From nutritionist and behavioral therapist, Dana James
This cleanse is designed to be used between your holiday parties to help keep you sparkly, vitalized and fitting easily into your party dresses.
Find three days when you’re not drinking alcohol. These will be your cleanse days. They do not need to be consecutive. Just three days per festive week. This is a gluten-free and dairy-free meal plan. Choose organic as much as you can. Your meal sizes are equivalent to the size of your two hands. Drink eight glasses of filtered water per day. Keep caffeine to one cup per day of either coffee or tea. Aim to eat every three hours. Most importantly have fun! Bond with some girlfriends and do it together.
Day One
Morning Elixir
Rose-infused filtered water
Breakfast
Cherry and beet smoothie made with 3 tbs Beauti-fuel, almond milk, frozen cherries, 1/2 raw beet and ice
Lunch
Organic chicken and vegetable soup with chickpeas and harissa
Snack
1 pink grapefruit with coconut sugar
Dinner
Winter Rejuvenation Macro Bowl
Snack
3 tbs of coconut yogurt with lemon zest
Day Two
Morning Elixir
2 tbs of aloe vera juice (such as Desert Lilly) in water
Breakfast
Warmed chia seed pudding topped with pomegranate seeds and orange zest
Lunch
Cabbage and avocado salad with hemp seeds, mint, cilantro and nori
Snack
2 blood oranges
Dinner
Hemp-seed encrusted grouper with micro greens and avocado
Snack
Warmed almond milk with cinnamon
Day Three
Morning Elixir
Shot of chlorophyll with filtered water
Breakfast
2 organic eggs pan fried in coconut oil and dusted in turmeric
Lunch
Cauliflower soup with lemon zest and olive oil
Snack
1 apple with cinnamon
Dinner
Moroccan red cabbage and carrot salad with pan-seared wild salmon
Snack
Fresh ginger tea with raw honey
Read more tips for eating healthy this Holiday season or check out tips for how to lose weight.