Why not eat your way to a better life?
Chase away sluggishness and conquer the blues while having better mental clarity by focusing on cleansing with superfoods. Let’s look at 15 foods that naturally help you detox so you can feel better:
1. Greens. You may not
be getting enough bitter and sour components in your diet, so consider eating bitter greens like kale, watercress, arugula and mustard – and even dandelion greens. In addition to detoxifying, they’re nutritious as well.
2. Lemon. Simmer lemon juice with cucumber and mint to make a nice drink. Or just squeeze a bit of lemon into your water. You get vitamin C plus magnesium, potassium, copper and more – and lemon helps you better absorb calcium and iron. Since it’s a mild diuretic, it can help you get rid of toxins and water weight too.
3. Herbal teas. Different herbs perform different specific functions, but many help with detoxifying. Bupleurum – or thorow wax – is a great herbal choice for clearing toxins from your body.
4. Bone broth. Simmering bones to make broth – like grandmothers used to do – is in again. Bone broth has been shown to help with leaky gut syndrome, improving joint health is improving the immune system. Plus, it’s high in amino acids including glycine, which helps with liver detoxifying. Add veggies and apples for even more punch.
5. Water. Nothing’s better for flushing the waste from your system than water. Need we say more?
6. Macha. Known to be anti-carcinogenic, macha is best in a green tea drink form. The taste is mild, grassy and perhaps a bit bitter. And it makes a great drink hot or cold.
7. Beets. Beets produce nitric acid, which increases blood flow. They’re filled with vitamins and other healthy things too. Consider adding beet juice to your regular juices – along with baby greens, grapefruit, apples, celery and more.
8. Salads. In addition to greens, salads can contain hemp or chia seeds, radishes, fennel and other ingredients that are good for you and detoxify too. Dress with only oil and lemon juice for the best
taste and a detoxing boost.
9. Seaweed. More dense in nutrients than just about any other veggie, seaweed contains antioxidants as well polyphenols and fucoxanthin. Try several varieties to find ones you like and add diversity to your diet.
10. Turmeric. Add this spice to eggs, casseroles or just to a glass of water or juice and chug it down. Any way you like it, turmeric is a Chinese medicine staple that has been used to treat liver and digestive problems for centuries and can help detox your life by increasing the gallbladder’s bile production.
And the list goes on and on. What do you like? Let avocados or artichokes work their magic on you. Pineapple has detoxing power too. And we mentioned fennel, didn’t we?
One trick to staying detoxified is to add a wide range of detox foods to your diet whenever you can. Don’t get stuck in a rut, in other words. Whenever you can, have something new from this list – and always choose extra helpings of foods that you know can help your body instead of hurting it.
You can also use BodyPure detox foot pads to help clean impurities like heavy metals from your system. Use them regularly or when you’re feeling run down, sluggish or muddled.
No matter what you eat, you’re sure to consume some things that you shouldn’t. Regularly eating detoxing foods and using detox products helps you undo the damage and move forward with the best possible life – and create the best version of yourself.
