Detoxification: Spring Cleaning for the Body
I am just finishing up a Spring body cleanse and boy do I feel good! As a health coach, this is something I try to do at least once or twice a year, but I especially like to do a cleansing detox in the Spring.
I did the 10 day group cleanse using the Metagenics Clear Change ™ Program. Our integrative doctors fully understand the importance of lifelong detoxification as important for good health, disease prevention and overall wellness, and this was a fun way to get a group together to detox together.
It was easy to do, the instructions were very clear and best of all, there was no calorie restriction within the recommended food guidelines!
Let me explain a little about the program. There are many articles in NIHA’s blog about the importance of detoxification and eating foods that help the body clear away stored toxins. There are plenty of toxins coming at us all the time, from the environment in which we live and from the lifestyle choices that we make.
Metagenics has a nutritional “shake” (gluten free) and supplement that help the body, along with the proper food, to detoxify from the daily build up of toxins that can lead to health challenges.
The 10 Day Detox Cleanse
Days 1-4 on the cleanse get you used to eating only nutrient dense food while you gradually increase your amount of daily protein shakes. By Day 3 you start to eliminate certain foods from your diet. Days 5-6-7 are the most restrictive in terms of food choices, but you are still eating fish, legumes, cruciferous vegetables, salads, pears and apples!
Days 8-10 you begin to add back in the foods that you had eliminated, all the while drinking the protein shake and taking the nutritional supplement.
If you are already eating a clean diet, and by that I mean no processed food, then this cleanse is not difficult, but it does offer you the opportunity to support your liver and detoxification pathways. There are on-line motivating tips each day and they provide several very good recipes to try out. I will definitely be keeping some of them.
I find that I am clear of thought and my body feels cleaner or lighter on the inside.
If you missed the opportunity to join us for this cleanse, check out Metagenics for the 10 Day Cleanse product.
