A Simple Detoxifying Diet (Seneca Indian Cleansing Diet)
Here is a very interesting detoxifying diet from the book “Ageless Remedies from Mother’s Kitchen“, by Hanna Kroeger, the “Grandmother of Health”, drawn from over a half century of study in Health. She established the first health food store in USA in 1957.
This diet was contributed by the Seneca Indians.
First day
Eat only fruits and all you want. Try apples, berries, watermelon, pears, peaches, cherries, whole citrus fruits, and so forth, no bananas.
Second day
Drink all the herb teas you want, such as raspberry, hyssop, chamomile, or peppermint. You can sweeten the tea slightly with honey or maple syrup.
Third day
Eat all the vegetables you want, have them raw, steamed or both.
Fourth day
Make a big pot of vegetable broth by boiling cauliflower, cabbage, onion, green pepper, parsley, or whatever you have available. Season with sea salt, Himalayan crystal salt or broth cubes. Drink only this rich mineral all day long.
This diet has the following effects
- The first day the colon (your wastebasket) is cleansed.
- The second day you release toxins, salt, and excessive calcium deposits in the muscles, tissues, and organs.
- The third day the digestive tract is supplied with healthful, mineral rich bulk.
- On the fourth day the blood, lymph, and inner organs are mineralized.
That makes a lot of sense!
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Great post. A good detox diet. Don’t for get to keep your water intake high. Since you need water to move, specially the fiber.
That doesn’t make a lot of sense!
Day 1: Of course you can’t eat bananas. Bananas were unknown to the United States prior to 1870, so they would be unknown to the Seneca Indians. Bananas are a high fiber food, they would be a good food to eat to so-called “cleanse your colon”. By eating a high amount of fiber, which is probably contrary to your current diets, you will automatically use the restroom more, because that’s what fiber does. It bulks your stool. Pumping a large amount of fiber will help you, for a lack of a better turn, poop more, helping you feel that you’ve emptied your colon.
Day 2: What toxins are you releasing? You do not want to release large amounts of salt, as salt is essential to your survival. Have you ever heard of hyponatremia? Water intoxication? Hypercalcaemia is generally not something that you need to worry about, provided you maintain a healthy diet.
Day 3: This might be the only part that makes any sort of sense. Eating lots of vegetables will provide you with fiber and lots of vitamins and minerals. Stuffing yourself full of them one day, and calling it good, though, is useless.
Day 4: On Day 2, you want to eliminate salt from your body. Now you want to add salt to your body? Tell me, now, what is the purpose of ‘mineralizing’ your organs and blood? This seems almost contrary to Day 2.
You can’t do a 4 day “cleansing diet” and claim to be healthy. Eating healthy daily is the key to good health. Not some gimmicky diet with a fancy name.
Drink plenty of water, eat whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Eat lean protein sources.
Good post. Can you eat other food on the 2nd and 3rd days?
This is a great simple detox that anybody can do. Is it okay to exercise while you are on this detox?
A good detox diet if you can actually go 4 days without eating!
Hooty: no
I didn`t like the diet .Day one at two pm, I didn`t feel good .
I have a liver and kidneys for detoxifying me
Can you eat a chili-cheese dog on day five?
I’ve never met or even heard of a Seneca Indian, so I can’t compare their results, with any of the other cleansing diets…. I will rely on regular fasting to keep my system clean, as I don’t have the time to spend all day in “the small room”……..Anyway I like bananas too much !
Waner….as long as you don’t put salt on your french fries.
I have been on a number of fasts. The Seneca Indian Cleansing Diet I’ve done before. Ignore any negative comments here. The diet works and it has been approved by professionals. If you feel uncomfortable on, say, day 2 when you’re drinking nothing but tea - well, you’re supposed to feel uncomfortable. LOL Fasts aren’t comfortable.
Jolie, thank you for your positive comment. I was scrolling down hoping to read a comment from someone who actually DID the diet. This diet is highly recommended in health books. Oh, and the Seneca Indians do exist.
I have done this and am getting ready to do it again. Yes, the day you are drinking the tea, you may feel a little light-headed. I felt really good at the end of it….lighter, energetic—cleansed.
Hannah Kroeger is a genius and I trust her.
I have done this cleanse once before and made it ti the fourth day and couldnt drink the broth. July 6th will be my second attempt, however I will make the broth myselfthis time around. The hardest day was day two with just drinking herbal teas. I was fine until I drank the tea, I instantly wanted something to eat. I woul definitely try this cleanse if you are skeptical, it’s def. mind over matter. My great- grandmother was Cheerokee so I do believ about bannas not being known to the Seneca’s. I ate bannas on my first day and attained favorable effects.