Early summer is the perfect time to detox. Cleansing helps flush out toxins while flooding your body with organic superfoods.. This helps to give your digestive system a break from heavy winter foods and filters the kidneys, liver and gallbladder. Urban Remedy can help you get on track with the perfect cleanse–either using one of their customized juice cleanses or using their new book, The 4 Day Cleanse Retreat, for a more DIY approach to cleansing.
I used Urban Remedy’s 3 Day Purify Cleanse as a way to jump start the healthier eating I tend to lean toward in the summer. Urban Remedy made it so easy, delivering the juices right to my door and thoroughly explaining the pre-cleanse, during-cleanse and post-cleanse. The juices are spread out in 2-hour increments, so you’re not left with a long period of time without calories. Yes, I did get hungry, but not horribly so. Just when I thought I would need to break down and eat, it would be time for another juice, a few of which were very filling and all of which were full of nutrients from things I can’t find in the grocery store–like burdock root and dandelion greens. It was surprisingly refreshing and, when I was done cleansing, I felt ready to kick my sugar and coffee habits. I think when you feel so in control of what goes into your body and how good you feel, you don’t really want to go back to how you were before.
Now that my cleanse is done, I’d still like to incorporate some of the juices into my daily routine as well as some other cleansing rituals. I’ve read The 4 Day Cleanse Retreat cover to cover. While I’d love to spend a full four days cleansing (and hope to someday), for now, as summer is just getting started and I’m home with my three kids, I’m planning on incorporating just a few of the recipes and rituals into my routine. There are amazing recipes for juices, broths and salads. There are also recipes for spa baths and ideas for activities during your cleanse. And Neka Pasquale gives options for a once or twice a week cleanse to help maintain your health benefits, so I feel able to keep practicing mindfulness with my eating without devoting a full 4 days. One of my favorite features of the book is the glossary which highlights certain foods and their healing properties and also addresses ailments and the best foods to help them.
Urban Defense has just launched a new product perfect for our readers–the Shorty! These 8-oz. cold-pressed juices are the perfect size for kids. I rarely let my kids have juice, but I have no problem saying yes to these organic, high-quality juices. When my kids came home from their school’s field day, they couldn’t believe I set out orange juice to go with their snack. They both declared it the best orange juice they had ever had. Of course I had to sneak a sip (trust me, they wouldn’t share more than a sip) and I had to agree. They eagerly checked out the other flavors and started planning which one they were going to try next. Check out all of the yummy flavors!
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I think they would just love the pineapple coconut one or the pink lemonade these drinks sound amazing
FIrst we would try the Green Berry Shorty!
I think my kids would like the Green Berry Shorty
They would probably like the OJ Shorty the most. It sounds delicious.
My kids would love the Chocolate Banana Shorty
I know my daughter would love the Orange shortly!
I think they’d like the almond milk.
I think they would love the Chocolate Banana Shorty
Green Berry Shorty-but she likes coffee (decaf only, lol) so I’d bet she’d prefer the chai from the regular flavors even more.
I think my kids would like the Green Berry Shorty best! But they all sound great!
I wish I could say they’d love the Glow flavor, and maybe they would, but come on…Chocolate Banana Shorty? Yes, please!
I’m with you–mine have more of a sweet tooth. However, I LOVE the Glow! It’s by far my favorite shorty 🙂
Chocolate banana would be my LOs favorite
I thinkthey would like the Chocolate banana shorty!
Thank you for the chance to win this 🙂
Probably the Almond Milk flavor
the green berry and almond milk shorties would be a hit here!
They would love the Almond Milk Shorty
The Green Berry Shorty sounds like it would be a favorite around here!
probably the Green Berry Shorty
Green Berry Shorty looks super yummy!!!! And the Chocolate Banana shorty! So wonderful!
My kids would love the Chocolate Banana Shorty!
I would like to try the OJ Shorty
Thank you!
Chocolate banana shorty
Beam which has carrots, yams, dandelion and burdock. It’s an orange color and would taste sweet with the carrots.
http://www.urbanremedy.com/beam
Definitely the almond milk shorty.
The Green Berry Shorty sounds delish!
My kids would love the Chocolate Banana Shorty.
Probably chocolate banana, but they all look good.
We would love to try the Green Berry Shorty
Thank You
Cold Crusher.
Time Machine!
Two of my kids would love the chocolate almond, my allergy kid would love the o.j.
They would love the Chocolate Banana Shorty flavor!
We would like Green Berry Shorty best.
Green Berry, for the chia seeds!
I think dd would love the Green Berry Shorty
That OJ Shorty would definitely be popular!
I think my boys would like the Green Berry Shorty and the Glow Shorty! They actually really like green juices and I am super thankful that when they do drink juice, they make such healthy choices!
My daughter would love the Glow shorty and my son would definitely pick the Green Berry!
I think my children would enjoy the Almond Milk Shorty the most.
I think the Green Berry Shorty would be a hit with us.
the OJ shorty
My son would just love the OJ Shorty. YUM!
I think my kids would like the Green Berry Shorty
Chocolate banana!
They some some very interesting sounding flavors. THe two that interest me the most are the orange shorty and the Green Berry Shorty