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1 week until the cleanse. Bye bye "bad" stuff

8/12/2011

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So, it's a week before our cleanse and time to start weaning ourselves off the things that are keeping us sluggish and over-heating. Yesterday Maya and I were both whimpering about the coffee, so that will be the thing I'll give up on Monday. It's just a week.And it's for our own good. Drastic detoxing can cause headaches and fatigue and nasty stuff in the bathroom. We're supposed to be cool about this one, so weaning off our junk over a couple of days, although it does stretch out the yearning, makes the total experience easier. So pick a few things today, a few things tomorrow, and a few more on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, until all of the following are off the table:

Caffeine, Soda*, Booze
~ Replace with water + lemon**, herbal and fruit unsweetened tea + lemon

* If you give this one thing up, you will be significantly healthier. Say goodbye, never look back.

** Lemon is a natural cleanser for the liver, one of our major garbage dump areas in the body. Squeeze lemon in and on everything you can think of: water, tea, fruit, salad, vegeys, tuna, etc. Lots and lots of lemon.)

Processed Food
If it comes in a package and has any other thing in it besides 100% FOOD, wean yourself off it. Even things you think are healthy: most dried fruit has sulfur dioxide in it. By the time you begin the full detox process next weekend, you should be on a 100% food diet. FYI: As Michael Pollan says, if you can get it from the window of your car, it's not food. ~ Replace with food. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and meat / fish / chicken / eggs / dairy if you eat it. Preferably organic, and as fresh from the earth as possible. Shop local!

White Sugar & Flour
Bread, pasta, cookies, chocolate, popsicles and ice cream.... sigh.

Those are the big ones. From Tuesday - Friday we'll work closer and closer to the mono-diet, and wean you off some of the food that doesn't go as well with a detox. In the mean time, say goodbye to these addictions for the next 10 days and see how great you feel.



4 Comments
Sally Felt
8/12/2011 12:40:16 am

I love the flavor & experience of coffee, but it's usually the caffeine withdrawal that kicks my butt in any detox experience. Weaning is definitely in order, rather than simply stopping. Otherwise it's an unplanned trip to headache city & a seriously grumpy Sally.

You consider even green tea to be out-of-bounds for the detox? Huh.

Unless I go for the potato chip mono diet, I'm well-positioned for the rest of the give-it-up list. Yes, I love chocolate & red wine, but there's not much else in the way of sugar or processed food in my routine.

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Airstream Yogi link
8/13/2011 03:23:20 am

I will be drinking green tea, but most of the experts ask for you to give up all the caffeine stuff. I think it depends on the intensity of someone's attachment to caffeine. If the suffering is going to make the detox impossible, then the stress and anxiety of trying just creates more toxins. Have a small cup of coffee in the morning if that's your routine, or green tea if you can. That's the middle way.

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Sally Felt link
8/16/2011 01:34:51 pm

I've been dialing back. Wednesday, the coffee mix will be 100% decaf, but the iced tea will be a black/herbal mint mix until it runs out. Thursday, the iced tea will be green/herbal mint. By Friday, I shouldn't need to supplement with "real" coffee. Fingers crossed.

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Airstream Yogi link
8/16/2011 11:22:45 pm

I've been tapering off on all sugars and flour, as best I can. Thought I was off alcohol but last night at book club Boo brought a delightful melon and mint concoction that had a whole bottle of something in it.

Something good.

Oh well. I'd eaten only fruit up to that point all day (except the coffee) and the rest of the pot luck was very healthy; grains and sweet potatoes and lots to choose from.

Dragging today though. Need a massive shot of red meat before the weekend.

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