Green Lemonade

Consider joining me August 1st for a 21 day whole-foods detox program. Learn more about this program here – which can be done at home with ingredients purchased from your grocery store or with a meal replacement kit. Either way it’s going to be a lot of fun, and it’s a great way to shake up some not-so-awesome habits you’ve been trying to change for a while. The more of us that do it together, the more moral support there will be!
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Cleansing + Your Metabolism

Curious about “cleansing” and how it affects your metabolism? Join the club. Here to share an intelligent perspective on this topic is Jenny Nelson, Wellness Specialist & Coach for Dr. Alejandro Junger’s Clean Program. I will be giving this cleansing program a shot starting on August 1st. Learn more about The Clean Program and enter to win a Clean Kit here.

Jenny writes…..
The thing about metabolism is that we’ve often spent a large part of our lives destroying the healthy function of it, so it’s not going to be fixed overnight. We as a culture have been on a low fat kick for some time now and often that means we also cut down on proteins at the same time, and subsequently up our intake of carbohydrates, all of which lead to the body having to deal with an upset balance which makes it slow down to conserve energy thinking that a famine is approaching and this is dangerous to our bodies on so many levels. Slowing down the metabolism is a survival tactic so we stop consuming our body tissues (muscles and bone) which happens when we’re not getting proteins and healthy fats (which are the building materials we need for sustained body tissue.

In our daily meals, we need a balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. . . and we need them to be as close to how they’re found in nature as possible for the best possible assimilation and resonance in our bodies.

Carbohydrates are found in fruit and vegetables and grains and we need them for energy and healthy bodies….but they shouldn’t be found in a package, fortified with additives or sugar, and they should be consumed mainly how they were picked or harvested without being processed into pasta, white rice, breads, muffins, concentrated fruit juice, etc.

This is also why a cleanse like the Clean Program does not create an environment where metabolic function is in jeopardy because there is a constant supple of nutrients, proteins, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates included in the daily food recommendations. The shakes or liquid meals are easy to digest but they are full of nutrients and whole foods. The midday meal is made from whole foods and it’s recommended to avoid all packaged, processed and sugary carbohydrates as listed above (in The Clean Program and in any cleansing program).

However with a balanced eating plan….and yearly cleanses that flush out the toxic elements (food and substances that are processed, unnatural, allergenic, etc.), we should be well on our way to rebuilding our metabolism, digestive tracts, and our overall immune system.