When you’re following a detox diet, it’s important to eat regularly throughout the day. Have at least three portions of vegetables (one should be raw), three portions of raw/fresh or dried fruit, and three portions of salad.

Fresh and/or raw vegetables, fruit and salads contain many, many essential nutrients for a healthy and balanced detox diet. Raw fruit and vegetables contain active ingredients that protect against cancer, heart disease, immune deficiency, deteriorating eyesight and brain dysfunction

Fruit and vegetables are perfect for detox diets as they contain large amounts of essential vitamins, ammo acids and minerals. They have high fiber and high potassium. They contain very little waste and very few calories. Fruit and vegetables are nearly entirely goodness. You should attempt to eat fresh fruit and vegetables when they are really fresh. The longer you store them, the more nutrients are lost. And as soon as you begin to process or cook them, the goodness starts to disappear.

Raw food equals raw energy; it cleans the gut more efficiently and contains high levels of dietary fiber. During your detox diet, try to eat as much as possible of your fruit and vegetable quota in its raw state. Or at least make sure that a high percentage is raw (e.g. raw salad with lightly steamed vegetables). Raw vegetables can also be mixed with cooked vegetables – why not try grated carrot and beetroot over a bowl of grilled vegetables? Don’t be afraid to use your imagination and creative with your detox diet – it will make it much easier to stick to that way.