Disclaimer: I am not a dietitian or nutritionist – I followed the Clean Eating detox program from Clean Slate cookbook and I’m simply giving what’s written in the book. Once you have that, you need to start preparing yourself, your family and the house for it. It took me about a week to mentally get ready for the cleanse during which I was able to clean up the fridge and pantry of all the unnecessary cravings. Then another 1 week to slowly prepare the body for the cleanse – slowly eliminating the processed foods, added sugars, dairy, gluten, alcohol and coffee. Starting a Cleanse or Detox Diet: No matter how many days cleanse you want to do, make sure to pick the best possible time to do it. Take into account birthdays, office parties or other such occasions before embarking on one because these cause temptations which in turn cause failure and disappointment. Is 3-day Detox Enough: 3 days is just long enough to boost the body to support digestion and detoxification and to eliminate unwanted cravings. It is easy enough to follow a diet routine for 3 days before it starts to make anyone waver. 3-Day Detox Diet I followed: As I said before I followed the program from Clean Slate cookbook and it has the same menu for the three days. Lunch: Salad with Beets, Arugula & Avocado Dinner: Soup with Carrot & Green Beans Snack: You can eat 2 snacks a day (making sure to eat only when you are hungry) – 1oz. mixed nuts and 2 pieces of fruit. Some more things to think about during the Detox: Sleep for at least 7.5 hours. Take a media break – curtail time spent surfing the web, watching TV and so on. How we felt during the detox: At no point I felt hungry or deprived. The 2 snacks were quite enough to keep me going through the day between meals. Frequent bathroom visits made me recollect my pregnancy days – but that is the way body flushes out the toxins. It got a little boring eating the same food by the third day, but it wasn’t too bad.
