Cleansing Programme

Detoxification through special cleansing diets may be the missing link to disease prevention, especially for immune-compromised diseases like cancer, arthritis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome and candidiasis. Our chemicalized-food diet, with too much animal protein, too much fat, too much caffeine and alcohol radically alters our internal ecosystems. Even if your diet is good, a cleanse can restore body vitality against environmental toxins that pave the way for disease-bearing bacteria, viruses and parasites.

This diet should initially be followed for 3, 5 or 7 days as a cleansing program, where after it should be followed once every month for 3 days at a time. Drink plenty of liquid while on the cleansing diet: drink your 6 - 8 glasses of filtered/distilled water per day, additional to the fresh fruit and vegetable juices. Start your day by drinking a glass of lemon water - a slice of lemon covered with cold water, and topped up with hot water. This is detoxifying and good for the peristaltic action of the colon. Add crushed root ginger too.

For some meals the brown rice could be replaced with millet, other than that, only fresh fruit and vegetables should be consumed. Short-grain brown rice is the best, but other varieties of brown rice will also do. During a cleansing program it is best to avoid vegetables from the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, aubergine and peppers) and to limit cruciferous vegetables e.g. broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. No citrus fruit other than lemons should be consumed during the program.

This diet serves only as a guideline:

Monday

Breakfast:
Carrot and apple juice
Cooked millet with half a grated apple and cinnamon
Lunch:
Brown rice with raw grated beetroot, carrot and cucumber. Served with extra virgin olive oil or cold-pressed flaxseed oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Steamed vegetables plus brown rice - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Tuesday

Breakfast:
Fresh fruit juice
Cooked brown rice with soaked/boiled prunes with their juice.
Lunch:
Brown rice flavoured with fresh garlic, onion and root ginger plus vegetables e.g. spinach, courgettes and carrots. Served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Millet with grated raw beetroot, butternut, cucumber and fresh herbs - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Wednesday

Breakfast:
Fresh carrot and apple juice
Fruit salad
Lunch:
Brown rice salad with sunflower/pumpkin seeds and vegetables e.g. diced carrot, celery, cucumber and radishes - served with extra virgin olive oil or any cold-pressed oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Stir-fried vegetables plus flavoured brown rice, grated raw beetroot and cucumber on side - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Thursday

Breakfast:
Fresh fruit juice
Cooked millet with halve a grated apple and cinnamon
Lunch:
Steamed / roasted vegetables plus brown rice or millet - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Brown rice with grated raw beetroot, carrot, celery and cucumber - served with extra virgin olive oil or cold-pressed flaxseed oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Friday

Breakfast:
Fresh carrot and apple juice
Cooked brown rice with soaked/boiled prunes and their juice
Lunch:
Millet flavoured with fresh garlic, onion and root ginger plus sunflower seeds and vegetables e.g. peas, butternut and baby corn - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Brown rice with grated raw beetroot, carrot and celery - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Saturday

Breakfast:
Fresh carrot and apple juice
Fruit salad
Lunch:
Brown rice with grated raw butternut, cucumber and beetroot. Served with extra virgin olive oil and cold-pressed flaxseed oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice

Supper:
Steamed vegetables plus brown rice - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Sunday

Breakfast:
Fresh fruit juice
Cooked millet with halve a grated apple and cinnamon
Lunch:
Brown rice with rosemary roasted vegetables
Mid-afternoon:
Fresh vegetable juice
Supper:
Brown rice with grated raw beetroot, carrot and cucumber and fresh herbs - served with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and herbal salt.

Breaking the fast - slowly!
When you are coming off the diet, it is very important to gradually introduce a bigger variety of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, pulses, nuts and seeds into your diet. You have to re-introduce animal protein very slowly:
1st day after diet: You may add an avocado plus a little bit of cottage cheese or lentils.
2nd day after diet: The same as for the 1st day or some live natural yoghurt
3rd day after diet: Add one organic or free-range egg if you've tolerated the protein of the previous days well.
4th - 7th day: Small portions of fish and chicken should be fine!
After a week: Organic red meat should only be re-introduced a week after the diet ended.
NB: the longer you've stayed on the diet, the slower you should re-introduce protein back into your diet. Meat protein needs a lot of digestive juices to be digested and might cause tremendous stomach cramping if introduced back into the diet too soon.
Continue to drink fresh vegetable juice and/or herbal teas between meals.
Drink 6 - 8 glasses of filtered water every day!
Eat slowly and chew food well!
Gradually resume a regular diet avoiding refined carbohydrates, fried foods, processed food and sugar as much as possible.
Good luck!

Heidi du Preez
M.Sc. Food Science, Nutritional Scientist

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