Top Foods That Fight Toxins and Free Them Radicals

Continued from our Retreat & Renew Daily Tip.

Lemons
Vitamin C produces collagen in tissue, helping to revitalize your skin. The citric acid helps reduce risk of heart disease, stomach and oral cancer and speeds up your metabolism.

Limes
Tequila shots? Don’t forget the lime! Limes are loaded with antioxidants, detoxifiers, antibiotics and anticarcinogens. These components help flush out toxins from the body and aid digestion.

Orange
The Vitamin C helps boost the immune system and beta-carotene helps guard the health of your cells.

Apple
An apple a day… will keep you flushed out every day! Rich with B-complex vitamins that are helpful in keeping your digestive system regular and flavanoids with toxin-fighting antioxidant effects.

Berries
The flavonoids and phytochemicals boost your immunity and can even help prevent certain types of cancer, while the fiber helps to flush attacking and unhealthy cells out.

Asparagus
Not only does it help fend off an hangover (yeah, eat it before or during drinking and your next day won't be as painful), but with 288 milligrams of potassium (which reduces belly fat) and 3 grams of cleansing fiber per cup it's an awesome detoxifier! It also helps to pull out excess water (depuff bloat), plus it has no fat or cholesterol, and only 40 calories per cup!

Artichokes
The phytochemical cynarin helps your body’s natural detoxification and elimination processes.

Garlic
With a little bad breath, tell your significant other that garlic is rich in antioxidants that help protect the body against free radicals that may cause cancer and premature aging. It’s also naturally antibacterial and antiviral, helping to kill bad germs living inside your system.

Raw Whey Protein Powder
The amino acid cysteine can bind to toxins, sending them to the liver to be further detoxified.

Flax Seeds
Flaxseed can decrease inflammation of the lining of the stomach, aiding the detox process, plus the Omega3-filled seeds are great sources of fiber that help to clear you out, pulling the bad stuff with it.

Your Detox Shopping List

Print this list or write it down and keep it in your purse for your next grocery shopping trip:

• Lemons
• Limes
• Oranges
• Apples
• Berries
• Asparagus
• Artichokes
• Garlic
• Whey Protein Powder
• Flax Seeds

QuickieChick’s Grilled Asparagus (total party pleaser)

Sprinkle a bunch of Asparagus spears with Olive Oil, Salt and Pepper and either place them on the grill or wrap the bunch in foil or parchment paper and bake at 450 for 20 minutes or until just starting to brown.

How easy, clean, healthy, and tasty (you’ll see) is that?!

Watch The QuickieChick makes it here.

Asparagus is the ultimate multi-tasking ingredient! More than detoxing, here is why you should pick some up at the grocery store today:

• Fights Cancer: High in cancer-fighting antioxidants Vit A, C, E
• De-Puffs: Filled with water, it’s a natural diuretic
• Fills You Up: High fiber helps fill you up, not fatten you up
• Prevents Hangovers: Breaks down alcohol, minimizing hangovers
• Makes You Happy: High in tryptophan, converted into serotonin
• Builds Muscle: Iron rich, a main element in muscle-building protein