Since 2020 lock-down and due to the lack of movement and lot of stress, i gained some weight and was searching for some holistic methods to reduce it. I was also reading the book "The Blood Sugar Solution: 10-Day Detox Diet" written by Dr.Mark Hymann. He has written in high detail about the negative effects of the sudden spike in the blood sugar level due to the consumption of processed food. That really showed me how i was abusing my bodies health for around 30yrs and the serious need to reset it for good health. The book also describes the method to measure toxicity in the body, and a diet to reduce it. The diet consists of highly protein and the cost was very high. He also suggest moderate exercise like walking for 30mins. Considering, the amount of exercise and the excessive protein in the diet, it can lead to protein poisoning. Also, the cost of eating chicken, fish daily was not in my budget.
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Search for a simple Detox diet
So, i was searching for a simple, cheap and more healthier alternative. Then, I found the 9-days vitalizing and detox diet. This is a raw food diet. The food you are allowed to eat each day is grapes, lemons, carrots, spinach lettuce, parsley, orange, vegetable salads. The carrots, spinach, lettuce, parsley can be blended, strained and can be taken as juice for three meals of the day. Other can be taken as juice or raw in between. I did a little math and for a day the cost came around 200 Rs. So, the total for around 9 days was only 2000 Rs approximately. This was very simple to buy and follow.
Withdrawal experience
The first few days is the worst experience to go through. I started experiencing sugar and caffeine withdrawal. I drink coffee moderately, and had some mild headache. This is due to the caffeine withdrawal symptoms. The sugar withdrawal was very intense. as i am not eating any processed sugar. I felt mood swings, constant craving over food and sugar stuffs, feeling weak, muscle pain, disturbed sleep etc. This lasted for 4 days, and the intensity was gradually reducing. But, i was all worth to go through for the benefits that comes at the end. I was also purging all the bad stuffs, physically, mentally and emotionally. The raw emotions, thoughts that was suppressed came out.
Integration
The remaining 5 days was the best, i gradually started experiencing all the benefits of this diet. I was feeling sharper and lighter. All my mind fog was gone, i was having intense clarity. Since, the body and the hunger went out of the though, i was feeling more free. I lost all craving for the processed food. I had hit the total reset of my body biochemistry that was hacked and controlled by the food industry to make me a slave and constantly crave and eat their products to make them continuous profits. My meditations were more calmer and deeper. My body also became so silent and under my control. The detox has set in. I lost around 2kgs weight.
This is one of the best experiences in my life. I would like to take this detox diet once a year as a routine. So, much benefits with eating such a simple raw food combination is really mind-blowing. I could feel my body thanking me at the end for taking this diet. It was enjoyable experience all along and the diet was removing toxins and my body fully absorbing the destroyed vitamins and minerals from a uncooked raw food.
