Slimming Detox Tea

I can feel it in my body. The sluggish icky not right feeling everywhere. From my muscles to my brain and down to my intestines. BLAH! With the recent uncovering that I may be in the battle against melanoma again, I am on the search for a detox. A detox well over due. Here are my stage 1 findings. Detox Tea.

First thing in the morning hot tea

When I first awake in the morning I will immediately drink 16oz of water that I keep at my bed side. This totally helps my body hydrate first thing in the mornings.

You can spend a little bit of time getting ready in the mornings if you are off somewhere. I try to give my system a good 30 min before I ingest anything else. You can read or prepare your mind for the day. I spend this time starting my day with reading and in prayer.
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When I'm ready I set  my tea pot on to boil and prepare my green tea according to package. I add in a tsp of cranberry concentrate, a cap full of apple cider vinegar, and a squeeze of a lemon. Then I drink it as fast as I can cause it is very tart. About 30 min later, I eat.

Green Tea
​Matcha Ceremonial Green Tea. This green tea is among one of the most concentrated. It can be very pricey but only takes a small amount. About .5 tsp in 4oz of hot fresh boiled water. The health benefits of green tea are astounding. Aside from the fat fighting benefits that are commonly known in todays market, this is not my agenda. You can be thin or fit all you want but if the inside of your body isn't healthy than there really is no point.  Green tea is infused with catechins. Catechin is a strong antioxidant. Along with other huge benefits, this is my number one reason at this season in my life for using green tea.

Catechin antioxidants have a very specific job. They fight against cell damage. Cell damage is a layman term for cancer or damaged/abnormal cells. It has not been proven to actually kill cancer cells but it definitely aids healthy cells in their development. I say it is worth a shot. Plus it aids in the bodies blood flow and brain function, so, yeah I will give it a whirl. Catechins are also found in my next ingredient of choice, Apple Cider Vinegar.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar or ACV, not only contains Catechin but it also has very useful for your body. It can alkalize your body or level out the acidity if the alkalization is too high. Having a perfectly balanced alkalize to acid ratio is uber important for your health. Not that's a cool super food! I love this article that explains ACV in better detail, you can find it here. Along with ACV, my next ingredient also promotes the body to alkalize.

​Lemon
Lets just get this out right now, lemons are fantastic! If you use essential oils at all, you already know this. We just learned about this in history actually. The pilgrims on the Mayflower survived the trip without scurvy from the lemon juice they brought on board. Along with alkalizing properties, lemons are super high in vitamin C, an antioxidant which fights the formation of free radicals that cause cancer. Drinking warm lemon water first thing in the morning flushes the kidneys and liver and gives them a good start for your day. Plus lemons are super duper yummy! Lemons are my must have ingredient for my green tea detox drink.

Cranberry
Cranberry Concentrate (no sugar just pure organic cranberry) is a little gem. It is very tart but makes you feel so good. After a few times drinking it, it gets better, I promise. Cranberry contains good amounts of salicylic acid​. Salicylic acid reduces swelling and increases blood flow. Once thought as a treatment for UTI, it goes way beyond that. the risk of

Cranberries are also rich in proanthocyanidins which have been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. As we saw before, healthy cells are good cells but cancer is by definition, abnormal cells.  Studies have also shown that flavonoids, also found in cranberry, reduces the risk of cancer too. Again a must have ingredient for my green tea detox drink.  

*I am not a health care professional, just someone wanting to share what works for me and my journey for it.*

​Update! I have been drinking this green tea detox now every morning for the last 5 months and I feel great! There has been major sickness going around in our town with mono, strep, human rhino virus and more. I haven't been sick once. My energy is up and I have flushed out toxins. If you guys haven't given this a try, I highly suggest it.

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I have been taking this in the after noon now too. I increased it to 16oz of water and doubled the matcha tea, ACV, lemon. I kept the cranberry concentrate the same. I am even down 5lbs and my skin is tighter and muscles more defined. Let me know if you guys do try it in the comments below okay.