FOODS TO AVOID:

Anything that contains augar or high fructose corn syrup.

(always read labels) All premade salad dressings.

All vinegars except for apple cider Vinegar.

CONDIMENTS

• tomato auce

• relish

• soy sauce

• teriyaki sauce

• non-dairy creamers

• barbeque or steak sauce

• salad dressings not made with

allowed ingredients

• mayonnaise

• spreads not made with

the allowed ingredients

DAIRY PRODUCTS

AND EGGS

eggs & all dairy products

are avoided, including:

• milk

• cheese

• cottage cheese

• sour cream

• yogurt and kefir

• ice cream and

frozen yogurt

WHEAT

wheat and products

containing wheat, such

as pasta and bread.

SWEETENERS

• refined sugar

• any white sugar

• any brown sugar

• high-fructose corn syrup

• evaporated cane juice

• artificial sweeteners

GLUTEN

All gluten-containing grains, including

wheat, barley, rye, spelt, couscous, bran.

CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES

• Coffee

• Tea

• Soft drinks

ANIMAL PRODUCTS

• beef

• pork

• veal

• sausages

• deli meats and cold cuts

• shellfish

OTHER FOODS TO AVOID

• yeast

• alcohol

• food additives and preservatives

• high-fat foods

• corn

• shortening

• margarine

DETOXshould be a way of life

“You deserve to feel great all the time! We are however constantly exposed to pesticides,

chemicals, heavy metals and an array of toxic metabolites daily and very often when

starting to “cleanse” the body it’s a good idea to embark on a detoxification regime that

assists the body on a cellular level focusing especially on the colon, liver, skin and lungs.”

Eating a well-balanced diet and pursuing

a healthy lifestyle will eliminate the need to

detox - remember that your detox organs

like your liver, gut, skin and kidneys should

be in tip top shape at all times to ensure the

body is in a constant state of self-cleansing.

Our philosophy is a way of life that improves

and optimizes the function of your body’s

own built-in detoxification systems. This is

done by decreasing the amount of toxins we

put into our bodies while, at the same time,

supporting our detoxification and elimina-

tion systems with the nutrients they need to

function properly. The real work is what you

do 90% of the time, day in and day out, not

what you do for a week of every year.

So, while juice fasts or eating barley and

wheat grass for a week may be short-term

ways of addressing toxicity, the long term

answer is to ensure you constantly pursue

a healthy lifestyle, consume natural food such

as fruit, vegetables and lean protein and elimi-

nate processed foods and sugar from your diet.

Many of us react badly and may actually

get very sick on detox diets. Detoxing

awakens toxins in our system, which can

lead to unpleasant side effects such as

headaches, nausea and diarrhea. It’s a

lot more important to follow a lifestyle

where you “detox” on a continual basis,

day in and day out.

Origine8 detox plan is focused on

eating simple, clean wholefoods.

Foods that are correctly combined

and as close to nature as possible.

No chemicals, no artificial preservatives

and no sugar. It is so important to give

your body a break from the everyday

stimulants like coffee and sugar,

convenient foods and mindless eating.

These 7 days are an investment into you!

“Ultimately we want to be able to detox daily in some way, but

short-term approaches are powerful and often very much needed.”

This plan promotes the elimination of unwanted chemicals and dietary toxins from the body, and it also removes all foods that may cause allergies and intolerances that lead to poor digestion, assimilation of nutrients and absorption. The detox is completely sugar, gluten and dairy-free, with a low allergenic, anti-inflammatory profile. Plan to purchase

only organic foods for this detox— you don’t want to add environmental chemicals while you are trying to remove them!

CLEANSE RESTORE MAINTAIN

THE PLANDETOX

Upon RisingDrink a glass of lukewarm, filtered

water with lemon.

B r e a k f a s t• Green vegetable juice: (spinach,

celery, apple, ginger, lemon,

cucumber) with some soaked

almonds or seeds.

• Papaya with lemon juice

• Quinoa with almond milk & cinnamon

• Herbal teas/ green tea or ooibos.

