10 Super Toxic Foods and the 10 Best Detoxifying Foods You Can Eat

Fresh Watercress

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3. Watercress

Give your liver a big cleaning kick by eating watercress. If you regularly make smoothies for detox power, then add some watercress to them. Watercress encourages the liver to release powerful enzymes that help to rid it of toxic buildup and clean things up. Some studies suggest that eating watercress daily can help prevent breast cancer.

Watercress is high in vitamin K, which is important for reducing the plaque on the walls of the arteries and reduces inflammation in the body, which is linked to several chronic diseases. Now, watercress is one of those acquired taste foods, so don’t reject it simply because you didn’t like it the first time around. This veggie has a snappy, peppery crunch so it works well in salads, or try it on sandwiches or even in soup. Any place you would normally use lettuce, you can use watercress instead.

Don’t give up just because you didn’t like it the first way you tried it. Watercress has so much to offer in the way of nutrition and detoxifying compounds that it’s worth acquiring a taste for it.

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One Comment

  1. Horseman

    Jan 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    There is bacon out now with no artificial ingredients or nitrates. I’m starting to wonder about the research that goes into some of these articles.