How to Do a 1 Week Detox Diet Plan
Learn how to do a 1 week detox diet plan.
Detoxing your body is the hottest thing these days on the internet, whether you're suffering from food allergies or just tired of the extra weight that seems to be hanging out in your mid section, you will now know how to effectively do a 1 week detox diet plan.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
-
-
1
Day 1 - Vegetable and Fruit Juices
All day long, starting at breakfast drink vegetable and fruit juices, lunch is only fruit or vegetable juice and dinner the same. To help preserve the vitamins and minerals inside the vegetables and fruits, consider making the juices fresh.
The very first day of the 1 week detox diet plan includes all the fresh vegetable and fruit juices you can hold and may be considered one of the hardest days! Examples of juices you may consider are: 1 orange, 1 mango and a squeeze of a lemon or lime juice. 1 can of V8 or V8 infusion drinks that are less sugar or sugar free.
Make it fresh: 2 tomatoes, 1 sprig of parsley. Alternative: celery and beet juice + 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. If you are allergic to apple cider vinegar, you can omit or add to it lemon and or lime juice. With day one you are also allowed to drink unsweetened mineral water and decaf tea as much as you would like.
-
2
Day 2 - Enter the Potato
In the 1 week detox diet plan it's important to remember to get the water you need for normal productivity in to your diet plan without fail. Potatoes are a source of potassium, an essential mineral needed for the whole body. You should boil one and a half pounds of potatoes and divide them as equally as you are able into three portions. For breakfast today, you are able to have a slice of bread with three and a half ounces of cheese.
If you like to mix your potatoes with vegetables and make a salad this is permissible, if you like mashed potatoes this is good too, you can use hot milk and chopped parsley or dill with them on another hand if you like spuds in soup you can create a potato based soup with spices of the green color and one boiled egg.
-
3
Day 3 - Bring in the Rice
Using unsalted water bring to boil about seven ounces of rice, follow the directions on the box or bag. Strain the water from the rice and divide into about five portions. Eat one portion of the rice every two hours. If white rice is too bland for your taste buds add some vegetable soup free of fat or some tomato juice. You need to drink a lot of water, tea or coffee. Remember none of them can have sugar!
-
4
Day 4 - Fruit for the day
Break your fast with a nice change, one slice of bread, three and a half ounces of cheese and one apple or pear. Eat only fruits for the remainder of the day. You are able to combine your fruits and create a nice salad, but try to eat at least three pounds of fruit today. There is one exception, no bananas! Drink tons of water today, about forty ounces. You may include water, tea and coffee unsweetened.
-
5
Day 5 - Pasta
Whatever your choice, you can have pasta today. A fun one is macaroni; you should boil one half of the bag today with salted water. Strain and divide into four portions. Breakfast today is a slice of bread, one teaspoon of butter and one boiled egg. Macaroni is good with one can of ready to eat soup in vegetable flavor and one teaspoon of chopped onion. Drink tons of water today, about forty ounces. You may include water, tea and coffee unsweetened.
-
6
Day 6 - Veggies
This is day six of your 1 week detox diet plan! Breakfast today is one slice of bread, one teaspoon of butter and one boiled egg. After breakfast eat about two pounds of veggies today. The best way to make this day go by is to make up tons of vegetable salads and easy to eat veggie dishes. Drink a lot of water today, about forty ounces. You may include water, tea and coffee unsweetened.
-
7
Day 7 - Meats
This is the last and final day of your 1 week detox diet plan. Time to celebrate; breakfast begins with one slice of bread, 1 teaspoon of butter, 1 ounce of cheese, one tomato and a few slices of onion.
Lunch is 3.5 ounces of broiled beef, 4.5 ounces potato (fixed the way you like) with one tablespoon of vegetable oil or Olive oil.
Dinner is 3.5 ounces of green salad, three tomatoes, one small onion, three and a half ounces of veggie roots, three and a half ounces of broiled fish and one slice of wholegrain bread (your choice). Drink tons of water today, about forty ounces. You may include water, tea and coffee unsweetened.
-
8
Now you know how to do a 1 week detox diet plan. If you would like more information on detox diets check out the resources link below and don't forget to look around eHow for other great how to articles.
-
1
