Green Lemonade

Boost your bod’s digestive efficiency so more attention can be focused on slimming (vs digesting all the time). Start today by enjoying a raw salad loaded with leafy greens and chopped raw veggies at lunch first. Then have some cooked food like some roasted butternut squash or a quality lean protein.

Benefits of eating a raw salad before your cooked food:

1. Salad is the “primer” that makes sure that what you eat afterward moves on through your body quickly and efficiently. Less lingering crud means less chance of fat and cellulite.
2. Salad, especially dark leafy greens, is full of chlorophyll. Cholorphyll is a detox agent helping to awake and release toxins in your body (which weigh on your energy, your figure and your mood).
3. Leafy green lettuces are also loaded with fiber. Fiber does an excellent job binding together with gunk and toxins in your digestive tract. You are not truly cleansing, unless you are digging up AND releasing waste from your body.

What type of salad to eat

1. Hummus and Mesclun Salad. Give this Hummus and Mesclun Salad a try at lunch today.
2. Grapefruit + Arugula Salad. Or if you’re in desperate need of getting back on track after your party filled weekend give this Grapefruit + Arugula Salad a try. Just make sure and stick to fruit or a smoothie for breakfast first. Fruit eaten later in the day often ferments in your tummy leading to gas (and ultimately cellulite) in that beautiful bod of yours.

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