A typical lunch on a detox diet consists of approximate-

ly 60 to 80 percent vegetables, preferably nutrient rich

greens such as rocket, watercress, spinach, asparagus

with cold pressed olive oil, coconut oil or avocado oil

and some lemon juice.

You can then fill the other 20 to 40 percent in with

other plant foods, steamed broccoli, gluten-free

grains such as rice or quinoa, baked sweet potato, or

fresh wild fish (if you eat meat). *avoid farmed fish.

Make a simple dressing using 2 teaspoons of extra

virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice, and

an optional 1 teaspoon of fresh-chopped herbs.

Lunch

Dinner(keep it early,

around 6 or 7 pm)

Make sure to eat a large raw salad, with steamed vegetables and with either a small piece of fish or alternatively some brown rice or quinoa. Make sure your dinner is 80 percent vegetable based.

• Steamed kale, pine nuts and tossed in lemon juice and olive oil.

• Brown rice or quinoa with baked vegetables and a large green salad.

• Steamed salmon with fresh herbs and lemon with spinach or broccoli.

• Large raw salad with Steamed vegetables and salmon.

Snacks• Apple or pear,

sliced, with 1 tablespoon raw almond butter.

• Piece of fruit• Green juice• 10 to 15 raw

almonds

9 TIPS TO ENSURE A NATURALLY HEALTHY BODY

DETOX

GreensEat lots of veggies & salads (at least twice a day). Every lunch and dinner should contain a raw salad and some green

steamed or grilled vegetables. Food and vegetables contain fiber, anti-oxidants and low GI

carbs – all great for a clean and healthy system.

JuiceConsume the juice of up to

1 lemon daily. Squeeze them over salads, in water, or over

veggies. Lemon helps regener-ate and support the liver.

Avoid DairyWe are the only beings on the planet that consume another animal’s milk. Most of us are

allergic and intolerant to dairy. We don’t have the enzymes

to digest the lactase. It is also mucous and acid forming.

SweatGo to yoga, swim, run or cycle.

Ensure you move every day – even if it’s walking the dog

vigorously for an hour.

Keep it RealAvoid all “fake and artificial” sugars. These are toxic and

hard for the body to recognize and break down.

Drink upStay hydrated. Drinks lots of clean filtered alter between

meals but drink minimally with meals so as not to dilute the

digestive enzymes.

Ditch the fizz

Limit alcohol and ditch fizzy drinks - even the diet ones (they deplete the body of

minerals, especially B Vitamins and are also very, very acidic).

ChewChew your food well.

Eat slowly. Not only does this extract more nutrients from food, but you will feel full

before overeating.

STEP 1STEP 2 STEP 3

FOODS TO INCLUDE:FRUITS• fresh fruit

VEGETABLES• Vegetables thought to be particularly good detox foods include broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli sprouts, onions, garlic, artichokes, beets, and dark leafy greens such as kale, collard greens, and swiss chard• sea vegetables, including kelp, nori sheets,• note: some people are sensitive to the nightshade family of vegetables, which includes tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplants, and potatoes, and may wish to avoid them

GRAINS AND STARCHES• brown rice • quinoa• buckwheat• millet• amaranth• wild rice• oatswhole grains are preferred, but products made from the above may be allowed, such as brown rice pasta, pure buckwheat noodles, rice crackers, and bread

BEANS AND LEGUMES• split yellow and green peas• lentils• adzuki beans

NUTS AND SEEDS• almonds• cashews• walnuts• sunflower seeds• pumpkin seeds• sesame seeds• chia seeds• hemp seeds, hemp nuts• coconut, especially young coconuts• tahini• nut & butters only made with allowed ingredients• peanuts and peanut butter - usually not recommended. Choose unsalted, raw nuts and seeds.

OILS• cold-pressed, extra-virgin olive oil• hemp oil• flax oil• avocado oil• coconut oil

BEVERAGESHome made nut milk or organic rice milk. Coconut Waterherbal teasgreen tealemon water mineral water or natural spring water.

