TWO-WEEK CLEANSE Avoid your food sensitivities/ allergies. Hydrotherapy Shower: alternating hot and cold, always begin with hot and end with cold. You may do dry skin brushing before shower with a natural bristle brush for 5-15 minutes until skin is rosy, starting from feet and legs, to hands and arms, then back and abdomen, and ending with chest and neck; aiding detoxification by stimulating lymphatic system, always brush towards heart. Bath: at end of day do an Epsom salt bath to further eliminate and detoxify through sweating. Add 2 lbs of Epsom salts per tub of hot water. Add essential oil (5 drops of lavender). Make the water as hot as you can handle. Relax for 20 minutes. When you get out wrap yourself in a big warm towel or comforter and lay down for at least 5 minutes. Castor Oil Pack: do 3-5 times a week over liver area for 45 minutes; aids liver in detoxification. Drinks: On waking- one cup of hot water with ½ lemon squeezed in, add a pinch of cayenne pepper; Throughout the day drink plenty of spring or purified water, ½ your weight in ounces; Herbal teas; no coffee, soda, alcohol. Herbal tea ideas: peppermint, fenugreek, pau d’arco, suma, raspberry leaf, fennel, green tea (decaffeinated), licorice root Alkaline Broth: drink between meals. Recipe: Boil the following in a covered pot slowly for 1-2 hours. Cool for 30 minutes, strain and drink 2 cups per day. o 2 medium zucchini, chopped o handful of fresh green beans o 2 stalks of celery, chopped o 1 cup chopped carrots o 1 cup any other available dark green vegetable (collards, chard, kale, etc.) o 1 and ½ quarts of water o Add cayenne, basil, oregano, plus other desired seasonings, except salt. Food: In today’s world we enjoy many modern conveniences and live a lifestyle unimaginable just a few short years ago. However, modern living doesn’t come without a cost. There are two factors increasingly apparent in health care today: (1) We are exposed to more toxic compounds than ever before – in the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe. (2) Our ability to detoxify and clear out toxins is important to overall health. The CORE RESTORE 7 DAY KIT and program is the perfect way to help you restore healthy detoxification and elimination functions. This program can be used as a precursor to further GI system support or as a pro-active approach to maintaining your health. This kit can be purchased directly through Indigo Health Clinic along with a complimentary phone consultation and detox questionnaire Reset GI for 2 days using the Core Support powder mixed with 8 oz. of water, rice/ almond/ hazelnut/ hemp milk or pure fruit juice (no preservative, no sugar added, not from concentrate); 1 scoop 4 times per day Eat plenty of fresh steamed or raw vegetables, especially dark leafy greens; you may juice your vegetables o See dirty dozen list to be aware of what produce is high in pesticides o Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, onions, spinach, bean sprouts, kale, Swiss chard, winter squash Seasonal fresh raw fruits o Raspberries, blueberries and apples increase detoxification o Avoid: oranges, grapefruits, canned fruit packed in syrup and high sugar or artificial berry juices Healthy dressing: lemon juice, olive oil and flax seed oil, garlic Ground flax seeds 1 tbs every day in shake or sprinkle on salad or vegetables (not recommended if diagnosed with cancer) Raw nuts and seeds, nut butters Grains, limit to whole grains (no yeast), brown rice, quinoa, millet, amaranth Avoid Fresh ocean fish for the first week of detox, then add back to diet [Avoid high mercury fish: Consumer Guide to Mercury] Avoid Free-range chicken or turkey in small amounts first week of detox Drink lots of water, alkaline broth, fresh raw green vegetable juice and green tea. Eat fresh raw, steamed vegetables. Supplements: Discontinue all your supplements except your fish oil and Vitamin D for the first week of detox. CORE RESTORE 7 DAY KIT, ORTHO MOLECULAR Consult your primary care physician before stopping prescribed medications. Exercise: brisk exercise 20-25 min/day (walking, jogging, swimming, hiking); aids in detoxification through skin and lungs Daily Activity – Generally you must really take it easy during your cleanse and detox – your body is trying to heal and cleanse and even normal every day activity can create toxins. Things to do include lying in the sun, taking walks, sleeping, listening to music, talk, laugh, relax, read, breathe, meditate. Days 1-2 Green tea Vegetable broth Days 3-14 Vegetables, broth Fruit (no juice) Flax seeds Healthy dressing Raw nuts & seeds Whole grains Core Restore Water – ½ your body weight in ounces Core Restore Water – ½ your body weight in ounces Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org 12 Most 12 Least Contaminated: Contaminated Buy These Organic Apples Bell Peppers Celery Cherries Imported Grapes Nectarines Peaches Pears Potatoes Asparagus Avocados Bananas Broccoli Cauliflower Corn (sweet) Kiwi Mangos Onions Post 2 Week Detox Vegetables, broth Fruit (no juice) Flax seeds Healthy dressing Raw nuts & seeds Whole grains Fresh fish Free-range Chicken Core Restore Water – ½ your body weight in ounces Fish Guide Most Mercury Moderate Mercury Least Mercury Bluefish Mackerel (Spanish, Gulf) Sea Bass (Chilean) Tuna (Canned Albacore) Tuna (Yellowfin) Mackerel (King) Bass (Striped, Black) Carp Croaker (White Pacific) Halibut (Pacific) Jacksmelt (Silverside) Mahi Mahi Perch (Freshwater) Butterfish Catfish Croaker (Atlantic) Hake Herring Mackerel (N. Atlantic, Chub) Mullet Perch (Ocean) Red Raspberries Spinach Strawberries Papaya Pineapples Peas (sweet) Marlin Orange Roughy Shark Swordfish Tilefish Tuna (Bigeye, Ahi) Sablefish Weakfish (Sea Trout) Plaice Pollock Salmon (wild) Shad (American) Sole (Pacific) Tilapia Whitefish Whiting Castor Oil Pack This treatment is designed to improve the functioning of your liver and to support this organ as it does one of its primary jobs: cleaning toxins from your body. Materials Needed: Saran wrap Heating pad or hot water bottle Castor oil (cold pressed is preferred) Flannel cloth (cotton or wool) Baking soda (for cleaning up afterward) Bath towel (if using the non-heat method- see below) 2-3 safety pins (if using the non-heat method- see below) Instructions Fold/cut flannel cloth into 3-4 layers thickness about 6x6 inches in size Cut a piece of saran wrap slightly larger than flannel Place plastic wrap on a hard surface and stack the 3-4 pieces/folded flannel on top Saturate flannel with castor oil (wet but not dripping) Place flannel on skin with plastic on top (plastic should cover flannel, flannel touching skin) Optional: an additional piece of saran wrap can be used to wrap around the body thereby holding the o Entire dressing in place Heat (choose one of the following methods): o With heat Place heating pad or water bottle on top of outermost layer of plastic wrap. If using heating pad turn to medium setting. Leave in place for 1-2 hours but do not fall asleep with the pack in place. Heat promotes the absorption of castor oil and relaxes the internal organs. Heat should not be used if there is an internal abscess or if appendicitis is suspected- check with your doctor if unsure. o Without heat Use a bath towel wrapped around body part and use pins to hold it in place. Overlapping the towel will ensure the castor oil does not get all over you and the surface you are laying on. Castor oil pack can be left on overnight. When castor oil pack is finished, clean area with a solution of 2 teaspoons of baking soda in 1 quart water. The pack can be stored in a plastic container and reused several times. Make sure it remains saturated with castor oil before each use.