Happy New Year with a Detox...

Happy New Year for 2011. I hope you're looking forward to a good thorough cleansing as much as I am. I'm starting gently so as not to send my system into toxic shock. Here's a few pointers I'm introducing to my daily routine now that I'm back at work and my day is more structured:

1. Kick start your digestive system each day with a hot water with a slice of lemon.
2. Flush those toxins out further and aim to drink 2 litres of filtered water through out the day. I try to have a 500ml bottle in my bag, and get through a 1 litre bottle when seated at my desk.
3. Increase the amount of fibre in your diet, by upping your vegetable and fruit intake. The high fibre content of fresh produce easily absorbs toxins from the digestive system and carries them out of our bodies more easily.

That's all for now...but keep a look out for my some detox recipe suggestions in the forth coming month.

Christmas Nutrients....

I'm definitely a Christmas person - carols, tree decorating and gift wrapping galore! Loving my vegetables, I've even gone as far as making a brussel sprout wreath for my front door. Nutritionist I may be, but I'm only human and indulgence is still on the menu. If you can't at Christmas when can you? Indulging in brussel sprouts just doesn't cut it. Christmas on the whole has the potential to be significantly nutritious...nuts, winter fruits (satsumas & pomegranates) and winter vegetables (brussel sprouts, leeks and carrots). It's the quantity of it all that has the potential to overload our digestive system. That, and the quantity of alcohol, sugar and meats that we may be consuming amidst all the celebrations. Christmas cake and mince pies aside, I notice that there is little wheat around at Christmas time. For me it isn't so much the Christmas bloat as the Christmas toxification. I feel sluggish this morning... After all these acid forming foods, I'm not surprised. So it's time for an alkaline or neutral food overload, in order to reset the balance.