Ok, so speaking of Detox and why we should all do it... I have made myself a test DUMMY for the benefit of all of you. Nobody I know off the interwebben has any interest in eating clean, everyone just eats whatever they want and that's that. People have seen what I'm about to describe, and they don't care. They want their Hamburger Helper washed down with a Coke and nothing stops them.
Ok. They will suffer the health consequences for that. It's not a maybe, it's a certainty. That said, everybody has their vices including me, and I spent a good portion of November through January being "naughty" with eating whatever I wanted, drinking lots of Whiskey etc...
February until yesterday was my clean detox in which I ate nothing but Basmati Rice with Lentils with Onions and Herbs like Ginger and Parsley. I ate Dates and Apricots at night for the Fiber benefits, to move everything smoothly. I detoxed my blood daily with Burdock Root Tea... Everything was 100% Organic.
Then Sunday morning, I said "I'm going to do a cheat week, then I will start a new clean eating detox on Monday, April 1... I'm going to make a big pan of Lasagna and this AM I am going to have Egg Sandwiches."
Well, the Egg Sandwiches are fine. The Mayo has Soybean Oil, which nobody should consume, but no fireworks... Then the Lasagna happened, 3 squares of all that Cheese and Pasta and Tomato Sauce, I didn't go out of my way to make sure everything was Organic, mainly because of cost, but also because I knew it was going to be a cheat week.
My Body revolted right then with sneezing, eyes watering, the threat to throw up repeatedly, and massive gastric distress, which you can figure out led to a "few" bathroom visits... It isn't Lactose Intolerance because that only happens to me if I drink a lot of Milk. It's because I went from 100% Organic to only the Beef and Tomato being Organic... The Cheese, Cottage Cheese and Pasta are all Conventional...
We have had discussions about whether "Organic" means anything, and the only way you can find that out is by eating a clean detox diet for a Month or so and then testing to see how your body reacts to the fast food or favorites like Lasagna that you enjoy now. My only problem is I have to find more clean eating recipes that work, since I'm the only one eating it. I can't make a boatload of something unless I know I can eat it all.
The only time my body has revolted LIKE THAT was in Basic Training when they let us eat Burgers and have Ice Cream etc. after the first 2 Months... (You'll pay for it they said)... YEP.... Also, when I got back from the Middle East and ate whatever was here... Every single thing I ate came back up because I wasn't used to the massive amount of pesticides used on conventional food. Whatever they did or didn't do with the food over there was much better than here... That's when my studies began about everything nutrition.
I can tell you how to simply start a clean detox, you have to like Organic Rice and Lentils for at least 3 weeks... Then you can go back to eating whatever you want. They call it an elimination diet when you introduce ____ food back into your diet to see if it causes Fireworks... Your body goes from a clean slate to possibly having no problems or having the side effects I did. You might be completely fine eating conventional food... It's very unlikely since we weren't created to eat pesticides, but there's only one way for you to find out.