Starting Step 2 - Cleansing
Cleansing.
Not just for a few days but for 3 - 6 months.
There are four ways your body expels toxins -
Bowels - wants me to have minimum 2 BMs/day
Note: Our bodies naturally hang on to about 1/2 of what we are getting rid of (not helpful in this situation) and Charcoal binds and expels the other 1/2 that would typically stay behind.
Breath - caution contamination of others on exhale
Urine - watch hydration
Sweat - exercise, FIR Sauna (30 mins 2-3x/wk at 125 degrees), peat mud/peloid therapy, Epsom salt baths.
There are two that I am to concentrate on -
Bowels (cleansing through prescribed eating and charcoal)
Sweat (sauna) and increase exercise as I am feeling better showering directly after.
The eating plan that accompanies this is (per meal) 10 g Fiber, 10-20g Protein, 33% Complex Carbs (otherwise low carbs) and lots of vegetables, little fruit and good fats. Make weekly treat with stevia/xylitol.
There are many Omega-3's that can help in this process and I am already taking Milk Thistle and Vitamin D3, which both have some Omega 3's.
There are items to avoid like -
Fermenting foods such as chocolate, black tea, soy sauce, beer, wine, spirits, cheese and milk with lactade (I understand this is avoid dairy except eggs and lactose free milk.)
Dried fruit and fruit juice
Processed foods like frozen dinners, bread-sourdough, malted cereals, deli meats.
Refined or white foods
No sugar including additives except stevia and xylitol
Contaminated foods (i.e., moldy)
Soft drinks
So I have spent hours putting together an Excel sheet (this is how I need to make sense of things) to design meals that are approximate to the above.
I am not yet done with that task, but will give you an idea of what it looks like next time!
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