Foods to Avoid While Cleansing

• Alcohol **
• Barley
• Black or white pepper
• Bread, baked
• Cake
• Canned or frozen fruits and vegetables
• Cereals, all
• Chocolate
• Coffee
• Dairy
• Eggs
• Foods cooked with oil
• Grains, except quinoa and millet
• Legumes
• Meat, fish, birds, shellfish
• Oatmeal
• Pasta
• Popcorn
• Preservatives
• Processed foods+
• Salt
• Soda crackers
• Soft drinks
• Sugar, white and processed
• Sweeteners, artificial
• Tea, unless caffeine free
• Vinegar, distilled
• Wheat, all forms

**Alcoholic beverages are highly acid forming, destroy friendly bacteria in the digestive system and hinder the cleansing process. Herbal extracts that contain alcohol, however, may be used while cleansing; evaporate any alcohol by setting the extract in warm or hot water.

+Processed, packaged and frozen foods lack enzymes and minerals, making it difficult for your body to get the nutrients it needs.