Detoxifying food swaps
Posted 29 September 10If you are spring cleaning your body for summer, here’s
some suggestions from Woman’s Day about food swapping.
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When you’re spring cleaning the body, having a few simple food swaps up your sleeve will help you to maintain your resolve.
Note: Rooibos tea is available from the health food section of the supermarket.
It’s a red leaf tea and contains more antioxidants than even green tea.
Note: Red meat is harder to digest than white so during a detox, swap sausages for chicken, and remember to chew, chew, chew!
Note: 100 per cent rye bread is available from good health food stores, farmers’ markets and bakers.
Note: The maximum recommended daily intake of sodium is 2200mg — the fried egg breakfast alone nearly reaches this limit, which is one great reason to switch to a healthier alternative.
Note: Bacon pieces in caesar salad are often full of nitrates which are bad for the colon. The croutons are also wheat based and a no-no on a detox.
Note: A winner in every way, the “detox dessert” of yoghurt and raspberries
is not only lower in kilojoules, fat, carbohydrate and sugar, but contains protein and fibre to keep you satisfied for longer, meaning there’s no need to go back
for seconds!
Note: Over-sized and over-priced, yet hardly nutritious at all, steer clear of commercially blended smoothies. Instead, blend your own with fresh ingredients and dairy-free rice milk.
Note: The watermelon makes such a refreshing treat you’ll never want to revert back to the bad old ice lolly that’s full of colours and refined sugar.
Note: Flavour tofu with tamari and lemon juice and you’ll hardly notice the difference!
www.womansday.ninemsn.com.au/health/diet/996823/detoxifying-food-swaps
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