How to detox and re-set in springtime

Springtime = Detox + Reset

I'm not into resolutions. Get your hopes up usually heightens disappointment, especially with yourself. However, giving your body a detox in the spring and autumn is not a goal, it's a simple choice that will radically improve your quality of life.

A great help with detox is detox tea. Made in 5 minutes and lasts all day. Especially if you have a thermos can. I recommend this one from Emsa, available in different colours. If you prefer a thermal glass like the one in the image above, I recommend the Relaxdays Tea Glass.

This tea is commonly known as CCF tea (Coriander, Cumin, Fennel). With my recommended additions.

Ingredients

1 x small teaspoon coriander seeds

1 x small teaspoon cumin seeds

1 x small teaspoon fennel seeds

0.5 x small teaspoon fenugreek seeds (optional)

1 inch piece of fresh ginger, finely sliced (recommended)

Method

Boil 1 litre of water in a pan, add these ingredients and boil gently for 5–10 minutes. Sieve into your thermos can and sip away for hours. BTW, if you'd like to see a really awful video of me making this tea, click here.

Optional tip

If you don't come to like the taste, you can add some fresh mint and/or a little honey, but remember that the honey a) adds calories and b) the health properties of honey are destroyed by heat.

After just a few days, you will feel cleaner inside. Promise.

Small choices. Better days. Simply better living.

“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”  — Charaka Samhita