dd, things can get complicated and there are so many contradictions on diets, herbs and protocols. I spent months doing research and little else and finally just jumped in. Some things have worked, some haven't. I have to agree with you about 100% organic, I can't afford it either.I do the best I can with what I can get. I have replaced table salt with Sea Salt and love it. I use raw apple cider vinegar instead of the grocery store kind. I buy stevia for sweetening instead of Aspartame or other artificial sweeteners. On the other hand, most of my fruits and veggies come from Walmart and I refuse to apologize for that. I even use the dreaded bottled (pure) apple juice for liver flushes.
The best advice I can give is to make a list of your health concerns and priorities, research carefully and try a few things. There is little chance of you doing any harm to yourself, and a good chance you will see improvements. Since you are on the Liver Flush Forum , let's start there. Why not try the Hulda Clark flush and see what happens? It easy, inexpensive and not too traumatic, and it works. I take the Epsom Salts with apple juice (even though I'm type O) to make them taste better, other than that, just do the flush by the book.
There is no typical food day for most of us. Some are 100% raw vegans, others organic veretarians, some of us are still meat eaters, and I'm sure there are a few junk food junkies out there too. Basically, avoid large amounts of refined foods, White Sugar , white flour, transfats. Go easy on dairy, eggs and red meat. Your common sense will tell you what is good for you and what is bad. If you ust make a commitment to eat more healthy foods than unhealthy foods, you will be making a good start.

No you are not the only one. Actually you are lucky that you found out that there are different ways of doing things. When I started out,and I am not the only one,I thought that everyone was right, so kept buying supplements.

The simple things are to put Seasalt in a saltshaker. Drinking water even if you do not want to buy water. If you use butter, buy unsalted butter, no margerin. Seasalt gives you the good minerals.
Try not to use processed food, at least cut down on it.
Skip parasite cleans to save money, Bowel Cleanse PB shakes are cheap. Liver cleanse is cheap.

I settled on following more of Andreas Moritz view. I like the Ayurvedic body type eating. That does not mean I don't eat other things. Your Gallstones will tell you after awhile what to eat.

I would say do liverflushes and then keep reading and see what would work for you.

Johanna

Hiya DD! :)

I eat whatever I want within reason. I've learned what my body likes and dislikes, and the best resources to lead me in the right direction have been Ayurvedic Science and the Blood Type Diet because those are two schools of thought that recognize that people are different. I like that. :)

I'm a type O positive and Vata Dosha (body type). It really pays to learn one's dosha to stay in balance. What Ayurvedic taught me was how to balance out healthy and decadent, and how to use spices so that everything tastes GREAT and is digested well, how to diagnose how well I'm eating by looking at my tongue each morning and seeing how coated it is. The Ayurvedic Cookbook is a cheap, very wise book, as are Dr. Vasant Lad's books and Deepak Chopora's "Perfect Health." :)

I also like to cook what I call California style - it's like Italian but with clear oil and blended veggie sauces instead of tons of creamy/tomato sauces. (I can't handle tomato sauce AT ALL.)

So breakfast is either: hot whole-grain cereal fixed up like oatmeal - which I also like, OR French toast, OR eggs and veggies scramble. I cheat and use frozen veggie mixes because who has time in the morning to prepare anything? :)

Lunch is either pasta and veggies, sometimes as a soup, sometimes just tons of olive oil, garlic and basil. I tend to make a chicken/veggie or lentil/veggie soup every Sunday and eat it during the week. For this I will try to use organic veggies.

Dinner is anything goes. I usually go to FoodNetwork for recipes from Tyler Florence or Rachael Ray as they are wholesome, simple, quick and tasty. :) I try to cycle the proteins - some nights vegetarian, or fish, or chicken, or legumes, etc.

As you can see, this is very cost-effective too! :)

Some days I skip meals and just drink The Master Cleanser drink. I rarely eat red meat or pork, and when I do I go to the butcher's for real, corn-fed, non-hormone beef.

About twice a year I eat a very strict and healthy Diet for a month followed by liver flushes.

About every full moon or Friday night I go crazy and eat whatever silly fun foods that I want.

I probably bake cakes, bread or cookies at least 2-4 times a month. My rule is as long as I make it I can eat it. I do not buy candy bars, chips, anything like that, except sometimes during my crazy full moon nights. After a night of total decadence I do a deep enema to take everythign out ASAP.

I'm 41 and still look like the photos I took when I was 30, and I still wear the same clothes. :)