Ditch the diuretics and prep your body the healthy way
If you’re thinking of going on a detox diet to prep your body for spring, you may want to think again. Seven days of clean living won’t magically undo the rest of the year (nor will it rid your body of all its toxins), and the diets may be dangerous—here’s why.
That doesn’t mean that tuning up your body in time for spring is a bad idea—use the opportunity to spring-clean your eating and your exercise routine for a full-time healthy lifestyle. Succeed and you’ll only need to spring-clean the garage next year.
Start with your cabinets: Use smart swaps from Eat This, Not That! to trade in high-fat, high-calorie cookies, crackers, and other prepared foods for smarter choices that will jumpstart your weight loss.
Add spring colors to meals to add muscle and lose weight: Replace white foods—made with refined flour, refined sugar, or mayo—with color-rich reds, greens, yellows, and oranges. Colorful foods pack powerful nutrients, like the red lycopene found in tomatoes and red peppers.
Freshen your fitness, too. If you’ve been away from the gym, get back on board with the surprising results of a bodyweight routine—try this one for the ultimate at-home workout. If you’ve already been at the gym, refresh your stale routine with a free workout download. Or loosen your joints and muscles for spring sports by adding flexibility exercises from our Yoga Center—these 10 poses are the best for men.
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