A Green Detox!
Posted on by Martin & Pleasance.
It’s almost spring. Which, for all kinds of reasons, is a good time to get fresh with our foods and clean things up a bit. Our bodies respond so well at this time of year to a “cleanse” – it shakes us from the winter heaviness and gets us digesting light and breezily ready for the heat. Oh yes, heat!
From an ayurvedic POV, it’s all about enlivening kaphic energy (spring needs an alert kaphic energy to withstand the dampness). (I’ve written rundowns on ayurvedic doshas, and the vata effect previously)
Personally, I’m not a massive fan of full-on, restrictive eating detoxes. And, indeed, it’s the principle behind the new show I host Eat Yourself Sexy, which launches THIS THURSDAY!!! Our bodies naturally detox far better when fed good food, aided with a few tricks. Honestly, eating our way through a clean out is soooo much more fun.
If you feel like cleaning things out ready for the warmer weather, a few tricks and recipes (and please add your own ideas at the bottom…these are just the things I’m going to be doing):
1. Get plenty of sleep
2. Eat ginger
3. Drink digestive teas
4. Eat green.
5. Chlorella is great
6. Keen for more green, try Vital Greens. I personally love this stuff and it’s soooo good when you’re travelling and finding it tough to get veggies into your gullet (and/or not functioning too well in the bowel movement department…which is what happens for me when I travel…I share my healthy travel tips here). A teaspoon or two in water, or in a smoothie, in the morning and it gets everything slipping through a treat. There are a range of different versions of this kind of green powder on the market…I’m sure they’re all pretty good, but ask the person in the health food shop what they think (and look out for sugar!).
7. And for even more green…herbs are mean
8. Go alkaline
9. Juice detoxes can work well
10. So can detox retreats and detox food programs
11. While detoxing
Sarah Wilson:
http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2011/08/tuesday-eats-a-green-detox-for-spring/