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Cleansing Concoctions

Mix up one of the following enlivening elixirs for a tasty drink that can help you heal.

Detox Blend

Ingredients:

5 – 7 carrots

3 – 4 fresh celery stalks

1 small or medium beet

(Optional: 1/2 apple)

Instructions: Juice and drink.

(Source: The Fasting Path by Stephen Harrod Buhner, Avery, 2003.)

Autumn Rejuvenation Ration

Ingredients:

3 cups spring water

1 tablespoon ginger root, chopped

1-2 tablespoons miso paste (do not boil)

1-2 stalks green onion, chopped cilantro, to taste, chopped

1-2 pinches cayenne pepper

2 teaspoons olive oil

juice of 1/2 lemon

Instructions: Boil water. Add ginger root. Simmer 10 minutes. Stir in miso paste to taste. Turn off burner. Add green onion, cilantro, cayenne, olive oil, and lemon juice. Remove and cover to steep for 10 minutes.

(Source: The Detox Diet by Elson M. Haas, M.D., Celestial Arts, 2004, www. Elsonhass.com.)

Where to Detox:

• The Ann Wigmore Natural Health Institute in Aguada, Puerto Rico, promotes self-healing through the Living Foods Lifestyle™, created by Dr. Ann Wigmore. Contact (787) 868-6307, www.annwigmore.org

• The Chopra Center at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, offers a variety of health-promoting mind/body programs developed by Deepak Chopra, including meditation, body therapies, and yoga. Contact (888) 424-6772, www.chopra.com

• The Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, has a program that focuses on revitalization through detoxification and a raw food diet. Contact (800) 842-2125, www.hippocratesinst.org

• The Juvenex Spa located in the heart of New York City, offers many detoxifying thermal treatments including a jade sauna, an herbal steam room, and a clay detoxification room. Contact (646) 733-1330, www.juvenexspa.com

• The New Age Health Spa in Neversink, New York, offers detoxifying juice fasts and Native American sweat lodges. The intention of the sweat lodge ceremony is to purify the body, mind, and spirit so that a new sense of self may emerge. Contact (800) 682-4348, www.newagehealthspa.com.

• The Raj Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Center in Fairfield, Iowa, combines ancient Ayurvedic techniques and modern medicine to help remove toxins and rejuvenate the body. Contact (800) 248-9050, www.theraj.com

• The We Care Holistic Health Center in Desert Hot Springs, California, offers an all-liquid diet program coupled with colon therapy, yoga, meditation, lymphatic massages, and other healing body treatments and activities. Contact (800) 888-2523, www.wecarespa.com

Detox Dos and Don’ts:

• Avoid ingesting chemicals by minimizing your intake of meat, refined foods, sugar, salt, saturated fats, coffee, alcohol, and nicotine.

• Eat organic food.

• Drink 6-8 glasses of purified water daily.

• To encourage elimination, increase your fiber intake by adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet.

• Take a steam or sauna to support detoxification.

• Exercise to help clear waste from your body.

• Consider getting a colonic from a trained therapist to rid your colon of built up toxins.

September/October 2004

Shanon Hoffman
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