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Spring detox week one

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Spring into shape with our motivational day-by-day detox plan

Spring has officially sprung, which means it's time to get your body out from under wraps. But if you're feeling flabby and under par, don't panic - our gentle detox plan will kick-start the good diet lifestyle habits you need to get in shape.

Detox regimes conjure up images of carrot juice and colonic irrigation, but you don't need to go through pain to cleanse your body. Our two-week plan gives a day-by-day motivational guide to kicking the old habits and sprucing up for spring.

Day 1
Eat Light
For just one day, give your digestive system a holiday by eating only the highly nutritious foods listed below. Include at least one food from each of the six groups during the day, and make sure to eat enough to feel full. Vegetables can be steamed, stir-fried, baked, roasted or eaten raw.

Group 1: Watercress, red peppers, cabbage, sprouts, sweet potatoes, spinach, apricots, mangoes, tomatoes, guavas, cantaloupe melon, kiwifruit.
Group 2: Boiled or canned beans or lentils, brown rice, porridge made with soya milk, millet, baked potatoes, buckwheat, quinoa, corn pasta (all available form health food stores or bigger supermarkets).
Group 3: Onions, garlic.
Group 4: Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, grapes.
Group 5: Citrus fruits
Group 6: Unsalted nuts and seeds, linseeds, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil.

Day 2
Cut the Junk
Stick mainly to the foods outlined in day one, but during the rest of your detoxing fortnight, it's fine to eat fresh meat and fish. Continue to avoid processed foods, ready meals, as well as deep fried or sugary foods. It's also a good idea to give up, or at least minimise, wheat and dairy products as there's growing evidence that an occasional break from the foods we eat every day is a good idea. Habitually eaten foods are those most likely to cause intolerance - symptoms include headaches, tiredness, aches and pains and bloating. Even if you aren't affected there's no harm in having a wheat and dairy-free period as long as you substitute alternative foods like corn pasta, rice, wheat-free bread and soya milk.

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Created: 15/04/2003  Updated: 14/02/2007

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