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Spring Detox Foods & Shopping List
Detoxify and rebalance your body with cleansing foods
Feeling sluggish? Achy? Bloated? Time to detox. But where do you start?
Start now with spring foods that have exceptional natural detoxifying power. In the rainy and muddy months of spring, nature provides a low-fat, low-mucus harvest of sprouts, greens and berries. Use the spring grocery list below and eat more of these detox diet foods from March through June to help detox and rebalance your body.
Though these certainly aren’t the only items you can eat during this time, they are the in-season foods most beneficial if you want to detoxify and keep your digestive and lymph systems working at their peak. These foods can help you feel better, boost fat burn and prevent illness during the months of spring!
For a more customized approach to eating for detoxification, find out your Ayurvedic mind-body type profile, or dosha, and use the tips in the Ayurveda for Detox DVD to tailor your eating, fitness and other routines to your mind-body type. Or enroll in our new Ayurveda for Detox course on Gaiam University. (The first lesson is free!)
Spring detox foods grocery list
(March – June)
*Emphasize foods marked with an asterisk
| Vegetables | Spices | Fruit | Oils |
| *Alfalfa Sprouts | Anise | Apples | Canola |
| Artichokes | Asafoetida | Blueberries | *Corn |
| *Asparagus | Basil | *Dried Fruit (all) | Flax |
| *Bean Sprouts | Bay Leaf | Grapefruit | Mustard |
| Beets | *Black Pepper | Lemons, Limes | Safflower |
| *Bell Peppers | Chamomile | Papayas | Soy |
| *Bitter Melon | Caraway | Pears | Sunflower |
| Broccoli | Cardamom | Pomegranates (sour) | Nuts & Seeds |
| *Brussels Sprouts | *Cayenne | Raspberries | Filberts |
| *Cabbage | Cinnamon | Strawberries | Pinons |
| *Carrots | *Clove | All Berries | Pumpkin |
| *Cauliflower | Coriander | Legumes | *Sunflower |
| *Celery | Cumin | *All Sprouted Beans | Dairy |
| *Chicory | Dill | Adzuki | Ghee (moderation) |
| *Chillies, dried | Fennel | Black Gram | Lowfat yogurt (moderation) |
| Cilantro | Fenugreek | Garbanzo | Rice/Soy milk |
| *Collard Greens | Garlic | Fava | *Goat milk |
| *Corn | Ginger | *Goya | Beverages |
| *Dandelion | Horseradish | *Kidney | Black Tea (moderation) |
| *Endive | Marjoram | *Lentils | Coffee (moderation) |
| Fennel | Mustard | *Lima | Water (room temp. to hot) |
| *Garlic | Nutmeg | *Mung | Sweeteners |
| Ginger | Oregano | Split Pea | *Honey – Raw |
| *Green Beans | Peppermint | Grains | Maple Syrup |
| *Hot Peppers | Poppy Seeds | Amaranth | Molasses |
| Jicama | Rosemary | Barley | Condiments |
| *Kale | Saffron | Buckwheat | Carob |
| Leeks | Sage | Corn | Pickles |
| *Lettuce | Spearmint | Millet | |
| *Mushrooms | Thyme | Oats, dry | |
| *Mustard Greens | Turmeric | Quinoa | |
| *Onions | Herb Teas | Rice, Brown, long grain | |
| *Parsley | Alfalfa | Rye | |
| *Peas | *Cardamom | Lean Meat & Fish | |
| *Potatoes, baked | *Chicory | Chicken | |
| *Radishes | *Cinnamon | Duck (moderation) | |
| Seaweed | *Cloves | Eggs (moderation) | |
| Snow Peas | *Dandelion | Freshwater fish | |
| *Spinach | *Ginger | Lamb (moderation) | |
| *Swiss Chard | *Hibiscus | Ocean fish (moderation) | |
| *Turnips | *Orange Peel | Turkey | |
| *Watercress | *Strawberry Leaf |
From the Ayurveda for Detox DVD by Gaiam, featuring Ayurvedic medicine expert John Douillard, and based on his book The 3-Season Diet.
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Submitted by urbanegypsy on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 09:50.
Ah... I get it. The pre-formatting just doesn't allow for more than three columns. But there are more than three categories. Perhaps some bolding, putting the categories in ALL CAPS or a different layout may have helped with avoiding confusion, as I see Legumes and Fruits in the same column (there are 4 in the last column... kinda like a word search from when I was a kid). Took me a while as well to sort this all out myself.
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Can you repost this list without the items being repeated some three times (ie. corn) and some times the repeated items have an asterisk and sometimes they don't (ie. cinnamon). I am really excited to see this list but it would be nice if it was a little more organized. Thank you!