Daily Calcium during a Health Detox : Crazy Eight Detox
For the Crazy Eight Detox, you will be focusing on detoxing your adipose fat without sacrificing your nutritional health. One nutrient that you will need for detoxing is calcium. Calcium helps keep toxins together in bundles and stops them from recirculating in the body.
To make sure you are getting enough calcium in your diet. consider incorporating calcium rich foods into your detox day. Over the course of a day, you may be able to reach the recommended does of calcium through food. If you are finding it difficult, add a calcium supplement to your diet. The goal amount for calcium is around 1,200 mg.
An Example of food to use to reach the right level of calcium
- 2 slices of Emmental cheese. 182 calories for 2 slices of cheese approximately 400mg
- 2 cups of broccoli. 31 calories per cup with 42.8mg of calcium per cup
- 2 glasses of mineral water (200 ml each) each glass has 80mg of calcium for a total of 160mg
- 2 pots of yogurt. Each pot has 200 mg of calcium approximately 1mg per gram.
- 1 almonds has 3.2mg of calcium and 7 calories per almond.
- 1 leaf of romaine lettuce 6g has 2 g of calcium.
- 100g of tofu has 683mg of calcium and 144 calories.
