{"id":391,"date":"2016-01-22T20:59:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2020-10-13T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T20:13:33","slug":"to-detox-or-not-to-detox-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/features\/to-detox-or-not-to-detox-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To Detox or not to Detox that is the question?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, January is nearly over and you still\u00a0haven’t started that diet\/ exercise routine, plus you’ve read numerous articles on how diets\/ detoxes don’t work anyway.<\/p>\n

Regardless, my answer is Do it<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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We all need to practice putting a break on our mindless eating and sugar laden diet. Like it or not we follow a mainly industrialised diet (nutrient-deficient\u00a0) and are paying the price: set to become Europes’ fattest nation by 2030\u00a0– we\u00a0are already suffering\u00a0the horrors of \u00a0‘lifestyle illnesses<\/i>‘ such as high blood pressure, diabetes type 2, Alzheimers and Cancer.<\/p>\n

A detox cleanses the palate and helps to rebalance sugar cravings. Even if you only last 3 days it will still result in correcting sugar cravings and may\u00a0even help re-establish mindful eating!<\/p>\n

There are many ways to detox! <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>This is not a diet<\/em>. Instead just focus on incorporating more veg e.g make a giant pot of lentil and vegetable soup at the begining\u00a0of the week and start your day with a\u00a0green juice! Try swapping to brown carbs too. Cut down on sugar but you don’t even need to totally cut out the chocolate either -instead\u00a0switch to dark chocolate. Follow the 80\/20 rule and it\u00a0really can be\u00a0that simple.<\/p>\n

Remember It only takes 21 days to make or break a habit!!<\/strong>
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If you have enjoyed too much wine time <\/i>try Milk thistle<\/a>\u00a0to soothe an overworked liver, if you are feeling bloated and lethargic try dandelion<\/a>\u00a0tincture or tea (its virtues have been extolled for centuries and now Dr Oz is a big fan)! If you feel your body is plain exhausted and crying out for nourishment incorporate FlorEssence<\/a>\u00a0tea for a full body ‘MOT ‘- results are astounding. For weight loss (who doesn’t want to lose a few?) have green tea daily to boost your metabolism – for a double whammy invest in some\u00a0CLA<\/a>\u00a0Booster Caps<\/a><\/p>\n

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We might be still in the dark days of winter but make these few diet changes and you will see the energy light<\/em> at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n

Here is\u00a0my go-to Green Smoothie recipe<\/strong> for guaranteed energy!<\/p>\n

1 large handful spinach (or kale )
\n3 sprigs coriander (minus stalks) … or parsley
\n1 apple
\n1 celery stalk
\n\u00bc cucumber<\/p>\n

1 avocado (optional)
\n2 tsp Organic Greens Complex ( or Wheatgrass \/Spirulina tabs ).
\n4 tsp chia seeds \u2013 a great source of omega 3 and fibre
\n\u00bd tsp Turmeric Powder
\nGenerous squeeze of lemon juice
\n2 tsp Cider vinegar
\n4 ml Dandelion tincture (optional)<\/p>\n

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So, January is nearly over and you still\u00a0haven’t started that diet\/ exercise routine, plus you’ve read numerous articles on how diets\/ detoxes don’t work anyway. Regardless, my answer is Do it! We all need to practice putting a break on our mindless eating and sugar laden diet. Like it or not we follow a mainly [Read more…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalskincare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}