Detox......and I don't mean alcohol!

Part of this journey is good health, feeling better, looking better, etc.  How better to attain this goal but by detoxing all my organs!

I have been talking to a pharmacist who also understands nutrition...sounding like fun, eh?  Well, looking at my blood work, she came up with some ideas as to how I might be able to gain more energy for starters.  See those vegetables above?  They are our friends!  I like veggies.....I also like them with dip!  Right now dip is not a friend!

I am trying the Standard Process detox/purification system.  It is a 21 day process.  I need to avoid gluten (bread, bagel, pasta....oh wait, I am Italian!!), refined sugars, dairy (except for butter), and artificial sweeteners.  Even as I write this I am sad......21 days without coffee??!!  What is up with that?  I never heard her say no caffeine, except I need something to be the cream in my coffee! Do I dare go to the 'other side' and try tea?  That I can drink without cream.....oh, and no agave nectar....waaahhhh!!

In all honesty, it is not a big deal.  I will survive.  Actually I will thrive!  I found a recipe today for a tomato sweet potato bisque.  Now you are thinking bisque means DAIRY!  Well, I found out that if I take silken tofu and puree it final product will mimic cream.  Really, I think I would like the final product without the cream anyway.  I also have a recipe for garbanzo beans and greens!  Another fav of mine growing up.  Grandma taught me to love my odd veggie soups.

I am also going to my favorite grocery store and looking for more protein that does not have the antibiotics/growth hormones.  I know it will be more expensive but in the end, I am worth it.  When we eat the 'normal' portion it in all reality is not that much more expensive......that's my story and I am sticking to it!  Whole Foods, here I come.  I can get the stocks for the soups and the protein there too.  I might even go so far as to make my own dry beans instead of buying cans!  Call me Suzie Homemaker!

I did a cleanse/detox a couple of years ago and I lost the heartburn that I occasionally get (more acid related), and the 'urpies' that I sometimes find after I have forms of dairy.  I am pretty sure it is food combinations so I will take the time to see if I can figure out what the offenders are while I go through the process.  Feeling better will be worth it.

As I read the info on this product, it is also supposed to make my skin more clear, hair shinier.......oh, and it does help with weight loss.  BONUS!  I am all for whatever it takes to make me the better me I can be!

Oops.....timer went off......time for more vitamins!  I will post in 21 days as to what the results are!!