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Tips for a spring detox diet – Italian Cuisine

Spring is the last moment to get back in shape before the summer, if you haven't been attentive to the line so far. Here are our tips for a detox diet

Spring is time for gym membership and miracle diets to arrive in perfect shape in the summer. Needless to say, it would be better to follow a balanced diet and do physical activity all the year, but if you want lose weight and detoxify start now because there is still time. Better late than never!

Detox: diet, don't worry!

DIY diets are of no use and are only a health hazard, as are prolonged fasts. Do not skip meals and do not completely eliminate certain foods from your daily life.
If you want to lose weight go to a nutritionist doctor or a nutritionist biologist and don't rely on diets told by other people or food tables found in magazines. We would like to point out that this article also does not want it to be one list of tips to feel fit for the summer season and not a diet to be taken literally.

Aqua, centrifuged and herbal teas

Drink a lot. Start in the morning, fasting, with a glass of warm water and a little lemon juice to get your metabolism going.
Continue with a centrifuged fruit and vegetables at breakfast or mid-morning snack: be careful though! Centrifugates can become a concentrate of calories and sugars; to avoid exaggerating in the centrifuge always match a fruit and a vegetable and do not abound with the quantities. In fact, in a centrifuge glass there must be the amount of fruit you could eat in a snack, no more!
Drink at least a liter of water during the day and some draining herbal tea made with finicchio, ginger and cherry, preferably not sweetened.
And then don't deprive yourself of one or two cups of green tea a day which is a powerful detoxifier.
Avoid alcoholic and sugary drinks in general.

Password, detox

To start a diet the first thing to do is detoxify. During the winter, thanks to the cold and heavy sweaters, you have not kept an eye on the scale. Have you exaggerated a bit with fatty and over-seasoned foods? It's time to run for cover reducing quantities and changing cooking methods. Remember that theExtra virgin olive oil should never be missing from your diet, but two tablespoons a day in condiments are more than enough. Instead, enrich your dishes with of spices or with lemon and orange juice to have more flavor, but less fat. consume more white meat and fish and avoid red meat and dairy products. And if you are lovers of pasta, don't give up a nice portion for lunch, but choose it whole. As for cooking, they are banished fries if not on rare occasions, and are instead super favorite steamed and grilled.

Go ahead for sprouts and vegetables

Feel free to eat vegetables when you want. A nice portion of mixed salad before meals it helps reduce hunger. Did you know? Enrich it with i sprouts, rich in properties and sources of vitamins and minerals. Soy, alpha alpha and many others are now on the market in many supermarkets. An alternative to salads are the grilled or steamed vegetables, but always remember not to add too many seasonings and sauces. And if during the day you want to munch on something, take it with you fennel, cucumber, radish and carotand already cleaned that are less caloric than any other snack and quickly fill the stomach.

One fruit salad a day

In all diets the fruit it is almost always weighed and distributed throughout the day in a balanced way. This is because it is true that fruit does well and contains few calories, but it is equally true that it is rich in sugars. Our advice is to prepare a beauty every day mixed fruit salad and to consume it little by little at the end of meals. Obviously you don't have to add sugar or enrich it with alcoholic beverages or sugary syrups. One is enough sprinkle of lemon juice and some fresh mint leaves or basil to add an extra touch to your fruit salad. And if you want, add one too banana, the fruit forbidden during diets. Some washer never hurt anyone.

It takes movement

Know that no diet will work if you don't spend a few hours a week physical activity. You don't necessarily have to register at the gym, that's enough walk or run for 40 minutes a day. Choose your step and go to the park or even on the road to take long walks. It is a simple activity that stimulates the metabolism and is good for the heart. It costs nothing, so why not start right away?

detox drinks pre spring – Italian Cuisine

Dispose of heaviness e winter toxins, purify, hydrate, start preparing the body for a new season of fitness. From decoctions to infusions to aloe juice, plant of immortality and beauty. And then fermented tea and a lot of tap water: here are some practical tips to wash away stagnations and excesses with the right liquids.

154315 We start right fromwater, from pure and simple water, which we have the privilege of obtaining, good to drink, with a simple movement of the wrist from the sink of our kitchen. Drinking; start the day just drinking. A nice glass of warm, warm water with half juice or a lemon and a teaspoon of oil is a good morning! perfect for our body. It soon becomes a welcome habit that gives us a 'brushed tooth' effect in the intestine, and puts our bowels in useful motion in good time.

154317 Let's fall in love with the water that flows in our house! Pan on fire, let's do it simmer gently large quantities adding simple ingredients that make the drink more pleasant and at the same time officinal. Important to start from cold water and bring only at the beginning of the boil, after which cooking can continue, but without the bubbles becoming large and coarse. A great recipe is laurel + ginger (to which you can add the lemon, peel and juice then). Of the laurel you can use both the leaves (three or four for half liter of water) that the berries (one teaspoon).

