(Pre detox Day 3) My 21 day experience with Joshi's Alkaline Diet detox programme

I ended up reading chapter 2 – Preparing to Detox and chapter 3 – Detox Foods last night after I posted. Just as well since I haven’t been home till just now. I was at a friend’s greenhouse picking up my annuals for the year and talking about sharing some garden space. Which I am soooo excited about given my renewed motivation to eat better. The only thing is my 21 days starts in about a week and garden goods won’t be ready for months!!

I did get some herb plants that I will be able to use during my detox though. I have already eaten a ton of mint tonight!! So yummy!!

So my learnings from Chapter 2 are:

·        Wash all fruits and veggies before eating them. Something I must  confess I tend not to do…but given that an apple can be sprayed up to 16 times with a combination of 36 different chemicals!! Yuck!!

·        That I need to cook as fresh as possible…so shop more frequently…buy loose veggies and fruits instead of bagged…and cook enough to eat…leftovers are not as good as they lose so much nutritional value.

·        I need to buy more fish and different kinds..this will be a learning curve.

·        I need to juice…my veggies L Can’t say I am excited for this as I have never enjoyed a juice without fruit…but perhaps after this detox I will actually enjoy caesars!!

Learnings from Chapter 3 are:

·        Litmus paper will be a good way to test how my PH level is..wonder where to get it though?

·        A lot of my symptoms are most likely from food or toxin intolerances..this detox will be awesome to figure out what some of them are since it is somewhat like an elimination diet.

·        Drinking with your meals…I remember my uncle Wayne talking about how you shouldn’t drink when you eat. Joshi says room temperature water and sips are good…too much fluids dilutes your digestive enzymes.

·        I’m going to learn about using Turmeric as it aids in digestive enzymes, improves liver function and is a blood purifier.

Well that is it for today…short and sweet.