What To Eat on a Cleanse Diet

A natural body cleanse is exactly what it sounds like. For four weeks, you detox your body with organic and natural products, specifically vegan food. Anything that is tampered with and altered from its original state should be avoided. You may be wondering what that leaves for you to eat. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, organic grains, seeds, and most soy products are all great options while doing a natural body cleanse. What don’t you eat? No meat except veggie dogs or veggie burgers; no dairy except for non-dairy cheese and yogurt. You are going to follow suit with your beverages, drinking 100% juice, filtered water, herbal tea (not detox tea), and organic soy and other non-dairy products. While this is not an herbal cleanse, you may choose to use herbs for their helpful properties, such as ginger to ease an upset stomach or cassia to flush your colon. Most of these items can be found at your local grocery store, however you may find more options at a health food store, outdoor farmers market or specialty foods store. The cost may also be a little higher for organic products, but the diet is only 4 weeks, so it isn’t going to drastically effect your wallet. Stocking up will prevent you from falling off the wagon and if you stock up when you see items on sale you can save a considerable amount of money. Try different foods and recipes, and you may find you have some new favorite foods that you look forward to just as much as you used to look forward to mac\’n cheese.

Effects of Your Cleanse

This diet alone is going to cleanse and detoxify your body. Some of the things that you will notice are less bloating and water retention, weight loss, more energy, healthier sleeping habits, less fatigue, and better looking hair skin and nails. These are just things that you are going to be noticing on the outside. On the inside your going to have cleaner organs, a healthier heart, and better functioning intestines and bowels. You are going to feel better than you have ever felt. In the majority of cases, people following this diet also tend to lose weight throughout the cleanse.

Some people have difficulty adjusting to a cleansing diet and may suffer from headaches and nausea during the first few days. If this happens to you, try to slowly ease into it until you can fully commit yourself, and then start counting the days of detoxification from the day that you’re eating only the cleansing foods. This process will take a bit longer, but you may consider it worthwhile in that you will have less discomfort and if you’re trying to lose weight, you’ll have a few more days on a healthier diet. To make sure that you are getting every thing that your body needs to function, make sure that you are taking a multivitamin daily. If you currently have a history of health problems, you should consult your doctor before attempting any diet or natural body cleanse. You can pick up vitamins almost anywhere, and you can ask the pharmacist what vitamins are best for people on all natural and vegetarian diets.

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After four weeks of body cleansing you’ll be amazed at how you feel. You will feel so well in fact that you may even consider trying to incorporate some of your new eating habits into your regular routine. Or you may choose to just cleanse your body once every 9-12 months to keep it clean and functioning at its best ability.

Body cleanses have been around for years, but recently have been gaining more attention.  Our bodies are overloaded with toxins, and cleaning can help remove the burden of toxicity in our bodies.  Two of the main types of cleanses are colon cleansing and candida cleansing.

Colon cleansing is the cleanse that people most often begin with.  While it is rather gross to discuss, most people have around 10 pounds of old impacted fecal matter in their intestinal track.  In addition to this, many people are carrying around parasites like hook worms and roundworms.  Many people say “Death begins in the colon” and it is easy to understand why when you understand the level of toxicity that exists there. A colon cleanse can help the body rid itself of old fecal mater.  Additionally, it can pave the way for probiotic absorbtion allowning you to repopulate your intestines with the good intestinal flora, L-Acidophilus, B-Bifidus and B. Longum.

A candida cleanse is another popular cleanse that is helpful when your body is overrun by candida yeast.  Yeast overgrowth is thought to cause mood swings, depression, exhaustion and headaches.  It is also thought to contribute to sweet cravings which lead to weight gain.  To do a candida cleanse, you should start with a colon cleanse.  You will then take anti-fungal supplements followed by a probiotic.

While there are other cleanses that can be helpful, doing a colon cleanse followed by a candida cleanse is a good start to riding your body of unwanted toxins and restoring health.