Not so fast with the ice cream and candy bars...LOL! As you get healthier and cleaner you SHOULD be able to handle the occassional indulgences with little or no problem...although 'the whole idea of eating healthy and cleaning up' is so you will be healthy and clean! Think of it like this...a healthy baby's system is pure and will quickly and adversely respond to an overload of things that don't belong...but a little treat now and then is fine. Also, don't be a bit surprised if you no longer have a taste for rubbish and toxins once you're clean and healthy...they simply don't taste as good!

Hi Petra....I have thought about this question quite a bit lately, too, since I started cleansing.

This has been my experience...In November when I did an Master-Cleanse with B&P ending with a Liver Flush...I just felt soooo good and cleaned out (you shoulda seen the 'ropes' I got out) that at Christmas I absolutely gorged myself on CANDY! ick. I have never even BEEN a candy lover! or a dessert person. I just stay away from sugary things (except 'good' ice cream and I like to have a chocolate bar at the movies...) I have always found that jujubes or licorice or toffee...all those really sugary things...they just make me tired instantly. My energy gets totally drained and I feel awful...so I've just stayed away from them. But at Christmas I didn't...I stood by the tree and ate candy after candy...then sat by the fire and read a book! (surely a recipe for sleepiness) But...my energy was still fantastic and I didn't feel in the least bit sick or yucky. SO! I thought...wow, that's great...I cleaned myself out, so I can handle some of this stuff now! (because I'm not a candy person I haven't really tested it again...)

Now, it seems to be a bit different with white floury stuff. When I came off the fast...and ate some bread, my body felt heavy and yucky and I just knew that it wasn't good for me. So now I've switched to spelt bread.

I know...this post is kind of long-winded...but I've wondered the same thing as you. People HAVE cleared up food allergies by doing the cleanses. I am hoping that by cleaning myself out, my constituion will be super-strong and able to ward of anything that might be thrown at me...including accumulated toxins that suddenly push you over the edge into allergies. (which I have felt the past couple of years) So far so good! (if the roof of my mouth doesn't get itchy again I'll be soooo happy!)

T