Day 7 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Sprouted Seed cereal + Blueberries; Kale-Pineapple Juice;

Snack: Raspberries + Tea

Lunch: Bowl of Lentil Soup; Grilled Asparagus; Cauliflower + Paneer stir fry

Snack: Red seedless Grapes + Tea

Dinner: Grilled Egg plant, Kelp Noodles with stir fry, cucumber—tomato sald, Greek Yogurt

Day 6 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Blueberries; Kale-Pineapple Juice;

Snack: Red Grapes + Tea

Lunch: Black eyed peas salad with Mixed Greens, Moong Dal Soup

Snack: Red seedless Grapes + Tea

Dinner: Grilled Brussel Sprouts; Grilled Egg plant, Lettuce wraps with stir fry vegetables, cucumber yogurt Raita.

Day 5 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Blueberries; Kale-Pineapple Juice

Snack: Raspberries + Tea

Lunch: Bowl of Boiled Garbanzo Beans; Greek Yogurt

Snack: Red seedless Grapes + Tea

Dinner: Grilled Brussel Sprouts; Grilled Asparagus; Spinach-Lentil Soup

Day 4 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Sprouted seed cereal with warm Almond Milk topped with Flaxseed Powder, Hemp and Chia Seeds and Blueberries.

Snack: Raspberries

Lunch: Kale-Pineapple juice; Mixed Greens Salad; Onion-Green Chilli-Tomato-Carrot-Yogurt; Broccolli-Pine Nuts-Olive Oil-Garlic-Coriander Leaves Balls Grilled

Snack: Blueberries and Red seedless Grapes

Dinner: Protein Pot (Garbanzo Beans + Carrot + Celery + Onion + Tomato + Spinach) + Baba Ghanoush + Hummus as an accompaniment to Celery Sticks

Day 3 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Sprouted seed cereal with warm Almond Milk topped with Flaxseed Powder, Hemp seeds, Chia Seeds and a handful of Blueberries.

Morning Snack: Raspberries and a cup of Tea

Lunch: Tomato-Onion-Orange salad with a lemon-salt-pepper dressing; Paneer (Fresh Indian Cottage Cheese) -Sprouted Grain Bread Bruschetta

Afternoon Snack: Blueberries and a cup of Tea

Dinner: Grilled Brussel Sprouts, Grilled Asparagus, Cabbage-Greek Yogurt-GreenChili-Ginger, Mixed Spring Greens+Tomato+Cucumber Salad

Day 2 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: Sprouted seed cereal wth wam Almond Milk topped with Flaxseed Powder, Hemp and Chia Seeds and Blueberries.

Snack: A cup of Tea.

Lunch: Tomato-Onion-Orange salad with Paneer-Sprouted Grain Bread Bruschetta

Snack: A cup of Tea.

Dinner: Mixed Spring Greens with Pomegranate seeds Salad, Grilled Red-Yellow Peppers, Kelp Noodles with Green Peppers and Wasabi-Soy-Chilli Sauce; Mango-Saffron Popsicle

Day 1 Cleanse Menu

Breakfast: A cup of Apple-Banana smoothie with a sprinkle of flaxseed and cinnamon powder.

Snack: A cup of Tea.

Lunch: A cup of Carrot-Avocado soup. Could be taken cold, but I added hot water to warm it.

Snack: Slice of an Apple with Cinnamon Powder.

Dinner: Salad made with Tomato, Onion, Pomegranate seeds, Orange slices, and Lemon juice. Spinach-Garlic-Greek Yogurt cold soup. Sprouted Grain bread and Indian Paneer(fresh Cottage Cheese) Bruschetta, Grilled Eggplants, Mango-Saffron Mousse for Dessert.

Cleanse Anyone?

In our everyday life, we get exposed to lots of toxins. In the foods we eat, there are pesticides, mercury, chemical fertilizers etc. Our body needs to get rid of these toxins to stay healthy. There are inbuilt mechanisms in our digestive system to do exactly that. Our organs like liver, kidney, gall bladder and colon work together with help from enzymes to break down the toxins and excrete them via urine and stool. When you augment these natural processes with a cleansing diet, it has the same effect as cleaning up the filters in your auto engine so that the engine keeps running smoothly.

A lot of digestive work is done by the liver, the largest organ in our body. It catches toxins like pesticides and mercury and allows nutrients from the food we eat to enter our bloodstream. What does the liver do with these toxins? It excretes them in the bile which then travels all the way to your intestines on its way to get eliminated from your body.

Kidneys also play an important role in cleansing the body by filtering blood and getting rid of toxins in urine.

And then colon with help from its guard cell lining blocks the toxins from moving into your bloodstream. And then these toxins get eliminated with regular bowel movements.

A cleansing or detoxifying diet gives a helping hand to the body’s natural cleansing systems. It usually involves eating whole, natural, unprocessed foods that are packed with nutrients and fiber. These foods help boost the efficiency of enzymes and digestive organs like liver, kidneys, and colon.

So, I embarked on a cleansing journey two days ago along with my daughter. It is mostly a raw vegan diet with an add-on grilled vegetable side for dinner. I will keep posting the daily menu as we make progress in this journey. Stay tuned for more…