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After the binge...
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It's time to cleanse your system with a quick detox, says RENUKA VIJAY KUMAR
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As we wind up two of this season's biggest festivals, your stomach is probably groaning and moaning in pain and even begging you to stop eating any more sweets, haleem or biryani. The season to binge is over, till Christmas at least. What your body needs is a thorough internal cleanse or a detox. A strict detox, whether it is done for three days, one week or even a month, will jump-start your metabolism and will help all that sluggishness disappear.
Fitness instructors and nutritionists recommend a detox for the fact that it will help you shed a few pounds. Your diet should not contain any processed or refined foods. That means no sugar, no tea, no rice or any other food that might contain carbohydrates. Fitness instructor Gavin Holt recommends a strict three-day detox that includes unlimited quantities of fruits and fruit juices.
Alternatively, add boiled or raw vegetables and vegetable soups to your diet. Even the popular seven-day G.M. diet can be used as a detox.
A detox diet can give you a mild headache and make you feel a bit lethargic and sometimes nauseous. You can choose a detox that suits your body best. Interior Designer Radhika does a two-day detox. On day one, she drinks only limejuice and on day two, she introduces idlis and exercise. Homemaker Sri Latha goes on a diet of greens for one whole week. The diet includes spinach, salads and more.
Detox diet
Nutritionist Kavitha Kabra recommends a therapeutic one-week detox diet to cleanse the body and begin a healthy way of living. She also suggests a liver flush to beat acidity. Whichever way you choose to detox, remember, with Christmas round the corner, you just might have to do it again.
A popular grandmother's therapy for a post-binge cleanse starts off with a glass of warm ajwain water, with only rasam-rice eaten all day.
Supplement your detox process with a bit of meditation and yoga. If you prefer aerobics, increase your routine by 15-30 minutes. Meditation and yoga help relax the mind and body. Detoxification, after all, is about cleansing the body as a whole.
How you can do your detox:
-Eat only fruits, vegetables, fresh fruit juices -without added sugar - and soups. This will flush your system.
-Start your day with two tablets of wheat grass.
-Add a tablespoon of flax to your soups for that extra fibre
- Have a capsule of Spirulina if you feel your detox diet leaves you feeling listless
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