MIni cleanse recommendations??

jkestens63
jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a friend who is going to do a short cleanse - about 36 hours. She is doing juices and I was thinking of joining her but don't have a juicer. Anyone have ideas for a cleanse routine that doesn't involve a juicer?? I only have a blender

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  • Sapporo
    Sapporo Posts: 693 Member
    Check out recipes on http://my.cleanprogram.com/
    There are fruity ones that work well in a blender. I don't know about veggies? I do a kale mango smoothie in my magic bullet but juice all the hard veggies.

    The best way to cleanse is to eat all whole foods, organic if possible. Eat the veggies, don't need to try blending them. Veggies, fruits, meats unless you really want to do a meatless one, quinoa is alright on all cleanses I have seen plus beans too.
    Some exclude certain foods, check out the list at https://www.wrc.net/pdf/HerbalD-ToxChart.pdf
    that website lists what foods to exclude on different cleanses.
    I do this without buying the herbal junk that goes with it. I have done the herbs before but find they are too hardcore on my system and prefer my body to do its thing with real food.
  • bossladyday
    bossladyday Posts: 72 Member
    Rules of Detox
    Eat only apples and drink only water for 3 days, record affects.

    Supposed Benefits
    Flushing of poisonous metals from eating meat and fish from the body by the healing powers of apples.

    Alkalinity of apples restores balance in the body from all the acid contained in high protein foods.



    Apple pectin is helpful dietary fiber in maintaining good digestive health. Fruits rich in apple pectin include the peach, apple, currant, and plum. Protopectin, present in unripe fruits, is converted to pectin as the fruit ripens. Pectin forms a colloidal solution in water and gels on cooling. When fruits are cooked with the correct amount of sugar, and when the acidity is optimum and the amount of pectin present is sufficient, jams and jellies can be made. In overripe fruits, the pectin becomes pectic acid, which does not form jelly with sugar solutions.



    An indigestible, soluble fiber, apple pectin is a general intestinal regulator that is used in many medicinal preparations, especially as an anti-diarrhea agent. Our ancestors believed the old proverb an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Today, nutritional scientists research for evidences that verify how apples are good for our health. Apples are rich in pectin, a soluble fiber, which is effective in lowering cholesterol levels.

    Researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that apple pectin also acts as an antioxidant against the damaging portion of cholesterol in the blood stream. Many researchers suggest that people who eat fatty foods should, if possible, wash down this food with apple juice rather than the usual drink. Researchers have found that raw apples are the richest of fruits in pectin, with the jonagold variety of apple leading other varieties.

    It has been established that a diet rich in apple pectin may help protect against certain diseases. Research in Japan supports that apple pectin can also decrease the chances of colon cancer. Apple pectin helps maintain intestinal balance by cleansing the intestinal tract with its soluble and insoluble fibers. Apple pectin tends to increase acidity in the large intestines and is advocated for those suffering from ulcer or colitis and for regulating blood pressure. Pectin is also effective in causing regressions in and preventing gallstones. There is also evidence that the regular use of apple pectin may lessen the severity of diabetes.



    Body gets to take it easy for 3 days.

    Intestines get a clean-out and can absorb more nutrients post-detox.
  • future_runner
    future_runner Posts: 136 Member
    I have done raw fruit & veggie "fasts" before. I think they are really effective for digestion and reducing bloat. I will be doing one when I get back from florida! I would like to do one before Florida, but I am taking the bar that week and do not want to be on such a limited diet. I need the protein! I do the raw fruit & veggie thing for a week.
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