I am writing this post after just coming off my first ever 4 day cleanse. What exactly do I mean by cleanse? Going on a cleanse gives your body time to detoxify anything it may be holding onto in the body (heavy metals, excess estrogen and other hormones, undigested food, environmental toxins) mainly through the liver and the large intestine (though there are also ways to detox throughout the skin such as dry brushing and saunas). This is done by eliminating common food irritants from the diet such as sugar, gluten, dairy, red meat, processed food and oils, caffeine, and alcohol. That way the body actually has time to remove the built up toxins because new ones are not being introduced for a certain period of time. There are many different types of cleanse programs offered by doctors, health coaches, authors, bloggers, you name it, but for my cleanse I chose to follow the Womancode protocol by holistic health coach Alissa Vitti. Read More