My 3-day cleanse that I posted at this website, followed two to four times a year is good for general of the digestive system and weight management (ideally done at the beginning of each season); however a deeper and more thorough cleanse is sometimes needed, especially if a body has gone through many years of neglect.  So who needs to follow an eleven day cleanse…

Essentially everyone could benefit from an 11 day cleanse!  Specifically though, an Eleven Day Cleanse might be a good choice for you if you are overweight, detoxing from drug, alcohol, and nicotine addiction, spent years following an unhealthy lifestyle with little to no daily cleansing foods, or recovering from a battle with a disease in which your body has been subjected to consistent foreign substances such as pain killers and other pharmaceutical medicine.  First, I would advise that if you have never gone through a cleanse, it is best to start with a 3-day, and then advance to an 11-day at a later date within a month or so.  You might want to start with a couple 3-day cleanses to jump start the process of toxin elimination, and then advance slowly, perhaps adding days to work your body up to an 11-day cleanse as your body’s alkalinity has begun to balance.  Always check with your physician before your cleanse if you have any unique health issues such as those listed above.

The longer 11-day cleanse is different from the three-day because you start with a 3-day juice cleanse, and then you have eight days of gradually adding raw foods and broths to your juice regime.  The fiber that you are adding in the raw fruits and vegetables help to further push out the toxins that have been pulled from your organs into your bloodstream.  A hot bath should be taken every night during your cleanse, to aid the continual release of toxins. 

The eleven-day cleanse can be used as a good general cleanser two or three times a year to reduce weight; when joints get stiff; to relieve constipation, and for elimination of toxins. Those who are weak and feeble should not follow the plan for the full eleven days without supervision.  The manner in which the foods are to be taken may be adjusted to suit your needs. 

11-Day Cleanse

Day 1-3

1. Follow the recommendation for the 3-Day Juice Cleanse .

Day 4-5 

1. Eat Young Thai coconuts and drink the water, 1-2 per day
2. Drink a green superfood drink 2 times or more per day.
3. Eat whole raw fruits & veggies and chia seeds only.  Use fruits such as grapes, melons, berries, tomatoes, avocados, pears, peaches, plums, apples, sulfur-free dried fruit such as prunes, figs and peaches.  Veggies such as carrots, cucumbers, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.
4. Soak dried fruits in water overnight, making them easier to digest.
5. Either grind up the chia seeds and sprinkle over your food, soak them in water and eat as a porridge with coconut water & raw agave, or blend into chia milk and mix with coconut water and/or daily green drinks.

      Days 6-11                  

1. Breakfast – Vegetable juice and/or green Superfood drink w/ chia milk (optional) and coconut water
2. Between breakfast and lunch have any kind of citrus fruits or berries or avocado
3. Lunch – Salad of 3-6 vegetables (use cold pressed olive/flax oil w/ lemon, celtic sea salt & spices for dressing) and 2 cups of Essential Broth (see recipe below)
4. Between meals, drink plenty of alkaline water, coconut water and vegetable juices as desired
5. Dinner – 2 or 3 lightly steamed vegetables drizzled with coconut oil and Celtic Sea Salt and 2 cups of Essential Broth
6. Before retiring, drink vegetable or fruit juices if desired
7. Eat plenty, but don’t overeat
8. If you feel hungry between meals, drink extra Essential Broth, Kombucha Tea, Chia Milk or Vegetable Juice

Recipe for Essential Broth

• 2 cups Carrot tops
• 2 cups Potato peelings ½” thick
• 2 cups Beet tops
• 2 cups Celery tops
• 3 cups Celery stalk
• 2 qts. Alkaline water
• 1 Carrot  & 1 Onion
• 10 Whole garlic cloves
• 1 Tbsp Miso paste
• Celtic Sea Salt to taste

1. Finely chop vegetables and slowly bring to a boil.
2. Simmer for about 60 minutes (this allows all of nutrients to leave the veggies and stay in the broth).
3. Strain out the vegetables, add the Miso and salt, and drink the broth.
4. Store in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.

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