Are you ready to keep your body toxin free? Then you may want to start by by including more  detox herbs and cleansing spices in your recipes.

For a super simple detox diet, incorporate the cleansing spices, such as Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, Cayenne, Ginger, Fenugreek, and Clove. Here are some reasons why.

• Turmeric – contains the flavonoid curcumin, which is known to have anti-inflammatory properties. It helps detoxify the liver, cleanse the blood.
• Cumin – contains oils that are effective in helping to detoxify the liver and aid digestion
• Coriander- contains oils that are effective in helping to detoxify the liver and aid digestion
• Oregano – liver and gallbladder cleanser
• Rosemary – colon cleanser, may help reduce levels of the carcinogenic heterocyclic amines
• Fennel – colon and liver cleanser
• Fenugreek – cleanses the stomach, bowels, kidneys and respiratory tract of excess mucus
• Clove – parasite cleanser
• Ginger- stimulates circulation, relieves congestion
• Cayenne – blood and tissue purifier

Are you ready to use these spices to make some super healthy simple detox recipes to help you detox your body and feel and look fabulous?

Dip / Dressing Detox Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/5 (or less) cayenne pepper
• 1 tbs almond butter
• kelp with sea salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. You can use it as a dressing for salads, as a dip, with fish, meat, etc.

Curry Detox Recipe

• 2 tbs turmeric
• 2 tbs cumin
• 2 tbs coriander
• 1 tbs ginger powder
• 1 tbs pepper
• 2 tsp cardamom
• 2 tsp mace
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Mix well and place in airtight container.

Bon Appetit!

P.S. find more easy detox tips and recipes in the e-Book “Detox – 101 – Super Simple Detox, The Ultimate Guide for Beginners.”

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach

NaturalCounselorBlog.com

Are you ready to detox?  Why not go natural and detox with herbs?

Some herbs you may want to add to your diet are: as red clover, garlic, echinacea, dandelion root, yellow dock root, burdock root, milk thistle, parsley, cilantro, peppermint, licorice, and flax.

The combination of vitamins, minerals and special chemical compounds in these herbs make for a perfect super simple detox.  Here is a list of some of detox herbs and their benefits.

• Red clover – blood cleanser
• Garlic- blood cleanser, natural antibiotic
• Echinacea – lymph cleanser, antimicrobial
• Dandelion root – liver and blood cleanser, diuretic, filters toxins
• Yellow dock root- skin, blood and liver cleanser
• Burdock root – skin and blood cleanser, diuretic, antibacterial
• Milk thistle – liver cleanser
• Parsley leaf – diuretic, flushes kidneys, breath freshener
• Cilantro -helps in the chelation of heavy metals such as mercury and lead
• Peppermint - skin cleanser
• Licorice – colon cleanser
• Flax seeds - colon cleanser
• Oregano – liver and gallbladder cleanser
• Rosemary - colon cleanser, may help reduce levels of the carcinogenic heterocyclic amines

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Simple and Natural Detox Cleansing Salad Recipe with Herbs

Ingredients:

• 1 small burdock root, thinly sliced(you can find it in Whole Foods or any Health Store)
• 1 cup dandelion greens, rinsed and dried
• 2 tbsp prunes chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tbsp parsley chopped or 
• 1tbsp cilantro chopped
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds or sunflower seeds or pine nuts

For the Dressing:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/5 (or less) cayenne pepper
• salt to taste

Directions:

Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add the dressing and serve.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselorBlog.com

Happy and Healthy New Year to You and Your Family!

Are you ready to start this New Year with healthy winter breakfast? We, women after forty, must have breakfast in order to have enough energy and to keep our hormones in balance.

Do you like to have cooked or raw oatmeal with fruits and nuts for breakfast? We need oatmeal to feel and look fabulous at any age.

Oatmeal is rich in fiber, which can help with constipation,  high blood pressure, and natural weight loss and detox. It is also rich in Manganese, a trace mineral we need to keep our bones strong, our blood sugar under control and thyroid (responsible for our hormonal balance) healthy.

New Year Oatmeal Pancakes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup whole grain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1.5 cups kefir
• 2 eggs (preferably organic and from free-range birds)
• olive oil for the pan
• 2 tbsp raw honey or blackstrap molasses
• Maple syrup
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• fresh fruits (apples, bananas, blueberries, persimmon, raisins, prunes, etc).
• sour cream

Directions:

Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl and add kefir and raw honey or blackstrap molasses. Stir thoroughly. Cook as regular pancakes. Serve with the fresh fruits and sour cream on top.

Bon Appetit!

Learn more about eBook “Detox-101,Super Simple Detox-The Ultimate Detox Guide for Beginners”

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach and Counselor

In every season it is important to pay attention to the words detox, fruits, vegetables, and the “dirty dozen.”. Let me explain why it is so important to pay attention to your detox options and the list of fruits and vegetables that have the highest level of pesticides. and why sometimes even healthy foods can make you sick.

For example, we may make a resolution to try to incorporate more vegetables and fruits into our diet, but a couple of weeks or months later we feel worse than we are supposed to, so we go back to our old eating habits.

Does that sound familiar? The worst part is that most of the time you feel guilty, see yourself as a failure and blame yourself for your excuses. True? Well, don’t!

We may feel obligated to start eating more fruits and vegetables, because we know from TV, books, media, etc. they are very important for us to stay healthy. But do you know that all fruits and vegetables are treated with pesticides, even those that are organic.

Unfortunately, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink contain dangerous chemicals and toxins. Everything is full of toxins nowadays, and when I say everything I mean literally everything: the make-up you apply on your face, lipstick for your lips, tooth paste for your teeth, soap for your hands, detergent for your clothes, shall I continue? Did you know that while using the shower for 10 minutes, the chemical in the water penetrates through your skin into your blood?

As for fruits and vegetables, some of them we can eat in large quantities and be happy about it, but for others it is better to avoid  them because even if they are organic, they can do more harm than good for our health.

Have in mind that organic produce doesn’t mean pesticide free. Organically grown fruits and vegetables are grown in better soil and have less pesticide.

So as you can see, it is very important to know which fruits and vegetables make up the dirty dozen. Since celery, strawberries, apples absorb pesticides easily, we have to think twice before buying them even if they are organic. If you really have to buy from the list of the dirty dozen, you can buy organic only in smaller amounts, you can buy local (if you know that the farm is small and they care about their produce), or you don’t buy at all.

Below are the rankings of the “dirtiest” fruits and vegetables based on an Environmental Working Group Survey.

These fruits and vegetables you should buy only USDA certified organic (i.e. the “dirty dozen”):

1. Peaches  100
2. Apples  93
3. Bell Pepper-  83
4. Celery – 82
5. Nectarines – 81
6. Strawberries – 80
7. Cherries – 73
8. Kale – 69
9. Lettuce – 67
10. Grapes – if imported from outside U.S. – 66
11. Carrot – 63
12. Pear – 63

Now that you have learned about the “Dirty Dozen,” read about the clean fifteen fruits and vegetables you don’t have to buy  organic, because they don’t retain or absorb pesticides easily (but you still have to wash them).

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Counselor

NaturalCounselorBlog