Cheating matters! Even small amounts of reactive foods can keep the immune system activated and symptoms present. This is why preparing your food yourself is so important. Restaurant food, prepared food, and prepackaged food often contains “hidden” ingredients like soy sauce, gluten and dairy that you and the server may not even realize are in the food. To get the most accurate results from the ECD it is important to be sure that you have totally excluded the possible reactive foods. While I normally advocate an attitude of moderation, the ECD is NOT time for moderation. It truly is all or nothing. Review your motivation, and have your recipes available.
If you don’t feel like you have strong willpower be sure you have eaten before going anywhere there is going to be food, and try to cancel out of all the obligations you can for the 3-4 weeks you are on the ECD. When you’re on the ECD is not a good time to have business lunches, dinners, parties or other celebrations. DON’T plan on doing the ECD around birthdays or the holidays.
More on the ECD coming soon.
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