154319 This is in this case a decoction, which should be boiled gently for a quarter of an hour with a lid, and then left to rest a little before filtering and drinking. Decoctions are generally used for the hard parts of plants, such as roots and berries, unlike the infusions which are those obtained by pouring boiling water on the selected ingredients, which are usually the tender parts of the plant, such as fruits and leaves – and let stand for about ten minutes before filtering and serving.

Then there are many on the market herbal teas, where the components are combined and dosed according to precise indications. Berle regularly is a good habit, but you should not exaggerate. Excellent for give strength to our liver they are for example quelle based on dandelion (or dandelion) or of milk thistle.

Then there are various purifying juices, like the one with the sap of Birch, a supplement that promotes kidney function (but you can also make the infusion at home buying the leaves of the plant, a different but valid way to benefit from it) or aloe, choosing the one of aloe vera obtained only from gel.

aloe, medicinal plant par excellence that contains 200 principles for beauty and well-being, you can learn to use at home and do not need to have large and beautiful plants from which to prevent the leaves: now they are also found on the market, for example at some of the distributors online that bring boxes of vegetables & fruit and organic products home. There fresh gel juice aloe – which is a good part of the "flab" of its leaves – is very rich among other antioxidant elements and enzymes very good for our metabolism and good digestion. And it really is easy to prepare: just cut the leaves lengthwise, extract the gel and then blend it quickly with water and any other ingredients chosen – especially citrus juices. It should be consumed on an empty stomach, from 1 to 3 tablespoons a day and can be stored in the glass in the fridge for up to a couple of weeks.

Finally we do not forget the fermented teas, the best known of which is the kombucha – that you can very well prepare at home. They support our wellbeing because, thanks to the slow action of yeasts and added bacteria that has caused fermentation (and that particular "sparkling" typical of the drink), as well as fermented foods are a powerful source of probiotics, help digestion, to absorb nutrients and rebalance the body.

therefore let's get inside with the drink! But at this lap, non-alcoholic and detox.

Carola Traverso Saibante
April 2018
updated in February 2019

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Fennel and oranges, our detox allies – Italian Cuisine

January and February are the months par excellence dedicated to detox and nature, it seems to want to help. Fennel and oranges are two seasonal ingredients who seem born to travel on the same track, meet in light and rich dishes and taste to join us on a path of purification and detoxification. That's why they are so precious and how to prepare them.

The properties of fennel

Fennels are known and appreciated thanks to their renowned properties digestive and depurative, but also contribute to reduce swelling. To make this vegetable a detox food par excellence, lEssential oil anethole which is able to counteract the formation of intestinal gases that cause pain, aerophagia and flatulence. Able to fight inflammation, fennel is also indicated for those who suffer from irritable colon and is therefore valuable to protect the gastro-intestinal system in general.
Rich of mineral salts and vitamins, are considered excellent antioxidants thanks to vitamin C and flavonoids that they strengthen the immune system and fight free radicals.

The power of oranges

The most cultivated citrus in the world is a real concentrate of well-being thanks to the excellent concentration of C vitamin, Fundamental to the correct iron absorption and capable of stimulating the formation of collagen. This fruit is also capable of reduce the absorption of sugars thanks to the fibers present in it. To benefit from this virtue however, it is necessary consume it with all the pulp: squeeze it in fact eliminates the fibrous part and leads us to absorb only its juice with the relative sugars. As well as fennels, oranges contain antioxidants, terpenes and polyphenols and they fight free radicals and progressive aging.

Why bet on vegetables and fruit

After an intense and disorganized period like that of parties, it is good to provide our body with all that is missing in the most convivial lunches and dinners. Or abundant portions of fruit and vegetables, maybe to be served raw and with a light dressing. Just a teaspoon of oil to make a great special dish prepared simply with finely cut fennel, oranges and black olives. Taste it without salt and you will not regret it.
With the same ingredients reduced in small cubes you can also prepare a good one spelled salad or a warm cous cous to mix with fennel and raw oranges to which you will add small diced onion, a precious ingredient thanks to its purifying properties.
In this way we will pamper our body with vitamins, mineral salts and water: three from the bases from which to leave to forget the swelling and find the right balance. And always about hydration, say of no to alcohol, carbonated and sugary drinks and fruit juices It will help you reach your detox goal. In fact, our body simply requires plenty of water, and we must satisfy it by drinking at least a liter and a half a day from the moment it is awakened. If you have a juice extractor or a centrifuge, you can then prepare purifying drinks based on fennel and oranges, perhaps even mixing them with small portions of lemon and carrots.

The recipes

In the gallery below, we have prepared a collection of delicious and easy to prepare recipes that focus on the winning combination of fennels and oranges. Appetizers, pasta dishes, side dishes and desserts to discover how many creative ways you can benefit from these precious seasonal ingredients without getting bored.