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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Detox Smoothie

1 1/4 cups (310 ml) pineapple juice
juice from 1/4 a lemon
handful fresh spinach leaves
1/4 tsp fresh grated ginger

This super detox smoothie is great for alkalizing your system. It is refreshing and packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and enzymes.

http://zoomyummy.com/2011/01/13/detox-smoothie/

Monday, July 2, 2012

THE ULTRABROTH IS a wonderful, filling snack that will also provide you with many healing nutrients and alkalinize your system, making it easier to detoxify, lose weight, and feel great. The recipe can be varied according to taste.

UltraBroth

Ingredients
For every three quarts of water add:
1 large onion, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
1 cup of daikon or white radish root and tops (ideal, but optional)
1 cup of winter squash cut into large cubes
1 cup of root vegetables: turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas for sweetness
2 cups of chopped greens: kale, parsley, beet greens, collard greens, chard, dandelion,
cilantro or other greens
2 celery stalks
½ cup of sea weed: nori, dulse, wakame, kelp, or kombu
½ cup of cabbage
4 ½-inch slices of fresh ginger
2 cloves of whole garlic (not chopped or crushed)
Sea salt, to taste

Directions
1 cup fresh or dried shitake or maitake mushrooms (If available; these contain powerful immune boosting properties.)

Add all the ingredients at once and place on a low boil for approximately 60 minutes. It may take a little longer. Simply continue to boil to taste.

Cool, strain (throw out the cooked vegetables), and store in a large, tightly-sealed glass container in the fridge.

Simply heat gently and drink up to 3–4 cups a day.

Makes: 2 quarts or 8 cups
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
STRAINED: Cal: 5 Pro: 0 Fat:0 Carbohydrate: 0
BLENDED: Cal: 60 Pro: 0 Fat: 0 Carbohydrate: 14

http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/30/recipe-ultrabroth/

Friday, June 8, 2012

A Smoothie a Day, Keeps the Dr. Away! :)

These wellness experts share how you can drink your way to good health.

Rich in immune-boosting nutrients, a green drink a day may be the secret to keeping the doctor away this winter. "The most powerful way to up our mineral consumption is to consume a plant-based drink every day, by either blending or juicing vegetables and fruit together," says Kimberly Snyder, nutritionist and detox specialist. Green drinks get their vibrant colour from chlorophyll, a nutrient-rich pigment found in all leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, celery and lettuce, that cleans the body of harmful toxins, oxygenates the blood and helps boost energy levels.

We asked four wellness experts to share their green smoothie or juice recipes.

Kimberly Snyder's glowing green smoothie recipe

Kimberly says: "Green drinks make you feel light and energetic and, yes, they improve your appearance and help you drop the kilos!"
Ingredients

1½ cups water
1 head organic romaine lettuce, chopped
½ head of large bunch or ¾ of small bunch organic spinach
3–4 stalks organic celery
1 organic apple, cored and chopped
1 organic pear, cored and chopped
1 organic banana
Juice of ½ organic lemon

Optional:

1/3 bunch organic coriander (stems okay)
1/3 bunch organic parsley (stems okay)

Directions

Add the water and chopped head of romaine and spinach to the blender. Starting the blender on a low speed, mix until smooth.

Gradually moving to higher speeds, add the celery, apple and pear. Add the coriander and parsley if you choose. Add the banana and lemon juice last.

Jessica Ainscough's Wellness Warrior smoothie

Jess says: "This smoothie has so many amazing benefits. It is like a nutritious meal in a glass – and it tastes amazing!"
Ingredients

3 stalks of kale (discard the tough stalk and use the leaves)
3 leaves of Cos lettuce
1 cup coconut water
1 small frozen banana
A small handful of goji berries or blueberries
1 tsp hemp seeds
1 tsp chia seeds
1 tsp bee pollen
1 tsp maca powder
1 tsp spirulina

Directions
Add all ingredients to a blender and whiz until smooth.

Lee Holmes's body+soul green renewal juice

Lee says: "This is one of my favourite enzyme-rich green juices. It's great for providing energy, detoxifying and alkalising your body. And it's quick and easy to make, and you'll probably find all the ingredients in your vegetable crisper."
Ingredients

1 bunch English spinach
1 handful mint
1 handful parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 Lebanese (short) cucumber, cut in half lengthways
A few lettuce leaves
4 celery stalks
2–3 cm (3/4–11/4 inch) knob of fresh ginger, peeled
6 ice cubes

Directions
With the motor running, feed all the ingredients except the ice cubes into a juicer one at a time. Pour into a drinking glass, add the ice cubes and sip slowly to enjoy its benefits.

