What are the Benefits of Detox and How to Do a Liquid Detox?

Detox means a kind of purification nutrition. It is a suitable diet, especially for periods when you feel unhealthy and over-nourished. It is a method that people who want to lose weight apply from time to time in order to accelerate fat burning. We can say that it is an ideal method for those who want to bring their body to themselves after the iftar tables and the following feast tables, which we will not be able to control ourselves, especially in the next Ramadan.

Detox diets cleanse the body toxins as well as cleanse the digestive and intestinal system. Along with these effects, it helps to lose weight and burn fat by accelerating the metabolism. It also has an anti-aging effect for both organs and skin.

Detoxing in certain periods helps to remove toxins from vital organs such as liver, colon, lung and kidney.

Detox helps you clean both mentally and physically, because the healthy foods you will consume during the detox period will clean your body from your hair strands to your nails and provide the repair it needs. Thanks to the detox, the feeling of vigor you will feel in your body will also make you feel good spiritually.

Detox is one of the best ways to clean your skin and make it look younger. Cleaning products and care products used in routine skin care cause the accumulation of toxins on the skin surface and in the body. These accumulated substances cause deformation in the skin structure. If you regularly detox, you will get rid of harmful substances that accumulate both in the body and on your skin. Along with this, your skin renews, roughness, redness and rashes on the skin surface disappear, and visible reductions in spots and wrinkle formation occur.

Thanks to the detox effective foods that you should consume outside of the detox periods, you can protect your health and keep your body more vigorous during these periods.

What are Detox Effective Foods?

White cabbage: It is one of the indispensable foods of detox periods thanks to the antioxidants and B, C, E vitamins in white cabbage.

It helps strengthen your organs, promotes cell regeneration and helps you remove toxins from your body. You can consume cabbage as a soup, or you can prepare its pickles or consume it raw in your salads.

Garlic: Garlic is one of the most powerful antioxidant sources among the foods rich in vitamin C. It accelerates metabolism, strengthens the immune system, protects hair and skin health. In addition, when consumed regularly, it purifies the body from harmful substances and prevents the accumulation of toxins.

Lemon: Everyone knows that lemons are a storehouse of vitamin C. However, it is a very important booster for the immune system. It contains a high amount of antioxidants. It shows purifying and cleansing properties on the body. For this reason, it should be consumed abundantly outside the detox periods, and if possible, warm water with lemon should be drunk an hour before meals in the morning and evening.

Green Tea: Green tea, one of the strongest sources of antioxidants, is also rich in catechins.

By consuming 2 cups of green tea a day, you can help remove toxins from your body and prevent free radicals from damaging them.

Red beetroot: It not only helps to clean the organs in the body, but also protects the organs and makes them stronger. It helps to protect heart health, ensures the proper functioning of the digestive system functions and protects the nervous system. It also regulates blood sugar and relieves sleep problems. For this reason, it is among the foods that should be consumed abundantly during both detox and non-detox periods.

What are the types of detox?

There are two types of detox. These are the liquid detox, where you are fed completely with liquids, and the classic detox, which also includes solid foods. In liquid detox, liquids consisting of various fruits, vegetables and spices are consumed instead of main and snack meals. These are called detox waters. In the traditional detox method, solid meals are also consumed and a solid-liquid mixed diet is followed.

How to prepare detox water?

Today, detox waters are prepared especially by cold pressing method and offered for sale in a way suitable for consumption.

How to Make a Liquid Detox?

If you have a juicer at home, you can easily make a liquid detox. If you are going to detox or liquid detox for the first time, it would be more appropriate to start with 3 days. Thus, you will both benefit from the detox and see your body resistance and reaction to the detox.

Day 1 in liquid detox

Breakfast:

We will prepare a detox water for breakfast with the following ingredients ; green detox water

• 3 celery stalks
• 1 cucumber
• 2 kale leaves
• 10 stalks of parsley
• 1 green apple
• 1 lemon
• 1 finger size fresh ginger
• 1/2 tea glass of drinking water

After washing all the ingredients well, pass them through a solid fruit press and Add half a tea glass of water to it and consume it at breakfast.

Meal meal :

• 2 apples
• 2 slices of pineapple
• 1 orange
• 1 pear 5-6 sprigs of mint

After washing all the ingredients well, pass them through a solid fruit press. Consume in the snack between breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast:

• 2 red beetroots
• 1 carrot
• 2 apples
• 1 lemon
• 1 finger-sized fresh ginger

Enjoy it as a snack between lunch and dinner.

Dinner :

• 1 artichokes
• 1 handful of white cabbage
• 2 slices of pineapple
• 1 lemon
• 1 celery 10-15 leaves of parsley
• 1/2 tea glass of water

After washing all the ingredients well, pass them through a solid fruit press and put half in half Add a cup of water and consume it at dinner.

Refreshment:

• 3 slices of watermelon 
• 10 pieces of strawberry 
• 1 finger-sized fresh ginger 
• 5-6 leaves of fresh mint 
• 1 piece of lemon 
• 1 piece of apple 

All the ingredients are finely After washing it, pass it through a solid fruit press and consume it after dinner and at the latest 2 hours before going to bed at night.

Same meals on the second and third days of the liquid detox must be consumed. If possible, detox waters should be prepared at the time of consumption.

Things to consider when applying liquid detox:

When applying liquid detox, do not forget to consume 2-3 liters of water alongside the detox waters. During the detox period, it will be beneficial to take a brisk walk for 45 minutes a day. During the detox period, you can do the walk in the morning or in the evening, depending on your energy. While doing a liquid detox, you should not consume alcohol and cigarettes, just like in other detoxes. You should not consume any solid or liquid food other than the specified detox waters and water. There may be some changes in your stool as you will be constantly drinking fluids, you may see it more liquid consistency or a different color than normal, but this is quite normal and you should not panic. After finishing the liquid detox, you should not go back to your old diet directly, but continue to eat healthy and light whenever possible.