(Pre detox Day 4 - 15) My 21 day experience with Joshi's Alkaline Diet detox programme

Well...to put it simply I wasn't fervent on reading my book daily and I would have liked to start the cleanse sooner than I have. Instead I was extremely lazy and binged on all the foods I knew I would be abstaining from. I know…really not what I should have done…but I did it and I’ll own it!

I have kept the book close and I have very much taken to using a pencil and highlighter in the book. Much of what I have listed thus far in my blog post are the same items I have highlighted in the book.

I had my appointment with Dr. Mountain. It went longer than I thought it would for a few reasons; I caught him up to date with my husband who had a blood clot Dec.1, 2015, I also filled him in on Cassandra (my daughter who has had iron/blood issues and the immune system of a gnat) and my mom was with me so she chatted a bit too. All in all a good visit.

Though he was not familiar with Joshi or his cleanse he did support me going on a cleanse and he did feel though this would be a good cleanse for me. We talked quite a bit about the book and its contents. He was puzzled at some of the information in the book and the absence of other information such as, Turmeric is also an anti-inflammatory for the bowels, joints and brain. Milk thistle was one of the antioxidants that I was most intrigued by and he happens to carry a high dose so I picked that up on my way out of his office.

He also recommended an amino acid supplement N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine and I remembered the book highly recommends a complex B so I headed on over to a health food store. I went up and down the aisles having a quick peek at many things.

I remembered my mom making various sprouts as I was a young teen. Though I didn’t appreciate them then I see their value now. And I have always like alpha sprouts…except maybe when my mom first started making them. I was tempted to purchase the sprouting kit tray thingy but instead I called my mom and asked her if she still had hers. Turns out she doesn’t (no surprise as it was years ago and there have been some provincial moves along the way) but she did tell me you could just do it in a jar. So I am attempting it. Experimenting with it really as I don’t hold up much hope that it will be successful. Perhaps because I am taking on a lot right now with new endeavours (like the fermented veggies I made with a gf just this last Tuesday and the jury is still out).

I really wanted to buy some essential oil(s) but have no clue as to what so I decided to pass for now. Though I did try a sampling of one that was for stress and it smelt really good! I can’t say the same for one called uplift…eeew!!

I also found a bulk wall of various loose items that looked to me like an apothecary so I had fun! I went into my book and found some suggested items like fenugreek, dandelion root and. I also choose elder berries and other fun things to try. Now I want some cool little glass jars that I can label and display as my own mini apothecary!!

I bought a cold Kombucha lemon grass tea and was that ever different!

I swore I’d never turn into a tree hugging, granola eating hippy..but I dare say I might just have some tendencies!