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🧼 The Detox Salad I Actually Crave in Summer.

🧼 The Detox Salad I Actually Crave in Summer.

The Clean Summer Side You Didn’t Know You Needed

Jul 19, 2025
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🧼 The Detox Salad I Actually Crave in Summer.
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Let’s talk summer salads.

Most are either loaded with sugar (looking at you, store-bought dressing)… or leave you feeling like you chewed through a garden and still need a snack.

But this one? It’s light, crisp, hydrating, and actually supports your body’s natural detox pathways.

Before I share the Wake Up Garden Detox Salad recipe, let’s talk about a few ingredients that seem clean — but might be undoing your healthy intentions:


🫒 What’s Really in Your Olive Oil?

Olive oil should be a detox-friendly, anti-inflammatory staple. But over 60% of olive oils on store shelves are either fake, diluted, or rancid — especially the cheap ones labeled “extra virgin.”

Here’s what to watch for:

  • No harvest date → Likely old or heat-processed

  • Clear bottle → Prone to oxidation from light

  • “Pure” or “light” olive oil → Code for refined, not truly virgin

  • Generic store brands → Often cut with seed oils or lack polyphenols

🚫 Top Brands to Avoid:

🚫 Bertolli

  • Why to avoid: Frequently fails purity tests. Multiple investigations and lawsuits have revealed that some Bertolli “extra virgin” olive oils were blended with cheaper oils (like canola or soybean) or were rancid due to poor storage or heat exposure.

  • Marketing vs. reality: Claims “cold-pressed” and “Italian,” but much of the oil is sourced from multiple countries and heat-processed, stripping beneficial antioxidants.


🚫 Pompeian

  • Why to avoid: Commonly found in grocery stores and marketed as heart-healthy, but often fails the standards for true extra virgin olive oil. Many of their oils test low in polyphenols (the powerful anti-inflammatory compounds) and are often refined or blended with lower-quality oils.

  • Label confusion: Some bottles list "pure olive oil" or "light olive oil," which means they’ve been refined and stripped of nutrients — a red flag.

    Want to detox? Start with the real stuff. Look for:

    • Cold-pressed

    • Early harvest

    • Dark glass bottle

    • Single-origin

CLEAN Olive Oil BRANDS FOR SUBSCRIBERS BELOW….

🧄 Quick Ingredient Tips That Make This Salad Actually Detoxifying:

🥒 Cucumbers & tomatoes → Naturally hydrating and full of antioxidants

🧄 Raw garlic → Supports liver detox and immunity

🌿 Fresh parsley → A natural diuretic that helps flush out bloat

🍎 Apple cider vinegar → Aids digestion, blood sugar, and bile flow

🧅 Red onion & radishes → Packed with sulfur compounds that support detox pathways


✨ Want to Go Deeper With Detox?


This salad is just the start.

If you’re ready to truly beat the bloat, reset your gut, and feel clear-headed and energized again…

👉 Grab my 7-Day Clean Body Detox Guide

It’s the exact reset I use (and so do my clients) to feel better fast — without powders, pills, or starvation. Just clean eating, easy structure, and serious results.

PS: Send me your results after one week and I will send a free copy of my cookbook


🕒 6 more Hours Left to Grab Wake Up Bread!

We brought it back… and just like last summer, it’s flying off the shelves. If you’ve been waiting to try Wake Up Bread (or stock up), now’s your chance.

Made with clean ingredients like almond flour, flax, garlic, rosemary, and lemon — this is the bread that won’t leave you bloated or crashing by 2pm. No wheat. No fillers. No mystery “natural flavors.” Just real food that tastes amazing toasted, grilled, or stacked with your favorite clean toppings.

This is your gluten and grain-free, blood sugar-friendly, kid-approved, gut-happy bread — and it’s only available for 24 more hours.

GET WAKE UP! BREAD HERE
use code: WAKEUP10 for 10% off

🥗 Wake Up Garden Detox Salad

Ingredients:

  • 4 cucumbers, chopped

  • 2 lbs cherry tomatoes, chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

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