05/31/2026
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Want to know the secret to a spring detox that doesn’t involve choking down a green juice cleanse or pretending lemon water is a meal?
Look around.
Seriously.
Walk through your garden. Peek around your yard. Stop by a local Michigan farmers market.
Because here’s the thing nobody tells you:
Nature is smarter than every detox tea on Instagram.
The foods and plants popping up across Michigan right now are practically a cleansing protocol your great-grandmother would recognize — and they taste a whole lot better than charcoal lemonade. 😉
The foods that start showing up in spring are not random.
They are fresh, bitter, green, mineral-rich, fiber-rich, and exactly the kind of support our bodies tend to need after a long Michigan winter of heavier foods, less sunlight, less movement, and being cooped up indoors.
Basically… your body is ready to open the windows.
And spring foods help do that. 🌿
Here in Michigan, some of these foods are showing up at farmers markets, some may already be growing in your garden, and some may even be popping up in your own yard if you know what you’re looking at.
✨ Asparagus
Michigan is known for asparagus, and this is one of my favorite spring foods. It contains glutathione, often called the body’s “master antioxidant,” which plays a major role in cellular protection and supporting the body’s natural detox pathways. Asparagus also supports natural fluid balance and gives your gut fiber to help keep things moving.
Roast it with avocado oil, garlic, lemon, and sea salt and suddenly asparagus is no longer the sad, mushy vegetable from childhood.
✨ Radishes
That spicy little bite? That’s not just attitude.
Radishes are peppery, crunchy, and naturally support digestion and bile flow. They help wake up that sluggish system that may have been moving like molasses all winter.
Slice them thin over salads, tacos, eggs, or a spring veggie bowl.
✨ Spring greens
Spinach, arugula, microgreens, sprouts, tender lettuces, and early garden greens bring in chlorophyll, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.
This is the “sweep the junk out” category,
Because your body needs support moving things through.
✨ Green onions, chives, and herbs
These are often some of the first things to come back in the garden.
Chives, parsley, cilantro, green onions, and other fresh herbs add minerals, flavor, and digestive support without needing a complicated protocol or 47 supplements lined up on your counter.
✨ Dandelion greens
And yes… let’s talk about the little yellow “weeds” everyone wants to spray.
Dandelions have traditionally been used to support digestion, liver/gallbladder function, bile flow, and healthy elimination.
The bitter greens are the part most people think of for spring support.
But please hear me loud and clear:
Do not randomly eat plants from sprayed lawns, roadsides, ditches, or areas pets are using.
Know your source. Make sure they haven’t been chemically treated. And only harvest what you can confidently identify.
When in doubt, grab dandelion greens from a trusted grower, farmers market, or clean garden space.
✨ Rhubarb
Tart, gorgeous, and very Michigan spring.
Rhubarb can be a beautiful digestive-supportive food when you don’t bury it under five pounds of sugar. Try stewing it down with a little honey or maple syrup and pairing it with chia pudding, coconut yogurt, or oats.
This is the whole point of eating with the seasons.
Your body isn’t always asking for a 21-day cleanse, a miserable detox kit, or some dramatic “flush” that leaves you hangry and questioning your life choices.
Sometimes it’s asking for fresh, bitter, green, just-pulled-from-the-dirt food.
The kind of food your great-grandmother would recognize.
The kind of food growing right outside, tucked in the garden, or sitting on a farm table down the road.
The kind of food that says:
🌿 Hey liver, we’ve got backup.
🌿 Hey gut, let’s get moving.
🌿 Hey lymph, time to stop acting like a clogged swamp.
🌿 Hey body, winter is over.
So this week, your assignment is simple:
Pick ONE spring food and get it on your plate every day.
🌱 Asparagus
🌱 Radishes
🌱 Spring greens
🌱 Green onions
🌱 Chives
🌱 Fresh herbs
🌱 Rhubarb
🌱 Dandelion greens, if they’re clean, unsprayed, and properly identified
You do not have to detox harder.
You may just need to support your body smarter.
That lighter, clearer, “wait, I actually feel human again” feeling?
That’s not magic.
That’s your body finally getting seasonal support.
Tell me what’s coming up in your garden, your yard, or your local market right now. I want to hear it. 🌱
And if you’re already eating well, doing all the “right” things, and still feel sluggish, puffy, constipated, inflamed, exhausted, or like your body is working against you…
That’s where root-cause work matters.
Food is the foundation, but sometimes the real answer is deeper.
Book a Wellness Clarity Consult and let’s figure out what your body is actually asking for.....
