Tuesday, June 30, 2009

How to Make a Good Tasting Natural Colon Cleanse

By Michael Richardson

A lot of people who might benefit from a colon cleanse hesitate to do and because they think they have to taste bad. Some cleanses do taste pretty awful but it doesn't have to be that way.

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

Many colon cleansing recipes are based on a foundation of natural whole foods. The fiber content is an important consideration. Organic foods are preferred. The fiber can be the soluble or insoluble and can come from a variety of sources.

Psyllium husks and ground flax seeds are used frequently, but so are a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and grains. oats are well known for their high level of soluble fiber.

You very frequently will find spices and herbs as ingredients in homemade colon cleanse is. Since you use spices to season our food, it's not hard to imagine that some cleansing recipes might actually taste good.

Garlic is well-known for its healthful properties so many people include it in their cleansing recipes. If you like garlic as much as I do, this is a good thing. Ginger and cayenne pepper are the spices that are commonly used as well.

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.

Some schools of cooking routinely use many different spices, so meals prepared in this tradition have cleansing properties just because of the spices and herbs used in the preparation of the food.

Indian curries are particularly healthy. Traditionally, curries are highly varied. Every region of India has its typical style, and every cook within the region had their own variation. It to curry is made by mixing several different spices as the food is prepared.

Many curry recipes are vegetarian. Depending on the combination of vegetables used the cleansing properties can be further enhanced.

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

Once you're familiar with high fiber foods as well as the cleansing properties of various spices and herbs you can adjust recipes you may already have or find on the web to suit your own tastes.

You may already have some cleansing recipes that you've tried. You may be able to incorporate some spices to suit your own taste.

Here's a simple example. I sometimes we use the Master Cleanse, which is basically it lemon juice diluted with pure water and cayenne pepper. One recipe I had for it also included maple syrup but I wanted to avoid the sugar. I tried adding a bit of cinnamon and leaving the maple syrup out. I thought that significantly improve the 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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