So many times in life we deprive ourselves. Food, love, happiness. A self sabatage so to speak. We have a feeling we want to achieve and we do the opposite to get there. Unfortunately, most cleanses or detoxes are designed around this idea. I understand you might feel like once you are cleansing the toxins you are depriving yourself. You are no longer getting sugar, artificial sweeteners, etc. A well designed cleanse will not deprive you of vitamins, minerals and the nutrients your body needs to THRIVE.

We should begin to have each meal look like a mini cleanse, so to speak. Everything we eat and breath can either be adding health and wellness to our body or adding toxicity. If we choose cleansing foods like leafy greens, healthy fats, and superfoods, we do a mini cleanse as we are eating these foods. Mini cleanses will make a more intense cleanse not as bad.

I recommend a more intense cleanse each time the seasons change. In Tennessee we experience each season, and as they change we crave and desire different foods. A good juice cleanse or veggie fruit and fat cleanse (my 21 Day Signature Cleanse, cough cough) is good to prep your body. I know personally now that it is becoming spring I want fresh and raw foods. I crave juices and food with life.

Either way when we cleanse we should not deprive. If you are cleansing and feel super hungry and malnourished it is not serving your body well.