Excuse me while I flush.
Another year, another detox diet.
This time, Sarah is advocating that we team up and 'flush' for 21-days. Apparently Dr. Joshi didn't convince her to try, but Oprah and her diet guru did.
Unlike the Joshi diet, this one isn't hard and fast, and Sarah makes up some of the rules as we go. The few firm rules are:
- no wheat
- no meat
- no sugar
- no coffee
- no liquor.
- no dairy (almost forgot!)
As with my last go-round, the hardest parts of this kind of diet are giving up the coffee (bambu coffee substitute is poop), and finding snacks that fit into the rules.
After reading some articles, I'm convinced that a detox diet isn't really about de-toxing at all. The body is well equipped to handle toxins as they come through the body, excepting severe cases (heavy metals), and of course certain poisons. What the diet does is minimize the amount of toxins (additives, pesticides, preservatives, and other challenging food types) that enter; kind of a 'defensive' diet. Maybe this places less load on the gut and liver, maybe it just cuts the sugar and fat. In any case, it is probably a better way to eat.
The reason I picked this one is that it is easy to follow (not requiring a reference list to decide what is "allowed") and it has an interesting concept as Kathy Freston stressed that it is important to identify the foods/drinks that we are attached to and to actually think about the cravings we have and why we have them. Hence, it is good to know and investigate the issues A has with giving up coffee and I have with Coke. Worth a try and even if you aren't into the spiritual side of things, it is probably a better way to eat, as A said.