08. Mono Eating Cleanse

• Immediately upon waking, drink 16 oz of lemon water. (½ lemon/16 oz water). It is best to squeeze directly from a lemon or lime. Wait 15-30 min after consuming to drink your celery juice.

• 15-30 min after your morning lemon water, drink 16 oz (1 bunch) of celery juice. For some, drinking 32 oz is most therapeutic.
  • For those who are sensitive and/or experiencing a detox reaction from the celery juice, it is advised to start as low as a few ounces and gradually increase.
• Clean and run through a slow masticating juicer, drink immediately.
• It is critical that it is in juice form (if you blend it you need to drain it using a bag like this) and does not have anything else added to it.

• Over the course of the day, drink at least 32 oz of water, preferably lemon water. Try not to drink while you are eating as this reduces digestive capacity.
• Optional: 
  • Cucumber juice in afternoon
  • Coconut water (not any pink or red varieties)

• Pick one of the following food options (1-6) and consume multiple small meals (3-5 typically) of the food throughout the day choosing a serving size that satiates you.
• Don’t allow yourself to become too hungry in between.
• You can try different ones to see what you like best but once you decide, stick with it and don’t vary it. However, if you are doing more long term mono cleansing you may want to switch it up after a month or so.

Mono Food Choices:

• 1. Banana (whole, mashed or wrapped in optional lettuce)
     • Least irritating to the gut, helps with constipation. 
     • Yellow with brown spots is typically optimal ripeness. 
  2. Papaya (non GMO Maradol is best) with optional lettuce
     • Helps with constipation, bloating, gastric pain, cramps, reflux. 
     • Should be spoonable for optimal ripeness. 
  3. Banana + Papaya (non GMO Maradol is best) with optional lettuce
     • Combines both qualities of banana and papaya
  4. Steamed Potatoes with optional lettuce
     • Helps with loose stools/diarrhea, too frequent stools
     • Good for ulcers, burning stomach pain
  5. Steamed Peas (with optional lettuce)
     • Are gentle on intestinal tract but not as much as above options
  6. Steamed Winter Squash + Steamed Green Beans, Brussels Sprouts, or Asparagus (with optional lettuce)
     • Best for someone with a less sensitive stomach than the above options and wants more variety
     • After celery juice, eat squash until dinnertime (typically ~ 3 meals). 
     • For dinner choose between steamed green beans, brussels sprouts or asparagus

• These are the only foods that are recommended to do mono eating as they contain just the right amount of nutritious qualities to sustain and heal you.
• If you add the optional lettuce, keep in mind that the gentlest lettuce is butter lettuce (followed by red and spinach) which helps to gently sweep out debris from your intestines.  

• A little bland at first but this is also an amazing way to reset your palate!
• Reduce the overload of salt, seasonings and spices and taste your food again.

• Introduce one new (non-troublemaker) food at a time. It's best to focus on healing foods. 
• Stay off of fats (including healthy ones like avocado, olives, nuts, etc) for a little while. When you are ready, start with ¼ avocado at the end of the day with steamed vegetables or salad.
• Continue to stay off of troublemaker foods/beverages/additives

• This is typically a result of inflamed nerves along the lining of your gut due to pathogens and the presence of undigested rancid and putrefied food which is also feeding the pathogens. 
• If you still feel some of these symptoms when eating these mono foods, it is not harming your gut and it will take time to reduce.