SWEETENERS• stevia• raw honey

CONDIMENTS• apple cider vinegar• Bragg’s Liquid Aminos• miso - small amounts• black olives

SupplementationDETOX

Supplementation: Choose the best quality nutritional support - It’s

not always possible to get all the nutrients we need from food and

especially on a detox we need extra support. The Catechins found in

Green tea are effective scavengers of reactive oxygen species and

may also function indirectly as antioxidants through their effects on

transcription factors and enzyme activities. They essentially support

the body’s major detox organ, the liver, improving liver function

and reversing declines in antioxidant defenses. Studies indicate

catechins have the ability to block the amount of fat stores in the liver.

Our recommendations: Bio-Curcumin, Origine

8, Bitter greens (dandelion, milk thistle, parsley)

Get SaltyTake a bath 3 times a week in Epsom Salts, this is great for relaxation and detoxification.

Portion sizes PROTEIN:

the size of the palm of your hand

CARBS: (1/2 cup) or the size of a closed fist

FAT: 1 serving (1/2 an avocado,

1 tablespoon olive oil, handful of raw nuts)

3

“It’s not about calorie counting, deprivation or over

exercising– it’s not a diet at all, but a way of eating

that is simple, makes you feel good, look good and

it’s benefits are beyond the number on the scale. ”

Weight loss in itself is a by product of

being healthy, so ultimately the key is to

focus on health. We are all biochemically

unique, and there is no one eating plan

that works for everyone, there are

however key principles that really work,

that emphasise the importance of being

healthy, fi l led with energy, vitaity and zest

for l ife.

It’s not about calorie counting, deprivation

or over exercising– it’s not a diet at all, but

a way of eating that is simple, makes you

feel good, look good and it’s benefits are

beyond the number on the scale.

There is a certain freedom that comes

from understanding our own bodies,

focusing on nutrit ion vs calories, REAL

food in abundance vs deprivation and fine

tuning the quality of foods we choose to

consume. You won’t need to or want to

embark on another diet plan “Starting on

Monday”

This is a holistic approach in terms of

nutrition and lifestyle. A healthy body and

mind is naturally slim.

Weight loss is a result of a healthy lifestyle

and should never be the main focus. If diets

worked we wouldn’t have a global epidemic

that we do today.

We start off by identifying the toxic

chemicals present in the body and in the

foods we consume daily, which inhibit our

desired results and interfere with our

endocrine system (hormones). For example,

you may suffer from water retention, have

uncontrollable cravings, feel lethargic and

depressed, have allergies and intolerances

to food, you could also be lacking zest for

life, in need of stimulants & sugar to get you

through the day, these are all clear signs that

the body is not functioning at its peak and is

out of balance. The first step is cleansing

the body of these toxins, supporting it with

real food & the best quality supplements,

which then create the internal environment with

the correct nutritional and exercise regime.

“ I f a l l y o u d i d w a s s i m p l y e a t r e a l f o o d – y o u w o u l d b e h a l f w a y t h e r e . ”

TOP TIPS BEFORE YOU STARTWEIGHT - LOSS

GREENSThe bulk of each meal are green vegetables accompanied

by avocado, ol ive oi l , or coconut oi l or some quinoa,

hummus, sweet potato or simply more greens l ike broccoli.

TIME IT Eat three times a day with no snacking in between. (Leave 4- 5 hours between meals)

BALANCE Balance your blood sugar levels – stay away from stimulants (coffee, alcohol and sugar)

CLEAN UPEat food in its natural and whole state – avoid over processed food. Your body doesn’t know what to do with it – keep it clean and lean all the way.

WATER Stay hydrated. Drinks lots of clean filtered alter between meals but drink minimally with meals so as not to dilute the digestive enzymes.

NO FROYOIt may disrupt hormones and these days there are

many antibiotics, hormones, Insulin Growth factors

that it isnt worth consuming.

Don’t forget to sleep – 7-8 hours is ideal.

WEIGHT - LOSSa by-product of being healthy

CLEANSE MAINTAINRESTORE

The more natural, fresh and whole your food is, the better it is for you, not only for your

waistline, but your overall health and wellness which is really what we should all be focusing on.

