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Step 1
Drink only liquids in the first stage of detoxifying. Drink fresh vegetable or fruit juice, herbal teas or vegetable broth.
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Step 2
Add fruit to your liquid diet. These alkaline foods help neutralize the acidic waste during detox. Apples, pineapples, mangoes, grapes and watermelon are the best and will act as a natural laxative.
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Step 3
Add raw vegetables. Try raw garlic, fennel, watercress, dandelion leaves and parsley. Try adding these to raw veggie salads.
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Step 4
Eat cooked vegetables and brown rice (which is easily digested). Cooking the veggies for a short time with a small amount of water will help them maintain as much of their nutrition as possible. Try leafy greens, leeks, globe and Jerusalem artichokes and beetroot.
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Step 5
Try beans, lentils, raw nuts and seeds. These are great sources of protein, but they shouldn't be mixed with the starchy rice (it slows digestion to mix protein and starch).
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Step 6
Add whole grains and yogurt with live cultures. Whole grains, such as rye, buckwheat, barley and oats are great sources of fiber and minerals. Avoid wheat while you're detoxing.
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Step 7
Begin eating fish. The essential fatty acids in cold-water fish will help with your complexion. At this stage, you can gradually start adding in the foods you had omitted during your detox diet, adding dairy and meat gradually, since they are more difficult to digest.
