Detox diets needn't leave you feeling famished and tired. Try this realistic one-week detox diet meal plan to cleanse your system and improve your well-being. Begin your day with half a lemon squeezed into hot water, caffeine-free tea or fruit juice, then incorporate the following nutritionally-balanced meal plans to keep you functioning at your best while you flush out the toxins from your body naturally.
Day 1
· Breakfast: Sandwich, ham and lettuce on wholemeal bread, and 1 glass of soya milk.
· Lunch: Fish noodle soup and 1 wedge of papaya.
· Snack: 1 cup of apple chips.
· Dinner: Curried mixed vegetables, stir-fried garlic wholegrain rice and 1 kiwi fruit.
Day 2
· Breakfast: Tuna spread on rye toast and 1 glass of carrot juice.
· Lunch: Chicken porridge and half a mango.
· Snack: 100g bar dark chocolate.
· Dinner: Baked salmon, fresh vegetable salad with low-fat mayonnaise and corn soup
Day 3
· Breakfast: Oats and muesli with low-fat yogurt and strawberries.
· Lunch: Skinless chicken, celery, 1 bowl of steamed rice.
· Snack: Handful of dried cranberries.
· Dinner: Spaghetti with meat sauce and boiled broccoli.
Day 4
· Breakfast: Home-made smoothie, blended using soya milk and banana.
· Lunch: Egg salad sandwich on wholemeal bread and 1 wedge of pineapple.
· Snack: 3 pieces of plain digestive biscuits.
· Dinner: Grilled chicken, bean and pasta salad and 1 glass of orange juice.
Day 5
· Breakfast: Low-fat peanut butter on oat crackers and half a grapefruit.
· Lunch: Stir-fried prawn noodles and 1 slice of watermelon.
· Snack: 1 cup of low-fat frozen yogurt.
· Dinner: Turkey, sliced tomatoes and lettuce on wholegrain bread.
Day 6
· Breakfast: Omelette with bacon bits and diced spring onion, and 1 glass of tomato juice.
· Lunch: Stir-fried fish in sweet and sour sauce, 1 bowl of steamed rice.
· Snack: Handful of unsalted almonds.
· Dinner: Tuna and buckwheat pasta, 1 bowl of miso soup and 1 kiwi fruit.
Day 7
· Breakfast: Wholemeal toast and 1 cup of low-fat yogurt.
· Lunch: Chicken fingers and fresh fruit salad sprinkled with finely chopped nuts.
· Snack: 4 pieces of wholemeal crackers.
· Dinner: Seafood pasta and 1 apple.
Day 1
· Breakfast: Sandwich, ham and lettuce on wholemeal bread, and 1 glass of soya milk.
· Lunch: Fish noodle soup and 1 wedge of papaya.
· Snack: 1 cup of apple chips.
· Dinner: Curried mixed vegetables, stir-fried garlic wholegrain rice and 1 kiwi fruit.
Day 2
· Breakfast: Tuna spread on rye toast and 1 glass of carrot juice.
· Lunch: Chicken porridge and half a mango.
· Snack: 100g bar dark chocolate.
· Dinner: Baked salmon, fresh vegetable salad with low-fat mayonnaise and corn soup
Day 3
· Breakfast: Oats and muesli with low-fat yogurt and strawberries.
· Lunch: Skinless chicken, celery, 1 bowl of steamed rice.
· Snack: Handful of dried cranberries.
· Dinner: Spaghetti with meat sauce and boiled broccoli.
Day 4
· Breakfast: Home-made smoothie, blended using soya milk and banana.
· Lunch: Egg salad sandwich on wholemeal bread and 1 wedge of pineapple.
· Snack: 3 pieces of plain digestive biscuits.
· Dinner: Grilled chicken, bean and pasta salad and 1 glass of orange juice.
Day 5
· Breakfast: Low-fat peanut butter on oat crackers and half a grapefruit.
· Lunch: Stir-fried prawn noodles and 1 slice of watermelon.
· Snack: 1 cup of low-fat frozen yogurt.
· Dinner: Turkey, sliced tomatoes and lettuce on wholegrain bread.
Day 6
· Breakfast: Omelette with bacon bits and diced spring onion, and 1 glass of tomato juice.
· Lunch: Stir-fried fish in sweet and sour sauce, 1 bowl of steamed rice.
· Snack: Handful of unsalted almonds.
· Dinner: Tuna and buckwheat pasta, 1 bowl of miso soup and 1 kiwi fruit.
Day 7
· Breakfast: Wholemeal toast and 1 cup of low-fat yogurt.
· Lunch: Chicken fingers and fresh fruit salad sprinkled with finely chopped nuts.
· Snack: 4 pieces of wholemeal crackers.
· Dinner: Seafood pasta and 1 apple.
