The SimplyRaw Living Foods Detox Manual. Natasha Kyssa

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      Soaking nuts and seeds releases the enzyme inhibitors, and they become easier to digest, and less calorie-dense.

      If you want to lose weight and be healthier in general, focus on high-water-content, quick-transit foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables with a moderate amount of fat. These foods provide the body with maximum nutrition and healing while demanding the least amount of time for digestion.

      It is healthier to eat lightly steamed vegetables than to overeat nuts.

      Weight-loss inhibitors:

      • excess food intake

      • excess fat intake

      • lack of enzymes

      • lack of high-water-content foods

      • excess dehydrated foods

      • lack of exercise

      • late-night eating

      • poor digestive, adrenal, or metabolic functions

      • thyroid problems

      • water retention

      • sluggish liver

      • mineral and vitamin deficiencies

      • clogged colon, bowel difficulties

      • yeast overgrowth

      • food allergies

      • parasites causing excessive appetite

      • insulin imbalances

CHAPTER TWO Getting Ready to Detox

      “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his [or her] patients in the care of the human frame, in his [or her] diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

      —Thomas Edison

      The SimplyRaw Living Foods Detox Program provides you with a week-by-week program outline, food lists, recipes, and recommendations for other complementary ways to enhance your detoxification process. A gradual approach is used in order to help you ease into the program. The essence of this program is to consume raw and living foods; however, a gentler option of eating lightly steamed vegetables at dinner is offered throughout the course. Although you will achieve best results by following the program 100 percent, you may customize it to fit your own lifestyle and schedule, and progress at your own pace.

      The Progress Chart should be filled out regularly to monitor detox symptoms, challenges, and positive changes. A food log or journal is also recommended to take inventory of your thoughts and feelings throughout your journey.

      This four-week program is a basic outline and can be personalized to meet your specific needs. Each week a new set of goals will challenge you to bring your detox to a deeper level. If you can’t go all the way, just do the best you can. Proceed at your own pace, although you will achieve more from the program by following the guidelines in the manual.

      This program can help you improve your health regardless of how poor your diet has become. Whether you’re eating an unhealthy diet, overcoming a health challenge, trying to lose weight, or just interested in feeling more energetic and youthful, the SimplyRaw Living Foods Detox Program is a sure way to help bring your health to the next level. Animal products, refined sugar, and processed starches are completely omitted, and because of this, health improves considerably. The program helps clean the palate and makes the transition to a healthier body and lifestyle easier. It is also a great way to prepare your body for a fast.

      If this is your first detox, make sure to ease into the program slowly. If you jump into it too quickly, you will be more susceptible to stronger cravings and detoxification symptoms. If you are consuming alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, sugar, wheat, or any other harmful substances, start eliminating them at least a week before the program to reduce harsh detox symptoms. During the program, you must eliminate all of these substances or they will defeat the purpose of the detox, and you won’t reap the health benefits. If you cannot meet this requirement, begin the program at a later time, when you can.

About the program

      The program begins with one week of mostly raw foods to begin eliminating some of the more toxin-laden foods that are detrimental to our health, and to gradually prepare you for the 100 percent raw and living foods weeks. Week two of the program eliminates all cooked foods to incorporate strictly fresh fruits and vegetables. The Gentle Option is for those who wish to eat one type of steamed veggies with the evening raw meal. Keep in mind that your body will not detoxify as thoroughly when eating cooked foods. The third week moves into 100 percent living foods packed with powerful healing properties. The final week will challenge you with three days of consuming only blended foods that are easily digested and assimilated by your body. You will then gradually ease off the program with three days of living foods.

      To optimize your cleanse, it is recommended you receive a series of three (or more) colonics during the program. For best results, schedule one colonic (see Colonic irrigation ) at the start of the program, one during the middle, and one at the end. During my cleanses, I always make sure to have at least two colonics every week to help eliminate mucus and toxins from my body. This can become expensive, so if it is not feasible, taking enemas (see Enemas) will suffice.

      It is essential to drink plenty of pure water throughout the program to help flush out the kidneys, detoxify the tissues, purify the blood, and rehydrate the cells. Tea, juice, smoothies, and soups do not count as water!

      Keep track of your progress in a journal to explore your thoughts and feelings, and to help you be aware of the changes that you’re experiencing. It is easy to forget where you have come from, and this is an excellent method of charting your progress over the course of the program.

      Appendix 1 is rich with tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes to help you throughout this program. Be sure to experiment, vary your greens, and try out as many different recipes as you can!

      Cleansing reactions

      Cleansing reactions or “healing crises” (also known as Herxheimer reaction) occur when accumulated toxins break down and are released into the bloodstream. Toxins often leave the tissues faster than the body can eliminate them through its various systems, and this is when a cleansing reaction occurs. Detox symptoms are an indication that toxic substances are circulating in the bloodstream. The more toxins you are eliminating, the more severe the reactions are, as toxins are being released. This is a natural occurrence and essential for healing. It is important to understand that detoxification symptoms are the same as those of toxin accumulation. Toxins poison the body twice: going in as well as out!

      You may feel ill; however, this will pass and you will feel much better once the toxins have been eliminated. It isn’t always a comfortable process, and detoxification doesn’t occur overnight, but if you remain on the program, cleansing reactions will become fewer and milder.

      During the program (and especially during the first few days) you may experience some of the symptoms listed СКАЧАТЬ