Hi Awesome people!
Before you begin our 30 day detox, you’re going to need to empty your kitchen of the foods you are going to be avoiding. I’m not a girl who likes to waste money, but let’s be honest, if there are unhealthy snacks in my kitchen, I’m going to eat them. So go through your kitchen the week after Christmas and toss everything that isn’t allowed. Have a talk with your family and ask them to keep their treats hidden from you, or else those won’t be safe either. I’ve said it before: nothing derails trying to eat healthy like hunger and a pantry full of cold cereal. Have a bowl before you throw it away, but make sure you throw it away. For reals!
Try to go for 100% compliance with the program. This is the food protocol that Dr. Brogan gives her patients, and she demands 100% compliance. This is why we are doing this in January instead of during the holidays when people are dropping off cookies at our door, and there are holiday parties and dinners with yummy, not-so-good-for-us food. The more compliant you are, the better reading you’ll get of how your body reacts to certain foods if you choose to reintroduce them after the 30 days.
From Dr. Brogan’s book:
Start by removing the following:
- All sources of gluten, including whole-grains and whole wheat bread, noodles, pasta, pastries, baked goods and cereals.
- All forms of processed carbs, sugar and packaged Foods: chips, crackers, cookies, pastries, muffins, pizza dough, cake, donuts, sugary snacks, candy, energy bars, ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbert, jams, jellies, preserves, ketchup, processed cheese spreads, juices, dried fruit, sports drinks, soft drinks/soda, fried foods, sugar (white and brown), and corn syrup.
- Margarine, vegetable shortening, and Commercial brands of cooking oil (soybean, corn, cottonseed, canola, peanuts, safflower, grapeseed, sunflower, rice bran and wheat germ oils)— even if they are organic.
- Dairy (including butter, milk, yogurt, cheese, cream, and ice cream) and soy (including soy milk, soy cheese, soy burgers, soy hot dogs, soy ice cream, soy yogurt, soy sauce and anything that has “soy protein isolate” on the list of ingredients).
Then restock. The following items can be consuming liberally (go organic and local with your whole-food choices whenever possible):
- Treats: honey – try to make it local and raw, dark chocolate, fruit, pure maple syrup
- Healthy fats: organic virgin coconut oil, red palm oil, grass-fed and organic or pasture-fed and ghee, flax oil, macadamia nut oil, avocado, coconut, olives, nuts and nut butters, lard, tallow, and seeds, flax seeds sunflower seeds pumpkin seeds sesame seeds, chia seeds.
- Herbs seasonings and condiments, there are virtually no restrictions on herbs and Seasonings so long as they are fresh, organic and free of dyes in artificial colorings. Toss out your ketchup and any condiments laced with gluten, soy, and sugar or that’s been processed in a plant with wheat and soy. It’s fine to enjoy mustard, horseradish, tapenade, guacamole, and salsa if they are free of processed ingredients.
- Whole fruits and vegetables,
- Protein, whole pastured eggs, Wildfish, shellfish and mollusks, grass-fed meat, foul, poultry, and Fork, Wild game.
I should admit here that after I finished reading Dr. Brogan’s book, I was excited to try her cleanse, but I was also discouraged at all the yummy foods I would have to give up, and ended up eating a lot of foods I wouldn’t normally eat.
Don’t get discouraged! We can do this!
Love,
Rachel
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