That's right kids, it's time. I have diabetes coming at me from both ends of the genetic pool, so I figure it's about time to get my act together. Every time I eat too much sugar, and then my stomach hurts, I'm convinced that I'm getting diabetes. So I am changing my ways. It's really happening. Today is the day! First up?
. . . . . . . . . D E T O X I F I C A T I O N . . . . . . . .
I've eaten a lot of crappy food this weekend. I knew that before I started to change my diet, I needed to flush out my system. I was thinking, "Oh, I won't eat any more food for the rest of the day. I'll just drink water!" (It was about 5:30 PM when I thought that...). As I did more and more research on detoxifying your body, I found out that it takes more than 12 hours. Try 7 days.
Are you ready for an awesome connection?
The purpose of DETOXIFYING your body is to clean your blood (of sugar, and junky stuff). A big part of DIABETES is controlling your blood sugar! Not only do Detoxifying and Diabetes both start with D, but they both have to do with your blood! It takes about 7 days to get nice clean blood.
Detoxifying sounds great, doesn't it? And so cleansing.
So, obviously, it takes a little bit more than thinking about detoxifying to actually detoxify. In my mind, I figured I could go a couple of hours with no food, and just water, but that would do nothing, and probably be unhealthy. Even when you are trying to detoxify, your body still needs nutrients. I've heard a lot about drinking tea to detoxify, but I don't drink tea. In my quest for knowledge on this topic, I found some awesome "Natural Detox Drink Recipes". I haven't drank pop in a really long time (that is one aspect of my current diet that I am so proud of!). In place of pop, I started drinking lemonade. All the time. I love it. One of the recipes I found is called, "The Lemonade Cleanse". I'm so excited for this.
- 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
- 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
Mix into 8 oz of purified water.
Drink 6-8 glasses of this each day of your cleanse, and eat nothing.
**Warning: this drink lacks important nutrients**
Another good one: Fruit Detox Drink
- 8 oz. of orange juice
- 4 oz. of pure water
- ½ cup banana strawberries or yogurt
- ½-inch slice of ginger
- 1 small garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon flax oil
- 1 tablespoon lecithin granules
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice if desired
- 1 tablespoon of protein powder or spirulina powder
Last, but not least: CRANBERRY JUICE.
Fresh. It's really good for you. And it contains vitamin C (so obviously it's good for you). Dilute one part cranberry juice into four parts water then, add 1 tablespoon each of apple pectin and psyllium fiber to stimulate gentle intestinal elimination.
Also, eat lots of fiber. Because fiber makes you poop!
These recipes came from http://life.gaiam.com/article/5-natural-detox-drink-recipes
I'm going to try and get this far. I probably won't do a 7 day detox. Maybe like, a 2 day detox. I'll throw in some yoga, and lots of exercise (which is IMPORTANT when detoxing!). Hopefully, I can report back with good results...
Happy detoxing, loves.
