Cleansing

What Can I Eat While Cleansing?

Health-enhancing, natural, pure food and water are the best partners for an optimal cleanse. While the recommended foods may be very different from your current diet, it is exceedingly important that you consume these foods while cleansing for the most beneficial results.

Your body functions at its ideal when your eating habits predominately consist of what are defined as alkaline-forming foods as opposed to acid-forming foods. Alkaline-forming foods are those that leave an alkaline ash when metabolized, contributing to the body?s mineral reserves. Acid-forming foods dramatically slow down the cleansing process, yielding lessened results. Raw alkaline-forming foods are recommended because of their high enzyme and electrolyte mineral content.

Cleansing is more comfortable for those who feed their bodies with the adequate and proper nutrients*. Transitioning from a typical high protein, Western diet of cooked and processed foods to a largely raw vegetarian diet can be a difficult adjustment, so it is important to take small steps instead of jumping right in. You may wish to start by eating more steamed or baked vegetables. AriseNzyme or other high quality digestive enzyme formula can be helpful in assisting with the breakdown of cellulose from raw foods while you transition your eating habits. Raw soups are also a great way to incorporate delicious and easily digested foods into your diet.

Alkaline-Forming Foods
(Note: All of the below foods should be organic or grown without pesticides and herbicides whenever possible!)

 

  • All fresh fruits, including grapefruit and other citrus
  • All fresh salad greens
  • All sprouts
  • All vegetables (raw or cooked)
  • Almonds and sunflower seeds, soaked*
  • Apple cider vinegar (raw and organic)
  • Berries, fresh
  • Corn on the cob, fresh*
  • Dark leafy greens, lightly steamed
  • Dates and other dried fruits, organic and unsulphured* with no added sugar
  • Fresh or dried seasoning herbs and blends that contain no added salt
  • Fresh raw fruit juice
  • Fresh raw vegetable juice
  • Goat whey* (raw)
  • Green foods (grasses, spirulina, chlorella)
  • Herbal teas (caffeine free)
  • Honey (raw)
  • Lemons
  • Lima Beans*
  • Maple syrup, organic
  • Melons
  • Millet*
  • Molasses
  • Onions
  • Potatoes*
  • Quinoa*
  • Raisins
  • Raw organic olive and flaxseed oils, to be added after cooking
  • Sauerkraut (unsalted)
  • Sea vegetables (well-rinsed)
  • Vegetable broth
  • Vegetable soups
  • Wheat grass juice


* Eat no more than 3 times per week, as these foods significantly slow the cleansing process. If you experience cleansing reactions, you may wish to consume more of these foods, or if you wish to speed up the cleansing process (not recommended for inexperienced cleansers), we recommend eating less of these foods.