Easy Cleansing Drinks

Here are a few excellent cleansing drinks to help clean out our bodies. They are simple and easy and all have wonderful benefits!


1. Water. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day (water in coffee does not count!) helps to flush out by-products of fat breakdown, cleanses the kidneys, hydrates the skin to make us look younger and combats illness by hydrating all of our internal organs, helps with weight loss and reduces hunger. Many sources say to drink 1/2 to 1 ounce of water for every pound of body weight, which I believe to be a good guideline. I currently try to drink between a 1/2 gallon to a gallon of water per day, though I rarely make it to a gallon. It is more like 10-12 glasses.

2. Warm water. Warm water, especially in the morning preps the stomach for food by stimulating the glands in the stomach, flushes out the kidneys, and helps bowels move regularly and naturally. Very soothing and calming on the stomach which in turn calms our nerves!

3. Warm water with lemon. The lemon in the water aids digestion and weight loss, purifies the blood, helps with rhuematism and arthritis, reduces fever,, helps with curing respitory disorders and throat infections, improves the skin, and even aids in dental care. Use juice from 1/2 fresh lemon into 1 cup of warm or hot water.

4. Cranberry water. (1 part sugar-free cranberry juice to 4 parts pure water) Cranberry assists the lymphatic system by helping to flush out toxins and fats, helps build strong blood vessels, reduces blood sugar, reduces cravings, and helps cure urinary tract infections. Drinking cranwater is said to help eliminate cellulite!

5. Jillian Michaels Cleansing Drink. Here is a recipe that I am currently using from The Biggest Loser trainer, Jillian Michaels.
It is said to help with flushing out excess water weight and to help with bloating, etc. She claims that you could lose 5# or more of excess water weight by drinking this throughout the day for 7 days. Here it is:

60 oz. of distilled water
1 T sugar-free cranberry juice
1 dandelion root tea bag
2 T lemon juice

1. Combine all ingredients
2. Drink throughout the day

I am drinking it as a variation of all of the other drinks listed above. I already had the dandelion tea and I usually like to drink lemon or cranwater anyway, so I thought I would give it a try.

Enjoy your health!