George Whiteside
Day 1
Breakfast: Gluten-free bread with nut or seed butter and sugar-free jam
Lunch: Grilled fish and quinoa salad with onions, olive oil, avocado, chickpeas and lentils
Snack: Seeds and fruit
Dinner: Organic roasted chicken breast with brown basmati rice and steamed broccoli and rapini
Snack: Nuts with cut vegetables
Day 2
Breakfast: Quick quinoa porridge
Lunch: Grilled wild salmon with chickpeas, kidney beans and white beans
Snack: Nuts with cut vegetables
Dinner: Organic roasted turkey with white beans, garlic and onions, and cauliflower roasted in olive oil
Snack: Avocado smoothie
Day 3
Breakfast: Organic muesli with unsweetened almond milk and fresh fruit
Lunch: Madras chicken soup
Snack: Unsalted rice crackers with almond butter
Dinner: Steamed snapper with ginger and garlic, with steamed asparagus and wild rice with walnuts
Snack: Nuts and seeds
Day 4
Breakfast: Spelt muffin with fresh blueberries
Lunch: Skipjack tuna salad with olive oil, celery and onions, with green salad or chopped radishes, carrots and celery in olive oil and rice wine vinegar
Snack: Rice cakes with cashew butter
Dinner: Seared-salmon salad with ruby red grapefruit
Snack: Fruit smoothie: frozen berries, unsweetened almond milk and low-sugar fruit juice
Day 5
Breakfast: Quick quinoa porridge with fresh fruit
Lunch: Madras chicken soup
Snack: Your favourite fruit, unsalted rice crackers with almond butter
Dinner: Baby greens with chicken and spring vegetables
Snack: Avocado smoothie
Day 6
Breakfast: Gluten-free toast with almond butter and all-fruit no-sugar jam, fruit
Lunch: Grilled organic chicken with hummus, brown rice and spinach salad
Snack: Avocado smoothie
Dinner: Baked trout with stir-fry of broccoli, cauliflower, onions, mushrooms and brown rice
Snack: Nuts, seeds, cut vegetables or fruit
Day 7
Breakfast: Fruit smoothie
Lunch: Homemade veggie or turkey chili with steamed carrots, broccoli and cauliflower
Snack: Baked sweet potato fries
Dinner: Cod skewers with mushrooms, onions and half a roasted squash and quinoa
Snack: All-natural spelt ginger snaps with almond butter
Cleansing cheat sheet
Eat lots of these:
- liver-healthy veggies, including broccoli, arugula, cabbage, bok choy, rapini, endive, radicchio and artichokes
- organic chicken, turkey and wild fish (excluding tuna, unless it’s skipjack)
- onions and garlic
- brown basmati rice
Limit these:
- salt
- refined sugar
Avoid these:
- red meat
- processed foods
- coffee and black tea
- artificial colours and sweeteners
- alcohol (except for cooking)
And these, which cause common intolerances and allergies:
- wheat
- dairy
- soy
- shellfish
- eggs
- corn
Reap more rewards: At the end of the week, reintroduce foods that are more likely to cause sensitivities one at a time, says Jean-Jacques Dugoua , ND, and take note of how your body reacts. If you’re feeling worse after adding them — especially with sneezing and congestion, tummy troubles or skin irritation — it might be a sign of an intolerance. This is awesome information: Cut down on it in general, or consider not eating it at all.
