Bikini detox

Friday evening

Snack
Fruit and 10-15 unsalted almonds/walnuts

Main meal
A glass of water before your meal
Fresh vegetable soup (low salt)
Steamed or grilled fish, flavoured with ginger, garlic and fresh coriander, and lots of steamed vegetables dressed with two teaspoons of sesame oil
Herb tea such as mint or camomile

Before bed
Live plain yoghurt, a teaspoon of honey and a banana

Saturday

Cup of hot water and lemon on rising

Breakfast
A generous bowl of unsweetened organic rice puff cereal, served with rice or soya milk and fresh strawberries
A small glass of freshly squeezed orange juice A cup of coffee substitute such as Bambu made with soya milk

Snack
A generous handful of dried blueberries (or other dried fruit) and an oatcake

Lunch
A glass of water before your meal
A main meal salad consisting of varied green leaves (be adventurous with ingredients such as lambs lettuce or baby spinach), dressed with lemon and balsamic vinegar, grilled asparagus, halved seedless grapes, halved cherry tomatoes, flakes of fresh grilled tuna (or tuna tinned in spring water if fresh not available) sprinkled with pumpkin seeds
A couple of satsumas
Herb tea

Snack
A couple of rye crackers spread with nut butter (try almond nut butter) and/or 100 per cent fruit jam
An apple

Evening meal
A glass of water before your meal
Lentil soup with lemon
Falafel (chick pea pattie) and roasted Mediterranean vegetables; evenly sized chunks of red onion, tomatoes, aubergine, red and yellow peppers, sprinkled with olives and baked for half an hour in a little olive oil
Herb tea

Before bed
Apricot and plain live yoghurt puree

Sunday

Cup of hot water and lemon on rising

Breakfast
A bowl of porridge made with soya or rice milk. Serve with a sliced banana and a tablespoon of pine nuts
A cup of coffee substitute made with soya milk

Snack
Watermelon and apple juice. Place a generous amount of watermelon flesh, including the seeds which are mineral-rich, in a blender on high speed, and add high quality cloudy apple juice or ideally pass an apple through a juicer.

Lunch
A glass of water before your meal
Chicken breast fillet (no skin) pan-fried in one teaspoon of olive oil with lots of garlic and mixed herbs. Serve with minted salad (large green salad, defrosted but not heated, green peas, dressed with live plain yoghurt with lots of chopped fresh mint and chives)
Herb tea

Snack
Vegetable sticks with hummus

Evening meal
Tomato and spring onion salad dressed with lemon
Corn pasta with pesto, green salad
Herb tea

Before bed
Rice crackers with avocado slices

What next?

It's back to work on Monday and you should be feeling refreshed and revitalised. Before sinking back into old habits see what positive benefits you can take forward with you into the week. After all, the point of this detox is to act as a springboard to healthy eating.

Aim to snack on fresh fruit, nuts and seeds instead of a Danish or biscuits. Keep up drinking herb tea or coffee substitutes at least half of the time to reduce your dependency on caffeine.

Make at least one meal a day vegetarian based on pulses, beans, and salads, without too much cheese, butter and meat featuring in your day. And vary your grains from wheat to incorporate other grains such as rye, oats, rice and barley.