For years I have experimented with different types of diets and nutrition. Everything from the old Scarsdale Diet to even the Cabbage Soup Diet. I have done a candida diet at least twice as this was suspected related to certain skin issues, though candida did not actually show up in a conventional blood test a couple of years back.
I have been doing a 24 hour cleanse for years starting Saturday evening till Sunday evening, where all I have is water, sometimes tea or herbal infusions, and apple cider vinegar and honey. Good to give your system a break once a week in order to let it recharge and prepare for the week ahead. Rest up and get some of those toxins out.
I have done 4-7 day juice fasts. I eat various clays with and without psyllium for cleansing and for maintaining proper bowel movement, and more recently have started eating Diatomaceous Earth. That's good stuff man!
I learned a technique from one of my Homeopaths for detoxification and cleansing which I sometimes use and tell others about. Before showering while dry, use first a body glove scrubber or luffa, then a shower brush to scrub the whole body. Then in a hot shower, use a fluffy shower scrubber, again to scrub the whole body. This opens up all the pores and helps detoxify and clean out the system. It's important to drink a lot after, as this treatment is quite intense and the sweating may dehydrate you. It's like a sauna and steam bath without having to actually go to one. Seriously.
I was inspired a few years back by a book by Dr. Norman Walker on dieting, where I learned about eating mostly raw foods, and more specifically about food combining. Using this method, it helped me more or less maintain ideal weight.
I have never been terribly obese, but there were times in my life since my youth where I struggled to keep weight off, indulged in too much junk food, and was somewhat chubby and overweight, at times even pushing the envelope of my BMI.
Dr. Walker's method of food combining entails not mixing complex carbohydrates unless it is only with high glycemic fruits. Most fruits, vegetables, and proteins, can be eaten together, but not within a two hour interval of complex carbohydrates. This is a method that I enjoy and find relatively easy to maintain.
I have since come across other similar methods of food combining that are even more specific and strict as to the particular fruits, vegetables, and proteins, etc. and how and when they can be combined. I incorporate these rules into the methodology when I can.
More recently, I took this to an even higher level, by also integrating and maintaining a Blood Type Diet (I have B positive blood just like my attitude) based on Dr. Dadamo's approach. Before this my weight was hovering around the 150 lb mark to my dislike; I am about 5'6”. Since then, I have mostly dropped below 145lbs and am maintaining this weight easily and happily. I usually mix both diet systems, but if I find it too hard, am lazy, or lose patience, I take my pick and use either one which works also.
Plus if I'm at a lavish dinner or party, during the Holidays, or at a wedding or celebration, it may be difficult to actually do both. So based on quick mathematics and logistics I do what's best at the specific given time.
When speaking to my clients about diet and nutrition – and many of them need to lose weight as this is part of what is causing their low back pain or joint pain – I usually recommend both systems and tell them to research both and to start with whichever one they find easier. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
I also tell all my clients to make sure they are drinking at least 2 liters of fluid per day summer or winter (ideally clean water, and not counting beverages with caffeine; a diuretic which makes you lose fluids), as most of them are not drinking enough and have an excess buildup of toxins in their systems which is part of what is causing them pain.
So there's some basic useful tips and hints for detoxing and dieting if that's what you have to do. Just some ideas. The main thing is for you to just do it one step at a time and to avoid the scotch and cigars.
Wake up and start living!
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