detox

Detox watermelon water – for rapid weight loss

September 4, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Even though summer is almost over we all want to look as beautiful and fit even if we don’t wear swimsuits. Training may not be able to help eliminate those few remaining pounds, but detox water can! The fastest way to succeed in losing weight is to train regularly and drink refreshing, detox drinks. We present to you a refreshing detox watermelon water!

Ingredients:

– 2 liters of water

– A quarter watermelon

– 1 lemon

– A handful of mint leaves

– Ice

Preparation:

Cut the watermelon in slices, squeeze the lemon and add it to the water. Tear pieces of mint leaves to release their flavor. In the end, add ice. Keep it in the fridge so that it is cool and refreshing.

With this beverage you can lose up to 2 kilos a week. Of course, it is important to exercise regularly and to hydrate.

Miracle drink for weight loss and radiant skin

July 8, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Experts say that it is important to make detox drinks at least a few times a month which will help you cleanse the body of toxins. This miraculous drink will melt all the unwanted weight, and your skin will have an incredible shine! In addition it will help to remove excess water from the body, and it will help regulate the digestive system and digestion in general. All ingredients are fresh, no thermal treatment, and therefore their efficiency is maximized.
Your skin will restore its radiance and elasticity. We present to you a drink made from pineapple, ginger and beetroot!

Ingredients:

pineapple (fresh)
two beetroots
ginger

Preparation:

Clean the beetroots and the pineapple and cut them in small cubes and grate the ginger. Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix. Add chia seeds if you want an even better effect!

You will see the results of consuming this beverage after 4 days. You are allowed to do drink this detox beverage several times a week. Apart from losing weight, you will notice that your face is clearer, the acne subsided and pores drastically reduced. As with any diet, we recommend at least a minimum physical activity, which will only facilitate the effects of this beverage.

Flax Seed Drink – For Losing Weight and Healthy Skin

July 7, 2015 by Amy Brown

Flax seed contains numerous beneficial components, including vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and fiber which normalize the work of the intestine.

This kind of seeds cleanses the body of toxins, normalize metabolism, lowers levels of blood sugar and reduces appetite. In doing so, absorb certain ingredients of the food you consume, cleans the intestines and also fill the body with lecithin.

Flax seed contains the fatty acids, which activate the fat tissue in the body and helps its melting. That is why this is the ideal nutritive that will help you to successfully lose weight.

This flax seed beverage has huge range of positive effects on the entire organism, and that will help you to lose excess weight in a healthy way without dieting and fasting, as well as to maintain the desired weight without yo-yo effect.

Recommended by many nutritionists, this drink is also very healthy and particularly useful for people suffering from gastritis, stomach ulcer, chronic fatigue and hemorrhoids, and it helps in the treatment of cystitis.

Preparation

Pour 1 liter of freshly boiled water on 3 tablespoons flax seed. Leave to stand overnight. It is best to use a thermos. If not, use a pot or container with a lid. Strain it the next morning. You will get a little thick mucous, but tasty drink that you should drink. Optionally you can sweet the drink with honey. Do not throw away the seeds after you strain, put them in the meals during the day.

Consumption

Consume the strained beverage throughout the day; 3-4 times a day in 150 ml; half an hour before a meal.

Prepare the drink each evening for the next day. Do not make a stock, as it must be consumed freshly prepared.

Consume the flax seed drink for a 10 days, after which you take a break of 10 days, then you continue (with the same intervals) until achieving the desired result. Also drink a lot of water during the day!

With regular consumption, you will also notice positive changes on the skin, which becomes strong, tight and elastic. During weight loss, the skin will not become lax, even better – from the effects of the drink the cellulite will disappear.

Contraindications

Despite all the useful properties of flax, there are contraindications that can occur with its consumption. This drink is not recommended for consumption in the following cases:

– If you have liver problems (if you do not have a serious disease you can decrease the dose and be under strict control)

– If you have kidney stones (flax seed actively extracted kidney stones but that process should be kept under medical supervision)

Six Great Detox Drinks

July 6, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

The fruits and vegetables with green color have a healing effect on our body. Practically all contain a minimum of calories, while they also have great wealth of vitamins and minerals.

Except that, the green fruits and vegetables are excellent cleaners for our organism, cos they are accelerating our metabolism.

Drinks from the green fruits and vegetables can be used in any time of the day, and also they are excellent option for a snack. The best thing they are easy to prepare.

All you need to do put them into a blender till you get nice mixture and add a bit water so it becomes drinkable.

Now here are the 6 green detox drinks!

