Liquid Nourishment Cleanse

As part of my anniversary month I decided I was going to do a weekend liquid nourishment cleanse inspired by this post from Jessica Ainscough.  As it turned out on the Thursday before the weekend I planned to do this I got food poisoning from lunch I had out that day.  So as my system already had a pretty good clean out that evening, if you know what I mean, and I couldn't bring myself to eat a great deal on Friday, it seemed like a pretty good opportunity to do my planned cleanse and break my stomach and digestive system back in gently.

I didn't exactly follow Jessica's plan - it would take some real dedication to drink that much vegetable juice!  This is how my cleanse went:

Saturday

Lemon Water
Beet Juice - *see recipe below
Water 600ml
Chia pudding**- refer Jessica's recipe.  I usually add chopped walnuts when I make this but didn't this time to keep it more "liquid".
Water 600ml
Green smoothie which contained kale & spinach leaves from my garden, a stalk of celery including the leafy top bit, frozen mixed berries, a frozen banana, and a tsp Maca powder
Water 600ml
Soup I made with pumpkin, potato, broccoli, garlic and a little coconut milk
Green tea with a good squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Sunday
Lemon Water
Water 600 ml
Strawberry smoothie which contained a punnet of strawberries, pineapple, kale, spinach & coconut water
Water 600 ml
Beet Juice
Another bowl of my pumpkin soup
Water 600 ml x2
Orange rough smoothie: an orange, kale, shredded coconut, 1 tsp Maca powder, goji berries
Another bowl of my pumpkin soup
Green tea with a good squeeze of fresh lemon juice

I was reminded why I prefer to make smoothies over juicing. Juicing is so messy, particularly cleaning the juicer afterwards! And working with beetroot?  I'll just say that I recommend you don't wear white!

I have been reading about how good beetroot juice is for you and this is why I decided to try it again.  I had tried it previously as part of the detox program but apart from that I have only ever really eaten beetroot on a hamburger.  Drinking its juice is a bit of an acquired taste so if you're going to try this I suggest ensuring that your beet is small and your 3 carrots and apple are a good size to help balance the flavours. Also keep the piece of ginger very small until you get used to it. I've started making the juice a once-a-week on the weekend thing when I have a bit more time. That is, perhaps, until I can figure out a way to put beetroot in a smoothie!

*I used the Beet Juice from The Earth Diet which contains:

• 1 small beet
• 3 carrots
• 3 celery stalks
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 1 red apple
• 1 lemon with rind

Benefits:

• Purifying the blood
• Increasing the body's production of glutathione, which helps the body detoxify cancer-causing poisons
• Lowering high blood pressure
• Cleansing the liver
• Lifting compacted waste from the bowel walls
• Body building that helps the creation of red blood cells
• Accelerates weight loss

Source: The Earth Diet http://www.theearthdiet.org/
http://www.theearthdiet.org/3/post/2012/11/beet-juice.html

**Chia is the richest plant-based source of omega 3, dietary fibre, protein and antioxidants.
Source http://www.thechiaco.com.au/discover/chia-nutrition

~ take every opportunity to put the good stuff in ~

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