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There must be a sale. Either that or there has been a major colonic breakthrough on the news that I’ve missed by being stuck in the gym for the past week. I’ve had at least a dozen juicing recipes emails from my readers regarding colon cleansing, asking about or touting its’ benefits, or inquiring as to how it can help them to lead a healthier life.

What is a colon cleanse? Well it’s really simple. Since the colon is essential to your well being – for the elimination of toxins and your bodies waste products – it is a bodily function that gets a lot of wear and tear (not literally of course). The smaller intestine is situated below the stomach and liver and is the major part of our digestive tract. Now this statistic may just blow you away, but did you know that the total surface of the gastrointestinal system is about six thousand square feet? Yep, I am not joking.

So one would think that a set of organs so massive would need some sort of regular cleaning to work at optimum capacity, and one would, of course, be right. When we are overloaded with toxins, our glandular and immune systems are suppressed, which lowers our normal temperature and our craving for water. Bad bacteria thrive in the intestines and produce ammonia, which lowers the pH. The lower pH in the colon or intestinal tract creates an environment for parasites. I could go on, but is that really necessary? You should be running to my handy and helpful juices and links already since I mentioned the words “parasite” and “intestine” in the same sentence.

As an FYI, here’s some reasons why juicing recipes can help ease any persistent nightmares about aliens growing inside your stomach.

* Carrots can help an inflamed colon.

* the skin of apple contains pectin, which help remove noxious substances from the system. Pectin helps to prevent protein matter in the intestines from spoiling.

* The juice of a lemon is a natural antiseptic, it will help destroy harmful bacteria.

* Celery has been known to help in diseases of the kidneys, pancreas, liver and gallbladder.

* Cucumbers contain Erepsin, an enzyme that helps to digest protein.

* Honey is just a great super food and contains many nutrients that help your digestive tract in many ways.

So, as opposed to inundating you with all the things that can be wrong inside your digestive engine, here’s a juicing recipe to help you cleanse your colon using the properties of the items involved. Alternately (or additionally, depending on how ambitious you are) you’ll find a great colon cleansing 7 day kit here and a colon cleansing treatment here. Both come highly recommended.

Colon Cleansing “Power Juice” Recipe

* 1 green apple

* 1 medium size carrot

* 5 slices of cucumber

* 1 stalk of celery (optional)

* 1 big glass of cold water

* 1 tbsp of honey or 1 tsp of muscovado sugar

* A juice from one lemon if you want a sour flavor or 1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar.

Instructions:

Mix the apple (the greener, the better), stalk of celery, carrot, five slices of cucumber, lemon juice and honey or sugar in your juicer (or a blender) with ice cold water. Puree into a shake.

Drink immediately before it oxidizes.

You may also consider a colonic irrigation, or visit one of the many spas that caters to colon cleansing. All in all, it is extremely important to keep your intestines healthy. Although the subject of your colon may conjure up all sorts of embarrassing problems or potential compromising situations, the methods you can use to maintain a healthy digestive tract are really not that intrusive, and the benefits are great and many. So run off now, make that juicing recipe, and give your colon a break.

Phineas Clark is a personal trainer, a retired professional Muay Thai boxer, and a mixed martial arts coach of 15 + years. He’s trained countless celebrities and athletes, and given nutritional advice to over 16 municipalities regarding proper nutrition in the school system.

His blog, Juicing Recipes For Health, is dedicated to health issues with a focus on juicing as a significant system for boosting overall health. On his site you will find almost every reason in existence for using your juicer to have a more healthy and beneficial life.

What do you healthy people eat?

To the fitness buffs and health freaks out there (I look up to you all!)
What do you eat usually? What’s your favorite healthy meal? Can I have the recipe to it?

I follow a vegan diet, but I’m sure the meals I’ll list can easily be modified to include lean sources of meat or even seafood if you prefer.
I eat a lot of beans, legumes, fresh fruit, fresh veggies and whole grains (like quinoa and brown rice).
My favorite healthy meal is a baked sweet potato, collard greens and (homemade) brown rice pilaf. It’s super simple.

