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Foods That Promote Detoxification

Each one of us wants to enjoy full health and increase the vitality of our body. For this end, it is necessary to support the normal functions of the body through purification or detoxification.

Frequent consumption of large quantities of heavy, refined, complex and processed foods leads to accumulation of many toxins in the body. This hampers the normal functioning of the glands and organs, and consequently leads to a variety of symptoms of disease.


There are several types of detox programs.

Depending on the desired degree of purification can be used a variety of foods, which promote detoxification.

Fruits and vegetables are the most beneficial, useful and powerful cleansing foods. They not only detoxificate, but recover the body. Fruits and vegetables can be consumed whole and prepared as a juice.

Juice therapy is a powerful means for detoxification. It can be accomplished only by the consumption of fruit juices or it may be combined with vegetable juices. The strongest purifying fruits are grapes, cherries, watermelon, apples, oranges, lemons and grapefruit.

You can practice mono fruit relaxing diet, which comprises from one type of fruit or rotation of fruits in a period of time during the day.

Fruit juices can be combined with vegetable juices in various combinations: between different fruits, between vegetables and between fruits and vegetables. Such combinations are: carrots and cabbage, carrots and red beets, carrots and apples, apples and beetroot, apples and leafy vegetables. When you do juice therapy it is advisable to drink juice at least every 2 hours and consume 300 to 800 ml. per intake.

Whole fruits. Another method for detoxification is the fruit tea diet (method оf the famous Bulgarian naturopath Lydia Kovatcheva). It alternates one type of fruit every 4 hours and between them drink herbal tea with minimal amounts of honey. In some cases, it is advisable that the tea is without honey. It is better to consume seasonal fruits. Recommended fruits are: only cherries, grapes, apples. Each fruit of the above mentioned will purify the body and give a different result.

Cherries purify the blood.

Grapes are extremely useful in cancer.

Apples alkalize the body quickly and facilitate the functions of the heart.

Lemon juice brings uric acid out of the body and treats a wide number of chronic diseases. Helps with gout and rheumatism.
 

Carrot and cabbage juice brings bad cholesterol out of the body, normalizing lipid metabolism.

Apple and beetroot juice helps the adequate functioning of the liver.

Juice from apples and leafy vegetables restores our tissues.
 

If you want to purify your body with ease you can add to the juices and fruits different vegetables in the form of salads. Most suitable are seasonal and fresh vegetables. Favorable combinations are:

• green salad with cucumber, tomato, peppers and radishes

• carrots and cabbage

• carrots and beetroot

• tomatoes and cucumbers.

For weaker organisms we recommend adding of various kinds soaked and sprouted seeds such as alfalfa, Chinese bean , arugula and broccoli, sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and hemp seed.

To help detoxification of the body, which is strongest in the morning, it is recommended at this time to take large amount of hot water. You can then consume the juice of 1 type of seasonal fruit. This will facilitate and support the detoxifying effect.

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