{"id":4257,"date":"2014-02-05T04:18:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:15:30","slug":"powerful-detox-foods-a-guide-to-cleansing-your-body-and-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/powerful-detox-foods-a-guide-to-cleansing-your-body-and-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Detox Foods: A Guide to Cleansing Your Body and Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to recipes that include things like cabbage soup, gallons of lemon water and endless amounts of kale, detox diets seem to have gotten a bad reputation. Sure, they might help you lose weight and feel energized, but at what price?<\/p>\n

How much cabbage soup can one person actually eat?<\/p>\n

Luckily, there are other, more appetizing ways to detoxify. Here's a list of good-tasting foods that will cleans your body and soul without requiring a thorough pallet cleansing afterwards.<\/p>\n

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\"Powerful<\/a>Brazil Nuts.<\/b> These tasty little treats are packed with selenium, which helps flush your body of that pesky mercury. <\/p>\n

\tGoji Berries. <\/b>Who needs raisins when you can eat Goji berries? They're packed with vitamin C, which improves your liver function. And the liver is all about detoxifying your body. <\/p>\n

\tSeaweed. <\/b>It's light and it's strangely tasty and it's really good at helping purge lead from your body. It's also becoming more readily available at grocery stores everywhere. <\/p>\n

\tSesame Seeds.<\/b> They might be small, but they can play a huge role in making sure your liver is functioning properly–especially if you intend to have an adult beverage later in the week. <\/p>\n

\tBeets. <\/b>What's not to love about beets? They have a spectacular color and they're full of magnesium, zinc, iron and calcium–all of which help your body flush toxins. <\/p>\n

\tBasil. <\/b>It doesn't always get a starring role in salads, but maybe basil should. After all, can iceberg lettuce claim to have powerful anti-bacterial properties? No, but basil does. <\/p>\n

\tGinger.<\/b> To truly flush your system of toxins, add some ginger to your meals. It's a powerhouse that can cleanse your system, boost your metabolism and suppress your appetite. <\/p>\n

\tPineapple.<\/b> This one is easy to enjoy. Not only does pineapple taste great, but it cleans your colon and improves digestion. Avocados. They're full of colon-cleansing power, they're creamy and they taste great. <\/p>\n

\tCinnamon. <\/b>Cinnamon can add a kick to almost any meal. Plus, it's chuck full of iron, calcium and manganese, which can help keep your blood sugar in check. <\/p>\n

\tApples. <\/b>An apple a day may help keep the doctor away–because apples are nutrient-rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to recipes that include things like cabbage soup, gallons of lemon water and endless amounts of kale, detox diets seem to have gotten a bad reputation. Sure, they might help you lose weight and feel energized, but at what price? How much cabbage soup can one person actually eat? Luckily, there are other, more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[369,504,586,585,581,489,589,587,582,25,588,583,584],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-apples","tag-avocados","tag-basil","tag-beets","tag-brazil-nuts","tag-cinnamon","tag-detox-foods","tag-ginger","tag-goji-berries","tag-health-2","tag-pineapple","tag-seaweed","tag-sesame-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4257"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4728,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions\/4728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}