Newsletter #13 ...

The Four Week Detox Plan

Why not go into this holiday season healthy and energized for a change?

This 4-Week Detox Plan will help you lose weight and feel great.

Week 1:
50% Live/Raw and Eliminate Acid Forming Foods

Eliminate: All meat, dairy, caffeine (including chocolate), alcohol and white sugar

50% raw: Fresh fruit, Salads and Prepared raw food dishes and desserts
(That means, either 1 ½ meals a day plus ½ of all snacks, or 50% of each meal should be raw)

Add: 2-4 tablespoons Vitamineral Green to juices or smoothies.

Examples:

• A cooked veggie burrito with vegetables, rice and beans with fresh lettuce, salsa and guacamole and a side salad. A raw dessert, if desired.
• Whole Grain veggie/avocado sandwich (no cheese) with Vegan Mayonnaise
• Fruit Salad followed 15 minutes later by Steamed Vegetables with olive oil and seasonings and Brown rice with tamari sauce and a green salad

Week 2:
100% Live/Raw…Alkalize!

Eliminate: All grains and cooked foods. You may alternatively do 2 of Week 3.

Eat: Anything you want, as long as it’s raw and vegan. See Jenny's new book Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People for recipes

Examples:

• Green Juice for breakfast or Vitamineral Green with a Berry Smoothie
• Vegetable Lasagna with Caesar Salad for lunch
• Fresh Fruit and Nut Granola with Almond Milk for a snack
• Cream of Zucchini Soup and Tomato Stacks with Pesto for dinner

Continue: Drinking 2-4 tablespoons Vitamineral Green each day

Week 3:
Blended Foods…More Energy, Less Food Prep

Eliminate: Nuts and Seeds and salt (or use great moderation)

Eat: Energy Soups, Smoothies, Green juices, etc. (See Raw Food Made Easy for recipes, or come to the next Raw Food Detox class).

Continue: 2-4 tablespoons Vitamineral Green each day.

Week 4:
Low Sugar & Gluten Free-80-100% Live/Raw

Eliminate: All sweet foods including fruit (only berries if desired) This will help to rid your body of Beasties (yeast, mold, fungus, Candida, parasites…)

Eat: Blended and Unblended prepared raw foods, AND choose foods that are low on the glycemic index (no sweeteners, dried fruits, or bananas). Continue to eat blended foods as much as you can.

Add: in some cooked foods like steamed veggies with olive oil and vegetable soups if desired, but make them only 20% of your diet and choose gluten free grains (Millet, Quinoa and Buckwheat)

Continue to: refrain from animal products, caffeine, alcohol and especially sugar. Have 2-4 tablespoons Vitamineral Green daily.

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