8 nutritionist-recommended foods to help you detox after Thanksgiving

Date: Nov 29 2019

Thanksgiving may be over, but our bodies are still recovering from the holiday-amount of alcohol and food we consumed last night. And while it’s not necessarily the quality and substance of food that causes concern, it’s the portions that the holiday has become notorious for that worries health professionals.

Stay well hydrated 

Looking after your microbiome

Eat more fiber 

Eat a varied diet

8 foods to regularly eat more of

  • Cruciferous vegetables (especially watercress, garden cress and broccoli)
  • Allium vegetables (such as leeks, garlic and onions)
  • Apiaceous vegetables (celery, carrot and parsley) 
  • Resveratrol (from red grapes)
  • Omega 3 (from oily fish such as mackerel, wild salmon, anchovies and sardines)
  • Quercetin-rich foods (apples, apricots, blueberries, onion, kale, alfalfa sprouts, green beans, broccoli, black tea and chili powder)
  • Daidzein-rich foods (traditionally fermented soy products such as tofu)
  • Lycopene-rich foods (cooked tomatoes, pink grapefruit and watermelon)