Getting Ready for out 7 Day Detox

September 6, 2011

Let’s get ready!

   Before we start our week of a fabulous detox we need to get our kitchens ready by:

  • ·         Cleaning the junk food out of the house (candy, cakes, cookies, processed foods, chips, ect
  • ·         Start weaning yourself off of caffeine and alcohol (they interfere with healthy detoxification when consumed in large quantities)
  • ·        Get your grocery list ready to stock your fridge with  foods from the food list provided below. YUM!

·         Alfalfa Sprouts                 

·         Artichokes

·         Arugula

·         Asparagus

·         Bean Sprouts

·         Beets

·         Bell Peppers

·         Bok Choy

·         Broccoli

·         Brussels sprouts

·         Cabbage (red or white)

·         Cauliflower

·         Water Chestnuts

·         Chard

·         Yellow Squash

·         Vegetable juice (no salt)

·         Collard Greens

·         Cucumber

·         Eggplant

·         Green Beans

·         Hot Peppers

·         Dandelion Greens

·         Endive Parsley

·         Radishes

·         Snow Peas

·         Carrots

·         Spinach

·         Tomato Paste

·         Tomato Sauce

·         Veggie Soup

·         Jicama

·         Kale

·         Leeks

·         Lettuce (all)

·         Mushrooms

·         Okra

·         Olives

·         Onions

·         Sauerkraut(no sugar)

·         Watercress

·         Celery

·         Zucchini

               

Fruits (Serving size is 1 medium fruit, unless otherwise noted)

·         Apple

·         Apricots (4 medium)

·         Banana

·         Berries (blue,straw, rasp,boysen-( ¾ cup)

·         Cantaloupe (1/3 small)

·         Cherries (12 large)

·         Currants (3 tbsp)

·         Dates (2 fresh)

·         Figs (fresh)

·         Grapefruit

·         Honeydew melon (1/16 of a med. melon)

·         Kiwi fruit

·         Kumquats (4 medium)

·         Lemon

·         Lychees (7)

·         Mandarin orange

·         Nectarine

·         Orange

·         Papaya (1/2 medium)

·         Peach

·         Pear

·         Pineapple (1 cup)

·         Plum

·         Pomegranate (1/2 small)

·         Raisins (2 tbsp)

·         Watermelon (3/4 cup)



 

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