Keeping your body free of toxins, free radicals, and other nasty things that can end up in our insides is essential to maintaining a healthy life. Detoxing your body is the best way to keep yourself fit and fine. Well, detoxing is not as tough as you think; you only to improve your diet and consume snacks and foods that naturally help detox. Here are the top foods and snacks that detox your body:
AVOCADOS/AVOCADO CHIPS
Because of its fibre and antioxidant count this is a food that is making it onto more and more detox lists. Don’t think that the guacamole you can add to your meal at a fast food restaurant for 50 cents more is going to do the detox trick. Opt for organic avocados or baked avocado chips and consume them without any other ingredients to get the full benefit of their healthy content.
LEMON WATER/LEMONADE
Lemons are a great source of vitamin C, which is known to help the body detox and burn fat. Drinking water with lemon every morning is a way to alkalize the body and help with digestion.
GREENS
There are tons of ways to get leafy greens into your diet. You may eat them raw, throw them into a broth, add them to juices, or sauté them with a touch of olive oil. Leafy greens boost chlorophyll levels in the digestive tract, which helps the body get rid of environmental toxins like smog and herbicides.
APPLES
This fruit is filling, satisfying and it can help suppress unhealthy cravings. If a sneaky sugar craving creeps up when you’re detoxing, grab an apple. Green apples are especially good for decreasing appetite.
GRAPEFRUIT
The fibre and the nutrient-rich juices in a grapefruit pack a nice detox punch and can really get your body into action as far as detoxing goes. The big takeaway on grapefruit is that it gets your liver fired up and ready for action, while infusing the rest of your organs with nutrient-laden fruit juice. It’s a winner when it comes to detox foods.
FRESH FRUIT SALAD
Full of vitamins, antioxidants, fibre, and just about any other good thing you can name, fruit is a must for a healthy diet. After filling up your body with butter and booze, we can’t think of a better way to make amends than with a big fruit bowl. You can add some goat cheese to the fruit salad or just rock salt.
BEETS
When you’re detoxing beets will help by making sure that the toxins you’re getting out actually make it out of your body. Many detox cleanses go wrong when toxins are reintroduced to the body because they don’t make it all the way out. Beets also help with free-radicals, making them an anti-cancer aid.
GREEN TEA
How could anyone forget green tea in a detox regime? Green tea is high in catechin- a flavonoid which speeds up liver activity and increases the production of detoxification enzymes.