The 3-Day Detox

If you’re feeling sluggish or like you’re having trouble sticking to a healthy eating plan, sometimes you just need a reboot.

In her book “Detoxification”, Linda Page points out that “A detox is one of the best ways to remain healthy in today’s world.” 

The following cleanse reportedly helps clear your liver of toxins. It makes sense because your liver plays a vital role in balancing your hormones and ridding your body of toxins, and this cleanse is a sort of “liver purge”. Give this 3-day cleanse a try:

After waking:

Squeeze one lemon into eight-ounces of water and drink. For added benefit, add a few drops of herbal extracts known for aiding digestion (such as dandelion root, cardamom, or orange peel).

Breakfast: One eight-ounce glass of carrot/beet/cucumber juice or organic apple juice. One eight-to 12-ounce bowl of miso soup.

Midmorning: One eight-ounce glass of vegetable juice (such as low-sodium V8). Or, you can mix a green superfood powder (spirulina, barley grass, or chlorella) with water or vegetable juice.

Lunch: One eight-ounce glass of carrot juice or organic apple juice.

Midafternoon: One cup of peppermint or dandelion-root tea.

Dinner: A cup of cooked brown rice; a cup of steamed, organic veggies; and a glass of mixed vegetable juice or carrot juice.

Before bed: Another glass of lemon juice in water (one lemon in eight-ounces) or papaya or pineapple juice.

3 days of this and you should feel that boost in energy and mood you’ve been craving to keep you moving forward with your weight loss and healthy lifestyle goals!