Jillian Riggs - 5-Ingredient Soup Detox: 40 Immune-Boosting Recipes with a 30-Day Plan to Detoxify and Reset Your Body

5-Ingredient Soup Detox

40 Immune-Boosting Recipes with a 30-Day Plan to Detoxify and Reset Your Body

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To keep the body in good health is a duty. Buddha

I must admit, I have heard, read and tried several detox programs. I always thought of myself as someone able to succeed on any detox challenge. It would be probably easy avoiding certain foods, eating only one or few types of food on my diet and then doing just that for several weeks. I was wrong, very wrong.

I seesawed between powering through a detox program only to fail miserably halfway through it. I actually did great in the first few weeks. I was more determined than ever. I got all my bases covered; my kitchen, fridge, and pantry were packed with only the food items that I can eat. I made sure that when I go to work, I packed my lunch, so I do not have to settle for cafeteria food. I monitored my weight and other health stats regularly to give me the motivation that I needed. The weeks were promising, and I thought I would make it till the end of the program. I did not.

If this series of events are familiar or even similar to what you have encountered during your own attempt to completing detox program, then let me share with you what I think went wrong. The actual food items I prepared were a great match to my detox requirements but were definitely out of sync with my dietary, nutritional and craving requirements.

You see, I work full-time inside and outside the home. I certainly need above average energy levels to fuel me through the day. I got chores at home, deadlines at work plus I also want to take care and enjoy myself from time to time. Most of the detox programs I tried left me zapped of energy. By the end of the week, I feel tired. This feeling of fatigue is strike one on my failures on detox challenges.

The second strike is being cranky. I find myself easily irritated at the smallest mistakes. A toy out place, a misfiled document and other minor errors, these things make me lose my temper. It as if the more I take control of my diet the more I lose control of my feelings and emotions, now this is something I never would like to experience again.

The third and final strike are that my mental abilities seem to degrade on the first few days of other detox programs. I easily lose my focus; my attention is definitely impaired, and sometimes I see myself reading books and reports, and when I finish a chapter or a section, I realize I have absolutely no idea on what I was reading.

I later learned that these strikes as I called them were natural and expected side effects of the detox programs that I tried. The loss of energy, the mood swings and the impaired mental faculties, these necessary consequences, I decided that I wanted none of these. I wanted to detox, but I did not want to have to suffer through any of these strikes.

This is the reason why I chose the Soup Detox Program and also the reason why I wanted to share my experience, the lessons and tips I learned and the recipes that I used for the Program. I will not use the word easy to describe this Program. I think enjoyable is the most appropriate word!

The ingredients are great, in fact, they are rich in both taste and texture. Plus, at the end of the day, I have more than enough energy to last me for the entire day. Most of the recipes in this guide require less than an hour in the kitchen; this is a great time saver. The Soup Detox Program crosses out all the strikes I had from the previous detox programs that I have tried. I can go on and on about the many benefits of the program, but I will let you know about all of them on the next chapters of the book.

Let me tell you this, probably the one thing that is better than having enjoyable meals, energy for the rest of the day, a detoxed body, is the feeling of succeeding and completing the detox program. I am sure that with the information, the recipes in this book and the recommended meal plans in this guide, you will also share the same success that I have.

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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates

I n this chapter, I will help you the:

• Overview, facts and figures of the Detox Program
• The health benefits
• The Soup Detox Difference

T he Soup Detox Program is part of an entire genre of dieting. Shortened version of the word detoxification, these programs are meant to eliminate the toxins in the body. To understand the Soup Detox Program, you need to have a working idea on what toxins really are, where they come and what they do to our bodies and our health.

It is important to note that there are two major kinds of toxins. External, such as those that is caused by pollution, pesticides, inhalation of second-hand smoke and other similar hazards that are present outside of our bodies. On the other hand, there are internal toxins, such as those that come from free radicals, bad bacteria, even stress and anxiety. For the purposes of this guide, we are only addressing internal toxins.

Toxins are defined as any agent found in the body that causes harm to its health. While there are many sources of toxins, such as those like pollution, chemicals, and other similar items, toxins can also come from the actual we eat. For example, fish has trace amounts of mercury that enter our bodies regardless of how we prepare or cook the fish.

However, these toxins are ideally processed and flushed out of our systems through our bodily functions and organs. In the end, when they are filtered out, they pose no threat to the body. The challenge is when too many toxins enter our body, from processed or artificial foods and other external factors, our bodies natural cleaning systems are overloaded. This is where the problem starts; there is just too many toxins that are left unprocessed, and they end up deposited in our bodies. When we have too many toxins in our bodies, it manifests itself through signs and symptoms.