The No Morning Sickness/Healthy Baby Cleanse

!IMPORTANT!  This is to be done 3 weeks PRIOR to the desired conception date.  DO NOT attempt this during pregnancy or if you think you could be pregnant. Try to avoid pregnancy at least during the first 2 weeks of doing this- don't use synthetic birth control (i.e. the pill, depo provera, etc). 

THE BENEFITS

This program will help prevent or ease morning sickness in pregnancy and also increase your energy level, stabilize mood swings, and give you a general feeling of well-being.  This is also beneficial for dads-to-be before conception to ensure that proper DNA messaging from his sperm is received by the egg.  Conception typically occurs within 3 weeks, if not on the first "try".  This is also great for flushing out remaining synthetic birth control toxins, although you should discontinue any chemical birth control (the pill, depo provera) 6 months prior to conception.

WHY THIS WORKS

There are 2 reasons for nausea in pregnancy:

1.  The liver becomes overburdened metabolizing a new hormone, HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) - the hormone responsible for turning a pregnancy test positive.  Completing this program will "clean house" in your liver so there is no waste or unnecessary toxins to interfere with your liver's functioning during this vulnerable time.

2.  Low blood sugar is the other culprit.  This is easily remedied by incorporating fruits or natural sweeteners i.e. honey, maple syrup, into your diet.

THE BASICS

Set aside 3 weeks prior to conception:

All 3 weeks:  make sure you have an adequate water source and drink at least a half gallon to a gallon a day.  Reverse Osmosis water is the best, but take measures to avoid tap water.  Also take prenatal supplements ( I HIGHLY recommend Synergy from HerballyGrounded.com) or multi vitamin, three 10 grain brewer's yeast tablets, a "green" supplement (I HIGHLY recommend Extra Greens from HerballyGrounded.com) i.e. spirulina, wheat grass, black strap molasses, chlorrophyll, and an EFA supplement, and definately take a liver supplement.  You may also consider taking something that will help move your bowels, like On The Move.

Week 1:  go on the whole foods diet, described below

Week 2:  go on the juice "fast", described below, for 3-7 days

Week 3:  return to the whole foods diet, moderately adding free range, hormone and antibiotic-free seafood, beef, and other organ meats - or flax seed products if your vegetarian- for EFA intake essential for fetal brain growth.  Also make an extra effort to increase your non-meat protein intake that's essential for fetal tissue, skeletal, nerve, and internal organ development.

WHAT TO EXPECT

If you have a typical "American" diet of processed foods this may be very hard for you.  It's worth it to stick to it, though.  Even if your morning sickness wasn't buffered, you definitely will have a healthier, stronger baby than if you hadn't done this cleanse.  Other things to expect:

1.  Hunger the first 3 days of the juice fast.  Even flu-like symptoms are typical as your intestines are moving waste out your body.

2.  Going to the bathroom more than usual.  Regular or coffeee enemas are also helpful during this time.  Doing a colonics series is most beneficial.

WHOLE FOODS DIET

BEVERAGES

Foods Allowed

1.  All herb Teas, except those that contain tanic acid and caffine - black tea, tea, iced tea, oolong teas.  Red Raspberry leaf, comfrey, false unicorn root, alfalfa, peppermint, and nettles are most benefical for toning and strengthening the uterus.

2.  Fresh not from concentrate fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies  without white refined sugar. (these are found only in refrigerated section - preferrably organic)

3.  Carob drinks

4.  Chlorophyll drink (recipe follows)

5.  Organic vegetable and chicken broth, homemade preferred

Foods to aviod

1.  Alcohol

2.  Tanic acid and caffine teas (refer to #1)

3.  Coffee

4.  Carbonated drinks (soda pop, spritzers)

5.  Canned, bottled (aka non refrigerated) or pasteurized juices

6.  Artificial drinks & any with additives and preservatives

7.  Sugared juices or drinks

DAIRY PRODUCTS

Foods Allowed

1.  Raw milk and goat milk, orgainc

2.  Buttermilk

3.  White cheeses

4.  Yogurt with no sugar

Note:  Goat milk is naturally homogenized and easily assimilated.  Raw cow's milk contains enzymes to help milk be digested, these enzymes are destroyed during pasturization.

Foods to Avoid

1.  Pastuerized milk

2.  All processed and imitation butter

3.  ice cream and toppings

4.  All orange and colored, pastuerized cheese

PROTEIN

Foods Allowed

1.  Eggs, orgainc, free range, hormone and antibiotic-free.poached, boiled, scrambled, or in omlets.  Do not fry.

2.  Fish, organic, hormone and antibiotic-free. Fresh white flesh, salmon, rainbow trout, or fish with fins.  Broiled or baked

3.  Meats, organic, free range, hormone and antibiotic-free. Skinned chicken and turkey, eat sparingly the first week as meats are harder to digest and use more body energy to be digested.

