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Preparation
If you would like
the fast to be more effective it is important to make adjustments before
you come. To help the cleansing process it is very beneficial to eliminate
cigarettes, coffee, drugs, processed foods with sugar, salt and white
flour, alcohol, fried foods and other heavy foods.
It is a good idea
to begin eating an 'organic whole foods diet'. This includes: freshly
squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, fresh fruit, vegetables in salads
or lightly steamed, whole grains like brown rice, millet, quinoa and amaranth,
fresh unsalted seeds and nuts and different kinds of sprouts.
A couple
days or even a week or so before you come try eating just fruits,
and fresh vegetable and fruit juices.
For your health
and others during the program smoking is not allowed.
If you are on
medication you need to check with your doctor about going off the medicine
during a fast. We are not medical doctors and can not be responsible for
any medical complications that may arise during the program.
Things to change in your diet
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Watch how
much you eat. At meals start by taking smaller servings. Help your
digestion by finishing your meal with that still slightly hungry feeling.
This way you will not be stretching your stomach from over eating. |
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Stop
eating animal proteins, especially cooked. These are difficult for
you to digest and your body will cleanse better if you haven't been
eating them before your fast. |
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Watch
your snack foods. Most all prepared and processed foods are heavily
salted and with loads of chemicals. If it comes in a brightly colored
bag and has a long list of ingredients that's what we're talking about. |
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Stop
adding salt and sugar to any of your foods. This includes staying
away from artificial sweeteners (aspartame products) and foods flavored
with them. Allso, please read all labels, it is a real education.
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Stop
eating all fried foods. The oils in fried foods are usually rancid
from heating and difficult for your body to work with. And talking
about oils, use only cold pressed and chemical free oils in moderation.
Margarine is also on the stop eating list, try a little extra virgin
olive oil or organic flaxseed oil on your bread. |
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Stop
eating dairy. Milk, cheese and ice cream are highly mucus forming
and many people have health problems related to milk. Check out www.notmilk.com |
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Stop
drinking coffee, black tea, alcohol, soft drinks and canned, bottled
and packaged juices. |
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Start
combining your food properly. Try to eat fruits alone, not for deserts
or with nuts, grains or yogurt. This is because fruit digests very
quickly and mixing it with anything else will slow its digestion causing
fermentation. Don't mix complex carbohydrates and animal proteins
together for the same basic reason, they don't work well together
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Stay
away from airplane food. Most of it is heavily salted, made with rancid
oils and also preserved with chemicals. Ordering a fruit plate on
all your flights will help you ease into and out of the fast. |
Basic
Foods To Have On Hand
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Eat
fresh fruit on its own
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Eat
raw vegetable salads with animal or vegetable proteins like beans,
nuts, seeds and avacados
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Eat
vegetables raw or steamed with nuts, seeds, grains and/or beans |
Replacement Food
List
In the morning drink liquids like water, herb
teas or fresh fruit and vegetable juices as long as you like.
When you are ready to eat your first meal is the best time to eat. Good
breakfasts are fresh fruit, your own homemade porridge, your own homemade
muesli with your homemade nut or seed milks, salads, smoothies, and fermented
nuts or seed cheeses on sprouted bread.
Before lunch have freshly squeezed vegetable/fruit
juices of any combination: carrot, cucumber, apple, celery, ginger, pineapple
and beet root.
For lunch have a fresh herb salad with lemon juice
and a little 100% extra virgin olive oil as a dressing or some lightly
steamed vegetables. This is the time of day to have a complex animal or
vegetable protein such as fresh fish or chicken.
As a snack in the afternoon have a piece of the fruit
of your choice, or have a carrot, cucumber or piece of celery.
In the evening time have a small bowl of brown rice,
or quinoa or millet with or without lightly steamed or raw vegetables
and seaweed, or have a fresh vegetable or fruit salad. Don't overeat in
the evening. Eat lightly.
During the day replace coffee and black tea with herbal
teas, fresh juices or nut and grain milks. If you are out of the
home then I suggest you carry a warm or cool thermos all the time to sip
on.
Take flax seed oil and Vitamin E a couple times a
day
Make it your motto to eat foods as close to their
natural state as possible, this means eating: fresh fruit raw or juiced,
fresh sprouted, raw or juiced vegetables, salads and lightly steamed vegetables,
quinoa, millet brown rice (non gluttonous grains), daily milled and freshly
baked whole grain breads, baked potatoes (once in a while). Eat fruit
that is: 1. grown locally, 2. that is in season, 3. that is tree/vine
ripened. For more information check www.rawfoods.com.
What to Bring
We make a strong suggestion that fasters don't use
anything on their skin with chemicals. If possible it is a good idea to
buy natural soap, shampoos, creams, shaving cream before you come, although,
many products are available here in Thailand, you will have abetter choice
abroad. Deodorant isn't needed. Natural sun screen is also a recommendation
and can't be found here.
Pure Ascorbic Acid powder with mineral ascorbates
is a good thing to bring if you can find it. We have some ascorbic acid
powder but it isn't with mineral ascorbates.
Good friendly bacteria is provided in the rejuvalac drink given at the
end of your fast. Some people are allergic to garlic. If so, then it is
a good idea to bring your own acidophilus, especially if you are planning
to travel to India, Nepal, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Viet Nam and China
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Beneficial Homeopathics to bring if you are planning to continue your
travels are: Carbo vegetalis - for gas; Nux Vomica - for nausea and sleep;
Arnica - for accidents; Cina – for worms and parasites; Coffea cruda
– for insomnia, depression and overcoming coffee addiction; Colocynthis
– for menstral cramps; Magnesium Phosphate – for headaches
and also muscle cramps; Nat Sulph and Nat Phos – for nausea; Nat
Mur and Kali Mur for muscle cramps for excess acids coming out and Bach's
Rescue Remedy . . . I am sure many of you have other remedies that you
think would be good to have on hand.
A good liquid organic mineral solution would also
be good to bring such as Ionic Minerals, or Colloidal Minerals.
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