April 23, 2008
Juice for Detox – 4 Reasons to Go Green
We live in a toxic world, and in addition to that we often do not nourish ourselves in an optimal way. We consume processed, denatured foods, grab and go breakfast bars, and well, lots of plain old junk food. To add insult to injury, for many people, most of what they eat is cooked, even the juice they drink, which completely robs it of its vitality and true ability to sustain the body.
Cooking adds new and novel substances into our systems that the body must labor to eliminate. Cooking meat for example creates mutagenic heterocyclic amines, known carcinogens. Wood smoke imparts your food with the delightful spice of… formaldehyde! I could go on, but I would most certainly run off the page.
What can you do to Reverse the Damage?
Some things you have little control over, such as the air quality of the environment in which you live. So what can you do to release some of the toxins from your body? You can moderate what you put into your mouth! This is something you do have an enormous amount of control over. Choose organic produce wherever possible, and strive to eat most or all of your food raw (we are talking about items from the plant kingdom here – I won’t comment on sushi).
In addition to your everyday diet, you can commit to a regular green juice detox program. You could do this once per month, or for more benefits, or follow my plan of a weekly detox by alternating this type of detox with the other ones that I recommend. Pick a day (or two) and consume nothing but green juice and water.
Benefits of a Green Juice Detox:
Number one, juice is easily assimilated, and when your system isn’t burdened with the energy consuming business of digestion, it’s free to direct that energy toward other tasks, namely eliminating waste, and tissue repair.
Number two, greens are replete with vitamins and minerals and will provide you with a big dose of much needed nutrition.
Number three, green vegetables are loaded with chlorophyll, a widely recognized purifying agent.
Number four, even juice contains enough fiber to assist in the removal of waste material from the digestive tract.
How to go About a Green Juice Detox:
You can use a combination of just about any leafy green, although plants from the mustard family are not really advisable due to their sometimes extreme pungency. Try celery, romaine, spinach, or kale. You can add some cucumber and a bit of sweet vegetable like carrot or beets to improve the flavour. Don’t go overboard with this – we are aiming for green juice.
You will want to consume it quickly as it will oxidize rapidly given that the plant cells will have been pulverized so ruthlessly. Lemon is a nice addition as well and can inhibit the oxidation to a certain degree.
Aim for two litres (64 oz) a day. Split this up over the course of the day. You may need to work up gradually to this. Listen to your body and use sound judgement. If you are not accustomed to eating much raw vegetable matter, too much juice could have unpleasant, shall we say, purging effects.
Drink at least a litre (32 oz) of water or more per day as well. This will assist in the flushing out of released toxins.
Regain Your Natural Energy!
You will be surprised by the energy that you can recoup once your digestive tract has been cleared of debris. This alone can have an amazing effect on how your body feels.
When your system is not clearing on a regular basis, this will eventually lead to a condition called autointoxication, wherein toxins are leached into the blood stream from putrefying food that has been sitting in the colon. This can create all sorts of nasty symptoms, and pardon my expression but, really make you feel like crap.
A regular green juice detox program is a simple method for fighting back against environmental pollution and poor dietary choices.
Rediscover your natural energy and vitality!
Frederic Patenaude
PS: If you’d like my complete list of 21 most powerful detox diets EVER, go to www.bestdetoxdiets.com
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