While there are toxins you must avoid ingesting, most detox regimes involve drastic calorie reduction. As far as we’re concerned, these won’t cleanse you of anything except some weight and water. If you plan to lose a bit of weight, a detox diet can help. If your weight loss journey is longer, the detox diet can get you off to a great start. That's why we've packaged a 3-day detox diet for you.
The diet is a very low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet. That means it is not nutritionally complete. But it won't pose any major risks if you follow it for just three days. You will lose weight for two reasons. First, the calories consumed are less than what any adult would normally burn. Therefore your body will use up stored fat and your weight will drop. Second, when limiting carbohydrates in the diet, you’ll lose water weight from the body. When carbohydrate is reintroduced, though, water weight is regained.
Check out our Fitfam 3-day detox diet below:
This diet involves replacing breakfast, lunch, and snacks with juices, soups, and smoothies, while still allowing a nutritious dinner at the end of the day. Breakfast is a cup of lemon water followed by a different green juice every day to help kick-start liver health. This is followed by a filling mid-morning smoothie snack, a hearty soup for lunch and a protein-rich healthy dinner. Our diet is designed to revitalize rather than restrict, so if you feel very hungry between lunch and dinner you can add in a cup of soup.
Day 1
Breakfast: Super greens juice
Cup of hot water and lemon upon rising then juice the following ingredients:
- Chunk of cucumber
- 1 pear
- Handful of spinach
- Handful of parsley
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- ½tsp grated ginger
Mid-morning: Coconut delight smoothie
Blitz together:
- 1tbsp chia seeds
- 250ml coconut milk
- Handful raspberries
- 1 banana
Lunch: Pea and mint soup
Sweat 1 onion, 1 celery stick and 1 carrot. Pour in 300ml vegetable stock, 200g garden peas and a handful of fresh mint. Add 1tbsp low-fat crème fraîche and blitz until smooth.
Dinner: Baked cod and steamed vegetables
Scatter ½tsp ground cinnamon and ½tsp ground nutmeg on 1 cod fillet. Add the juice of half a lemon, wrap in foil and bake in the oven. Serve with unlimited steamed mangetout and kale.
