Before we start any detox plan, we must remind ourselves of the importance of relaxation, not only for our mental and physical well-being, but specifically for our digestive systems!
This week let’s concentrate on relaxing at every meal, and chewing our food thoroughly. This gives your body the opportunity to let the oxygen in your blood to flow to your digestive system helping it do it’s job properly. This is equally as important as what we put into our bodies.
Did you know, the stress we put our bodies under directly effects our digestive system? The stress is taking away our body’s ability to supply proper amounts of oxygen, which fuels our organs, to the digestive system by redirecting it to other areas. Therefor, disabling us to digest our food properly which could lead to more serious problems.
Here are a few tips to help:
1) Make yourself sit down at every meal.
2) Split up you meals so they’re smaller and eat more times in a day.
3) Actually count how many times you chew a bite of food and don’t swallow it until you’ve reached 20 (at least!)
4) put your cutlery down between bites
Remember to relax daily. Whether it’s taking a few deep breaths or doing a yoga class, find something that suits you, your tummy will thank you.
Posted by Lauren, June Healthy Eating Week
This is a delicious healthy soup. Smooth of chunky, you can serve it on it’s own or with some fresh bread. Great as part of a cleansing week; equally good for a lunch with friends. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 large onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, plus more to taste
1 large (350g) sweet potato
1 large leek, white and light green parts
225 g spinach
350 g Kale or chard
3 tablespoons (30 g) chopped fresh ginger, plus more to taste
500 ml vegetable stock, like marigold bouillion
2-4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
freshly ground black pepper
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Quick, easy and healthy. Great for a detox lunch, Miso is a superfood that is often forgotten. Check all the reasons to eat it here. Enjoy!
Ingredients
3 ounces dried soba noodles
2 – 4 tablespoons miso paste (to taste)
2 – 3 ounces firm tofu, chopped into 1/3-inch cubes
a handful of watercress or spinach, well washed and stems trimmed
2 spring onions, tops removed thinly sliced
big pinch of arame seaweed
a small bunch of corriander
a pinch of red pepper flakes
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This is for those times whe you want the goodness of sushi but don’t have the time to make it! Good way of getting more brown rice into your diet too…
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Miso is a paste made from soybeans, sea salt, and koji (a mold starter … sounds lovely I know!) often mixed with rice, barley or other grains. The mixture is allowed to ferment for 3 months to 3 years, which produces an enzyme rich ’super’ food.
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See below for nutritional info on beetroots…they are a superfood! Great for detoxes, great for everyday lunch.
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This is another warming, healthy soup that is excellent for a cleansing week as well as for an everyday lunch! The more fresh coriander you add, the more detoxifying the soup becomes.
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Spring Minestrone with brown rice
Serves 4
This is a lovely simple healthy soup, easy to make and very popular. Combining rice and veggies it makes a nutritious and light but still sustaining soup.
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It could be helpful to do a few things this week that you don’t normally do, to take your mind off of food and to feel healthy and active.
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This is a daily menu from Dr Elson Haas, a world-renowned nutritionist and detox expert. It is a very simple daily meal plan, with grains for breakfast and vegetables thereafter. If you like the idea, and can stick to it, it will certainly bring results. For the ‘better butter’ mixture we would recommend the new ‘fresh’ olive oil we have recently started stocking mixed with an organic butter and some flax oil. Elson Haas also recommends the Master Cleanse drink (I am about to post the recipe for that) and it can be a good pick-me-up and an aid to the overall detox.
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