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You might be wondering if a cleanse is good for you. Everybody's doing cleanses and there's
so many different kinds. So here's a few thoughts on cleanses. There are many different kinds
and you need to be aware of where you are in terms of your health, your energy, your
lifestyle. You can do a juice cleanse, you can do a smoothie cleanse, a soup cleanse,
some people do just a water cleanse. You need to find out and really think about how your
body's feeling. Are you pretty energetic and you just want to kind of reboot your system,
start with a fresh slate. That sounds like a great idea. Maybe you can go a little more
extreme and just do water or do a juice cleanse just to keep some nutrients coming in. But,
maybe if your health has been a little low, your energy's down, you don't want to do something
so extreme at first. So, maybe you just start really, really cleaning up your diet and moving
towards raw fruits and vegetables for a couple of days. And then do a day of smoothies and
then do a day of just juices or water. So, you move your way slowly into it and then
you move your way slowly out of it. You don't want to go hardcore American style fast food
diet to a cleanse the next day, and then go back to fast food. That's not going to do
you any good and you're going to feel pretty crummy. So, take your time going into it and
that can be really useful. It gives your digestive system a chance to clean out and heal. Your
digestive system works really hard 365 days a year, all day long and most of the night.
So, to give it a break can help it heal and give your body a chance to really start getting
the nutrition out of the foods that you do consume. If you're doing a cleanse on your
own without medical supervision, you really want to be careful that you don't go too long.
And you want to be careful that you give it enough time to be effective. So, there's kind
of a sweet spot. You want to go at least a whole day, maybe two days, maybe three. Maybe
after three days you start feeling really good like your skin is clearing up, your energy's
good, maybe your headaches have disappeared. You've noticed that some longstanding health
issues are calming down. If that's the case, ask yourself, is this a good thing for me
to do for another day or two? But, if you're starting to feel like your energy's low, like
you're hitting the wall a couple times a day energetic wise, maybe it's time to start adding
in some raw foods or some cooked foods again. Really clean ones, really healthy ones and
start working your way back onto a real diet of clean foods.