Emma Sutherland's power smoothie

Emma says: "This drink will keep you going for hours and contains good levels of tryptophan, antioxidants, vitamin D, iodine and many essential nutrients for weight loss and detoxification."
Ingredients

1 cup oat milk
1 cup coconut water
1 tsp spirulina
2 tsp flaxseed meal
1 tbsp organic coconut oil
¼ cup frozen berries
1 tsp probiotics
2 tbsp organic natural yoghurt
A pinch if cinnamon —balances blood sugar levels
2 drops stevia for sweetness

Green smoothie or juice shopping list

Spinach
Kale
Celery
Lettuce
Parsley
Cucumber
Parsley
Mint
Lemon

http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/food+diet/nutrition/four+green+smoothie+recipes,18221

Friday, May 4, 2012

Some Recipes that will help detox your body

1. Soy Milk Smoothie:

Ingredients:
-1 pear, peeled
-1 banana, peeled
-1/4c plain greek yogurt
-1/4c plain or vanilla soymilk
-2 tbsp. flax seeds.

Directions:
Blend all together.

Why This Helps:
Pears are full of water-soluble fiber, which helps you feel fuller on less calories, and, along with the flaxseeds, will help your digestion system immensely.

2. Garlic-y Mushrooms, Chicken and Kale

Ingredients:
-2 chicken breasts, chopped
-1 pound of chopped kale, without stems
-8 ounces of mushrooms (portabello are the best for flavor)
-6 garlic cloves minced
-Olive Oil

Directions:
1. Brown the cut chicken pieces in a pan, then set aside.
2. Using the olive oil, saute the minced garlic and mushrooms in a pan for about two minutes, or until aroma spreads (yummm). Add in the Kale and make sure to stir often, as to not let one side of the kale get overcooked.
3. At the last minute, add in the chicken and and keep cooking until kale has softened (it will reduce a lot), then serve.

Why This Helps:
Kale is an EXCELLENT source of antioxidants and fiber. It's an excellent source of beta-carotene which has been known to be a major player in the battle against heart disease and cancer), and also contains caroteniods (that protect your eyes from UV rays and cataracts).

3. Mediterranean Quinoa

Ingredients:
-1c quinoa
-2c vegetable broth
-1tbsp olive oil
-1 small red onion, finely chopped
-3 cups of chopped kale, without stems
-1/2c pine nuts or almonds
-1/2c kalamata olives, without the pits.

For the Dressing:
-1tbsp lemon juice
-1 small shallot, minced
- orange zest
-1/3c olive oil
-salt and pepper

Directions:
1. Rinse quinoa and combine with vegetable broth in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and cover then simmer WITHOUT stirring for about 15 minutes, or until the broth has cooked down. After another 10 minutes, fluff the quinoa with a fork.

2. While the quinoa is cooking, heat the olive oil in a pan and then saute onions for about 5 minutes, then add the kale. Cook for about anothe 10 minutes, or until the kale has softened, and then set aside.

3. Combine all ingredients for dressing in a small bowl, whisking the oil in slowly.\

4. Toss the quinoa with the Kale mixtures, the nuts, olives, and the dressing. I know the picture has feta cheese, but if you're detoxing, don't add this, it's a very fatty cheese with lots of sodium, although it's delicious!

Why This Helps:
Kale is an EXCELLENT source of antioxidants and fiber. It's an excellent source of beta-carotene which has been known to be a major player in the battle against heart disease and cancer), and also contains caroteniods (that protect your eyes from UV rays and cataracts).
Quinoa is an excellent source of protein and fiber, to help your digestion system as well.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Detox Soup Recipe

1 large onion, chopped small
1 clove garlic, minced
2 turnips or 1 sweet potato, peeled & chopped small
4 cups vegetable stock (from 1 vegetable stock cube)
1″ piece of ginger, minced
2 large zucchinis, chopped small
2 cups minced curly kale
large handful of spinach, coarsely chopped
juice of 1 lemon
fresh chopped parsley, flax oil & black pepper for garnish (optional)

Saute the onion and garlic in a sauce pan with a little water for a few minutes. Add the turnip or sweet potato and saute until they just begin to soften. Stir in the stock and ginger and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add zucchini and kale and cook over medium-low heat for half an hour, covered. At the end, stir in spinach and lemon juice, letting the spinach wilt. Puree the soup in a blender or using a hand blender and serve with a drizzle of flax oil and generous scatter of parsley and fresh pepper.

