Dr. Oz
A Detox diet is a welcome anytime, but especially in the autumn, when nature gives us plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables that you can rely on. And perhaps the most appropriate Detox recipes, which are based on this natural wealth of fresh fruits and vegetables, are the Detox recipes of the famous Dr.Oz.
Let’s discover together, the recipes recommended by Dr. Oz to get rid of toxins!
In any Detox menu, the best is to strip away your daily intake of dairy and sweet products, processed foods, carbonated drinks, flour products, carbonated and caffeine to help your metabolism to work at full capacity and your body to eliminate toxins. The main food groups you should rely to detoxify the body are vegetables and fruits. Use them as often as possible as juice / smoothies or even raw. Thus, you will provide your body with the most important nutrients for energy. It is highly recommended even your cooked food to be prepared in a natural and simply way without ingredients and meat with a high saturated fat content. For example, do not use fat to prepare your vegetables. Just stew or steam them. For this time of the year that is autumn, the most recommended are vegetable soups.
Among the best fruits, that you can use in your Detox diet you can include apples, grapes, and lemons. Among the vegetables, we can enumerate beets, carrots, broccoli, cabbage and herbs such as spinach, parsley, celery and dill. You can also use successfully powders of spirulina, green barley, wheat grass and chlorella, which have a significant contribution of chlorophyll and minerals that can cleanse your blood. Drink also, plenty of herbal teas and plain water.
Let’s see several recipes that Dr. Oz recommends for a Detox diet:
Green Juice
Ingredients:
– Spinach- 2cups
– Celery sticks
– Sliced Cucumbers- 2cups
– Parsley – one little bunch
– 2 Apples
– Ginger Root
– Juice from a fresh squeezed Lemon.
Mix all these ingredients in blender a juicer or blender and strain to get only the juice without ingredient pulp.
Another drink recommended by Dr. Oz is with green leaves and green leaves that you can also mix in your blender:
– Pineapple – 1/2cup
– Spinach – 4cups
– 2 Cucumbers
– Fresh squeezed Juice from half a Lemon
– Mint Leaves – one bunch
– A little grated Ginger Root
– Water
Quinoa with Dried Prunes
According to Dr.Oz it is extremely important to eat quinoa, because this grain contains no less than nine essential amino acids, in fact, all the essential amino-acids. Also, its high fiber content helps your digestion not to mention the rich phosphorus content, which is great for your bowel movement.
How to prepare this great recipe:
– Boil 1 cup water 1/2 cup quinoa, 1 teaspoon grated ginger and a little nutmeg
– Leave to boil under lid over for 10 minutes
– Add 1/2 cup pitted prunes and 1/4 cup rice milk
– Cover and let simmer another five minutes.
Vegetable Soup
Ingredients for a vegetable soup you:
– Water – 2 liters; Celery – 2 sticks; 2 red onions; Parsley – 1little bunch
– 4 cloves of garlic; 1 bulb fennel; 1 small Cabbage;
– Mushrooms – 1 cup; 2 tablespoons Oregano ; 2 teaspoons cumin
– 2 teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons Paprika; Cayenne Pepper
Boil all these ingredients over low heat for at least one hour.
Fennel is great for bile stimulating; Parsley has a diuretic effect and Cayenne pepper helps to detoxify your liver.
Sauerkraut & Dill
Dr. Oz highly recommends finishing your dinner with a small bowl of sauerkraut that contains probiotic. It helps to remove toxins from your gastrointestinal tract. Add some apple slices to your bowl with sauerkraut for extra fiber.
Fruit Smoothies
Ingredients:
– Almond Milk – 1/2cup
– Unsweetened Soy or Hemp
– Chia Seeds or Flax – 1 tablespoon
– Frozen Blueberries, Raspberries or Cranberries
– ¼ Banana
– Ice
Mixes all these ingredients in your blender.
Forbidden Foods & Ingredients
Alcohol; Beverages; Coffee
Fries; Dairy; Meat / Sausage;
Bread and any other product made from flour;
Excess of Salt and Pepper; Sweets; Fast Food Products;