One of the easiest and best ways to embrace a cleanse is with soup. With all of our Rejuv packs we use food as medicine combined with our whole food plant based supplements to support the body at a functional level.
Living in the 21st century we are all bombarded with toxins and food is not enough when doing a cleanse, particularly that it is often the toxic food and drinks we consumed that created this toxic exposure in the first place.
Gut Cleanse & Full Worm Moon
I’m currently fine tuning my protocols for the Rejuv Wellness Dubai retreat starting next week. We combine our Gut Healing with a Heavy Metal Detox as for they go hand in hand. Plus with the Full Worm Moon coming on the 25th of March now is the time to be thinking of doing a Gut Cleanse.
We always cycle a Gut Cleanse with a full moon due to the increased serotonin and decreased melatonin creating the perfect environment for a thorough parasite cleanse.
If you are serious about your health and wellbeing, consider joining us on the next Rejuv Wellness Retreat in Mexico, from June 1-8, 2024.
The Benefits of Soup All Year Round
I love soup all year round, and I have them cool and warm as snacks or meals as they are packed full of vitamins, minerals, fibre, healthy fats and protein.
I often choose soup for dinner because it is easy on your gut as it is pre-digested in a liquid form, bombarding your body with goodness, therefore, helping you wake up feeling refreshed in the mornings.
Detox Soup for Weight Loss
Cleansing soups can be fantastic to help stimulate and promote weight loss through multiple pathways, as they improve liver and gallbladder function, reduce inflammation, support gut health and help shift goodness into its cells and toxins out. Not only do they support detox they also help reduce body fat and strengthen your metabolism and immune system.
The Detox Green Soup Ingredients
- One medium-sized head of broccoli
- 2 courgettes
- 2 cups of peas (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup of coriander (cilantro)
- 1 cup of parsley
- 1/2 medium-sized leek (sliced)
- 1 onion (sliced)
- 3 sticks of celery (sliced)
- 5 stalks of asparagus
- 1 litre vegetable stock (heated)
- 2 cups of fresh spinach
- 3 pinches of Cayenne pepper
- Light olive oil to cook the onions
- 1/2 turmeric powder
- 6 cloves of garlic or more
- A Thumb of ginger
- Sea Salt & Pepper to taste
Select Your Garnish
When we serve this soup at our retreats, we vary it from day to day by adding the following ingredients as garnish options:
- raw garlic (garlic, onion & broccoli are all high in glutathio
- raw ginger
- cayenne pepper
- sea salt
- pepper
- sauerkraut or kimchi
- parsley
- Cilantro
- Green pumpkin seeds - high in Alpha lipoid acid
- Sunflower seeds high in NAC
- 1-2 tbsp organic extra virgin olive oil
- Brazil nuts - high in selenium - great to bind heavy metals
Method
In a casserole dish or large pan, and over medium heat, sweat the celery, leek and onion in the oil until soft and translucent with light olive oil . Stir in the garlic, ginger and turmeric powder.
Add all the veggies & pour in the hot veggie stock. Simmer until the veggies are tender. You can serve as is or blitz to make a smooth green soup. Add sea or salt, black pepper & cayenne pepper to taste.
Garnish with some or all of the suggestions above.
Cilantro - The Detox Green Soup Hero
Our Detox Green Soup is a straightforward recipe and any vegetable you don’t like simply swap for another green vegetable or you can leave out.
In this recipe the cilantro is one of the hero ingredients for when combined with the chlorella and spirulina in our Heavy Metal Detox Capsules this creates the most powerful chelation to remove toxins.
Research has revealed that cilantro has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, antibacterial, cardio-protective, gastric health, analgesic effects and has a powerful detox & heavy metal chelation properties.
The top 7 benefits of cilantro include;
- Rids the body of heavy metals. Arsenic, cadmium, aluminum, lead and mercury
- Protects against oxidative stress
- Reduces anxiety by helping to calm your nervous system
- Balances blood sugar levels
- Supports heart health
- Prevents urinary tract infections
- Settles digestive upset and IBS symptoms
Learn more about toxicity, mechanism and health effects of some heavy metals in this article.
A Synergistic Combination For Body Detoxification
Cilantro is best used together with chlorella and spirulina because they synergistically act as a perfect team for body detoxification. The leaves of the cilantro plant has significant chelating properties, that bind to heavy metals that are removed from the body through our excretory system.
Chlorella, spirulina and cilantro can detoxify other neurotoxins such as phthalates, plastics, pesticides and insecticides. According to various studies, heavy metal chelation using cilantro, spirulina and chlorella can naturally remove an average of 87% of lead, 91% of mercury, and 74% of aluminium from the body within 45 days. This article covers some current approaches of the management of mercury poisoning.
Symptoms of Heavy Metal Overload
There are many signs and symptoms of a Heavy Metal Overload:
- Depression
- Dementia
- Insomnia
- Chronic fatigue
- Poor recovery from workout
- Poor memory and learning
- Digestive issues, such as IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- Skin irritation
- Autoimmune diseases
- Neurological disorders
- Chronic aches and pains
- Anemia
- Heart problems
- ADD/ADHD
- Bronchitis
- Asthma
This is why we suggest taking our heavy metal detox pack which combines foods such as cilantro to get the best detox effect. Add cilantro to your smoothie (see recipe from last week), stir fry, salad, juice, dressing, sauce etc.
Health - The New Wealth
We have learned the benefits of having a strong immune system since health is “the new wealth” but to live long term with abundant health we all need to look at our toxic cup and do regular cleanses to support the body’s natural healing capacity.
The Quiz That Revealed My Weakness
I do this twice a year to check in with myself, where I am slipping etc. I also revisited my Rejuv Wellness Quiz, which showed that my top 3 pillars that need some love are: Sleep, Body Balance & Mindfulness.
So I’ve set the alarm to help me go to bed earlier and booked a massage and facial to improve my body balance and self-care. I have also reinforced my morning ritual of mindfulness and prayer instead of jumping on emails and not taking time to connect with myself each day.
The Rejuv Wellness Quiz will help make this process bespoke to you. Take the quiz and choose three habits to start and three to stop in your life over the next three weeks.
Maybe you should stop drinking wine and start mixing and drinking 2-3L of my Rejuv Wellness Water daily. Maybe you ned to stop negative self-talk and swap it for gratitude and self-encouragement. Consider having fewer heavy meals for dinner in exchange for a healthy soup. It doesn’t have to be complicated, just three simple things to add and remove to improve your health.
I trust you love this soup recipe, and as mentioned, take our Free Wellness Quiz, to asses your wellness and what needs to be tweaked. The Wellness Profile you get will help you identify bad habits to stop and which habits you need that will move you closer to the best version of yourself – because you deserve to live a life you love!
