30 Day Whole Food Cleanse

knowledge of cleansing often conjures horrific images
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strange concoctions, celery juice and starvation, but that
of
not the case here. The point of this cleanse is to reset, rest
is
create awareness while we flood our bodies with
and
and remove the processed foods that we have
nutrients
so accustomed to. The hardest part of building a
become
lifestyle is breaking the old habits. We have gotten
healthy
far away from our kitchens that we have forgotten how to
so
and how to feed ourselves from the earth. This point of
cook
cleanse is to get back to that place.
this
will eliminate processed dairy, grain and meats. We will
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them with grass-fed, free-range meats and eggs,
replace
dairy or small amounts of organic probiotic-rich dairy
and
like greek yogurt, ghee and kefir (this sounds
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I get it, try going to your local farmers market
intimidating
will have it or know who does). For your grains I
they
quinoa, wild rice, steel cut oats and organic
recommend
polenta (if you want to get crazy you can add teff,
corn
an aside, if you're vegan just don't buy the meat or
As
obviously. There are many vegan options in this
cheese,
so you're safe here. If you feel like the instructions for
packet
cleanse are vague...you're not wrong. But hang in there
this
want to stress again that this is not a diet. This is the
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button. This is a way to get back your natural rhythm
reset
eliminating processed food. For every food you are
by
about giving up there is a healthy, natural
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and you may have it. Give up the obviously bad
alternative
we can work on the rest later.
and
Do your best. If you mess up and eat something you aren't
1.
to just use it as an opportunity to asses your
supposed
place in your life for the next 30 days (or ever). THIS IS
no
NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.
RULE
Eliminate processed and convenience foods. This is huge.
2.
really, really hard. But for 30 days don't eat anything
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that comes wrapped in plastic and has a
pre-made
ingredients. You can do it. You can meal prep. You
thousand
cook at home. You can go to a farm to table
can
you trust. Put down the Slim Jim and walk away
restaurant
No factory farmed meat or dairy. The hormones in those
3.
become the hormones in you. You eat what your
animals
Put down the sugar. It's insanely addictive. We know. It
4.
But you can use alternatives. If you want to keep a
SUCKS.
honey in that's fine with us. Stevia and monkfruit are
little
glycemic so those are your best options. Fruit is fine but
zero
No boozin. The goal is to create awareness not drown your
5.
Weed is fine in moderation if you must, but limit
sorrows.
Immerse yourself in the experience. Go to the New Moon
6.
you've been thinking about but have always
Ceremony
too hungover for. Go buy that cookbook you've been
been
about. Go to the lecture about local foods at the
dreaming
farm down the street. Talk to the person in your
organic
class you've been avoiding because you know it's going
yoga
be an amazing conversation but you just don't have time
to
HAPPY HOUR. Throw a dinner party where you get
because
make up the rules. Ask a friend to do the cleanse with
to
It's just 30 days. So for 30 days change your stars, point
you.
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W H A T A R E T H E Y A N D W H A T T H E H E L L
C A N I E A T O N T H I S C L E A N S E ? !
"What is a whole food cleanse? Does it mean I
go to Whole Foods Grocery and just eat
GOT IT? Okay. Good.
anything I can find? How can you cleanse and
eat at the same time? I have so many
questions!" Sound like you? Well, not to worry,
We are here to break it down for you.
slowly.
food eats (same goes for plants), so we really mean this one.
don't go wild.
your desire to escape as much as possible. It's 30 days, y'all.
amaranth or sorghum).
with us.
yourself in a different direction and see where it takes you.
There are only a few major rules to this cleanse:
behavior and start again. Fail forward. Guilt is stupid and has