Apple + Avocado + Lettuce + Kiwi

Cucumber+ parsley

Great for easy drink in the evening. The cucumbers are made of 90% water, so thanks to this feature this drink is excellent for drinking in the hot summer. By adding few leaves of parsley we get fantastic combination

The unique properties of parsley come from its rich chemical composition. 100 g of this plant contains 2 days dose for vitamin S and carotene, which is really good to have in the hot days

Apple +Lime + Cucumber

Lime is not only contributing to elimination of the toxins from our body, but it also has a calming effect on the nervous system, so it basically boost our mood and our immunize system.

Pepper + Lemon juice

This is unusual combination, The content of group B vitamins that come from the peers are great for stress and they boost our memory. So if you feel fatigue this is the drink for you.

Broccoli + Apple + Lime

To overestimate the beneficial properties of the broccoli is impossible. This type of vegetable has a high protein content, and excellent amount of minerals and vitamins.

Celery + Apple

This is the most widespread variant of the green potion. This is low calorie drink, that help us to get rid from the toxins and is extremely useful for a road-trip 🙂

Fruit waters, perfect summer refreshment!

July 4, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

Well it is simple water is life, and we all must drink water 🙂 . The minimal water that we need to drink on daily basis is 2 liters, that is equal to 8 glasses of water. Drinking this 8 glasses of water sometimes is becoming boring and unconsciously we do not want to drink this amount of water, so we forget to do so.

This problem can be simply solved by making the water tasting and looking great. The water with natural fruit flavors is perfectly the thing we need to achieve this and is the perfectly healthy refreshment for the summer times. Make large quantities and store it to a freezer and you can enjoy drinking water from tomorrow.

Here is some of the ideas I use at home

You will need:

Fruit every flavor you love, except bananas 🙂 , when you are picking your fruit pay attention so it is not damaged.
Herbs – here also you an follow your own taste, but to be sure the best flavors for me and i believe for you are mint and ginger
Jar or Jug
Scoop or big spoon
And the last but most important! Water ( and preferably ice cubes )(:

Now the preparation:

Dice the fruits in cubes, combine citrus or berries for the best, and never have more then 1/3 of the jar filled with fruits.
Use the scoop or the spoon to tap the fruit slowly so it releases flavor but not vigorously so it does not became smoothie!
Put ice cubes into the jar almost fill it with them after all they are just water. Now fill the jar with water to the top.

Thus prepared water you can drink now, but it is for the best you leave it to rest into the fridge for at least 6 hours.

Here are some of my favorites

Orange and Green Lime

Raspberry and Green Lime

Pineapple and Mint

Blackberry and Sage

Watermelon and Rosemary

9 Steps to cleansed and detoxed body, and how to keep balanced body!

June 30, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

With the fast and stressful lifestyle, much of junk food our body has no time to take care of it self. By this I meant, all the toxins that are by product from the lifestyle in the XXI century, will stay in our bodies if we don’t do anything. Here is link to a post, where you can find all the symptoms that are suggesting you that you should start with detox.

Here are some every day detox tips that will help you to throw out The Toxins and be more energetic and beautiful.

More Water

The simplest and the best advice is take more water. I know this sounds simple but in order to detox you should take like 4 l of water that is equal of around 20-25 glasses of water. Much of a water is suggested in every detox program, cos it keeps hydrated our bodies, and the excess of water get outs from our bodies with a bunch of toxins. So if you want to detox, or you want to keep all the toxins out of your bodies DRINK WATER. If you are one of the types that forgets to drink water, simply make a 30 minutes alarm and on every 30 minutes take a glass of water.

More Alkaline Foods

It wont be bad if you start the morning with a lemonade. The lemon is one of the great alkaline foods. This acid helps you to keep the ideal PH balance. To keep good balance you should also add fresh vegetables and fruits such as carrots, beets, broccoli, kale, spinach, lemon and plums.

More Fiber

When you feel the need of detox in your body, you need to stop eating foods that are full with bad proteins and fat. More fiber will help your digestive system works properly. It is best to food rich with fiber in the morning. Here is a link to a post with foods that are rich with fiber and will help you to detox.

Limit the Intake of Dairy Product

Dairy product usually slow the digestion and increase the acid. In order to stay clean and detox program to work you need to avoid dairy products and take some soy, rice or almond milk instead of regular milk, and maybe try toy cheese with nice spices if you are addicted to cheese :).

