Fall Cleanse 2011 Day 2 (Monday November 14)

Water:

Critically important, most of us don’t drink enough. If you don’t drink enough it can cause stiffness, aches, pains, and toxicity.

·      Drink 1 quart of water for every 50-pounds you weigh

·      The bladder is a muscle; it expands and changes to this amount over time.

·      Sodas, caffeine, coffee, and tea pull water from your system

If this seems like too much water right now, then try this…

Take your weight divide it in half. Convert that number to ounces. That is how much water you need to consume in a day. Put that much water into the fridge so you can monitor how much you are drinking. Try not to gulp it all down at once. Sip on it through out your day. Also do not wait until bedtime to consume the rest of it… you know what will happen!

Start your day out with a GREEN SMOOTHIE. Here are some simple recipes. Use what you have on hand and experiment with what you like. I make enough to eat for breakfast and a snack later in the day. You can make up a huge batch of green smoothies and put them in your freezer, just thaw them out each morning. This will save time.

Soak 4 tablespoons of flax seeds overnight in 1 cup of purified or distilled water—not chlorinated, fluoridated tap water and put 2 cups of purified, distilled or spring water in the refrigerator overnight. Drain the water off the flax seeds in the morning. (*seeds, and nuts will slow down the detox process)

Put the following in a Vita-Mix or blender.

Simple Green Smoothie

1 banana

1/2 cup frozen strawberries

 2 large romaine lettuce leaves

 1 cups of cold water

 2 tablespoons of the soaked flax seeds (*note this will slow down the detox process)

Then blend the above until liquefied. It will taste like a strawberry-banana shake, have a wonderful fresh smell, and won't taste like lettuce at all.

Green Smoothie

1 Avocado

1 Cucumber

2 Cups  Spinach

2  Leaves of Kale

2 or 3 Lemons, Juice only to taste

1 3/4 Cups Water

1 Cup Frozen or fresh berries

Puree well and enjoy

Try this yummy Salad for  lunch or dinner!

Mexican Salad (4 servings)

4 cups mixed greens

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1 avocado

1 cucumber

1 cup celery

1/2 cup cilantro

Top with Salsa

1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes

1/2 cup minced red onions

1/2 cup red pepper

1/3 cup green pepper

3 T. cilantro

1 garlic clove

1 lemon or lime (juice)

chili power to taste

cayenne power to taste

Pear Salad

2 cups spinach

2 pears

8 radishes

4 scallions

Salad Dressings

1 tomato

1 mango

Blend together. Yum.

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Handful of blueberries

juice of 1 lemon

blend together. Yum.

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grapefruit juice

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1 red pepper

1 orange, juiced

blend together.

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The reason most of these recipes have a citrus in them is that the citrus acts as the acid (like vinegar).  Therefore, you'll get the sweet & tango sensation

Here's another little tidbit:

Try making your lunch the biggest meal of the day.  Eat as much as you can.  In Ayurveda, the digestive fires are the strongest between the hours of 10am and 2pm.  Therefore, our largest meal should be at this time.  If lunch is large then we will naturally want to eat less later in the day.  (Its a really good weight loss trick too).  I try to live by this rule and feel really balanced.  Try it!