Essential Foods for a Healthy Detox

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If you think bland and tasteless food when someone utters the word ‘diet’, brace yourself. Things are about to change. Dieting in a smarter way can not just strengthen your body, but also tickle your taste buds.

A detox diet, in particular, can be extremely beneficial, especially if you are someone who is likely to indulge in foods and addictives. Some foods are equipped with the extraordinary ability to cleanse the inside of the body, get the organs oozing with health, and give your face an amazing glow. And that’s exactly what we’ve shortlisted here- surprisingly tasty detox foods that clear the inside junk.

Oranges and lemons: Loaded with vitamin C, oranges, lemons and lime are among the best foods that naturally aid the detoxification of the body. Just add the juice of a lime to a glass of warm water and pour a teaspoon of honey, and drink this every morning. It not just helps detoxification, but also burns the extra fat and makes your skin glow from within.

Greenies: No matter how much your children (and secretly you too) hate them, these greenies can do a lot in improving your health. For starters, they flush out toxins from the body and replace them by the essential minerals they provide, and if you do manage to sneak small bits of them in your soups and salads every day, you’ll notice a great difference in your health.

Watercress: A natural diuretic, watercress in your meals twice a week can stimulate the liver to flush away toxins and push the free radicals away from causing damage to your body.

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Cabbage: Known for its liver-cleansing properties, cabbage has been used to bring luck and happiness in many cultures of the world. Add around 75-100gms of cabbage to your glass of fruit juice. Don’t worry! your taste buds won’t know the difference.

Green tea: High water content is essential for a detox diet, and combined with the amazing goodness of green tea, it is bound to get your body back to its happy self. Enriched with the goodness of flavonoids, green tea extracts gently clear away the residual waste from the body and stimulate the flushing of toxins. The antioxidant catechin, present in green tea is thought to play an important role in stimulating and enhancing liver function.

Ginger and garlic: The ginger garlic paste you use to enhance the flavor of your dishes is actually helping your body cleanse from within. This duo possesses an unparalleled ability to stimulate the digestive system to function properly, which avoids toxin accumulation. What’s more, they are powerful antioxidants, antibiotics, anti inflammatory agents and anti microbial in action.

Turmeric: Known worldwide for its anti inflammatory, antibacterial, antiseptic, anti microbial and immune boosting properties, this amazing root can work wonders in cleansing your body internally.

Apples: These red, juicy fruits from the forbidden tree manage to give you a mind-boggling amount of fiber, essential vitamins and minerals, flavonoids, terpenoids, and other essential phytochemicals, all of which are extremely essential in the process of detoxification.

Apples also contain a good amount of pectin, which paves way for the detoxification of metals and food additives from your body.