The truth is that when we eat food in its natural state, or whole foods,

you will automatically eat less, as they are less calorie dense and less

toxic in the body and wont have an affect on your hormones.

Think greens, good fats, organic protein, fresh fruit in season, an

abundance of vegetables but most of all no guilty feelings around food.

You can’t go wrong. We always build health first so if your body is

healthy you will naturally look and feel better.

ESSENTIAL GUIDELINES:

Have a treat 1x a week, but a meal and not a DAY. Reduce your salt intake and focus on fresh herbs to

season your food. Buy organic or free range animal products. Use parsley a lot, it’s a blood purifier and

helps eliminate water. Vegetable juices are amazing, try have at least 1 a day (more vegetables than fruit).

Always leave 12-16 hours between your last meal of the day and breakfast. This is a great way to make

sure your digestive system gets a break from eating all day. (see more info below on IF).

THE PLANWEIGHT-LOSS

Upon RisingHot water and lemon. You can

add some ginger to really add a boost, but this is optional.

Big raw salad with rocket, romaine or butter lettuce, avocado, spinach,

steamed asparagus or broccoli, carrots, with either free range grilled chicken

breast or some grilled fish like hake, a boiled egg or some tinned tuna, add

some olive oil if you wish and fresh lemon juice.

Quinoa and vegetables with a large salad is a great plant based source of

protein and super alkalising too. Lunch

Dinner(keep it early,

around 6 or 7pm)

Lots of steamed or baked veggies (green beans, beetroot, pumpkin,

broccoli, mushrooms or any of the green veg).

Again, either add another free range protein source (fish, chicken, lamb)

IF you had animal protein at lunch rather choose a plant based option

like seeds & nuts, hummus & quinoa.

MAIN AREAS TO CONCENTRATE ON:

INSULIN(remember you can work

off sugar at the gym but you

can’t work off insulin)

INFLAMMATIONreduce inf lammation dai ly

and watch your health improve – inf lammation is

at the root cause of every i l lness

(fasting works wonders for weight loss,

but also controls blood sugar levels,

is great for anti – aging and you

tend to think less about

food al l day)

*read key notes below

INTERMITTENT FASTING*

LEAN & EARLYKeep your dinner lean & early – greens, fat and protein. Try & consume animal protein only once a day, especially Omega-3 rich foods, avoid all fat free foods.

ZZZ’s

Focus on resistance training 3-4 times a week and don’t forget walking is one of the best forms of cardio you can do!SWEAT

KEEP IT REAL

Don’t eat food pretending to be something else – if you want a slice of pizza or bread eat it, but don’t try and recreate a desert or pasta dish using a plethora of ingredients you wouldn’t usually consume.

SHOP RIGHT Eat and shop consciously, know where your food comes from. Choose the best possible quality you can find, organic, wild, pasture raised.

Breakfast(OPTIONAL) if you’re doing intermittent fasting you can skip breakfast)

• Vegetable juice with activated nuts and seeds• Fresh papaya with lemon juice and raw almonds• Coconut oil smoothie with vegan protein powder and blueberries.• Organic eggs with wilted spinach and avocado.

Chamomile tea or peppermint tea to aid in sleep and digestion and

a piece of dark chocolate (85% / 90%) good quality dark chocolate)

only if you need a small treat daily.

BeforeBed

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Read more aboutintermittent fasting

S p o n o s o r e d b y

We are all familiar with the term “anti-aging” – well our approach is slightly different, we

are pro aging, with vigour, vitality, graciousness and all the right nutritional tools that

can make us feel and look our best along the way.

WHAT CAUSES CHRONIC SYSTEMATIC INFLAMMATION?

GRACEFUL -AGINGyou are what you eat

CLEANSE RESTOREMAINTAIN

STEP 3

STEP 1 STEP 2

Dark circles under the eyes, sagging skin, large pores, puffiness, lack of facial contours and

firmness are often related to inflammation. We need to understand our food choices and the

fundamental role nutrition has to play.

