Spring 2009 Detox - Day 5

At this stage, it is important to start thinking about keeping some healthy habits after the week is over. How do we do this? One meal at a time, quite simply.

Breakfast

The simplest way to transition to living foods starts with breakfast. This is our first meal of the day and it sets the tone for the rest of the meals of the day. Why not start the day right?

In the morning, the body is busy cleansing. So the breakfast has to be light and easily digested in order to not disrupt this process. Fruits fit the bill perfectly. Most fruits contain around 80% water. Eating these high water content foods allows the cleansing going on in the body to get done unhindered because fruits are easily assimilated.

To further ease digestion, eat fruits alone, on an empty stomach. Think of eating high water content fruits first (they will digest quicker), keeping bananas, avocados and dried fruits for later in the morning. Accelerate further the cleansing by having a mono-meal (meal consisting of one food only).

Chewing food properly is of utmost importance to healthy digestion. Too often, we do not take the time to chew our foods properly (properly meaning, to a creamy texture) before swallowing. This places a heavier workload on the stomach, who must grind food down to digestible morsels.

Those susceptible to candida problems would do best to have a green smoothie or a green juice in the morning. These liquid meals are alkalizing to the body and very easily assimilated (and so require little digestive energy).

Start the day right with a nice raw and living meal: green juices, green smoothies, or fruits - it's up to you. After that, you'll have loads of energy for all those other things you have to do in the day!