We usually think about detox at the beginning of spring, when, waking up from hibernation, we begin to clean our feathers. But a regular detox never hurts, and at the end of the summer, a time-out for the body to achieve physical and energy balance is especially good.
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After a cycle of detoxification comes pep, freshness of the mind. And a couple of unnecessary kilograms go away. And there is nothing complicated in detox, and the principle of the program is as follows: a light diet allows the body not to spend enormous energy on digesting food, but to devote all its strength to its recovery. And besides that, to put it bluntly, there are good bad bacteria in our gut. So the bad ones, who feed on sugar and yeast, without receiving this food, die. And the good ones, who need fiber, on the contrary, get stronger — and during the detox, we just eat fiber-rich foods.
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Well, another nice bonus of detox is that when you reduce the calorie content of the diet, fat is burned, a well-known accumulator of toxins.
The optimal duration of a home detox program is 3–7 days.
Drink: a lot of liquid. Drink water, water with lemon, water brewed with dandelion, nettle, rosemary. For 500 ml of hot water — a pinch of leaves. Before going to bed, drink chamomile tea, it calms the nerves, improves digestion, relieves heaviness in the stomach. In the morning, a glass of warm water with lemon will wash away toxins and food debris from the walls of the stomach and intestines, “wake up” the liver and speed up metabolism, replenish moisture balance. But cold water, instead of activating the metabolism, will block it.
Food: Delete meat, eggs, coffee, chocolate, sugar, flour and dairy products from the menu. Include white rice in the menu (due to the high content of potassium, it effectively eliminates toxins and excess salt), raw, stewed and baked vegetables, seafood. Eat 3–5 times a day for 100–150 g.
Spices: add fennel seeds to your meals. They not only give dishes a spicy flavor, but also lower blood sugar levels, help the liver, kidneys and spleen.
Scrub and a hard leather brush should be used daily.
Physical exercise enhance the effect of the detox program: movement improves blood circulation and speeds up metabolism. But it is better to refuse excessive loads and exhausting workouts.
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Vegetable smoothies — it’s elementary
- Cucumber — mint — apple. The result is a low-calorie, tasty cocktail with optimal acidity. Use mint more often, it perfectly satisfies hunger and helps to cope with swelling.
- Cucumber — parsley. Everything ingenious is simple! This combination goes great in the summer, in the heat. Cucumber will provide nourishing moisture, and parsley — a daily dose of such valuable carotene.
- Carrot — kiwi — ginger — apple. Perfectly tones, speeds up the metabolism, this smoothie is rich in minerals. There is a lot of vitamin C here, the lack of which is observed in every second person in the world.
- Celery — pear — cucumber. The most effective cocktail in the fight against extra pounds. Celery plays a particularly important role here.
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Pumpkin puree soup
Ingredients: 700 g pumpkin pulp, 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, 200 ml milk, ½ large apple, 2 carrots, 900 ml water, 2 onions, 2 tbsp. l. low fat sour cream.
Cooking
Coarsely chop the vegetables (put the ginger aside for now) and, stirring, simmer the carcasses in oil for about 10 minutes. Add stewed vegetables to boiling water, bring to a boil and add chopped ginger. Boil over low heat for 15 minutes. When the soup has cooled, grind it with a blender, gradually introducing milk. Before serving, put a low-fat sour cream cut into strips of an apple a day.
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