Day 8 - Detox diary countdown

Junk the junk!So now (cue, drum roll!) it's time to wave goodbye to our first food. Well, it's not really a food. Artificial additives of all sorts are now off-bounds.It may sound dramatic to take out something that's in a lot of the foods you've been eating all your life, but once you've set the intention not to eat anything processed, it's amazing how your body (or mind) starts to question why you ever put these kind of things in your body in the first place! A bit like sitting in front of the telly ingesting all that negative news – when you sit back and think about it – why do it?Having nothing in your food cupboards to tempt you on this front, of course, makes this much easier. So now's the time to go to the fridge and take out anything lurking in there that's off the list! Check the labels on butters or margarines, 'fruit drinks' (don't be fooled – they're often a world away from true fruit juices, if you read the small print) - and give to friends or neighbours anything with anything artificial in it. If in doubt, throw it out (or drop me a line – and I'll do what I can to clarify things).So you now have control over the artificial additives you ingest while inside your own four walls. But be aware of all the items that assault you, pleading 'Eat me! Eat me!' when you're innocently walking around the supermarket, queueing at the petrol station or sitting in coffee shops with friends. If you're determined to make success of this dietary experiment - and truly see what it can do for you - don't you owe it to yourself to be prepared? Fill up a sandwich bag with some nuts and seeds and raisins, and nibble them whenever you're tempted!Tomorrow we say 'hasta la vista' to dairy products