This detox can help clear one’s (especially asthmatics and smokers) lungs of toxins such as nicotine and tar. Its benefits can be observed in just three days from the start of consumption (can be had regularly).
Do drink a cup of sage tea before going to sleep in the evening before the detox begins.
| Time | Day-1,2,3 |
| Before breakfast | • Squeeze two lemons into a 10-ounce glass of water (boiled and cooled) • Add to it a teaspoon of local organic honey, and have this drink before breakfast • After 15 minutes, have 1tbsp of olive oil -> green/peppermint tea (in that order) |
| Breakfast | • 1cup of beetroot+1cup of any seasonal fruit + half inch ginger+1tsp each of lime juice, coconut oil, and flaxseed • Blend the ingredients to make it 1 glass of smoothie and have it anytime during the day (before sunset). |
| Mid-morning | 1 Cup of carrot salad, (or) any seasonal fruit |
| Lunch | • Have buttermilk (1glass) mixed with a pinch each of jeera and ajwain (carom seeds) + cucumber salad(1cup) with • Roti (2) + vegetable curry (1cup) (OR) • Rice (1cup) +Dal (1cup) (or) vegetable pulav (1cup) (or) any kind of regular lunch |
| Evening | 1 tbsp of olive oil followed by green/peppermint tea |
| Dinner | • Veg Salad (1Bowl)+ • Roti(2)+ any green, leafy vegetable curry (1cup) (OR) • Rice(1cup) +Dal(1cup) |
| Post dinner | Chamomile Tea- 1 cup at bedtime (or definitely within two hours) |
Vegetables that can be used to make smoothies other than beetroot are carrot, cucumber, bottle-gourd, ash-gourd, and pumpkin. Vegetables for salad include carrot, cucumber, radish, and beetroot.
- Additionally, keep sipping a fruit juice (anyone from pineapple, cranberry, apple, or grapefruit) throughout the day up to sunset – Do not ever have either fruit(s) or fruit juices after sunset.
- During the detox, spend 20 minutes a day in a hot bath as perspiration removes toxins through the skin.
- Heat water in a pot/tumbler, and then add 5-10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil (any essential oil, if eucalyptus essential oil is not available). When the water has cooled slightly, place your head over the pot (covering the pot and your head with a towel), inhale the steam until the water has cooled down.
- Follow the detox plan for one week to completely detoxify your lungs and also get relief from lung infections.
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Dt. Anjali Khandale (M.Sc., Nutrition & Dietetics)
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