From the team that created the runaway bestseller 21 Pounds in 21 Days, a simple, practical, and effective detox plan to help you lower your toxins, supercharge your energy, lose weight, and look radiant! Roni DeLuz and James Hester took the country by storm with their instant runaway bestseller 21 Pounds in 21 Days, based on Roni’s unique and renowned detox program at the Martha’s Vineyard Holistic Retreat. With help from the feedback of thousands of detoxers, they have made the plan even simpler, more practical, and more effective. Now everyone can experience the rejuvenating, restorative, energizing effects of a cleansing detox one day at a time. The 1 Pound a Day diet detox will introduce you to a world of delectable and health-boosting clean foods. You will become a juice master with fresh, nourishing recipes such as Power Punch Green Juice and Carrot and Ginger Juice. You will enjoy satisfying, easy-to-make soups each night—Sweet Parsnip Soup, “Stir-Fry” Broccoli Soup, and Curried Vegetable Soup, to name just a few. Stories and tips from successful detoxers will inspire you and let you know what to expect every step of the way. Best of all, 1 Pound a Day goes beyond the twenty-one-day detox and weight loss period to give you guidelines for a nine-day transition back to everyday eating, plus strategies for keeping the weight off for a lifetime. Not only will you feel fantastic, you will be nourished from the inside out, making you look lean and radiant. To help you maintain the detox glow, inside you’ll also find two weeks of meal plans and luscious recipes from Roni’s kitchen. The 1 Pound a Day detox is the start of a lifetime of wellness. Your improved outlook, boundless energy, and optimal health will make it easy to maintain the changes you have made. Detox your body and regain your life! Roni DeLuz and James Hester are back with another book that's guaranteed to become a dieting phenomenon. A POUND A DAY offers an expanded, simplified month-long program to cleanse your body, as well as a new plan for keeping it clean for the rest of your life. After publishing 21 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS, DeLuz and Hester have learned where detoxers need more support and have expanded those areas in their dieting plan. The new book offers recipes, meal plans, and tips for eating clean and healthy food. After spending time with readers following the plan in 21 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS, they realized that dieters needed more help transitioning from detoxing to changing their eating habits for the rest of their lives. A POUND A DAY speaks to these needs by moving from a plan for twenty-one days to a plan for a month, which is now followed by an outline for how to help dieters sustain the effects of the detox for the rest of their lives. A POUND A DAY will give dieters the tools they need to transform their lives from blah to radiant and then keep them that way. This isn't just a cleansing detox it's a jumpstart for a lifestyle change that will last forever. Roni DeLuz, RN, ND, PhD, founded the Martha’s Vineyard Holistic Retreat in 1997 to help others discover the path to wellness that she herself achieved after years of debilitating chronic illness. She has a PhD in natural health and a certificate as a naturopathic doctor from Clayton College of Natural Health/American Holistic College of Nutrition. She is a registered nurse and hydrotherapist and is recognized as a leading expert in the field of holistic health. She lives in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. James Hester spent years working as a record company executive before a health crisis led him to Roni DeLuz’s retreat. She helped him to lose more than forty pounds and turned his life around. He became so committed to her work that they became business partners in 2003. Their partnership resulted in the New York Times bestseller 21 Pounds in 21 Days . He lives in New York and Martha’s Vineyard. 1 Pound A Day CHAPTER 1 WHY DETOX? You are exposed to toxins and noxious substances everywhere you turn. More than 80,000 man-made chemicals have been introduced since World War II, and most of those have never been tested for safety. Your body does not experience these toxins one at a time. No one knows the effects of the potentially harmful interactions of these chemicals that you encounter every second. No matter how hard you try, you cannot avoid toxic exposure. Toxins are so much more pervasive than you think. When you consider pollution, the earth’s atmosphere, soil, and water automatically come to mind. You accept that industrial waste and car emissions do a lot of damage, but you may not be aware that you live in a toxic stew in your own home. The fact is that the inside of your house is more toxic than outside. Almost all modern conveniences and items you use without a second thought contain harmful chemicals. What follows is a list of some of the products with highly toxic ingredients or components. Synthetic fabrics are petroleum based and proc