More Bio Coffee and Tea

Caffeine can increase the desire for sugar and sugar is really bad for cleansing, but that is not the biggest caffeine problem. Regular coffee may raise the blood pressure and usually it slow downs the digestion which also slows down the detox, that is the strongest reason why we should not start the day with coffee. If you are a coffee addict try some bio coffee, but if you can stop drinking coffee it is for the best, at least try to drink coffee at least 2 hours after the breakfast.

More Physical Activity

The best way to get the toxins our is trough sweat. Try to take long walks, to ride bicycle and stay active as much as you can. Cardio is the best way to help the diets with the detox. Take a few minutes cardio training, if you like here is my favorite cardio workout. The cardio is the hard way, you can do it with long walks and sauna treatments. But remember ACTIVITY and SWEATING!

Less Carbohydrates

For the cleans and detox to work you should watch the intake of carbohydrates. This is not so hard just take less sugar products and take low fat yogurts. Be careful with the salads, bunch of the dressings are full of sugar and products rich with carbohydrates.

Make a Vegan Day for Yourself

One day of the week will do it. Decide to be a vegan for one day of the week. The food of plant origin will rest your liver and pancreas. Take one day of the week, lets say Tuesday, and eat only vegetables, vegetable milk, nuts and products from vegetable origin.

For the end

Easiest way for detox programs is to stay detoxed, try to do all of this steps in daily, don’t fully change your lifestyle but try to stay detoxed with small changes of your life. Also never forget to take everyday green smoothies. Make sure you drink lemon, cucumber, spinach and chia seeds.

Sugar addiction? Here’s how to identify it and cleanse your body

June 22, 2015 by Sheila Smith

We constantly live in dread of the high calorie foods, and forget that one of the biggest culprits of overweight is actually sugar! Sweets are the culprits in the shadows that make us sick, weak and tired.
Sugar in raw, or in forms tasty candy, is the main cause of weight gain and most modern diseases: cardiovascular diseases, cancer, type 2 diabetes, depression, and the development of acne, infertility, impotence. In today’s post we reveal how to identify the dependence of sugar, how to deal with it and what are the healthy alternatives.

Addiction?
It is scientifically proven that sugar is addictive and it is up to eight times stronger than cocaine. If you are addicted to sugar and flour there is a disturbance in the functioning of hormones and usually occurs as a result of uncontrolled overeating.
Signs of an addiction:
– Fat on the belly
– Constant cravings for sugar, sweets and carbohydrates,
– It’s hard for you to lose weight,
– High blood pressure or blood sugar,
– You eat even when you are not hungry (usually sweets),
– You hide your desire,you justify it, and even hide food,
– You are frequently nervous, sometimes you suffer from insomnia and have some increased symptoms if you do not eat junk food and sweets.

This addiction is real and it can actually endanger your health. The problem is in the disturbance of the metabolism. If you consumed large amounts of flour products, a lot of sugar, candy, soda for a long time and did not include vegetables and have a minimal physical activity then this is a serious phase that requires emergency detoxification.

Solution?

Eat fresh food: fresh vegetables, pure protein (meat with little fat), nuts, seeds, healthy fats, and occasionally fruit. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, gluten and dairy products at least 10 days.
Start a 10-day healthy diet and strictly observe the plan. We suggest you to take a calendar where you cross out the days, to help get you motivated. Take homemade meals to work, do not buy processed foods, candy, soda, trans fats … Make meals full of vegetables, eat fresh vegetables, seeds; If you want to eat meat choose meat without fat (chicken, turkey) and boil it, eat fish. Discard all carbohydrates.

Do not consume sugars through liquids (carbonated sweet drinks, energy drinks, fruit juices). A can of soda contains about 15 tsp of sugar.
Let your diet be based on protein – in every meal, especially for breakfast. They are the key to balancing blood sugar and decrease addiction. Start the day, for example, with eggs and a protein shake or a cup of homemade whey. Eat: nuts, eggs, seeds, fish.
Eat vegetables such as broccoli, kale, collard, asparagus, mushrooms, onions, squash, tomatoes, eggplant, artichokes, peppers in unlimited quantities. Avoid potatoes, pumpkin, beets, beans and cereals.
As for fat, choose healthy oils: olive, coconut, avocado as a source of healthy fats, omega 3 fatty acids from seeds and fish.
Keep the stress under control and try to prevent infections that affect the blood sugar disorder. Remember to get enough sleep – at least eight hours a day.

Three day detox diet plan

If you are aware that 10 days is too much for you, try first with a 3-day detox diet to cleanse the body from sugar.

