Stream line & Alkalize | The Recipe for the Ultimate Liver Cleanse!

The Recipe for the Ultimate Liver Cleanse!

Serves 2

• 2 large grapefruits
• 4 lemons
• 1 1/4 cups of distilled water (or filtered)
• 2 tbsp of cold pressed flax oil
• 1 teaspoon of acidophilus
• 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic
• 2 inches of fresh root ginger
• Optional: a dash of cayenne pepper! (my fave)

Directions

1. Squeeze the juice of the grapefruit and lemon into a blender
2. Next, grate the garlic and the ginger, and then using a garlic press, squeeze this into the juice
3. Now add the water, flax oil and acidophilus powder and blend for 30 seconds
4. Add more ginger/garlic to taste

Why the liver? The liver is the body's main detox center and so i want to begin here to ease the transition of detoxing the body. This process will be an experiment; a well thought out experiment, and a beginning to my own personal detox prescriptions. I am in great need of a cleanse and YOUR support will get me through this!! I need hand holding y'all! I'll be documenting my findings with precise details.

Why these ingredients? This juice contains all of the most potent liver cleansing ingredients, and gives your liver a gentle flush and the opportunity to heal itself. It contains powerful heavy hitters such as vitamin C, omega 3, probiotics (regulates proper intestinal flora), digestive remedies, and anti-carcinogen elements. There are NO abnormal side effects to this drink. However you may want to have some mint handy to help tone down that garlic-breath. LOTS of it.

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1. Do this detox over the course of a weekend or if you're self-employed like me, whenever you can be close to home :)

2. Releasing toxins from the body is best supported when you include physical activity. So prior to drinking the liver tonic, move ya body. Even if it's just a brisk walk.

3. Mindful deep breathing exercises may also prove to be helpful to invigorate your lymphatic system, which connects to all systems in the body. Breath deep into those systems. Exhale the toxins OUT! Follow the drink with mindful breathing.

Dining in the RAW

Tonight's dinner: Raw Ginger Kale Chip & Sunflower Pate. In my last post i wrote about recalibrating my meal size and eating smaller portions with the idea of establishing a better food discipline. So far i'm off to a good start -again. The truth is, i've lost count on how many times i've had to hit the reset button on this project. There, i told on myself. But today was a good one. Arugula & fruit smoothie for breakfast, salad for lunch, and another raw plate for dinner. As with before, after eating dinner, i felt satisfied, even, balanced. The only reason why i would go for more is because my food tastes good!!! Therein lies the problem or rather the challenge. Consume less even when the food created tastes so damn good you'd rather be a pig. Excuse me, i digress. I am just here to report on myself. My prognosis is steady. Good intention. Good food. Good discipline. So if you want to try this at home, here's what you'll need:

Pate:

2 cups raw sunflower seeds (soaked for 1 hr)

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

1 tsp sea salt (Pink Himalayan)

1 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tbsp red onion (finely chopped)

1 stalk scallions

1/2 cup nutritional yeast

1 tbsp of finely minced fresh garlic

1/2 tsp of cumin

Instruction: combine all above ingredients into a food processor and mix until mixture resembles a paste. make into patties to your desired size.

*NOTE* may have to adjust taste to your liking by adding either a bit more salt or other spice. just remember to add a little at a time.

Ginger vinaigrette:

2 tbsp of red wine vinegar

1 tbsp of minced ginger

1 tbsp of cold pressed flax oil

1 tbsp of raw honey (or raw agave nectar)

dash of your favorite spicy seasoning

Instruction: combine the vinaigrette ingredients and whisk. use it on the side or to drizzle over completed dish.

Raw kale chip:

1 kale leaf massaged very very gently under luke warm water for about 5 min. simple. oh and it helps if you sing to the kale while massaging it to infuse loving energy into the food :).

*****dress the plate however way you desire*****

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, N'EST PAS?

I'm thinking about eating food and it's quarter to 12 at night. I'm also thinking that if i had a man, i'd be in bed right now (momentary thought). But instead, i'm thinking about my long TO DO list and eating fattening sugary foods. I won't though. This has me thinking about how obsessed we are with eating. We eat mindlessly to fill a void in most cases. So it has me thinking about building a personal discipline around food intake. Most people look at me and just assume i eat right all the time and that i work out often. I don't. I'm blessed with genes that work for me, but in order to maintain that i have to make food my medicine. I have to eat to live. I'm realizing that those nasty habits like eating just because, are more challenging to STOP the older i get. As part of my Food As Medicine Campaign, i will begin my personal quest with first, finding the cure to tame my sugar addiction. And second, decreasing my food intake for each meal that i eat. I'm looking for balance and clarity. I know this is how i'll find it. Follow along.