During a Las Morenas de España retreat in Jávea, Spain, I met Sarah Somian, a Madrid-based nutritionist and wellness guru. She led a workshop about healthy breakfast options, a workshop about morning rituals, and a yoga session. When I returned home, I felt inspired and decided to purchase the Deliciously Vibrant 10-Day Sugar Detox e-guide.
What is the 10-day sugar detox?
For $24.99, you receive a 79-page PDF file. It’s full of information about sugar’s effects, what the detox is meant to achieve, a 10-day meal plan, shopping list, and 40 recipes that will last you much longer than the detox itself. It also includes tips on how to be successful at the detox, a self-care guide, and offers access to a Facebook group where participants can support each other.
I already knew about many of the negative effects of processed sugar. They include lack of energy after an initial high, premature aging, damage to the teeth, its highly addictive nature, and increased risk of conditions such as obesity and type II diabetes. I’d thought about limiting my sugar intake before, but I rarely eat the obviously sugary foods like candy and soda. (Fruit is allowed while on the detox – it’s the processed and refined sugars that need to be cut out.) The real problem is that some form of sugar is added to so much of the food we eat. Bread, pasta sauce, salad dressing, cereal, and granola or snack bars – all packaged foods – have sugar.
The purpose of the detox is to reset your tastebuds and allow your body to detox from an overload of sugar. With this guide, I was successful in that goal. I knew something was happening when I started to see breakouts on my shoulders. As annoying as those are, I learned that breakouts are a common, but temporary, effect of a detox. Toxins that stem from the foods you were eating before are released all at once and this shows up in the form of pimples. Knowing the detox was working made me much less irritated with my temporary skin issues.
My takeaways and advice
In hindsight, the hardest part of this detox was starting. I bought the e-guide in January and didn’t start until March. That’s partly because I hate grocery shopping and partly because I had travel planned and didn’t want to set myself up for failure. But once I started, I had fun with it. I made sure to take pictures of my meals and add them to Instagram Stories to be held accountable. Even though I slipped once with a hard cider when I had friends over, I wasn’t too hard on myself given how well I’d done overall. I just went right back to focusing on the detox recipes as planned.
Another challenge for me was to cook on a regular basis to avoid packaged foods, which requires time and planning. The guide provides a great solution. I followed the 10-day meal plan and actually ended up not getting to some recipes because I had leftovers. The only planning I had to do was at the beginning, when I chose my recipes and bought the ingredients. If I’m having a busy week, I’ll double the measurements of my favorite recipes to make them last longer.
Even though my first 10-day run is over, I feel so good about it that I’m still sticking to a low-sugar lifestyle. Whenever I feel in the mood or that it’s necessary, I’ll start the detox again.
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