The Weekend Detox plan

Breathing Oxygen energizes the mind and body and helps to burn off toxins, neutralizing them through a process called oxidation, and preparing them for elimination. Spend a few minutes each morning in front of an open window, inhaling air deeply into your lungs.

Relaxing Stress robs the nervous system of energy and this in turn retards its ability to oversee the elimination of toxins. There is a difference between true relaxation (yoga, a deep bath, meditation and so on) and 'participation' (such as dinner with friends, or a movie show). True relaxation leaves you with a renewed sense of wellbeing, charged up for the detox. Schedule in some form of relaxation each day. I suggest a long bath or a walk in the park. If at any point the detox makes you feel edgy (this is quite normal), practise the whole body relaxation on the right.

Stretching Prepare your mind and body for the day by gently practising the following stretch to wake up your body. In particular the stretch opens up the chest, helping you to breathe more effectively. Stand with your feet wide apart and breathe in. Raise your arms straight up and lock your fingers. Moving from your waist, bend the body first to the right and then to the left, exhaling as you bend and inhaling as you come back to the upright position. Repeat five times on each side.

Step 1: Prepration
Step 2: Menu Plan
Step 3: Action
Whole body relaxation
Detox recipes

Taken from Clean Up Your Diet by Max Tomlinson, 2007, published by Duncan Baird Publishers, London