In my previous posts I revealed some very exciting secrets behind an enhanced colon cleansing procedure with palatable healthy food choices as you gradually make a transition from unhealthy eating habits to healthy ones. As a reward to you for your efforts, you will see not only changes in terms of inches off your waist but also a flawless ageless skin that you can take pride in. I also mentioned that this is a program that even an 8 year old kid can follow despite having a pizza hamburger hot dog eating habits. Today I will cover a more intense detox diet plan that requires you to abstain from meat for at least one day. And that is all I ask. Nothing more. Just to let you know that there are a lot of mouth watering palatable vegetarian food choices you can make. This will keep your mind at ease so you can look forward to all the delicious meatless dishes at any of your favorite restaurants.
So get ready for an entire day of vegetarian eating. I know most of you die hard Wendy’s meatatarians are going to have a hard time stomaching this type of healthy eating routine. Only do so if you are up to the task of taking your detoxification to a much higher level. So just continue on with your meat and vegetable dishes with no starches until you feel you are up to the challenge of the painful role of a one day vegetarian. The reason why I say painful because the thought of eating healthy meatless meals for an entire day is probably unbearable to you for the time being.
Vegetarian meals are considered to be the most natural form of colon cleansing for intestinal health without the need of colon cleansing products. That is because the ease at which a properly combined meal are digested. Let me clear up some confusion about the definition of appropriate vegetarian meals designed specifically for colon cleansing.
I know many vegetarians who don’t eat healthy meals. Despite their lack of cancer causing meat consumption, they eat a lot of starchy food and not enough vegetables. In other words, their consumption of starches more than exceeds the small portion of vegetables on their plate by a 3 to 1 ratio or more. That is the reason why so many vegetarians are overweight. And to add insult to injury, they eat a lot of starch processed foods like cakes and cookies.
Some vegetarians would argue that eating a vegetarian diet is a lot healthier than a meat diet regardless of how many processed foods they consumed. And their argument is that meat is a lot hard to digest than starch processed foods. As a matter of fact, they are right to a certain extent. But studies will show that an excessive consumption of processed foods will eventually lead to diabetes. I know a lot of people who fall under that category.
The true vegetarians are the one who consume more vegetables than starches. Although the meaning of vegetarianism is being defined as anyone who doesn’t eat meat at all period. So based on that definition, a vegetarian can eat junk-meal type meatless food and still be called a vegetarian.
I would label those people who eat more starches than vegetables “pastatarians” if their diet consists of mostly pasta…the ultimate pasta diet. Now what would you call people who love to eat rice? Rice-arians?…..especially if they consume more rice than vegetables. These are vegetarians who do not eat a properly balanced meal. If their meals were balanced, their vegetable-starch ratio would be equally one to one.
You all have heard of the concept of consuming high quality protein that is equal to the size of your fist….and so with starches….and so with vegetables. Every portion of food is equal in size. No more. No less. Which reminds me of the 40-30-30 fat burning diet that most of you are aware of. For those who are not aware, those numbers reflect the percentages of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in that specific order. Personal trainers and other weight loss experts theorizes that this formula is perfect for weight loss because it reflects the principles of a perfectly balanced meal.
They are right to a certain extent. The problem with that concept is that fats cannot be measured with the naked eye. Let me give you a perfect example. If I were to place two pieces of meat of equal size and juxtapose them next to one another, can you tell which meat is fattier ? And if so, by how much? You see how that opens up a whole new can of worms. Even PhD diet experts cannot determine the amount of fat calories in a piece of meat with their naked eye. So that throws the 40-30-30 diet principle out the window.
Many years ago, the 40-30-30 fat burning diet was popularized as a very effective weight loss method. And don’t get me wrong. It was very effective and still is today. But the problem with that diet approach, even with a calorie book you still cannot determine the exact percentages of macronutrients with your naked eye. It is like me guessing the percentage of fat in a well balanced meal where you got a fist full of chicken breast covered in gravy, a fist full of mash potatoes and a fist full of coleslaw. Now just by looking at the gravy, can you tell how fat the gravy is? I know a lot of chefs do a really good job in covering up the fatty appearance of gravy. I will give you an example of what I was talking about.
My dad and I went to a Chinese restaurant and I ordered what anyone would consider to be healthy and low in fat. What I ordered was sauteed Fish Rock Cod with Asparagus over rice. To your ears, that sounds incredibly healthy. But my dad made a comment about how much oil they use to cook my dish. To my surprise, the gravy didn’t look fattening at all, but I felt it sitting in my stomach for a long time many hours after leaving the restaurant. My stomach was screaming INDIGESTION!!!! It turns out that restaurant cooked what should have been a low fat healthy meal with too much oil. And I didn’t realize it just by looking at it. My father who happens to be a Chinese herbalist brought it to my attention.
