MANILA – Actress and former beauty queen Alice Dixson swears by the
health benefits of doing the “Super Feed/Feel Detox Challenge” which was
co-created by her cousin, wellness educator Dr. Camilla Griggers.
In an interview on “Mornings@ANC” on Thursday, Dixson shared that she
recently took the 10-day detox challenge and has since felt
improvements in her body even if she has always had a healthy lifestyle.
“I got off my sleep medication, which I was on for a couple of years…
I feel great,” she said, adding that she feels more energetic and
positive now.
While it was not intended, Dixson also lost six pounds during the 10-day process.
So what exactly did Dixson undergo? According to Griggers, who is also the co-creator of the self-care website
The Healist, the idea is to get rid of toxins in the body while still feeling full of nutrients.
This, she said, could be done by drinking lemon juice with cayenne
pepper and honey (also known as the Master Cleanse), green juices,
potassium-rich broths and drinks containing “superfood” ingredients.
Participants are encouraged to consume only organic raw food two days before the program to boost gut health.
“You can stop this cleanse at five days, you can do seven or ten.
Give your liver time to detox,” Griggers said. “Your digestive system
shuts down for a little bit and that allows all your detox systems to
turn way up.”
Instead of offering products, Griggers said The Healist has instead
focused on telling people how to prepare the drinks and broths for the
detox at home.
Videos of Dixson doing the challenge have been uploaded on The
Healist’s social media accounts.
How to get started
Dixson said she did not have a hard time looking for the ingredients needed to create her liquid diet as these are readily available at supermarkets and health stores.
“No [we didn’t have a hard time finding the ingredients]. We just went to the mall,” the actress said.
The Healist has listed the following ingredients for the Super Feed/Feel Detox Challenge:
- Water filtered by reverse osmosis and pH balanced with alkaline, or spring water
- Organic lemons, cayenne pepper and raw honey
- A green superfood powder made from concentrated whole plant foods
- Organic apple juice to mix with your superfood blend
- Chia seeds and coconut oil for good fats
- Organic vegetables to make a potassium broth: five potatoes, five carrots, five celery stalks, five beets, two onions and half a cabbage. Save some carrots for emergency snacks.
- Raw cold-pressed vegetable juices, 2-5 per day.
- Glass Mason jars – at least one pint and one quart jar per person to mix drinks. No plastic, please.
- Coconut water for electrolytes
- Kombucha for good probiotics for your gut
- Herbal detox tea or fresh ginger for ginger tea
On the other hand, the daily routine published on the website is as follows:
- Lemon, cayenne and honey water – one quart a day
- Potassium-rich vegetable broth with coconut oil – three servings a day
- Cold-pressed green juices – two to five servings a day
- Superfood blend with apple juice and chia seeds – two to five servings a day
- Kombucha – one serving a day
- Detox tea – whenever
- Coconut water – whenever
- Carrot sticks – if you feel like you absolutely need to chew
Griggers suggested that those who are interested to do the detox should do it with their partner, friend or a family member so they will not be tempted to go back to unhealthy eating.
Dixson, for instance, admitted that she was at the point of giving up when she was on her sixth day under the program.
“I committed to a 10-day detox and at Day 6 I just wanted to give up! I'm hungry!” she recalled, laughing. “The eighth day was emotional for me. That was like, ugh, I’m ready to quit! Ayoko na!”
Explaining the process that her cousin went through, Griggers said: “Day six is when the emotional crap starts to go out. That’s why you want to have a partner because you want to be able to deal with that with somebody, you want to have a shoulder to cry on.”
“Old stuff really does come out [when you detox],” she added. “The memories come through the senses so they’re actually stored in the body. So detoxing is also a good time to touch that stuff and let it go.”
For the recipes for the drinks in the Super Feed/Feel Detox Challenge, visit The Healist’s website.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
