Best Detox Fruits and Vegetables

If you’ve heard of super foods, you already know that many fruits and vegetables provide you with extensive health benefits. Studies show that many fruits and vegetables contain a variety of cancer-fighting substances.

Super foods are rich in nutrients and phytochemicals that help cleanse the body and prevent serious diseases such as diabetes and rheumatism. Many fruits and vegetables are also high in glutathione, a powerful antioxidant that converts fat-soluble toxins to less harmful forms that you can easily excrete.

Top Ten Detox Foods

If you’re thinking about cleansing your body and lowering your weight, eating clean is a great first step, according to detox diet proponents. The following ten fruits and vegetables are known for their cleansing and purifying qualities. In addition, the following foods energize cleansing enzymes in the liver, your body’s own detox agent.

  1. Green leafy vegetables. The chlorophyll helps flush out environmental toxins such as heavy metals, pesticides, and air pollution. Load up on parsley, spinach, kale, chard, mustard greens, and wheatgrass. Research shows that chlorophyll may also block genetic changes that cause the production of carcinogenic substances in cells.

 

  • Lemons. High in vitamin C, the detox vitamin, lemons help convert toxins into a water-soluble form that’s easily flushed away.
  • Watercress. These peppery little green leaves are rich in minerals and also have a diuretic effect that helps move things through your system.
  • Garlic. Garlic activates liver enzymes that help filter out wastes. Research shows garlic juice may also inhibit the growth of tumors.
  • Green tea. Green tea is rich in antioxidants and tannins, which help reduce the growth of tumors. It also contains catechins, which speed up liver activity and help flush out toxins, and polyphenols, which inhibit the formation of some carcinogens.
  • Broccoli. This cruciferous veggie contains up to 50 times more cancer-fighting, enzyme-stimulating activity than any other vegetable.
  • Beets. Beet juice cleanses and nourishes the liver.
  • Psyllium and sesame seeds. High in soluble fiber, psyllium flushes toxins and cholesterol from the system. Stir powdered psyllium into juice to help cleanse your colon. Sesame seeds help protect liver cells from the damaging effects of alcohol and other chemicals. Include a tablespoon of tahini, a concentrated form of sesame seeds, into vegetable juices.
  • Carrots. Carrots are high in beta-carotene and are also believed to have potent anti-cancer properties. They also help flush out toxins.
  • All fruits. High in vitamin C, fiber, and nutritious fluids, fruits are packed with hundreds of disease-fighting phytochemicals and antioxidants. Tomatoes are good sources of lycopene, which has been shown to help prevent prostate cancer. They are also packed with phytochemicals that block the formation of carcinogenic compounds in the body.

 

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CaroleJacobsandChefPatriceJohnsonwithNicoleCormier,R.D.

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