Recipe taken from meatoutmondays.org

Olive Oil Lemon Juice Cleanse Directions

The value of a digestive system "cleanse" to detoxify the body is controversial, but anecdotal evidence suggests that a short-term cleanse does have benefits in general well-being. One popular detox cleansing drink is the olive oil and lemon juice cleanse. Designed to clean out the liver and gallbladder, this cleanse should be done during a two- to three-day period when you have few obligations, because you'll need to stay close to a bathroom. It's best to begin the cleanse in the morning.

Step 1

Wash the lemons thoroughly. Roll them between your palms or along a counter or tabletop to soften them.

Step 2

Cut the lemons in half cross-wise and squeeze the juice out. A hand-juicer is the easiest way to do this.

Step 3

Pour the juice through a mesh strainer and into your blender. Stop when you have 6 to 8 oz. of fresh juice.

Step 4

Add 1 tbsp. of extra-virgin olive oil. The measurement doesn't have to be exact; you can use a regular spoon if you don't have measuring spoons.

Step 5

Pour 8 oz. of water into the blender with the olive oil and lemon juice, then whirl it until the oil, juice and water are well-blended.

Step 6

Drink the mixture immediately, or it will separate. Make a second batch in the evening, and do not eat anything solid throughout the day. Drink plenty of water, herbal tea and vegetable broth if you get hungry.

Tips and Warnings

Prepare your body for the cleanse by eating and drinking only apples and unfiltered apple juice for 24 hours before your olive oil and lemon juice cleanse. Add 1 clove of raw garlic and 1/2 of a peeled and seeded red grapefruit to your cleanse for a little extra vitamin C and fiber.
Don't eat anything other than raw vegetables, fruit and organic juices for at least 24 hours after your cleanse.

Liver Flush

The Liver Flush

Many diseases begin because the liver, whose job it is to filter out toxins, becomes overburdened by the overwhelming amount of pesticides, food additives, yeast, and other unhealthy substances we put into it that must be eliminated. Doing a liver cleanse once every three months can be helpful in keeping this problem under control.

Version One of The Liver Flush

The first one is a bit more structured and comes from Polarity Therapy, the great body of work Dr. Randolph Stone, D.O., N.D., D.C., O.M. developed in the earlier part of the 20th century.

First thing in the morning: 2 Tbsp. cold pressed extra virgin olive oil or almond oil, juice of one fresh squeezed organic lemon, fresh squeezed juice of 1-2 organic oranges (optional), 1-4 cloves of fresh organic garlic. (If garlic is too strong, take garlic at lunch time in a salad.) Blend all of the above together and drink. Immediately after ingesting the oil, garlic, and juice blend, drink 2 cups of hot herbal tea, or hot water if tea is not available. Suggested herbal tea: boil ½ finger of fresh organic ginger root sliced into 6-7 pieces with a Tbsp. each of fenugreek, fennel, and flax seed for 3 minutes at a slow boil, and pour this herbal broth into a teapot with 1 Tbsp. comfrey and 1 Tbsp. peppermint leaf.

All of the above is The Liver Flush which should be done for 10-14 days in a row. Drink all the herbal tea you want in the morning – NO sweeteners for at least two hours after the flush.

Midmorning: If hungry, drink fresh vegetable or fruit juice or eat a grapefruit.

Lunch: Fruit or vegetable salad and/or steamed or baked vegetable. Sprouts are good. Midafternoon: Fruit or sprout snack. A few raw almonds or walnuts.

Dinner: Same as lunch. After dinner: Only liquids – no solid food. A mucus-free all vegan diet during the 14 days of The Liver Flush is advised – no meat, eggs, dairy, coffee, alcohol, sugars, refined flours, white rice, and starches like potatoes and corn.

