How to Do a Cleanse—Tendwell Style–Happy New Year!!

There’s no single “right” way to do a cleanse, and the word itself often means very different things to different people. For some, it brings to mind water fasting (my sister-in-law immediately thinks of this!). But starving your way through a fast—only to regain weight or feel depleted afterward—isn’t my idea of an effective or sustainable cleanse. Others think of juice-only programs, which can send a surge of natural sugar straight into your system without offering much in the way of real detox support.

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The Elimination Cleanse (aka Elimination Diet)

At Tendwell, our integrative practitioners use the methods of functional medicine to address root causes of dysfunction. One of the key tools in the functional medicine toolkit is the elimination cleanse (sometimes known as an “elimination diet” or “healthy reset”), which involves temporarily removing certain foods from a person's diet to identify potential food triggers that may be contributing to their symptoms. In this essay, we explore the reasons why an elimination cleanse is an important part of a functional medicine assessment.

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