Detox Week: Day Six- Add Grains and Live Yogurt

     The yogurt should be from goat's or sheep's milk, which is easier to digest than live yogurt from cow's milk but has the same beneficial action on the gut. The grains should always be whole grains, which provide fiber to help move waste through the intestines and trace minerals useful for liver function. Choose from rye, buckwheat, barley or oats - anything but wheat. All help to deliver a slow and steady supply of glucose into the blood, enabling liver to build up a supply of glycogen, which it needs to carry out its detox functions effectively as well as deliver sugar into the blood for emergency energy. (pg. 28)

     I was so excited to be able to eat yogurt. I must say that I could not find any yogurt made with sheep's or goat's milk at my grocery so I settled on the "YoBaby" brand of yogurt because I saw that it contained "actives" or "live" enzymes or cultures or whatever. I made a fresh plate of fruit for the whole family that included watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, blackberries, and bananas. I also cooked scrambled eggs and baked cinnamon rolls for my family. For my breakfast, besides munching on some of the fresh fruit. I ate my yogurt and added some of my organic granola, strawberries, and blueberries to it. It was delicious!

     Around noon, I sat outside in my front yard with my neighbor while our kids played. Mental note, must remember to apply sunscreen as I was wearing a strapless top and am now fried on my chest and have a wicked tan-line! I know that this book highly promotes the use of sunscreen, so I must do better!

     For lunch, I made myself a salad, with spinach leaves, mixed greens, onions, cherry tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, and celery. I used a Tbsp. of the Newman's Own Organic Vinaigrette as the dressing. I also munched on some watermelon. In the afternoon, I met up with my mom, went to the park, left my youngest with her so he could spend the night with her. After that, I took my oldest son with me to see a movie. He was craving food, so we ran through McDonald's on the way to the movies. It was very hard to go through that drive-thru while hungry and realize there was nothing on the menu that I could eat. And boy did his fries sure smell tasty! By the time we got home from the movies, it was late, and I was too lazy to fix myself a dinner. So, I snacked on some watermelon, raw and unsalted sunflower seeds (which I've really grown quite a taste for), and banana chips. Only one more day...