Inflammation is at the heart of age related diseases

and degenerative conditions. What we consume

each day can either be pro- inflammatory or anti-

inflammatory. Ever woken up fresh faced and bright

eyed after a heavy night of alcohol/ sugar binge/lack

of sleep? Ever noticed a person with a tired, drawn,

wrinkled, leathery complexion, with no glow?

Do you perhaps suffer from weak muscle tone, poor

brain function, lack of energy? And a dull complexion,

do you see yourself aging too quickly?

LOOK & FEEL YOUR BESTGRACEFUL AGING

INFLAMMATION

DIABETES

CANCER CARDIO-VASCULAR

ALZHEIMERS

PULMONARY DISEASE

ARTHRITIS

AUTOIMMUNEDISEASE

NUEROLOGICAL

DISEASE

GRACEFUL AGING

Diet Alcohol, Gluten, Casein, Processed Foods, Sugar, Hydrogenated Fats, Non-

foods and Chemicals.

Medicine Corticosteroids,

Antibiotics, Antacids, Xenobiotics

Infections Such as H-Pylori, Yeast or Bacterial Overgrowth, Viral

or Parasite Infection

StressIncreased Cortisol,

Increased Catecholamines

Hormonal /Nuerological

Thyroid, Progesterone, Estradiol, Testosterone, Brain Trauma, Stroke, Neuro-degeneration.

Metabolic Glycosylated End Products (inflammatory end products

of sugar metabolism), Intestinal Inflammation,

Autoimmune

We have al l seen people who don’t look their age, is i t genet ics? Perhaps, but in

today’s t ime there is so much that can be done to change our internal and external

environment and we know that genet ics plays a role but ul t imately our environment

pul ls the tr igger - so speak. We can signi f icant ly change our internal and external

environment. What a great t ime to be al ive!

You are what you eat! What you put into your body determines what you look like on the outside.

Your skin tells you what is happening in your body. Premature aging, dryness, acne, puffiness, and

bad pigmentation can all be signs of a poor diet and lack of essential fats, antioxidants and even stress.

Your skin indicates how toxic you are and is a good indicator of your body’s overall health. Getting

your body’s systems working optimally is crucial to addressing skin problems and nutrition is key.

Whatever our age, we all want to look and feel good, for some of us perfection is the ultimate goal,

I am not entirely convinced that we ever reach this as its all based on perception. My aim is to

shift your focus from this ideal and really invest in your health, using knowledge about what you can

do each day to age gracefully, have joie de vivre, and an inner youthfulness that really shines.

After all, if we don’t have our health, what do we truly have?

DITCHTHE SUGAR

Sugar is very inflammatory and causes the most glycation in

the body (think of a rusty car). Our goal is to avoid chronic

systematic inflammation, which occurs on a cellular level and

is highly damaging to every part of the body including our skin.

Sugar, especially added sucrose, fructose and glucose can lead

to increased levels of inflammation. Insteading of reading labels,

focus on foods that don’t have labels as the more than likely

wont have sugar! Remove ALL SUGAR, refined sugar, artificial

sweeteners, honey, agave.

ACTION PLANGRACEFUL AGING

REALFOOD

Organic, free range no nonsense food: Consume animal

products which are free of antibiotics and hormones,

from animals which have consumed their natural diet and

are free to roam and live life in a natural state. If it has

a long label don’t eat it: Avoid refined and processed

foods. Cook your own food- Eat REAL food. Increase

good fats. Another essential nutrient for healthy skin is

essential fats (found in nuts, avocado, seeds and oily

fish) – the skins needs a regular supply to stay smooth

and supple and also hydrated. The essential fats also

regulate hormones which if out of balance leads to pre-

mature aging. (avocado, coconut oil, raw nuts & seeds,

fatty wild fish, pasture reared animal protein). Increase

foods that combat inflammation: olive oil, ginger, rose-

mary, cloves and curcumin, organic apple cider vinegar.