4.  Nuts and seeds.  All raw and fresh, especially almonds, sunflower seeds, sweet apricot pits, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, etc.

5.  Brewer's yeast tablets.  three 10 grain tablets per day.

6. Edamame, organic only

Foods to Avoid

1.  Fried eggs

2.  Fish, breaded or fried, and shell fish (shrimp, lobster)

3.  Meats, Pork, beef (the first week), prepared meats (sausage, hot dogs, hams).  Note:  beef raises the body temp.  Pork takes at least nine hours to digest

4.  Nuts, roasted and salted.  Peanuts are high in acid

CARBOHYDRATES

Foods Allowed

1.  Grains, whole grian cereals, breads, muffins, wheat, buckwheat, millet, brown rice, rye, barley, etc.  Noodles and macaroni made from whole wheat, spinach, etc.

2.  Vegetables, organic, raw or steamed.  Make sure they're fresh or frozen

3.  Fruit, organic, fresh or frozen, dried - unsulfered.  Eat citrus fruits sparingly, except lemons.

Foods to Avoid

1.  White flour, hulled grains or seeds, white rice, prepared mixes or foods, cold cereals or cooked

    seeds.  Noodles made from white flour

2.  Vegetables, commercial bottled or canned, fried and deep fried.

3.  Fruit, candied or sugared, concentrated, bottled or canned

FATS

Foods Allowed

1.  Oils, cold pressed, preferrably Olive Oil (imported), flax, and grapeseed oil.

Foods to Avoid

1.  Saturated Oils or Fats, Hydrogentaed and Partially Hydrogenated Oils and High fat foods.

OTHER

Foods Allowed

1.  Soups.  All homemade.  Vegetable, sprouted lentils, barley, brown rice, millet, chicken broth.

2.  Sprouts - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.  Alfalfa, wheat, lentil, mung, bean, sunflower.

    Note:  Sprouts are the highest form of nutrition.  Sprouts contain 10 times the concentration of the actual plants vitamins and minerals.  Sprouts are incredibly easy to grow. 

3.  Sweets, raw honey, unsulfered molasses, carob, maple syrup, pineapple juice, apple juice, sorghum, barley sweetner, sucanat, stevia, fruitsource, grape juice

4.  Seasonings, herbs, garlic, chives, parsley, sea salt, etc.

Foods to Avoid

1.  Soups, canned and creamed, commercial bouillon, fat stocks

2.  Sweets, refined sugars (white or brown), chocolate, candy, syrups, dextrose, sucrose, artificial

    sweetners

3.  Seasonings, black papper, processed salts (iodized), MSG, artificial colors and flavors

JUICE FAST

1.  Raw apple juice

2.  Green drink (recipe below)

3.  Fresh juices and smoothies

4.  carrot juice

5.  herb teas

6.  vegetable and chicken broths

7.  chlorophyll drink (recipe follows)

8.  Lemon/Maple Drink (recipe follows)

9.  A lot of water

GREEN DRINK

1 cup raw apple or pineapple juice in a blender

Add any 4 or 5 of the following

~Parsley~Spinach

~Celery leaves~Marshmallow leaves

~Comfrey~Spearmint leaves

~Beet greens and 1 small beet~Peppermint leaves

~Dandelion leaves

Blend well - then finish filling with apple or pineapple juice.  Add water if it's too strong.

CHLOROPHYLL DRINK

1 tsp concentrated chlorophyll to 1 cup water, add spearmint if it's too strong.

LEMON/MAPLE DRINK

2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

2 tbsp pure maple syrup

1/10 tep cayenne

10 oz purified water

or

4 oz lemon juice

1/3 cup maple syrup

1/8 tsp cayenne

1 qt purified water

peppermint tea can also be added for flavor

HOW TO BREAK A FAST

This is very important.  Consider it part of your fast.  Do not overeat!.  Gradually replace juices with solid food.  I didn't break a fast correctly once and boy did I cramp up and pay the price.  The following is suggested:

Day 1: Breakfast: half apple 

Lunch:  Homemade vegetable soup

Day 2: Breakfast: half apple, mild fruit, stewed fruit

Lunch: vegetable soup

  Dinner: salad (no iceberg lettuce), small baked potato

Day 3: Breakfast: same as second

Lunch and dinner: cottage cheese, baked potato,  yogurt, whole grain bread

Day 4: Breakfast: Go back to whole food diet, taking heed    3rd week instructions.

Not breaking your fast correctly may result in - how shall I say - a very painful bathroom experience and general horrible feeling.