The Natural Cleansing Diet Explained
Cleansing the body through diet is the one of the easiest and most effective of all detox techniques. When we eat foods that naturally help maintain an alkalized environment in the bowel and provide enough fiber to stimulate peristalsis the colon is much more likely to maintain optimal health. There are many types of cleansing diets. We will summarize the two most powerful ones here.
A. High Fiber Diet
Definition: A high fiber diet contains a minimum of 40g of dietary fiber per day. Dietary fiber comes only from plants and is found in 
greater quantities in whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables.
What it does: A diet high in fiber reduces the transit time of food through the bowel from 72 hours to less than 24. Less time in the bowel gives pathogens less of a chance to survive. Fiber also gives the bowel something to work against during peristalsis. This strengthens the muscles of the colon.
When to use: A diet with less than 25g daily fiber intake is potentially harmful to the health of the digestive system. A balanced diet should include a minimum of 30g of fiber per day. Note that the average western diet includes just 11g of fiber whereas the average diet of an indigenous African includes 30g. Dr. Bernard Jensen notes that “in primitive societies there is virtually no incidence of diverticulitis or colon cancer, unless the natives adopt a modern ‘civilized’ diet.
Advantages:
- Easy to do
- Cleanses and strengthens the colon
- Requires no major dietary changes – just the addition of high fiber foods
- Has been shown to have many positive residual health effects (i.e. lowering cholesterol and blood pressure)
Disadvantages:
Leaves mucoid plaque untouched
B. Raw Vegetarian Diet
Definition: A raw vegetarian diet is a diet based entirely on raw, uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and seeds.
What it does: Raw food takes less time and energy to digest, which leaves the body with more energy to cleanse and heal itself. It is also full of life giving enzymes that help the body to break down toxins.
When to use: Many people, including us, follow a raw vegetarian diet 95-100% of the time. It is a powerful healing and cleansing diet that has many, many benefits. It is particularly helpful to eat 80% to 100% raw foods during an herbal cleanse. Eating-Raw.net has great information and resources about the raw food diet.
Advantages:
- Stimulates cellular cleansing
- Leaves the body extra energy for healing
- Prepares the bowel for deeper cleansing with herbs
Disadvantages:
- Requires learning new food preparation techniques
- Can cause the body to detoxify to rapidly
- Leaves mucoid plaque untouched
There are many ways to learn the natural cleansing diet. Our favorite resource is called “Natural Cleansing The Easy Way” by Mark Ament. It explains in detail both of the approaches above, plus provides over 75 raw and cooked recipes and a complete program for following the cleansing diet for 7-30 days.
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