Detox

Not even because it’s January, well maybe because it is…
A detox, a cleanse, a rebalancing, what ever you choose to call it, has been in order for some time. Every one could probably use one and it really wasn’t the Holidays that instigated it, it was the lack of them. I’ve been meaning to do an elimination diet to cut out the sugar, dairy and wheat for a while. The fact is that the past year has had, well, spring, new potatoes & farmer’s markets, morning grapefruits, berry season, cobblers and bbq’s. Then came the fall with apples, Halloween candy and a vacation. Cleaning “The House” was just going to be so, inconvenient.

I’ve patterened this detox from the Dr. Joshi diet, which “is designed to alter the pH (acid/ alkaline) balance in our bodies”.
I’m hoping this will rebalance digestion, a consistant fatigue that my three (+) cup of coffee a day rituals couldn’t remedy and make food just taste better – plus making me more creative in the kitchen.

Here’s the low down. The rules are for the next 21 days the following things aren’t allowed:

No Alcohol
No caffiene
No sugar (maple syrup/honey are ok)
No Dairy (yogurt seems to be exempt)
No red meat
No Wheat or Yeast (hard, so hard for me…)
Nothing from the Nightshade Vegetables (no potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers etc)
No Fruit (very hard…. last time I wanted a grape more than coffee)

Honestly, this is more difficult than when the Vegan’s visit to figure out what to eat. It’s unbelievable how much I depend on so many of these items. Now that I’ve written it all down I think I might be crazy. But it’s for the best, plus it’s only three weeks.

How hard could it be?