Remove all forms of Gluten (rye, barley, oats, wheat)

Vitamins C, E and A are vital nutrients for the skin which help

counteract free radicals and oxidative stress. Free radicals

damage and age skin, so it’s important to eat plenty of an-

ti-oxidants. Eat lots of different coloured fruit and veg like car-

rots, butternut, berries, apples, beetroot and the all the greens!

ANTI OXIDANTS

HYDRATE

Water rids the body of toxins and is an essential part of

any diet. Our skin is made from cells requiring water to stay

hydrated. Water keeps our skin cells clean and reduces puffi-

ness and water retention.

SEEDS EAT

Fresh seeds – a tablespoon a day, for example pumpkin,

sunflower, sesame or flaxseed. Cold-pressed seed oils or

extra virgin olive oil — a tablespoon, for example with salads,

drizzled over vegetables .

FOOD ALLERGIESMany sk in issues inc luding acne, in f lammat ion, dry sk in, are actual ly

a l lerg ic react ions. Many people are

into lerant or a l lerg ic to dai ry and wheat

which can a lso cause the sk in to f lare up

and cause puff iness. Remove a l l da i ry

(cheese, mi lk, yoghurt ) .

Supplementation• Green Tea:= Contains Camellia sinesis which is rich in polyphenols, a

compound with great healing properties and which helps protect the skin.

It contains powerful antioxidants, assists in decreasing inflammation and

is great tonic for the liver, it is so important to keep your liver functioning

optimally.

• Curcumin: Has been studied in over 7000 pulished scientific articles

and is known to modulate several important pathways including the ones

involved in inflammatory processes.

Our recommendations: Bio-curcumin, Origine

8, Bitter greens (Dandelion, milk thistle, parsley)

LIMIT YOUR INTAKE OF:• Alcohol (or avoid it completely)*

• Tea and coffee (no more than 2 cups per day).

• Red meat (no more than three times per week - fish, organic

chicken, or vegetable protein instead.)

• Cheese and milk. Most people are intolerant to dairy and this can

cause skin irritations.

VISIT ORIGINE 8

1:00PM

Big raw salad with rocket, romaine or butter lettuce, avocado, celery, carrots, with either

an organic free range grilled chicken breast or some grilled fish or eggs. NO VINEGAR.

You may add steamed vegetables if you wish, alternate the animal protein with legumes or quinoa.

Lunch

Dinner6:30PM - 7:00PM

Lots of steamed or baked veggies

(green beans, beetroot, pumpkin, butternut,

broccoli, spinach or any of the green veg).

If you ate animal protein for lunch make

dinner plant based, you can use quinoa, lentils

or simply steamed or baked vegetables with a

large raw salad and avocado.

MEAL PLANGRACEFUL AGING

Upon RisingHot water and lemon. You can add

some ginger to really add a boost, but this is optional.

B r e a k f a s tSmoothie with organic pea protein, coconut

oil, cacao, blueberries, almond milk.

Or:

Papaya and some lemon with raw almonds

Or:

Quinoa / or gluten free oat porridge with

almond milk, seeds or raw almonds and

cinnamon and a portion of blueberries.

Or:

2 eggs with wilted spinach and a side

of blueberries.

9:00PMChamomile tea or peppermint tea to aid

in sleep and digestion.

(For a treat 85% or 90% dark chocolate)

*A word on alcohol. Ever wondered why you get broken capillaries or a red face if you are a heavy drinker? Like sugar

alcohol causes damage to the body on a cellular level. Alcohol causes small blood vessels in the skin to expand and

widen allowing more blood to flow close to the skins surface, resulting in broken capillaries. Your liver is the main organ

that is affected when you drink alcohol; the metabolites of alcohol are highly destructive molecules known as aidehydes.

Remember alcohol causes inflammation in the body, no amount of water can rectify this. Dehydration is not the problem.

If your skin is dehydrated you will more than likely develop fine lines and deep wrinkles.

TOP TIP: Always drink alcohol with your meal and not on an empty stomach, you don’t want to affect your blood

sugar levels which ultimately leads to inflammation.