At the beginning of each new season in The Christian Health Club, we practice a 3-day detox that removes all meat, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts/seeds, grains, sugar and alcohol. Essentially this leaves you with vegetables, fruit and plant fats like avocados, olives and coconut. As much as I praise animal sourced foods and protein as a critical part of the diet, I recognize that periodically cycling them out is a healthy practice for the body.
When I learned that early Christians observed a three day spiritual practice near the beginning of each solar cycle, called Ember Days, which involved abstaining from meat and focusing on prayer and thanksgiving, I realized this would be a wonderful template to revive and utilize as a quarterly health and spiritual tune-up. READ MORE
