A Good, Healthy, Natural Detox

You don’t need to starve yourself and deprive yourself of food and drink to undertake a successful, healthy detox diet. If you don’t give your body the energy that it needs, you’ll end up creating more health problems than you solve. Rather than reducing the amount you consume, you instead need to opt for alternatives that are better for you.

Instead of eating just 2 or 3 large meals a day, try eating 4-6 smaller meals ones. Do so at consistent times each day and look to have your largest meal in the morning as opposed to the late afternoon or evening.

Whether they’re canned, dried, fresh or frozen, fruits and vegetables are fundamental to a healthy detox diet. You should have five portions of them a day at a minimum.

There are many fruits you can choose from so try as many as you can. Ones to consider include apples, bananas, grapes, tangerines, avocados, blackcurrants, cherries, clementines, dates, chestnuts, figs, grapefruit, blackberries, kiwifruit, limes, mandarins, oranges, raspberries, blueberries, nectarines, lemons, pineapples, pomegranates, melons, red currants, peaches, strawberries, plums, tomatoes or apricots.

For vegetables, there is just as a wide a choice: aubergine, beetroot, asparagus, broccoli, broad beans, carrots, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, courgette, eggplant, cucumber, cress, haricot beans, gherkin, green pepper, green beans, parsnips, peas, potatoes, red peppers, pumpkin, spinach, rhubarb, spring onions, runner beans, turnips, sweet corn, water cress, swede, and yellow pepper.

Increase your intake of grains, beans, fiber, nuts and seeds. Specifically, increase your intake of quinoa, buckwheat, lentils, brown rice, millet, chickpeas, kidney beans, pinto beans, cereal, mung beans, wholemeal pasta, baked beans, cashews, almonds, flax seed, walnuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.

You want to avoid taking in too much sugar, wheat, processed or red meats, breads or pastries, and any types of dairy product. Though these foods aren’t considered entirely unhealthy, they can slow down the progress of your detox as they are more difficult for your body to process.