Detoxification

Feel better in two weeks —
with Women to Women’s Quick-Cleanse

Phasing food back in

Once you hit the two-week mark, pat yourself on the back and give yourself a hearty congratulations. Hopefully you will be feeling significantly better. If you want to continue the plan, go ahead! If you have had enough, it’s time to reintroduce foods back into your diet.

Depending on what you’ve given up, reverse the process, eating a lot of a particular food category (like dairy) for two days and see how you feel. Try to introduce last the foods you crave the most. I know this sounds counterintuitive, but sometimes our minds and bodies get addicted to abnormal states (see our food sensitivities article) and undermine our efforts to implement healthy changes.

Most common food sensitivities (wheat, dairy, corn, soy, yeast, sugar) become blatantly obvious after two weeks on the Quick Cleanse. You may find you suffer from a vicious “food hangover” upon reintroducing certain foods that never seemed to bother you before. Take this as a sign of your success! You now have some valuable information with which to go forward. Keep track of any changes in your food journal and remember your food triggers — that way you can choose wisely during times of stress.

Moving toward wellness

The Quick-Cleanse plan is not intended to solve chronic health or weight issues. It is meant to be a first step in acquiring new understanding of your unique physiology. It should allow you to see your body’s ability to detox as a limited resource, one that you can foster with a bit of extra attention and self-care. Once you know what kinds of food make you feel well and which make you feel sick, you put yourself in the driver’s seat of your own long-term health and weight loss.

So, stay focused and give it a try. You have nothing to lose (except symptoms and excess weight) and everything to gain! I recommend that every woman do the Quick-Cleanse plan once or twice a year, as a preventative and a therapeutic. If you are also suffering symptoms of hormonal imbalance, I suggest you combine the elimination diet with our Personal Program.

Good luck… and give us a call if you would like to explore caring for yourself further. Know that when you are ready, we will be here. And regardless of your success, honor your intentions — the journey to natural wellness proceeds slowly, one step at a time.

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Last Modified Date: 04/18/2011
Principal Author: Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP