Eat Seasonal, Spring Clean and Detox Your Diet
Eating seasonal fruits and vegetables provide us with more than just great taste and abundance. Foods that are in season are blessed by mother nature. With richer and riper nutrients based on exactly what our body needs during that season she sets us up for a fabulous Spring season.
The spring clean is not just for your wardrobe! Mother nature with all of her caring beauty sets us up for the perfect light-hearted detox from the heavy winter.
With the weather warming up, our sights turn from the heavy, hearty comfort foods of winter to lighter cleansing foods.
Detox Foods in this Spring
With deep green coriander targeting heavy metal detoxification and celery choc full of alkalising minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium we are armed to combat the acidic winter body. Because of the natural sodium content in celery it is also great for reducing salty food cravings and hydration.
Our liver is our detoxing powerhouse. Just as much as we rely on it for good health, so to does it rely on us to provide it with what is necessary for healthy detoxification. Luckily for us, deep red, juicy sweet beetroot has a significant role in liver detoxification and restoration. Better yet, this are in for Spring! Make a yummy ruby red beet juice, add it fresh to salads or roast some up as roast beet vege wedges (don’t panic when your pee and poop is a slight tinge of red).
Citrus fruits do become abundant in the winter to ward off cold and flu, but they stick around for the spring for the cleansing processes. Also alkaline, citrus fruits such as grapefruit, lemons, limes and oranges are a great addition to any cleanse. They can be thrown into a juicer, smoothie, eaten on their own or tossed through a fresh crisp salad.
The main thing to remember in detoxing is to eat a rainbow of food, preferably those that are in season, at their freshest and most nutritious.