It's that time of the year again, when you swear you will never overindulge again as you struggle to recover from the post-holiday flu. Yup it's not a bug or a germ or bacteria, it is your body telling it to give it a break! And, if you are not feeling any negative effects yet from eating badly then do a 'detox' quickly before the symptoms arrive!

Here are a few programs that I find work, so choose what suits you and get back on track;

1. The 'meat and wheat free' easy version 

This involves eating no animal products at all for at least 1 week but 2 are better. I recommend you have a raw nut and fresh fruit smoothie for breakfast as the nuts stabilise your blood sugar and make you feel full. (See recipes below)

Snack on fruit all day long whenever you feel hungry and eat a large salad for lunch and supper followed by baked potato, gluten-free pasta, sweet potato, brown rice or any other natural carbohydrate  that is not wheat. For more details check out Option 2 in Chapter 4 of Perfect Health - The Natural Way.

 

It is best to just let your body guide you and eat as much as makes you feel satisfied.

2. The 'all raw' program 

This involves eating any raw fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds and dried fruit (preservative-free of course) at any time and as much as you like. The secret to coping with detox, is to not limit your intake and try to listen to your body. If hungry eat more, if not, eat less. 

Do the raw nut or seed smoothie at least once a day - breakfast is ideal as it stabilizes your blood sugar.

Check out the recipes in the 100 Days to Health Program if you have printed them out or in either Recipes Books 1 or 2.

This can be followed for life, but try to go for 7-14 days at least!

Choose one kind of fresh fruit - grapes and apples are ideal and eat only that fruit for at least 3 days. You can then change to another fruit and eat that for another 3 days. Can be safely done for 2 weeks at least; again - listen to your body and eat as much as you like.

Drink freshly extracted fruit and vegetable juices at least 3 times a day for 1-7 days

Mark and I like to have a day of rest one day a week where we focus on only spiritual issues, drink only water and Barleylife and lie in the sun and or sleep. We watch no TV, discuss no business, family or financial issues. We did this for a month or two before December and then with visitors, everything changed and we found our day of rest filled with food and activity. So as of Sunday the 10th Jan we are back on track. Only this time we are doing a 3 day fast and 18 days of just fresh fruit. You cannot believe how this benefits you spiritually, mentally and physically. If you are on medication or nervous, stick to the juice program with the BarleyLife and contact a consultant to help you correct your diet and lifestyle so that you can minimize your dependency on drugs.

Products to help clean you out;

BarleyLife - dried barley grass juice, loaded with 100% usable natural nutrients as God made them. Essential to help you recover and heal and maintain energy levels.

Herbal Release - combination of herbs essential to help your lymphatic system clean out all those heated or rancid or animal fats! Really gets the cellulite and lumpy flesh moving

Para 90 - combination of herbs gets rid of parasites which can cause a host of problems from bedwetting, to teeth grinding, nose picking, weight problems, bloating, allergies, arthritis and even cancer - take with Florafood to regulate intestinal bacteria

Herbal Fibreblend - a combination of herbs and plants which regulates bowel function, makes hard soft and soft firm - not a laxative. People don't leave home without this!

To order these products directly & get the wholesale price, either email us at info@naturalway.co.za or contact any of our consultants

We have been inundated with enquiries about our natural health courses, to read more click below and remember that if you are an affiliate member (which is free - no strings attached) you can purchase all educational material including books and DVDs at the wholesale affiliate prices. (25% off!! and if you get 5 people to purchase the course and they each get 4 people, you would receive a rebate that would refund you the entire cost of your course!!) If you are wanting to really take control of your health this year, then this could be just what you need to not only help yourself but others.

If some of you need a personalized detox program then contact our trained consultants on the http://www.mary-anns.com/Consultants/Lifestyle%20Consultants.php website, they also do emailed and phone programs

Dr Colin Campbell Professor Emeritus at Cornell University and the man who headed the most comprehensive nutritional study ever done to date has agreed to come to South Africa for a 3 day conference in September and we are looking at the Spier Estate in the Western Cape. We will have more details soon, but in the meantime start saving and be ready to book when we have the details in place as it appears we can only seat 450 and we have way more students than that.

Mark and I are joining thousands of people from around the world, fasting not only for their health but for their families, friends, countries and spiritual growth. You can join the fasting program, in which you can do anything from a complete water fast to juicing, or just giving up meat and animal products or caffeine for 21 days. Go to http://www.jentezenfranklin.com and log onto the fasting section and print out the fasting contract sheet. 

We are excited about this and after just 3 days (we started the 8th actually:) we have seen and felt some dramatic changes in ourselves and in situations around us.

So think about this, in case you cannot manage the food fast, how about fasting from TV for 21 days, or arguing or criticism, or complaining (about anything like your mother in law or your country) or any other habit you fall into that you know you need to break.