In order for you to reduce the burden stored within your body, you need to enable your body to remove it. Part of that process is providing it with the key nutrients it needs:
| FOOD | IMPORTANCE |
| Lean Red Meat Nutrients: B-vitamins and amino acids such as methionine Supplement: Protein powders and a B-Complex | Supports methylation (epigenetics) and blood production. Important to test methylmalonic acid and homocysteine on serum labs to truly understand vitamin B12 status. |
| Fattier Cuts of Meat Nutrients: B-vitamins and amino acids such as proline and glycine Supplement: Protein powders with proline and glycine; collagen powder Toxins are stored in the fat, so prioritize pasture-raised fattier cuts of meat | Proline is important for the formation of collagen. Glycine balances the other amino acids and can improve mood and digestive function. |
| Eggs Nutrients: 13 essential nutrients in the yolks Supplement: Multivitamin with choline | A complete food and an important source of choline (important for memory). |
| Non-Starchy Vegetables Nutrient: Insoluble fiber Food: Greens Cut off stems, peel skins, and/or cook longer to reduce gut irritation from roughage | Provides bulk in the stool to facilitate transit of foods and binds excess hormones and toxins. |
| Starchy Vegetables Nutrients: Soluble fiber and glucose Food: Root vegetables Supplement: Fiber powder Start small and work your way up – can make you gassy and bloated | Food for your microbiome and a natural source of energy as glucose. Has a soothing affect on your gut. |
| Fresh Fruit Nutrients: Antioxidants, electrolytes and fiber Supplement: Multivitamin with polyphenols | Antioxidants provide compounds that promote adaptations that make us healthier and stronger and may extend our lifespan. Helpful when detoxing or utilizing an anti-microbial protocol. |
| Sea Vegetables Nutrient: Minerals Food: Seaweed snacks, cooking with kelp flakes Supplement: Multimineral | Minerals enable the conduction of electrical energy. There are also seawater supplements such as Quinton. |
| Herbs & Spices Medicinal food that helps to heal conditions based on their tastes, temperatures, and medicinal functions | Bitter helps drain. Sour squeezes. Spicy moves the blood. Sweet nourishes. Salty breaks up accumulations. |
| Fermented Foods Good bacteria and food for your microbiome Add a fork-full to your plate daily Supplement: pre-and-probiotic | To support a healthy, diverse gut terrain. f you can’t tolerate most dairy products, you might be fine with fermented dairy. |
| Liver Nutrients: retinol, iron, zinc, copper, choline, B-vitamins, trace minerals Food: Eat 4 ounces of liver weekly Supplement: Cod Liver Oil provides the retinol, whereas a dessicated liver supplement will provide all of these nutrients | Affects all surfaces (such as your skin and cell walls), with a flexible, fatty layer. Important to clear toxins and repair tissues. Caution eating liver if you have too much iron or copper in your body. Can use cod liver oil instead. |
| Cold-Water Fatty Fish Nutrients: Long chain omega-3 fatty acids (DHA, EPA), vitamin D and selenium Foods: Eat fish eggs, salmon, anchovies, herring, mackerel, cod, sardines couple times a week Supplement: High quality fish oil | Omega-3’s reduce inflammation by balancing with omega-6 fatty acids. Selenium supports thyroid function, protects from iodine dominance, and supports detoxification. |
| Saturated Fats Nutrients: Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen Foods: Animal fats | Fuels your mitochondria, provides anti-inflammatory benefits and could improve your cholesterol numbers. Make sure you check your LDL particle number or ApoB marker to understand how you process saturated fats. |
Ideally, you would incorporate the above foods into your diet while supplementing them to optimize any nutritional deficiencies that will impede your ability to detox. Start with a Treatment Phase to increase your levels of these key nutrients. Afterwards you may transition into a Maintenance Phase where you maintain supplementation for the key nutrients that are still missing from your diet, and reduce others that you are regularly getting from food.
Step into Action
| Improve your diet | Earth Element of Cleansing Lifestyle Program |
| Utilize supplements | Replace Your Missing Nutrients |
| Gain support | Join a Wholistic Health Group |
| Personalize your process | Schedule a Personalized Consultation |