Day one:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs from three eggs
Snack: Nuts
Lunch: Poached chicken breast with greens and a half avocado
Snack: Chopped peppers
Dinner: Salmon with steamed broccoli and mushrooms

Day two:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs from three eggs with steamed spinach
Snack: Nuts
Lunch: Tuna salad
Snack: Chopped peppers
Dinner: A piece of pork without fat, braised Brussels sprouts and mushrooms with lettuce and avocado

Day three:

Breakfast: Omelet from three eggs with shrimps, braised spinach and tarragon
Snack: Nuts
Lunch: Grilled turkey with fresh tomatoes, green salad and sauteed mushrooms and kale chips
Snack: Chopped peppers
Dinner: Fried fish and greens, boiled

You can drink one black coffee a day (unsweetened), unsweetened green or herbal tea in unlimited quantities and about 2 liters of water a day

Ultra effective weight loss plan – lose 8 to 15 pounds in one week!

May 12, 2015 by Sheila Smith

American nutritionist Mark Hyman created a ultralight weight loss plan, which will help you eliminate toxins from your body, relieve pain and inflammation, and in seven days you lose 8-15 pounds without major sacrifices!
You have five meals during the day – three major and two snacks. In the morning and in the evening you have to drink an “ultrasmoothie”, eat an “ultrasoup” for lunch, and in the evening you have to take a hot “ultrabath”.
See the rules of this plan and you’ll easily get rid of the excess weight!

Ultrasmoothie

Ingredients:

Half a cup forest fruit
1 banana
2 tablespoons of peanut butter
2 teaspoons of flaxseed

Mix all ingredients in a blender and your shake is ready!

Ultrasoup – vegetable soup

You can easily make an ultrasoup by simply boiling a minimum of 7 types of vegetables including green vegetables (cabbage, spinach, chard…) . Spice it and eat it during the day.

Ultrabath

Before you go to sleep enjoy your ultrabath. Add a mixture of Epsom salt, baking soda and lavender essential oil. This will help you fall asleep easier and eliminate toxins from your body.

Example daily menu
Breakfast: Lemonade without sugar and ultrasmoothie. Snack: a cup of ultrasoup.
Lunch: Two cups of steamed vegetables, chicken fillet, half a cup of brown rice, ultrasmoothie. Snack: ultrasoup.
Dinner: Fish baked in olive oil with lemon juice, two cups of steamed vegetables and ultrasmoothie.
NOTE: Do not use this diet plan longer than one week! One week is enough to clear your body from toxins.

Fantastic green detox drink for a flat belly

May 11, 2015 by Sheila Smith

If you recently gained weight don’t worry! With a correct nutrition and physical activity you can quickly return to your slim figure, there are are also many healthy drinks that will help you in this effort.
This miracle drink with ginger, spinach and avocado will speed up the metabolic processes and it will be particularly effective for elimination of fat deposits on the stomach.
Drink it every morning and you’ll easily return to your slim figure and healthy body.

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon of ground ginger
1 clove of garlic
1 table spoon of apple cider
1 teaspoon of honey
a handful of mint and parsley
half avocado
half a cup of water
spinach

Preparation:

Wash the greens, peel the avocado and cut it into cubes. Put all ingredients in a blender except for the honey and ginger, mix them and add then add the honey and ginger and stir some more.
Drink this healthy, natural drink in the morning before breakfast.

Green tea, mint and orange detox

May 8, 2015 by Amy Brown

Nice combination of green tea, orange and mint is the ideal mix for my morning. This nice tea mixture is not only delicious way to start my morning, but it also has great health benefits.

The green tea speeds up my metabolism, and it boosts fat absorption. It is a great substitute for coffee and also has benefits that are protect the organism (cancer, high blood pressure, immunity booster, stroke etc.).

I love the fresh taste of mint, and of course it enriches the taste of the green tea nicely. The mint not only gives specific enrichment to the taste of this tea, but it also speeds up digestion, speeds up the fat burning processes and protects my stomach from bloating.

The nice orange is very appreciated because it has a unique taste, and it has nutritional an antioxidant properties. It is really rich with fiber that are incredibly useful so I can keep up my fine body line.

This is how I use it.Before I go to sleep I put one liter of water to boil, I let it cool down for 2 minutes, then I put 3 tea spoons of green tea or 5 bags of green tea and leave them in the tea for 3-5 minutes. After that, I remove the tea, and I slice up nicely washed whole orange in small pieces and put fresh mint leaves from my garden. I let put the jar in the fridge during the night and it is ready in the morning. So I start my day with this tea and I feel the benefits of it all day long. It helps me lose my weight and cleanse my body. I just love it!

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