This is more than a detox article. This is a lifestyle article. If you want to be disease free, vibrant, and truly healthy, it’s time to develop continuous detoxification habits that you do daily.
A very thorough detox can be expensive and challenging to complete. Some people who are very sick, or otherwise very toxic, need this kind of detoxification protocol, but most don’t, and most cannot afford to spend hundreds, or even thousands of dollars on supplements. The good news is that with the right habits, anyone can detoxify all the time without doing a “detox” that takes up all of your time, energy, and money.
Cranberry Lemonade Recipe
- Glass gallon jar
- Safe, clean, spring water or distilled water
- 1 cup of unsweetened, organic cranberry juice, not from concentrate
- 3 organic fresh lemons
- A citrus juicer
- Liquid stevia
- Liquid cayenne
If you don’t have access to a good source for spring water, use other clean, drinking water that does not contain fluoride. If you don’t have access to organic lemons, use conventional. Fresh is best. If there are no fresh lemons, use organic bottled lemon juice. If you can’t get cranberry juice that is not from concentrate, get the reconstituted kind (just don’t get any kind of cranberry juice that has any other ingredients like sweeteners or other juices). If you can’t stand cayenne, don’t use it. No glass jar? Use plastic.
Since it’s cranberry season again, if you have a blender, try whole cranberries instead of juicing them. You can also throw in some of the organic lemon peels, as much as you can stand to taste. (Only organic. Don’t use peels from conventional lemons.) It’s pretty sour, but it has lots of benefits.
If you have powdered cayenne and/or powdered stevia, I recommend using a blender to mix some of the liquid with the powders so they don’t settle later.
Salad Recipe That Detoxifies
Produce detoxifies. Fresh, whole, raw vegetables, herbs, and fruits pull toxins from the body, repopulate healthy, beneficial gut bacteria, and give the body the nutrients it needs including enzymes and other phytonutrients that are almost non-existent in most modern diets.The Salad Base
- Spinach
- Arugula (I prefer baby arugula, mature arugula tastes funky)
- Collard Greens (they’re very bitter; use sparingly)
- Lettuce (mix it up, try an organic spring mix)
- Kale
- Beet greens (the tops of beets)
- Red cabbage (thinly shred like a slaw or a little thicker, depending on the texture you prefer)
- Rainbow chard
Shredded, Grated
- Carrots
- Zucchini
- Beetroot
- Diakon (or other radish)
Chopped or Diced
- Leeks
- Red onions
- Red and yellow bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Cilantro
- Asparagus (try cooking in a balsamic vinegar first)
Extras
- Pomegranate seeds
- Olives
- Raisins or dried cranberries
- Sesame seeds
- Ground papaya seeds and/or ground pepper
- Avocado
- Eggs (try soft boiled)
- Beans (black, pinto, kidney, green, garbanzo, etc.)
- Garlic
- Turmeric
- Chia seeds
I throw in chick peas or a three-bean salad combination. If you’re not vegan, try a sheep feta cheese with this salad, and throw on some eggs. It’s good with meat, too, like chicken or steak.
Daily Habits for Constant Detoxification
- Breathe in deeply, fully and properly
- Eat a big salad every day (I make seven every Sunday)
- Drink lots of cranberry lemonade every day
- Bodyweight squats every day.
Imagine that. 100 squats, a big huge salad, and a gallon (or so) of cranberry lemonade every day. If you can do it, you will reverse and set back disease for many years and feel amazing. When you are detoxifying, stick with the salads, squats, and lemonade. When you’re not, just fill in the rest of your diet with unprocessed, whole foods (organic whenever possible) and you’ll be healthier than anyone you know.
If you’re suffering from serious illness, or you know it’s coming soon if you don’t change your habits, this protocol will bring you to another level in health, but at some point you may want to do a more serious protocol that targets all of the elimination organs, and seriously address your gut health.
