Prepare to Detox!!!

It's March, we're already 3 months into 2014, how did that happen so fast?! No matter how good our  health kick intentions were  back at the beginning of the year it's pretty likely that only a hand full of us managed to keep them going into the 3rd month. Here in Brazil carnival has just finished, roughly 75% of the Brazilian population will be feeling terrible today after a week long binge session or even just from lack of sleep due to other noisy party goers. We have just the thing to get you back on track and to stop you feeling guilty about your over indulgence. Coming up is a detox, health and fitness plan that will have you ready to rock a healthy body in time for Easter and keep you on track for the rest of 2014.

Before we get started on our Detox we have to get prepared. Yes, we actually need to prepare our bodies for a detox. Our systems are so used to being abused with fried, fatty foods, huge quantities of sugar, refined wheat products and even even caffeine that if we just cut them out suddenly all at once our bodies would go into shock and we would suffer headaches, nausea, dizzy spells, stress and possibly even worse than that.

Depending on your current diet you will need between 3 and 7 days to prepare for a detox. Roughly 3 days for those who eat more vegetables and fruits. Who barley eat fried food watch their un-natural sugar in-take and balance amount of white flour products. Around 7 days for those who regally eat so called "junk foods" pizza, anything fried, lots of white bread and pasta, drink fizzy drinks everyday and who have more than one cup of coffee per day. You're going to have to cut back on all these and introduce more veg and fruit into you diet. Try swapping fizzy drinks for fresh fruit juices (no adding sugar here!) and replace white bread with wholemeal. Think about how you've treated your digestive system the last few months and figure out how long you will need to give yourself to cut down on certain items before starting the detox.

Over the next few days we will giving you full details of the detox so know what to expect and you can work out how to work it into you daily life. We will explain exactly what is a detox and why it's beneficial to our bodies. We'll give you some handy recipe ideas to help you if it's your first time trying something like this and start preparing you for stage 2 the fitness regime!

Preparing Your Body

Drink at least 8 big glasses of clean water per day
Enjoy these foods freely—all organic variety, please:

• All fresh fruit, except bananas
• All veggies, especially dark leafy greens (kale, spinach, collards, broccoli, parsley)
• Gluten-free organic grains, like quinoa, brown rice, millet, buckwheat, corn, amaranth
• Fresh nut milks
• Coconut water
• Beans Lentils and legumes
• Nuts, specifically raw almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts
• Seeds, specifically pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, hemp
• Super foods, like cacao, chia seeds, goji berries, maca powder, green powders, açai
• Apple cider vinegar Lemon Sea vegetables, like dulse, wakame, nori, kelp, spirulina, chlorella, blue green
• Oils, specifically olive, grapeseed, sesame(raw), coconut and unheated oils of flax, primrose, borage
• Raw olives
• All herbs, especially turmeric, oregano, mint, cilantro, parsley, thyme
• Herbal tea, like dandelion root, burdock, red clover, ginger
• Fermented drinks like coconut kefir
• Sea salt or pink
• Himalayan pink salt
• Organic eggs
• If you eat meat eat, stick to organic chicken or turkey and wild salmon

Foods to Remove from Diet slowly

• Alcohol
• Coffee (Try switching to Green Tea–it’s high in antioxidants and balances blood sugar)
• Soy products
• All white sugar and products containing (cookies, cakes, candy, cereals, packaged foods)
• Processed foods (packaged foods, crackers, chips, salty snacks)
• White flour

If you have any kind of medial problems, including; obesity, liver disease, heart problems, low blood or high blood pressure, kidney problems our detox may not be for you. You should seek medial assistance before starting any kind of dietary or fitness program. Our detox and fitness guide is aimed at healthy adults with a medium fitness wanting to improve their overall health, fitness and well being.