reflection on digestion

There is a point in every diet where we think to ourselves 'self, something is just not quite right here.'
 Despite any previous satisfaction with a certain way of eating or another, sometimes we just hit a place where certain habits do not treat us as well as they used to, or circumstances change our psyche regarding foods.  I found myself in this place recently; in between the Easter holiday, when I did a 5 day cleanse followed up by a wicked flu, and the beginning of august, I found myself detached from the foods I consumed.  In other words, I was indulging more often than healing with my diet.

So, decidedly, I devoted myself to a cleanse which consisted of 2 days of liquid food and 7 additional days of vegetable and fruit juices, warm raw barley miso drinks, the master cleanse lemonade drink, homebrewed kombucha, and any other healthful drinks I felt inclined to taste. Last Tuesday I started coming off of my fast with watermelon and cucumber, and now I am finally back to a happy, normal belly that I fill almost exclusively with nutrient dense, healing raw foods.

This cleanse enabled me to stop the bad habits I had acquired, such as mindless snacking, eating sweet and processed snacks and overall kind of losing focus. Granted, I know even my worst diet is one hundred times better than the SAD way of eating, but, being so invested and such a firm believer in the healing power of food, coming back to a place of love and appreciation of my food and my body was absolutely necessary.


And, the top it all off, I feel great, inspired, and ready!

I made the best soup yesterday from my garden;
Tomato and Dill Bisque

4 medium tomatoes [or a pint of cherry, or two big, whichever]
1 bunch of fresh dill
1 clove garlic
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
2 tsp nama shoyu
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp coconut oil
blend to creamy and drink up!
best when tomatoes are warm from the sun and freshly picked :D