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It’s advisable to go easy on the dinners but that doesn’t mean one goes on crash diets. Fruits and vegetables are the saviours that both detoxifies the system and also builds up defence against toxins in case one is tempted to go back to the eating binges. Dietician Subhosree Das prescribes an intelligent selection of food rich in non flesh proteins if possible to keep one’s weight under control after the eating and drinking sprees. “Fresh fruit juices contain vitamins and gets the mineral balance in our body back on tracks,” says Das. Anjana Banerjee, general physician, adds that fruit juices and water combined are the best detoxifying solutions.
However, detoxifying essentially doesn’t mean staring at an empty plate. Das suggests one starts the day with a glass of water or fresh lime water and black tea without milk. “Tea contains anti-oxidants and is very good to get rid of hangovers,” says Das. For the rest of the day, she prescribes clear soups, grilled chicken, chhena, thin dal, one or two rotis, boiled vegetables and salads for the heavier meals. Dry toast, tea, fruits like apple and guava, idli or a piece of dhokhla could make for the lighter meals. However diet expert Jaya Chatterjee says that potatoes and tubers are a strict no-no if one wants to be just to their systems after all the bingeing. At least 10-12 glasses of water and around 200 gms of fresh fruits like an apple or an orange, 4-5 dates, strawberries, twice a day, is Chatterjee’s solution for detoxification. “It’s important to have pigmented vegetables like tomato, spring onion, sprouts, brinjals etc as they contain phyto-nutrients that fortify your body against toxins,” says Chatterjee.
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