As beings with the spark of life we are served well by living foods. To gain detox and promote out body’s healing ability choosing fresh vegetables, fruits, grains and beans to be a big part of your daily diet will detox you.

More energy and less disease can be pretty much guaranteed to those who partake in making fresh natural foods, enough rest and exercise, and stress management something to study and practice.

As much as this blog is about body detox recipes doing specific detox activities has to be part of making the best effort to live a healthy and productive live by incorporating healthy habits and working to unload the unhealthy stuff.

Rushing into detox as a way to counter an otherwise unhealthy living experience is much like rushing to your doctor for a “fix me” prescription. I can only imagine how doctors feel when they see an overweight smoker have a serious ailment when he knows it never had to be like that.

Even detoxing and healthy eating will be substantially undermined if a person is not learning to deal better with the stresses life presents to everyone. When you are upset by anything, that is stress. Stress is your reaction to life. Resentment is the worst. It seems a natural reaction yet if followed, the poisons resentment, unforgiveness, and holding ill will generate inside you will fester into a destruction no medicine or fast or herb will fully protect you from.

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Just drinking a big glass of water first thing in the morning is a big help. Your body is frequently dehydrated as you lose moisture just breathing through the night. Breath 10 times on a piece of glass and it is easy to see how this happens. Not only do you get rehydrated but since you have nothing else in your stomach the water is rapidly used and flows to all your cells.

At the end of the day we often feel the need for a snack. Here is a moment when you can do something good for your body or create a lifetime of chronic illness. The little things we do every day for or to our bodies add up over time. In 10 years the 3650 pieces of fresh fruit or the 3650 bags of potato chips will bear the harvest.

Simple but profoundly more healthful options are given daily.

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Sure you can push it further, juice fasts, weekend fasts, all kinds of other recipes ar all good. But if you spend the rest of the time eating fast food, and everything cooked, processed, and not alive then you are just begging for chronic health problems.

Making half or more of your diet fresh food will make you loose weight, have more energy, and just feel better. If that is all you do but you make this your daily ongoing food choice you will reap a lifetime of benefits. It may not be all that easy to switch if this has not been your habit. I tell my friends to just eat anything you like as long as it is fresh. You have to find what you like. Some combinations work better than others.

I just made a baked potato, then put fresh onion, fresh garlic, basil. pepper, and some vanilla yogurt. Tasty and healthy. For me forget about plain yogurt. Cannot take the flavor. Yea I baked the potato because they taste really great. Food has to taste good or forget about it. So just think about what kind of fresh things would be good on a baked potato? Bananas? Apple Slices? Strawberries?

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The recipe is 6 to 10 apples for the day. As you may recall I believe the best way to do detox and cleansing is to incorporate it into my daily life. This apple cleanse is so easy you can do it a few times a week. You will not be starving hungry and apples are just super healthy to eat.

I found this great list of the health benefits of apples at the Eat This Blog

We’re told that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what exactly are the health benefits of apples? Here are ten reasons to heed the advice of that old proverb.

Bone Protection
French researchers found that a flavanoid called phloridzin that is found only in apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Boron, another ingredient in apples, also strengthens bones.

Asthma Help
One recent study shows that children with asthma who drank apple juice on a daily basis suffered from less wheezing than children who drank apple juice only once per month. Another study showed that children born to women who eat a lot of apples during pregnancy have lower rates of asthma than children whose mothers ate few apples.

Alzheimer’s Prevention
A study on mice at Cornell University found that the quercetin in apples may protect brain cells from the kind of free radical damage that may lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Lower Cholesterol
The pectin in apples lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. People who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

Lung Cancer Prevention
According to a study of 10,000 people, those who ate the most apples had a 50 percent lower risk of developing lung cancer. Researchers believe this is due to the high levels of the flavonoids quercetin and naringin in apples.

Breast Cancer Prevention
A Cornell University study found that rats who ate one apple per day reduced their risk of breast cancer by 17 percent. Rats fed three apples per day reduced their risk by 39 percent and those fed six apples per day reduced their risk by 44 percent.

Colon Cancer Prevention
One study found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 43 percent lower risk of colon cancer. Other research shows that the pectin in apples reduces the risk of colon cancer and helps maintain a healthy digestive tract.

Liver Cancer Prevention
Research found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 57 percent lower risk of liver cancer.

Diabetes Management
The pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body’s need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

Weight Loss
A Brazilian study found that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.

How healthy is that? very very healthy. Truth is that with a good fresh raw diet, exercise, and keeping a good additude, many of the chronic diseases that seem to plague our modern society can be avoided completely.

