Food that God made

I have been reading The Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet by Ann Louise Gittleman. I have a stubborn Candida overgrowth from taking antibiotics last year when I was sick with bronchitis (I try to avoid taking antibiotics at all costs, because I hate killing off the hundreds of strains of good bacteria that my body needs), and my lymph glands sometimes get swollen when I am not otherwise sick. I have known for months that I need to help my system get rid of built-up toxins. I looked in our local health food store in the spring, but three weeks on psyllium husks to do a colon cleanse is just not feasible for me. Quite by accident I discovered this book when doing research about something else.

Long story short, I am wary of diet books, and most people, according to the author, follow this plan to lose weight overnight. But I am interested in the detox part. The Lord has been telling me all year to eat less processed food and more food that He made, and that is the message of this book, too. To detox, you follow a seven-day preparatory diet, when you cut liver and colon stressors such as caffeine, sugar, and alcohol out of your diet, and add liver and colon boosters such as crucifers, leafy greens, and citrus fruits to your diet. Then you fast for one day, drinking water and this juice you make from cranberry, orange, and lemon juices. The information on the amazing benefits of the humble cranberry which have been recently discovered was worth the price of the book to me. The juice is designed to help your liver do its job of detoxifying your system, while keeping your blood sugar stable all day and boosting your metabolism. Then you follow a three-day post-fast diet, to help your system finish flushing out the toxins that have been released from your tissues, and ease back into normal eating. Less than two weeks altogether; I can do that.

I am finishing my grocery shopping today and starting the seven-day preparatory diet tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes.

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the book's diet

Good for you!

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