Spring is here! It is time to get rid of all that winter sluggishness (not to mention holiday pounds) and burst forth with a new vitality. When you are making plans to Spring Clean your home, don’t forget to do a little spring cleaning inside your body! Detoxes are a great way to de-clutter your insides and while you certainly can go all out if you have the time and inclination, just a little detox can go a long way.
Candida Cleanse
A Candida Cleanse is one of the best detox programs around. It takes three weeks and you’ll probably feel a bit deprived, but nothing is better when it comes to cleaning out your system and resetting your entire metabolic thermostat. If you find yourself with a list of reduced well-being symptoms – lack of energy, low libido, digestion problems, sleep issues, and such, you will likely find a whole new you waiting on the other side of a Candida Cleanse. I’ve done this cleanse three times in my life and while it takes some sacrifice, the result has always been worth it.
The cleanse is pretty simple really – just avoid eating anything that Candida can eat. In other words you starve the little buggers to death. In simple terms, you avoid sugar in all forms (including fruits), gluten (including wheat, barley and rye), yeast, condiments, dairy, left over foods, processed foods and mushrooms. I know it doesn’t sound like there is much left to eat, but trust me there is. An internet search for Candida Cleanse Recipes will give you plenty of ideas. Don’t get too wrapped up in the blah, blah, blah on the internet though. There are several supplements on the market promising a better, faster Candida Cleanse, but the fact is if you just stick to the diet restrictions the Candida die. Period, end of story; and end of Candida overgrowth issues.
Elimination Diet
The Candida Cleanse is rather like an engine overhaul. If you’d like something closer to routine maintenance, try an elimination diet like the one Dr. Alejandro Junger calls The Clean Program. Dr. Junger’s program was a little pricey for me and I wanted something shorter so I opted for Gwyneth Paltrow’s version on her newsletter Goop. The plan was pretty easy to follow and you are consuming something every few hours so I never felt deprived. You can find the diet and all the recipes here. Instead of using both a whey powder and ProGreens in the shakes, I used Ultimate Meal, my favorite nutrition-in-a-can product . I ended up addicted to the coconut milk mango shake and the ginger carrot dressing! The plan does take a little bit of food prep time but it only cost about $50 for the week and it made a world of difference. In just seven days I felt lighter, slept better, panted less in Amy’s classes, and even lost five pounds.
Daily Detox Choices
If life is just too crazy right now to change your whole eating regimen, try smaller changes. Eliminate refined sugars, fried foods, soda, and candy; increase fish, wheat products and vegetables and reduce animal products, milk and fruits. Drink tea instead of coffee or better yet just water. If you change just two unhealthy choices a day to healthy ones, drink a glass of lemon water at rising, eat half a grapefruit before lunch and dinner, drink one glass of natural unsweetened cranberry juice through the day, and chamomile tea at night, you will sleep better, cleanse your liver, speed up your digestion and you may even drop a pound or two. Just a little change can start the momentum that leads to big results and a better feeling you.
You can find many other good detox ideas on the internet, just be careful to double check your research and be wary of sites trying to sell you anything. You don’t need to add something to take something away. If you go for a full out detox, remember to take it a bit easy on yourself – get good regular sleep, drink LOTS of water, and back off in yoga a little. Sometimes stepping back to the krama before the one you usually do and focusing on the finer points of the posture rather than pushing for the next level will actually slingshot your yoga practice forward even though it feels like you’re moving backward.
A Candida Cleanse is one of the best detox programs around. It takes three weeks and you’ll probably feel a bit deprived, but nothing is better when it comes to cleaning out your system and resetting your entire metabolic thermostat. If you find yourself with a list of reduced well-being symptoms – lack of energy, low libido, digestion problems, sleep issues, and such, you will likely find a whole new you waiting on the other side of a Candida Cleanse. I’ve done this cleanse three times in my life and while it takes some sacrifice, the result has always been worth it.
The cleanse is pretty simple really – just avoid eating anything that Candida can eat. In other words you starve the little buggers to death. In simple terms, you avoid sugar in all forms (including fruits), gluten (including wheat, barley and rye), yeast, condiments, dairy, left over foods, processed foods and mushrooms. I know it doesn’t sound like there is much left to eat, but trust me there is. An internet search for Candida Cleanse Recipes will give you plenty of ideas. Don’t get too wrapped up in the blah, blah, blah on the internet though. There are several supplements on the market promising a better, faster Candida Cleanse, but the fact is if you just stick to the diet restrictions the Candida die. Period, end of story; and end of Candida overgrowth issues.
Elimination Diet
The Candida Cleanse is rather like an engine overhaul. If you’d like something closer to routine maintenance, try an elimination diet like the one Dr. Alejandro Junger calls The Clean Program. Dr. Junger’s program was a little pricey for me and I wanted something shorter so I opted for Gwyneth Paltrow’s version on her newsletter Goop. The plan was pretty easy to follow and you are consuming something every few hours so I never felt deprived. You can find the diet and all the recipes here. Instead of using both a whey powder and ProGreens in the shakes, I used Ultimate Meal, my favorite nutrition-in-a-can product . I ended up addicted to the coconut milk mango shake and the ginger carrot dressing! The plan does take a little bit of food prep time but it only cost about $50 for the week and it made a world of difference. In just seven days I felt lighter, slept better, panted less in Amy’s classes, and even lost five pounds.
Daily Detox Choices
If life is just too crazy right now to change your whole eating regimen, try smaller changes. Eliminate refined sugars, fried foods, soda, and candy; increase fish, wheat products and vegetables and reduce animal products, milk and fruits. Drink tea instead of coffee or better yet just water. If you change just two unhealthy choices a day to healthy ones, drink a glass of lemon water at rising, eat half a grapefruit before lunch and dinner, drink one glass of natural unsweetened cranberry juice through the day, and chamomile tea at night, you will sleep better, cleanse your liver, speed up your digestion and you may even drop a pound or two. Just a little change can start the momentum that leads to big results and a better feeling you.
You can find many other good detox ideas on the internet, just be careful to double check your research and be wary of sites trying to sell you anything. You don’t need to add something to take something away. If you go for a full out detox, remember to take it a bit easy on yourself – get good regular sleep, drink LOTS of water, and back off in yoga a little. Sometimes stepping back to the krama before the one you usually do and focusing on the finer points of the posture rather than pushing for the next level will actually slingshot your yoga practice forward even though it feels like you’re moving backward.
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