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First get 2 cucumbers and 3 Fuji apples. Cut them up and Juice them in your juicer.

If you don’t have a juicer see the ones listed on the sidebar and grab one from Amazon. Free shipping right now I think.

Then to round it out and make it a solid meal grab an Avacado and some full grain or better yet multi grain bread. I like mayonaise but if that bugs you try olive oil. To season it I add some Lemon Pepper and garlic powder. Writing this is making my mouth water.

I have a quick trick for putting the avacado on the bread that you might appreciate. I cut it in half, take out the pit, then squeeze each half together right over the bread. It all mushes out just fine and right now. Then I chop across it a bit so it all fits. One medium avacado is fine for one sandwich.

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Juice fasting breaks up this mucus so it is eliminated naturally and reduced back to
a normal healthy amount. The juices also provide nutrients and antioxidants to make your body heal faster and better.

As a result your own body’s natural healing power is released to speed your healing and rejuvenation.

A 3 day juice fast where nothing but juice is consumed once a month will help greatly to balance your body. The typical effects are also better energy, better looking skin, getting colds less often and losing weight.

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Are your feeling fresh and lively today? I hope so.

A couple days ago I had this diet for a full day. It was delisious and full of powerful antioxidents. A detox diet like this is so simple to do because, once you get used to them your are not hungry all day yet becoming healthier. You could, of course, use a couple different juice recipes through the day. The idea is a day of juice only to detox and cleanse your body.

The recipe amount makes a good meal size amount for one person. I had this 3 times during the day.

1) Take a nice big Pomegranate from the fridge and cut it in half then into wedges. Use your fingers to push the seeds into a bowl. Don’t worry when a few small pieces of the pomegranate husk fall into the bowl also, just pick them out. Then I just get a spoon and eat this while drinking my cranberry apple juice. Tes, I know this is not officially juice but they reall taste great this way.

2) Take about 5 apples and a one pound bag of cranberries and juice them up. Hopefully you had them in the fridge and they are nice and cold. This is a delicious blend and feel free to add this to your daily detox list. If you had a big glass of this with breakfast I think your would be glad you did.

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Every morning, before you eat anything, have a big glass of water. A good 16 ounces.

I have been reading that a common health regimine in existance for at least hundreds of years it to drink 1.5 liters on arising. That seems a little much for daily detox but if I was not feeling well I would certainly do this.

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This will help yoy in undoing the effects of any holiday over-indulgence. I make a nice pot of this and work through the whole pot while working at the computer.

Quick and easy to pake a part of your daily detox program.

Just gather these items:

Enough freshly-boiled water to fill your cup or pot.
This is the amount needed for each cup.

1 bag of green tea
1 tablespoon real maple syrup
Freshly-squeezed juice of half a lemon ir if you are like me and like to have lemone juice ready to go all the time get a bottle of lemon juice.
Cayenne pepper to taste

Be careful with the cayenne: A little goes a long way.
Just add everything to your cup or pot or a french press. I use a french press and make a liter at a time.

This is much of the Master Cleanse recipe as it turns out so it is one of the most popular detox recipes but I added Green Tea. The Master Cleanse plan is a 10 day detox and if you wnat to do that get this book because it will help you to get through the 10 days better.

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I have read many stories of great experiences with juice fasting detox cleansing diets. You can expect to lose some weight too.

If you are new to juice fasting, it is important to start out slow. Doing a one day fast every 5-7 days is an easy way to get started.

Fruit juice is high in sugar, so if you are a diabetic you should be cautious of trying a juice fast. It may be better to stay with vegitables like celery and carrots.

A few good selection mixes

carrot and apple
carrot and celery
apple and celery
pomegranates and apple
blueberry and apple

Apples are excellent sources of dietary fiber, antioxidants and vitamins K and C. Recent studies also show that certain types of apples may contain UV-B protection that can protect your skin from the sun.

Carrot is loaded with vitamins and has a nice taste when fresh.

any of the citrus like orange grapefruit lime and lemon all work well together but may be too acidic and cause upset stomach.

Good juicers are available from Amazon and I list some in the sidebar.

It can be very helpfull to add some garlic, parsley, or alfalfa to the mix.

Keep it simple so it does not take up too much time or feel like an overwhelming task.

Preparations :

I like my juices cold so I keep all the ingrediants in the fridge. Wash them well and cut to size for your juicer.

Get a step ahead with this guide: Diet Detox Secrets

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