Skinny-Teatox

You have no doubt heard or read lots floating around online about cleanses and detoxes.

And while the concept is sound – clean up your body and reduce harmful toxins that may be circulating – sometimes the execution is less black and white: some of them sound complicated, expensive, and you just don’t know which one is right for you. 

It's also easy to do cleanses wrong.

While it may be great to do 14 day teatox cleanse, you can't simply eat whatever you want and not exercise and expect to see good results. 

When it comes to cleansing and detoxifying, the best thing to do is create a plan that focuses on cleansing and detoxifying the body as a whole.

With the overwhelming number of ingredients and foods in the grocery store, not to mention the ever-changing recommendations online for what to eat, it can be hard to know what foods are best to have as a regular staple in your diet. 

Keep it simple and start with these six selections: 

When a new food shows up on the market and it becomes popularized and mainstream, it’s easy to assume that it must be healthy. 

After all, if so many people are consuming it and talking about how great it is, it must have heaps of nutritional benefits, right?

Not necessarily!

As a nutritionist, I see a lot of people jumping on board with foods they assume must be really good for them, only to be pretty surprised at the truth.

Here are a few to watch out for:

Have you noticed the term nightshades popping up more and more online and in social media?

Maybe you've heard of them, but don’t know what they are?

Hint: it’s not the shade in your room over your window that you pull down to make it darker.

Rather this is a group of vegetables that meet specific criteria and fall under the nightshade family of food.

They include things such as eggplant, coloured peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and chili peppers.

Here are my favourite:

Many of us regularly assume that it only counts as exercise if it is in the gym or we are breaking a hard sweat.

And while it’s true that these are both ways to exercise and are indeed good for us, it’s not the only way.

Increasing research is showing that simply walking may be enough to aid in weight loss, encourage better mood and mental clarity, and decrease risk of several health problems.

Here’s what you need to know about putting one foot in front of the other.