Version Two of the Liver Flush

Is less involved: First thing in the morning: 6 Tbsp. lemon juice, 3 Tbsp. olive oil, 1 small crushed clove garlic, pinch of grated ginger and cayenne, whisk in blender and drink immediately. Do NOT eat for at least 1 hour. Do this for 10 days and repeat a few days each month thereafter.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for educational purposes only. The Center for Unhindered Living is not responsible for what you do with this information. Your health is your own responsibility.

http://www.unhinderedliving.com/liverflush.html

Morning Drink for Cleansing your Liver

Morning Drink: Lemon Cayenne Water

by jenny sansouci on January 26, 2012

Lately I’ve been starting out every morning with a big mason jar filled with water, lemon juice and cayenne pepper. It’s kind of like the master cleanse lemonade, but with no sweetener. When I drink it, I feel like I start my day with a clearing dose of detoxifying goodness.

Lemon cayenne water is a great way to cleanse your body regularly even when you’re not “on a cleanse.”

Drinking spicy water may sound gross to you, but with the lemon, you’ll actually start loving it. I’ll admit, the first time I did it, I put way too much cayenne in there – it wasn’t pleasant! Now, I just add a pinch, and I love it.

I’ve never actually done a Master Cleanse nor do I necessarily recommend it (it seems like it would be so hard!) but there’s a reason they include the lemon and cayenne in there.

Here’s why:

Lemon juice and cayenne pepper both have anti-fungal, immune boosting, and detoxification properties.

Lemon juice is great for digestion, destroying bacteria and cleansing the system - it supports the liver and kidneys to get rid of toxins.

Cayenne pepper increases metabolism, stimulates the circulatory system, aids digestion, helps regulate blood sugar and more.

Put them together and you have a very powerful cleansing drink!

My usual:

About 24 oz of water
Juice from 1/2 lemon (sometimes a whole lemon)
Pinch of cayenne (enough to feel the heat but not so spicy that it’s hard to get down)

So give it a try! It may become part of your new morning routine.

http://healthycrush.com/lemon-cayenne-water/

Friday, February 17, 2012

Detox Vegetable Soup

If you want an incredibly low calorie meal that will keep you full, promote good digestion and provide you with tons of nutrients, you really can’t do any better than this! Loaded with High Fiber vegetables this dish will scrub you clean from the inside out.

ONE WORD OF WARNING: Many people attempt to eat this soup daily without the addition of chicken meat, thinking they are burning fat and that they will drop tons of weight quickly. However, this is a DETOX soup meaning it cleans you out, not burns fat. Further more, if you remove the chicken meat, you take away much of the vital protein, and that is essentially what helps keep you full (not just the fiber from the vegetables). Eating this soup for every meal, everyday, without the chicken (or the addition of beans as a substitute, for example, chickpeas or garbanzo beans) you will not get enough calories, causing your body’s glucose levels to drop (this is your primary source of energy). Low glucose levels, known as “Hypoglycemia”, can cause hunger, headache, dizziness, lack of focus, anxiety and fatigue. Precisely why nobody can stick to only eating the meatless version of this soup for extended periods of time.

Ingredients:

4 cups cubed white chicken breast (cooked)
8 medium carrots, sliced
2 large onions, chopped
4 celery stalks, chopped
1 large green pepper, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
4 cups water
2 cans V8 Juice (Or other Tomato Juice)
4 cups chopped cabbage
3 cups broccoli
2cups cauliflower
2 cups cut green beans
2 handfuls Spinach
2 cans chicken or beef broth
1 1/2 teaspoons parsley
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
salt & pepper to taste
Cayenne Pepper or other hot spice (optional, but recommended to boost metabolism)

Directions:

This recipe is simple, in a large stock pot, add all liquid ingredients and bring to a boil.
As liquid is heating up add all the other ingredients.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf.

Other Ingredient Ideas:

Kale
Lean Pork
Tabasco
Beans
Zucchini
Sprinkling Of Shredded White Cheese

http://thescienceofeating.com/2012/01/23/detox-vegetable-soup/

Sunday, March 27, 2011

How to clean the inside of your body

Overview

You feel the need to do something about your health, to cleanse your body of the accumulation of unhealthy foods, toxins from pollution, smoking, drinking too much coffee, too much sodas or wine or sweet tea, a vegetarian detox diet for a weekend or a whole week can not only cleanse your body but it will give you a jump start on a healthier diet and better habits.