Time for a detox!
Myself, Avalon and Kerry have started the new year with a detox. I believe January is the perfect time of the year to give your eliminative organs a bit of a “tune up” and help to support them in their functioning ability.
When we think about detoxing, I like to use the analogy of our car, which most of us ensure we take to the garage once a year for a tune up – But what about our own “vehicle”, our body? When you think of everything we have put in our mouth over the year, and then, what has come out or what we have eliminated, often the 2 dont match up. Some people think that having a bowel motion every 2nd day is efficient enough, however i can assure you, that this really is not regular at all.
Typical symptoms that could point to needing to complete a detox include skin problems, a foggy brain, fatigue, waking and not feeling refreshed from your sleep, headaches, bad breath, an erratic bowel and generally not feeling like yourself. Of course, these symptoms could relate to other things too, but for a lot of us, they show that we really do need to support elimination better.
We decided to use the Natures Sunshine (NSP) Clean Start detox. I am a big fan of all of the NSP detox packs. They really have tried to make these as easy as they can for us, by having single serve packets, rather than a number of bottles of pills, where we take 1 of these 2 of these and 4 of these ones. What I mean by the single serve packets is they include all of your morning detox capsules in a convenient AM pack and all of your evening capsules in a PM pack. I love this concept, as it means i really don’t have to think about it and what I have to take – its all there, in a small packet that i can put in my hand bag and take out with me, if I need to. Thanks NSP! You really were thinking of people in the real world, where convenience is an important factor too.
The Clean Start comes with the AM and PM pack, but also a powdered fibre supplement that you mix with water and have 30 minutes before eating. Remember if you take a pharmacy medicine, you must have a good separation of time between taking fibre and anything else, or it may interfere with the absorption of this. Avalon and I are taking the Clean Start Berry and Kerry the Clean Start Apple Cinnamon.
So myself, Avalon and Kerry are all completing exactly the same detox, however the lifestyle changes we are making while taking this are very different. Kerry is being super diligent and has made some major dietary changes, Avalon has cut out energy drinks, junk food and take aways and Myself, because I am taking the Super African Mango and have already changed a lot of things in my diet, I am sticking to this.
I have asked Avalon and Kerry to keep a diary of what they have been doing while completing the detox and I will summarise all of our progress, as we go along. Heres the start to our Detox post.
So here we go……….
Leanne: I was really keen to complete a detox, to help me with my weight loss goals while taking the Super African mango. Because I have been taking the African mango for 2 months now, I haven’t had a problem cutting out foods I shouldnt be eating, or with over eating. The African mango has really helped to curb those uncontrollable carbohydrate cravings I usually get, and that feeling of “What can I eat!”. I have lost my pre occupation with food and finally feel satisfied after eating. Yippee!
I started the Clean Start detox 1 week ago. Because I have already made a lot of changes, I havnt found it difficult. Often when you start a detox, head aches and skin breakouts are common, but I didnt notice anything like this. I have definitely cut my carbohydrate content down at meals and have tried to dramatically increase my water intake. I have to admit I am not a good water drinker, so this has been harder for me to be diligent about. What I have done is found some really nice water, that i enjoy drinking. At the moment I am drinking Gerolsteiner Sprudel Natural Mineral Water, which I absolutely love. I found this at Farro, for a small $2.95 a bottle (a soft drink can cost more than this). It sounds poncy to say Im drinking bottled Sparkling water, but it really does feel like a treat to have this and it has helped me to drink more water. Before I found this water, I had been drinking the Santa Vittoria Sparkling Water, which is available at Countdown and Pac N Save for a small $1.70 -$1.80 a bottle. Yummy and it feels extra special to drink.
Kerry: So today is the first day on my detox. After all the overindulging of Christmas and New Year, I am ready to get clean. I can’t think of a better time to do a detox- New Year clean start. I have decided that whilst on this detox, I will be focusing on having fruit, vegetables, green tea and good protein sources such as eggs, whey protein, pea protein and possibly some fish. I am giving up my coffee, all refined foods and meat. I started my day taking my CleanStart supplements. I was surprised that the CleanStart cleanse packet, mixed with water, was quite pleasant tasting. The capsules were easy to take- I like that there are only 3 capsules to swallow (as some detox kits have you swallowing a lot more). I have had a little bit of a foggy head today, but otherwise I feel fine.
Avalon: Today we are starting our detox. This is the first real detox that I have done. Well I have done one, but gave up very quickly, so am looking forward to having some other peoples support to keep me on the right track. I am quite abit of a foody so am just going to cut out any of kind of soft drink, energy drink, lollies, choc and most processed foods/takeaways. I am really bad when it comes to taking yukky tasting liquids, so was thrilled when I tried the Fiber sachet in this pack and it was actually nice!!! And having the individual packets made it so much easier too.
Keep checking this post, as i will be updating our progress.