In my opinion, they should not call it the 40-30-30 diet with the last number reflecting the percentage of fats because fats cannot be measured in terms of percentages with the naked eye. That is why right now there is a weight loss program that ships the food prepackaged with macronutrients matching those specific percentages in that particular order. It takes technology in order to accomplish that. And those foods are expensive. Talk about the weight loss diet of the rich and famous! Can you see yourself eating delicious prepackaged meals delivered to your home everyday? If you can, go for it. But for most people who likes to eat out, this program would not work. That is enough emotional rambling for today. Now let’s get to the good stuff: How to achieve a higher quality colon cleansing on a meatless diet for ageless skin and effortless weight loss.
For breakfast, you would eat only fruits on an empty stomach leading up to lunch time. Have as much fruit as you desire. Don’t worry about the calories. Just don’t OVEREAT FRUIT or UNDER EAT FRUIT. Eat to be satiated.
If you are not in the mood for fruits, drink freshly squeezed fruit juices. And that does not concentrated juices you buy in a typical supermarket. Those are pasteurized juices that have no enzymes in them. And enzymes are critical for the intestinal cleansing process. As a matter of fact, there are markets that are springing up all over the place where they have this special juice machine that takes fresh oranges and squeeze the juice out of them. The juice is automatically poured into a bottle for you on the spot. I ordered a half gallon one time which is two quart size bottles.
Another alternative is to go to Safeway or any other supermarket to buy a big bottle of Odwalla Superfood juice. I would say that is the most nutritious close-to-freshly squeezed assortment of juices you can buy that are already pre bottled. It contains an assortment of apple juice, peaches, mangoes, strawberry and banana puree, spiruline, soy lecithin, vitamin C, wheat grass, barley grass, wheat sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, lemon bioflavonoid and Nova Scotia Dulse. Wow!! If you are not excited about these ingredients, then you are not a health nut like I am. And plus, this juice tastes so darn good!!!
A point I like to make about Odwalla products is that they are flash pasteurized juices. I bring this up for fear of those extreme detox experts criticizing my horrible choice of juices that are not pasteurized. Of course, anything that has been pasteurized is robbed of nutrient rich enzymes. Odwalla Juice company puts all their juices through a 5 second flash pasteurization procedure. Although I would rather have them not pasteurize it at all period, but hey, we do not live in a perfect world. I am not a perfectionist. Having an ounce of a gold nugget is better than having none at all. Right?
I truly foresee in the near future Jamba Juice smoothie stores rolling out with a similar version to Odwalla SuperGreen Food once the world catches on how delicious these drinks are. And if you think wheat grass and barley grass tastes nasty, Odwalla did a great job making it very droolingly delicious.
Okay, after eating your fruits or fruit juices up till lunch, your body should now be ready for some good clean food for lunch. Remember, on this day, you are abstaining from meat. And also to remind you that no eggs, cheese or dairy products are allowed. The reason why for that is, although they are not classified as meats, they cause digestive impairment in the presence of starches. Since we do not live in a perfect world, most restaurants serves salad dressings that contain a little bit of dairy, like for example, Ranch dressing. If you can, try to avoid it and go for dairy-free salad dressings instead.
Have your big plate of meatless salad prior to your main vegetarian meal. Your vegetarian meals can be veggie sandwiches, veggie pasta dishes, veggie burritos, or veggie chow mein. Chow mein? Isn’t chow mein unhealthy?..you ask…It is healthy when you eat it in a proper way, like for example preceding it with a plate of vegetables- fresh, steamed, or sauteed. And vegetarian chow mein already has a lot of vegetables in them. The goal is to have a perfect balance of vegetables and starches. The best way to picture this is to imagine one plate filled with vegetables and another same size plate filled with your main vegetarian dish. 50/50 balance.
I go to this Chinese restaurant where I see this same American man always ordering a plate of steamed Chinese broccoli (called Gai Lan, in Cantonese) as an appetizer to precede his main dish. Every time I see him, I just smile to myself knowing that he is just another health nut like me who knows the secret of how to increase his consumption of vegetables at every meal. Just like when you go to a Korean restaurant, they start you off with a plate of Kim Chee cabbage which is spicy cabbage as an appetizer before they bring out their main dishes.
And the good part of this is that vegetarian meals stay in your stomach for only three hours. And as a mid snack, have more fruit or fruit juices to hold you till dinner. And at dinner, you will repeat the process of your vegetarian meals like you had for lunch. So there you go. Abstaining from meat for one day is not bad considering that there are enormous variety of delicious vegetarian foods you can choose from throughout the day.
If you think this detox ritual is tolerable to you, well, wait till the next post, where I am going to take your detoxification to a much higher level. And in this detox diet plan, I am going to ask you to abstain from starches and meat together just for one day. And remember to do this on a warm day. I never do this during the winter time when it is cold. Stay tune.
Billy Loi
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