foods to detox your body

Our modern lifestyle is comfortable, sure, but it has its downsides too. Pollution, too much chlorine in water, preservatives in food, additives, and many other chemicals end up in our bodies, whether we like it or not.

To stay healthy, you must help your body fight these pollutants by eating any detox foods you can get.

These are the best detox foods you should start eating today.

Citrus - Citrus fruits like limes, lemons, grapefruits, and tangerines have impressive doses of vitamin C, a nutrient that boosts your immune system helping you get rid of any intruder and toxic compounds floating around.

Vitamin C is also great for your skin and will help it stay clean and elastic. Our skin absorbs many pollutants from the air, and you must take care of them too.

Pomegranate - The ruby-red, seedy fruit has an incredible amount of punic acid, which lowers your triglyceride levels, clearing your blood vessels. A healthy circulatory system helps your body eliminate cholesterol. Pomegranate seeds also have antibacterial properties.

Hibiscus Tea - Hibiscus flowers render concentrated brightly colored tea, which has many antioxidants that help you detox your blood from harmful compounds and free radicals.

The red flower treats liver steatosis too, which is accumulating fat in your liver. Remember, your liver takes care of detoxing your body every day.

Avocados - Avocado is the perfect detox food. They’re not only loaded with unsaturated fatty acids that clear your arteries, but they also have lots of fiber that gets rid of toxins and waste. Avocados help you absorb other nutrients, and that’s a welcoming bonus.

Fatty fish - Fatty fish have many Omega-3 fatty acids that clean your veins and arteries and lower cholesterol levels. The high proteins in salmon, tuna, and other oily fish speed up your metabolism, making you lose weight faster, getting rid of unnecessary fat.

Turmeric - Curcuminoids in turmeric have fantastic health benefits, and one of them is that they encourage natural detox. Turmeric, especially when combined with piperine found in black pepper, cleanses us from inside out, at a molecular level. Expect not only a deep-cleanse but an improvement in your overall health.

Asparagus - Asparagus have extraordinary amounts of insoluble fiber, the best kind to cleanse your digestive system. The green stemmy vegetable is not only good for you but also for bacteria living in your gut. These microorganisms are responsible for eliminating hard-to-digest compounds and promoting nutrient absorption, which means a cleaner, richer bloodstream.

Beets - The purple root vegetable is an excellent addition to your detox diet because of its insoluble fibers that can help you lose weight. Antioxidants in beets clean your arteries and dietary nitrates, which lower your blood pressure, improve your liver work more efficiently.

Matcha tea - We’re sure you already know that green tea, especially the powdered matcha, is one of the most potent sources of antioxidants. What you might not know is that the bright-green powder is right for your liver and kidneys too. Matcha can prevent both liver damage and liver diseases if ingested regularly, helping your body get rid of all toxins and waste in your body.

Berries - Berries, all red, black, and blue, have amazing detox properties, they have proper amounts of antioxidants in the form of anthocyanins. The sweet fruits are a good source of fiber and lower harmful cholesterol levels. And there’s more, berries have collagen, which will bring back elasticity and strength to your skin, reversing the damage of pollution and chemicals in the air.

Made the most of your detox diet

There’s more news, all foods above are not only excellent ways to detox your body, but they’re also super healthy. 

While you indulge in detox foods, reduce your simple sugar intake, and drink plenty of water. These two habits will boost the health benefits in your detox diet and will make you feel lighter and healthier.

Island Organizers

Your house is a mess. Full of so much stuff that you can’t find anything you need when you need it.

You need help organizing things and turning your home into a place where you can do your work neatly and live your life with joy, especially now since so many of us are working from home.

That’s where Karen Simon, Shinobu Kuroyanagi and Paige Altonn can help. They are local members of the National Association of Productivity and Organization, which offers courses in organizing and operates as a registry for people who are trained in the art of bringing “order and efficiency to people’s lives.” These organizers have developed reliable techniques and principles for organizing one’s home or office.

Simon is a co-founder of Island Organizers, a consulting firm that advises businesses and individuals on organizing their offices, whether at home or in a separate building, as well as tips on technology tools. With her business partner, the late Donna McMillan, she co-wrote a book, “Solving the Organizing Puzzle,” which offers practical fundamentals on organizing, based on their own experiences. The book is mostly focused on business, but there’s plenty in it that applies to home organizing as well. It was ­released during the pandemic, but Simon is planning to have public ­promotions soon.

Simon said people often confuse what being organized really is.

“People have this misconception that being organized only means decluttering and having stuff look nice,” she said. “But it’s not just about having things in their places, it’s about how you operate in the rest of your life. Are you on time? Do you plan? Do you look ahead for what’s going to happen tomorrow? There’s so many things you need to plan for.”

The book is based on four concepts, the most basic being the idea of seeing a space — it can be a physical space like a kitchen or bedroom, a space on your computer, or even a period of time — as “Million Dollar Real Estate.”

“Precious space is worth millions,” Simon said, and so it should be organized according to whatever activity takes place there. “If this is where you read, then you need to have a space there for your bookshelves, and a place to sit comfortably.”

The second concept, which is applied to a million-dollar real estate, is that “Clutter confuses. Uniformity creates calm.” Simon said a disorganized bookcase, where some books are on their sides while others are standing up, can be distracting, whereas one where books of similar sizes are lined up edge to edge “creates a calming effect, because it’s not all busy and different colors.” With the mind calm, the activity at hand should be easier, she said.

A third principle is the idea that “Everything Deserves a Home.” Part of that concept is the importance of having a “dumping zone” near the entry of a home, Simon said, a place to unload items from your day at work, as well as things like groceries that you might have picked up on the way home. The problem, she said, is that the items often stay there because you haven’t decided where they should really go. According to Simon, “Making Decisions” is principle No. 4, the most difficult concept of all because it can be so personal.

“People put things in those spaces where they do not belong, and that is how stuff gets classified as ‘clutter,’” she said.

-- Star Advertiser, May 22, 2022