A detox new year

The numbers are climbing people... I think we're up to 11 now, but I would love to have a few more fruit and veg heads for the new year. Even if you only do it for a week, two weeks, three weeks - if you have a juicer, let's give this thing a try on Jan 1.

To recap, we're talking water and fruit/veg juice for breakfast (and a piece of fruit or two if you're famished), a salad chock full of veg and as many cooked/steamed veg you can cram in your gullet for lunch, then a dinner of more raw greens with cooked greens and a piece of fish or chicken. No coffee, caffeinated tea, beer, vodka, red meat or shortbread, but you can cook with butter, drink red wine and have some dark chocolate for dessert. And that fruit/veg juice? As much as you want.

If you're on the caffeine and processed/sugary foods extravaganza (who isn't over the holidays), the first few days will be unpleasant - likely headaches, some stomach upset - but it'll subside. Soon you'll feel fab. If you're used to a big breakfast, it'll be a bit tortuous to turn that frown upside down and eat your biggest meal at night instead, but after a week, it'll feel oh so much better to be lighter in the morning. Yes, you'll be getting fibre. Yes, you can make the juice ahead of time and refrigerate it for up to 24 hours. Yes, you'll have to buy and wash a shitload of fruit and veg, but seriously, this is the way our bodies were meant to consume.

So give it a try, won't you? It's based on Detox 4 Women, a quick read and a book full of other suggestions (like dry body brushing to stimulate your lymphatic system, rebounding, and switching to Stevia instead of sugar if you have a sweet tooth). I've been doing the light breakfast thing for a week or so now and am good with that routine (and admittedly a juicing queen), but I'll be fussing with lunch and dinner right along with you and flushing the coconut tarts and brownies from my system, too. But if it helps us all have the cells of angels and a kickstart to living a long, cancer-free life, then really, is it not worth a bit of a try?

Merry Christmas, yous guys. You all rock my little world.