10 Tips and Trix for a successful detox – Number 4 Eat your greens

Hello fellow steemians,

Today I will continue my series about detox. And you will get to read about why you should eat your greens. I hope you enjoy.

My mother always used to say to me “Eat your vegetables so you’ll grow up strong” I think most kids hear that.
Veggies and fruit contain a lot of nutrients that we need to have a healthy life.
And it’s even more important while you are on a detox to make sure you eat healthily.

Make sure to eat your green veggies

Eat green food
Green vegetables are full of a different kind of nutrition, such as chlorophyll, minerals, flavonoids, iron and a lot of other good things. But the main reason you should eat your green food during detox is due to the high contents of fiber in green veggies.

The fiber keeps your stomach moving make you feel fuller and helps keep your blood sugar and the fat in your blood at a healthy level.

A suggestion of great green foods:

Broccoli
Spinach
Green paprika
Green Kale
Brussel sprouts
Peas

Vitamin C is really important during a detox

Get that Vitamin C

While detoxing vitamin C is essential to boost your immune system and help your body absorb iron.
Vitamin C is an important part for collagen that is needed in skin, teeth, skeleton and blood vessels so it’s important that you eat your Vitamin C as clean as possible and never close to when you have had your coffee since coffee ruins the bodies absortion of iron.

Vitamin C can be found in

Citrus fruits
Paprika
Broccoli
Chilli peppers
Papaya
Berries like black and red currant
Rose hip
Guava

Other nutrition-packed foods you can try during a detox is

Spirulina – Have a great combo of protein, vitamins, chlorophyll, and phycocyanin that prevent cell damage. It’s an algae that can be found in different health stores. Spirulina is also known for its cleansing abilities and can help the body get rid of heavy metals. If you eat a lot of fish, you really need to do a heavy metal cleansing.
Spirulina is a great source of Vitamin B2 and B12 so it’s great for vegans and vegetarians

A little chocolate each day is good for you

Chocolate – Yeah, I know you are probably confused right now. But chocolate with a high amount of cacao is actually good for you. If you buy organic, non-GMO with a cacao percentage of 70% or more then it’s really healthy to eat a piece or two each day.
Flavonoids in the chocolate help minimize the bad cholesterol in your blood and can help lower the blood pressure.
And chocolate is also a love food so a big bonus just for that 😉

Make sure to eat organic, non-GMO and as much of the rainbow you can during a detox.
This is also my contribution to @make-it-healthy project. Started by the lovely Joanna @woman-onthe-wing
Make sure to check her pages for great healthy recipes :)

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Lots of love / Nicole