In a typical week, I’ll eat the following:
Breakfast: steel cut oats or oatmeal, cold cereal, a banana or a homemade blueberry muffin.
Snack: raw cashews/almonds, hummus and pita bread, fresh fruit, baby carrots.
Lunch: huge tossed salad, veggie sandwich, veggie soup, vegetable sushi or leftovers. haha
Dinner: spaghetti with marinara sauce, veggie stir fry, mashed or baked sweet potatoes, quinoa, black bean and rice burritos/soft tacos, vegetable egg rolls, etc.

As others have said, try to avoid processed foods as much as possible. That crap will kill you – it’s nutritionally bankrupt and with all the additives, it’s extremely hard for our bodies to digest it.

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You’ve probably heard of the cabbage soup recipe diet. It’s also known by several other names including the Mayo Clinic Diet, Sacred Heart Diet, Military Cabbage Soup, TJ’s Miracle Diet and the Russian Peasant Diet. It’s also called the Banana Diet and I’ll tell you why a little later. The reason the diet is somewhat famous is the promise it makes that you can lose ten pounds in a week by following the diet. Is that possible? I can say it is because I’ve done it myself. And you get plenty to eat and a variety of different foods, so it wasn’t that hard to follow.

Now is this diet a sensible long-term eating plan? Not really. It’s a short-term way to drop a few pounds, that’s all. Don’t you know that sometimes you need to see some quick results to keep you motivated or to get you motivated. That’s what this eating plan can do: help your motivation by letting you drop a few pounds fast.

You might think that the cabbage soup diet is just eating cabbage soup for a week. No fun, huh? Actually you can use all kinds of cabbage soup recipes to provide some variety. But that’s not what it is at all. Actually, you can eat all the cabbage soup you want for the entire week, but there are many different foods you can eat during the week. It’s not at all a starvation diet. Each day you eat certain foods and the foods change on each day. When you consider that you can eat all the soup you want, there is little chance you will really get hungry. The down side is the absence of several of my favorite dishes from the food plan. No brownies, ice cream, sweet potato casserole or pizza. Oh well! Like most fat loss diets, you don’t get breads and pastries.

Included in the meal plan are fruits, vegetables, meat, milk and bananas. Alright, here’s the banana part. On the fourth day of the diet, you eat up to eight bananas and all the skim milk you want plus the soup. That’s why I call it the banana diet!

Visit our site to get great cabbage soup recipes and the detailed free 7 day cabbage soup recipe diet plan. Go to Our Cabbage Soup Recipe Diet Plan and get the free plan and drop that ten pounds next week.

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What do you healthy people eat?

To the fitness buffs and health freaks out there (I look up to you all!)
What do you eat usually? What’s your favorite healthy meal? Can I have the recipe to it?

I follow a vegan diet, but I’m sure the meals I’ll list can easily be modified to include lean sources of meat or even seafood if you prefer.
I eat a lot of beans, legumes, fresh fruit, fresh veggies and whole grains (like quinoa and brown rice).
My favorite healthy meal is a baked sweet potato, collard greens and (homemade) brown rice pilaf. It’s super simple.

In a typical week, I’ll eat the following:
Breakfast: steel cut oats or oatmeal, cold cereal, a banana or a homemade blueberry muffin.
Snack: raw cashews/almonds, hummus and pita bread, fresh fruit, baby carrots.
Lunch: huge tossed salad, veggie sandwich, veggie soup, vegetable sushi or leftovers. haha
Dinner: spaghetti with marinara sauce, veggie stir fry, mashed or baked sweet potatoes, quinoa, black bean and rice burritos/soft tacos, vegetable egg rolls, etc.

As others have said, try to avoid processed foods as much as possible. That crap will kill you – it’s nutritionally bankrupt and with all the additives, it’s extremely hard for our bodies to digest it.

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