Why the 30 Day Detox?

This week I went for my first consultation with Trisha Stewart, a nutritionist and natural health practitioner, and author of the Healthy Tart series of books. I’ll be blogging more about what the consultation involved and the results (and you can learn more on her website), but one of the things Trisha recommends everyone do is a 30 day detox.

Before you panic and tell me that detoxes are too extreme, even dangerous, this isn’t the sort of detox where participants avoid food for weeks and only drink juice. Her detox plan is a lot more gentle and involves eliminating as many toxins as possible from the diet, eating a Vegan, organic diet, and learning to change eating habits to more nutritious and healthful foods.

The first 7 days are called a gentle detox, easing the body into things as it learns to do without bread, bad carbs, sugar, caffeine etc. It also limits fruit intake to just apples and pears.

I’ve become a complete caffeine and sugar fiend over the last couple of years and use them as a crutch when I’m tired and need more energy. Yep, I know it’s a false buzz and not very healthy but old habits are hard to break. Actually, saying that, if you can stick to a new way of doing things for 30 days it becomes a habit – that includes healthy eating.

The main focus of the detox is not weightloss, it’s more of a focus on overall health and wellbeing, but hopefully it should include weightloss as well.

To find all the posts related to the 30 Day Detox, simply do a search (top right of the blog) for #30daydetox.

30 Day Detox: Day 1 - I Got a Cold!

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