A topic I encounter a lot and a word that is in style lately is “detox” and “cleanse”. And while lately my body has been feeling a little “ick” on the inside, I don’t know if I could forgo my normal food (normal in this case means actually being able to chew my food) for an all juice diet. After a bit of research and speaking to fellow colleagues, the detox path is one that is not very pleasant and in fact quite difficult to maintain. A common thread with all these diets is to blenderize all the recommended foods into a slurry and chug it back in lieu of a regular diet for 3-10 days. Most of the ingredients in a detoxes are green leafy veggies, berries, apples or any fruit of vegetable you can jam into your blender.
Reading about these detox diets just made me crave a slab of frosted chocolate cake even more, so I know that I would not last past the first 3 hours let alone days of a detox! But this is not to say that the idea of a detox is all too terrible. Take away the blender, and you basically have what a healthy diet consists of on a regular basis. Fruits, veggies, water…so we are blending them up because….?we are to lazy to chew? I think not!
So my conclusion is to consciously make an effort to consume fibre rich foods such as whole grains, legumes, “leafies” as I like to call them, and maybe I will blend my fruits add some probiotic yogurt and make a delicious smoothie, and that’s as close as I will get to a detox. I will try to avoid processed and refined carbs, but who are we kidding, I have a love affair with them that cant be broken! So there you have it, “Alyssa Elle’s not so much Detox”, and that’s my Beauty Recipe!
Tell me, have you ever tried a cleanse or detox, what are your thoughts?
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