After the feasts of these parties, it is very important to do a cleansing diet to detoxify the body. Because it is very common commit some excesses at Christmas dinners, since all the parties are celebrated around a table. With a cleansing diet you can balance the body, without making it excessively restrictive.
It is not about starving after a binge, but about balancing the body after having consumed particularly high-calorie foods. The days after Christmas dinners, you should avoid consuming some foods and drinks. In this way, we cleanse the body and leave it ready to resume good eating habits.
How to do a cleansing diet after the holidays
In any diet you should eliminate certain products, such as alcoholic beverages or sodas. Since otherwise they can never be successful. Therefore, this is the first thing you should eliminate from your diet after the holidays to cleanse the body. These products increase fluid retention and produce spikes in blood glucose that cause the need to eat sugary foods.
It is also important to eliminate or reduce the consumption of some foods, such as flour. During the days that you carry out the cleansing diet, substitute refined flour-based products for others made from whole wheat flour. Thus you increase the fiber intake that will help you regulate traffic intestinal. As for the foods that should be eliminated, the main ones are those with a high fat content, such as butter.
Cleansing diet for one week
Now that we know what are the products that should be eliminated from the diet during the days of cleansing diet, let's see what it is and how to do it correctly.
Breakfast
Throughout the week you will have to have a light but nutritious breakfast. This will consist of a coffee with sweetener, with or without milk, in which case it must be skimmed. Also, you will have to have a toast or two of whole wheat bread with Serrano ham, turkey cold cuts or cooked ham. Also add a part of healthy fat, which can be extra virgin olive oil or natural avocado, in reduced portions.
At lunch time
All meals should contain a portion of proteins of great nutritional value, such as chicken or fish. Always cook on the grill or in the oven, using very little olive oil. You can add spices or lemon juice to season the fish or chicken while it cooks. Complement the meal with a salad greens or grilled vegetables.
In the dinner
For this cleansing diet we are going to make a very light and cleansing dinner. At night you can have a homemade vegetable cream, accompanied by a hard-boiled egg or a French omelette. Change the ingredients when preparing the cream, so you will have a different dinner every night. Finish dinner with an unsweetened infusion, which will help you rest better while eliminating toxins.
Between hours
For the cleansing diet to be effective, it is very important to avoid binge eating. For this reason, several meals a day should be eaten, so that anxiety about eating is avoided. Make two snacks, one in the middle of the morning and one in the middle of the afternoon. These small shots can be made up of a small handful of raw nuts, plain unsweetened Greek yogurt, or a piece of fruit, preferably an apple.
It is also very important to drink at least two liters of water a day, as well as infusions that will help you control fluid retention and eliminate toxins through urine. In addition to the cleansing diet, to improve health after the Christmas excesses it is very important to exercise. Start moving now, do not wait for the year to start to play sports. And above all, enjoy the rest of the holidays in moderation.