• Clean out your cupboards of all process foods and snacks that
contain hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil and refined wheat products like pasta, cerels or rice.
• Change your mind-set to no longer associate snacking with
chips, cookies, candy and crackers. Instead try better alternative snacks: vegetables, fruits, nuts or trail mix. Fresh
food is always the best food.
• Only use quality fats for cooking: coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil and butter
(raw organic.
• Do not use margarine, it contains hydrogenated
vegetable oil.
• Consume at least two to three servings daily of
good-quality omega-3 fats from fish oil, seeds (especially chia or flaxseed),
avocados, and nuts (raw organic), especially walnuts.
• Avoid roasted nuts. The roasting process causes the fats
and oils to go rancid, and rancid oils increases free-radical damage in the
body. (Free radicals accelerate aging.)
• Snack on organic nut butters. Most stores carry peanut,
almond, cashew, and macadamia nut butters. The ingredient list should not
contain anything but one kind of nut and salt. Most peanut butters contain
roasted peanuts, so read labels carefully.
• Incorporate whole organic eggs into your diet, with
breakfast or as a snack.
• When cooking with fat, add the fat to a cold pan and
increase heat gradually.
• Serve flaxseed oil, cod liver oil, or fish oil straight
from the bottle, on salads, or on cooked vegetables.
Refrigerate these oils to avoid rancidity.
• If you find it difficult to incorporate foods rich in
omega-3 fats into your meal plan, take an omega-3 supplement daily.
Avoid Dairy:
• Switch to almond or hemp milk.
• Limit your consumption of cheese especially during the first phase of the cleanse. Obtain
calcium from other sources, such as leafy green vegetables, broccoli, sardines (with
bones), and salmon.
Breads and Grains
• For all of your bread needs, consume only Sprouted whole
grain products (2 good brands are Ezekiel 4:9, Food for Life, Manna bread.
Original, sesame, and cinnamon raisin loaves; rolls; English muffins; and
tortillas are all great to use). Use this bread to make bread crumbs for meatloaf
and meatball recipes. You can also use breads and bread type products made from
rice and spelt. These are now much more common in many food stores.
• Accept that breakfast and lunch do not have to include
toast and sandwiches. Depending on your metabolism type, eggs, fruits, and nut
butters may be great options for breakfast. Salads or vegetables with poultry,
fish, or other meats may be great options for lunch.
• If you experience gastrointestinal distress (gas or
bloating), you may be
gluten-intolerant. Try eliminating all gluten grains for 4–6 weeks to see
whether the condition improves.
• If you continue to suffer from gastrointestinal distress
after eliminating gluten grains for 4–6 weeks or if you do not lose weight
after 4 weeks, eliminate all grains from your diet.
Salt
• Avoid all refined white table salt.
• Avoid all high-sodium packaged and canned foods.
• Use unprocessed, unrefined sea salt for all of your salt
needs: Himalayan or Celtic sea salt. Make sure to read the label carefully and
make sure it indicates unprocessed and unrefined.)
• To avoid adding too much salt, always salt food after
tasting it.
Water
How much and what kind:
• Drink half of your body weight (in pounds) in ounces of
water each day, e.g. 120lbs you should be consuming 60oz or ½ gallon of water
per day. Add 8 ounces of water for each 8-ounce caffeinated beverage you drink
and another 8 ounces if you have exercised that day.
• Drink 8 ounces of water when you feel hungry.
• Drink 8 ounces of water 15 minutes before each meal.
• If you use plastic water bottles, keep them out of the sun
and away from heat.
Sugar &
Sweeteners:
• Read labels! The sugar content of any food is listed right
under the carbohydrate listing. Also pay attention to where the sugar is listed
in the ingredients. (The order indicates relative quantity.)
• Avoid all foods that contain artificial sweeteners, sugar,
or sugar derivatives. This includes Equal, Sweet n Low, Splenda (Aspartame,
Saccharin, Sucrolose and all Sugar Alcohols)
• Avoid all sweetened beverages, including fruit juices that
are not freshly juiced.
• For all your baking and sweetening needs, use only Stevia
• Eliminate alcohol and cigarettes completely during the cleanse.
