigarettes should also be avoided during this time of cleansing.

To start your day, begin with a fruit or vegetable smoothie, some apples, or any other fruits you may like. For lunch you can have some nuts and more fruits and vegetables, and for supper a leafy green vegetable salad with lettuce or kale is ideal. If you like smoothies and prefer to get your greens that way, by all means drink as many smoothies as you like, and the same goes for anything else; if you like lettuce, or garden salads then eat as many as you like.

The important thing however is to get a variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet, but the most important are the leafy greens like kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, and broccoli; the more of these you can eat the better.

Blueberries, strawberries, plums, oranges, and grapes are also great for consumption during a raw food detox.

Last but not least, you want to make sure to eat lots of garlic. Garlic is a great detoxifier and will help to cleanse your body from the inside out.

About the Author:
For information on healthy living and tasty raw and living food recipes visit LivingFood101.

For information on detoxifying visit How to Detoxify.



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