Since I'm in the middle of a detox right now, this is either the best time, or the worst time for me to answer this, depending on your perspective
I am doing a 10 day liver detox, under my chiro's supervision. It's actually a program put out by Metagenics. While the company is very good, and products are excellent, there are some drawbacks.
My story: I have been 50-70% raw for about 2 months. My cooked food consists of fruits, veges, minimal grains, and some poultry and lamb. Oh, and eggs. No pasturized dairy, no beef, absolutely no gluten. And I don't eat packaged food. When I went raw, my colon naturally worked itself out. I do try to focus on eating things that are good cleansers for my organs, especially my liver (I have been on steriodal drugs for asthma for a long time) to combat the damage that happens through my daily living. I figure I've given my "filter" extra jobs to do, so I should be extra good to it.
This cleanse requires you to drink a powdered protein supplement which is not raw. The rest of your food can be raw, but it's also an elimination process, so for a few days you are down to minimal fat, protein mostly from the supplement, and then fruits and veges, but not a lot of variety. Then you start adding things back.
While I suppose this would work for the average person that needs to clean up their system and stop eating things that are bad for them, it hasn't worked great for me. I was doing better, felt better, and I think was overall better when i was simply raw. It could be that my liver is benefiting from this, but today is day 6, and I'm skeptical. I felt lousy "good" for a couple of days, but now I'm feeling lousy "bad" and so tonight I had a pudding that I make with pine nuts and young coconuts and fruit, and i felt better within a few minutes.
I'm less convinced after doing this that it's needed at all, but I'm going to finish it out and see.... I think you can benefit just as much from eating raw and making sure you eat a variety of foods that are good for your organs.
The one thing I think is helpful for me personally is that I've eliminated so much from my diet, and now I have the option of deciding what I add back in. So if you are looking to drastically change your eating habits, or find out if certain foods don't agree with you, then it might be a great option for you.
Melissa
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