Feelings of heaviness, bloating, uncomfortable bowel movements... There's no doubt about it, those delicious holiday meals have taken their toll. To remedy this, you can lighten your diet by avoiding gluten and sugars and favoring certain seasonal foods that detoxify from the inside out.

How to support your liver?

When the liver has had to deal with a lot of fatty foods, such as salmon, foie gras, cheese, chocolates, or Yule logs, this causes increased metabolic clogging, which slows down the liver's bile drainage. The result: nausea, a feeling of being smothered, and residual fatigue. In short, you feel heavy!

Good news, a very simple detox is possible by simply adjusting your diet.

“ To promote a natural detox, include cholagogue foods, which produce bile, and choleretic foods, which drain this bile, on your menu. That's good, it's the season! ” enthuses Claire Borwin.

• - At breakfast:

Half a grapefruit that also contains vitamin C, which supports immunity. Not bad when the body is tired and clogged up in the middle of winter.

An oatmeal and almond porridge with the plant-based milk of your choice.

• - At lunch:

Artichoke hearts tossed in a cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil vinaigrette for omegas.

And

A lentil and brown rice salad with a soft-boiled egg or smoked trout or salmon, green beans and mushrooms.

or as a vegan option: a split pea salad with arugula and fermented tofu.

• - As a snack:

Greek or coconut yogurt sprinkled with dark chocolate shavings.

• - At dinner:

Grated carrots with a walnut oil vinaigrette and a few olives to combat pro-inflammatory acidity

Or

An endive salad with a walnut oil vinaigrette and walnut kernels.

And

A cod brandade accompanied by a green salad with sesame or camelina oil vinaigrette to rebalance the sources of polyunsaturated fats for good cholesterol.

• - For fun:

Need comfort food? A plate of whole-wheat spaghetti with olive oil and Parmesan cheese is fine. A cocoa, banana, and coconut milk pudding with nuts works too.

Mental post-it:

• Grapefruit
• Endives
• Artichoke
• Olive oil
• Egg yolk (soft-boiled, soft-boiled or fried)