Good Tasting Natural Colon Cleanse?

Jun 27, 2009 @ 04:19 am by Guest Author
by Michael Richardson

Many people who would otherwise like to use it natural colon cleanse don’t because they assume they taste terrible. Most the time that’s not true.

While it’s understandable that people might assume a colon cleanse with taste bad most are actually pretty good.

In addition to high fiber foods, spices and herbs are also used in natural colon cleansing recipes. Obviously since we use these to season our food, they can make for a tasty colon cleanse as well.

A lot of natural colon cleanses depend on natural high fiber for part of their effectiveness. Some high fiber foods are actually quite tasty.

High fiber foods such as flax seeds, psyllium and oats are some of the more common ingredients in natural colon cleanses.

Common spices used in cleansing include a ginger, garlic and various peppers, especially cayenne.

Many people really like cinnamon and these folks will be glad to know that cinnamon in fact has cleansing properties and as an ingredient in many colon cleansing recipes.they also may be surprised to know that it does a very good job of helping the body regulate but sugar levels.

Since so many spices and herbs have cleansing properties it shouldn’t be surprising that cuisines that use a lot of them may automatically be cleansing. This especially applies to Indian foods.

As you may know a true Indian curry is not made with curry powder we find at the local grocery store. Instead it is a highly varied combination of spices and usually includes onions and garlic as well. The exact combination varies with the part of the country, the local town and even the individual family.

Not only are the spices in the curry healthy, they are used to season wide variety of vegetables that have their own health benefits,

In my opinion, carefully prepared Indian food is one of the healthiest cuisines available.

If you keep these guidelines in mind I think you be able to adjust colon cleansing recipes that you may want to try to suit your taste.

As an example, I replaced the maple syrup in the so-called “lemonade cleanse” with cinnamon and thought it improved the taste while eliminating some sugars.

For example, if you don’t like the strong taste of raw garlic you can chop it and let sit for five minutes or so and then gently took it to soften its flavor. Part of garlic’s healthiness comes from compounds that are formed when enzymes within the garlic are activated when is crushed or chop. If you cook the garlic you need the after chopping it, those enzymes are inactivated by the heat before they’ve had a chance to make the transformation. This simple step let’s you get the benefit of garlic without as much of the strong taste.

Also keep in mind that just drinking plenty of pure filtered water is a good cleanse itself. And of course we should at least minimize if not completely avoid toxins such as alcohol at all times not just for doing a cleanse.

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