Increase Your Nutrition and Detox Naturally

Josh:  Pete, you need to eat more salads!

Pete:  Nope, the cow eats the veg for me, then I eat the cow.

Josh:  Are you saying I don’t need to eat meat because I use cow manure to grow veggies? 

It’s a ridiculous exchange, but you get the idea. Eating greens and vegetables is not the same as eating lamb or cows just because they eat fruit and vegetables.

Plants are best eaten in their natural state to derive maximum benefits. Since humans are progenies of the ground, plants and human survival are interconnected. Plant life provides the intake of most vitamins and minerals necessary for efficient bodily functions, optimising the body’s performance.

When specific vitamins and minerals are deficient in our diets, enzymes––special proteins––in our bodies cannot activate on purpose. Usually, one or more of these vital nutrients are absent when the body signals something is wrong.

Raw salads aid in the maintenance of the body’s physiological processes. Ensuring a diverse intake of these lifesaving nutrients is a must.

So, ask yourself, what is lacking in your diet and what needs eliminating?

Remove Waste

For decades, you may have noticed the rise of various detox cleanses with the promise of healthy weight loss and the perfect body image as depicted by the slim, attractive person in the adverts. But there’s much more to detox and colon cleanses than glowing skin.

If you’re feeling moody, sluggish, and run down, you should consider a natural colon cleanse. As you reduce processed foods in your diet and consume more natural fibre-rich foods to unblock the colon and remove toxins.

“Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. If you’ve been dealing with constipation issues, make yourself a hearty salad with spinach and other leafy greens. They contain insoluble fibre and are proven to ease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)” (TasteofHome)

Some of the benefits of detoxing are: increase in energy, mental alertness, weight loss, boost your immune system, improve liver function, reduce colon cancer risk and much more.

Some colon-cleansing foods are avocados, flax seeds, apples, lettuce, and goat milk yoghurt.

Nourish the Body

When delighting in the idea of consuming food, we seldom think about what’s good for the body. We want to enjoy the taste, but it should not be at the expense of good nutrition.  

When we eat, digested food is broken down chemically into small molecules and transported by the body’s blood circulation system to nourish cells and organs, providing vital energy to do its work from the brain to the feet. Diseases are usually a result of absent nutrients together with poor lifestyle habits.  

Foods are nutritious when they support critical bodily functions, such as amino acids (protein building blocks), which aid in muscle repair, metabolism, immune function, growth, and digestion.

Fats aid in the absorption of nutrients and provide fuel for the heart, muscles, and lungs. Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that help with major bodily functions such as blood clotting, immune function, bone health, growth, and more.

Delicious and Satisfying

Salads are often viewed by many as dull, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Salads should strike a balance between taste and nutrition. Consider a Mediterranean salad, commonly recommended to support good health.

A classic Mediterranean salad can consist of tomatoes, onions, spring onions, sweet pepper, mint, and dressing – olive oil (or balsamic vinegar), lemon and pure salt. Extra ingredients are olives, feta cheese, and avocados.

The Nutrients in this salad

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