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I recently had the delight to speak with well-respected, healthy-aging guru Dr. Oz Garcia. I was curious to know where he thought a “cleanse” might fit into the average beauty’s lifestyle. Here are his thoughts.

Dr. Oz Garcia: Should You Do A Cleanse?

“First and foremost before diving into a cleanse, people should learn how to eat. Learn how food works. Learn how the body works.” – Dr. Oz

Overall, Dr. Oz supports a diet rich in vegetables, greens, fruit and lean proteins to support a healthy and vibrant life. He also believes, however, that intermittent cleansing can be helpful in helping your body to reset after a period of overindulgence and to support a more efficient metabolism. Dr. Oz recommends three easy ways to get started with a gentle cleanse below.

1. Consider a Metagenics UltraClear Shake Dr. Oz recommends an easy way to cleanse for someone with a heavily processed diet rich in refined flours, sugars and red meats is to consider a day with a few Metagenics UltraClear shakes. (Learn more about this shake here.) In this scenario, you would enjoy a Metagenics shake along with a few leafy green salads and steamed veggies. You might also incorporate a vegetable juice. Start out with one day on this plan and build up to three or four days a week.




2. Go meatless one day a week Not ready to take on a shake for breakfast or lunch? But still want to try a cleanse? Dr. Oz suggests a trying out a Meatless Monday or two. Meat in the hierarchy of foods is heavy relative to fruit and veggies. It requires a lot of energy to digest, taking time away from body’s waste and toxin removal process. Why does this matter? As toxins accumulate this gunk is believed to weigh on your body, your mood and your happiness.




3. Juice Until Dinner A juice fast may not right for everyone, at least in the beginning. That said, most people are anxious to incorporate a few fresh pressed juices into their day. These enthusiastic beauties and their beaus should find a juice until dinner program quite manageable. This type of cleanse involves drinking fresh pressed vegetable and fruit juices during the daylight hours with a solid (usually raw) meal for dinner.

Home Delivery Juice Plans

Looking to try a juice until dinner plan? Consider putting together your own juice-til-dinner day (like this one) or order from one of my favorite home delivery juice programs. All these companies deliver juices nationally.

• The BluePrint Cleanse
• Organic Avenue
• Cooler Cleanse

Learn more about Dr. Oz Garcia

Curious to learn more about Dr. Oz? Check him out here.