Healthy Start Mondays – Five Detox Foods For Your Body

Mondays are truly horrible for most of us.  There is no need to add to the pain by having headaches or digestion issues.  Many of us already feel guilty about what we ate, lack of exercise, embarrassing late night texts and or dance moves.  Its important to start your week off on the road to recovery.  The first step is to start building the body back up – immediately.  Here are five easy foods you should try to consume on Mondays, if not every day of the week.

Lemons are packed with antioxidants that are great at building up your immune system. In addition, lemon have an alkaline effect on the body, which helps restore your body’s natural pH-balance and push out toxins. After a fun-filled weekend of eating and drinking decadance, start your Monday morning with hot water and lemon to kickstart the detox process and flush out toxins.

Beets  are also full of antioxidants and powerful minerals, like magnesium, iron and vitamin C, all of which help replenish your body with essential nutrients.  Beets are awesome because they have nutrients that help to support liver detoxification.  They are also good for cholesterol levels and skin.  Beets have come along way there are many tasty ways to prepare them.

Fresh Fruit is an all around super food when it comes to detoxing your body. Fruit is loaded with vitamins, like vitamins A, B and C as well as other healthy boosters, like dietary fiber, starches and tons of antioxidants. The vitamins and minerals in the fruit will help repair your digestive tract and hydrate your body.

Garlic is a hangover helper.  It is antiviral, antibacterial and antibiotic.  It will enhance your immune system and keep the plumbing in your digestive system working.  Garlic also contains allicin, which produces white blood cells that help fight disease and help push out toxins caused by alcohol and fatty foods.  Try crushing some garlic into your salad dressing to give the recovery process a kick in the pants.

Green Tea is considered by many to be one of nature’s healthiest beverages, green tea is rich in antioxidants that could help fight off heart disease and cancer.  Your detox process cannot start without replenishing healthy fluids back into your body, this provides the vehicle to rid your body of toxins.  Green Tea will boost your metabolism and digestion as well as create enzymes that help break down toxins.  Green Tea is essential to start your week after a weekend of decadence

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