Getting started is easy! Simply choose the cleanse that feels right for your needs and goals. Just click to order and indicate whether you’d prefer to pick up your program at Evo Spa in Mill Valley or have it delivered. You can cleanse for one day, one week, one month, or even an ongoing basis—it’s all up to you.

Each day includes six 16 oz juices in glass jars numbered in the order to drink them, so staying on track is as easy as opening your fridge. Each of our cleanses is balanced so you don’t need to eat with them, though you are welcome to incorporate fruit, raw veggies or sprouted nuts and grains if you like. Our general rule of thumb is, the more you want to get out of it, the less you eat.

When you order an Urban Remedy Cleanse you will receive an email with detailed preparation instructions as well as information on pick-up and delivery times (click here for delivery and cleanse start-date info).

You can start your Urban Remedy cleanse on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. In order for us to have your juices ready in time if you would like to cleanse on:

• Monday, please order juices by Saturday at midnight.
• Wednesday, please order juices by Monday midnight.
• Saturday, please order juices by Thursday midnight.

Preparing for your Cleanse

In preparation for your cleanse, it’s good to take a few factors into consideration. What has your diet been like the last six months to a year? Do you regularly eat fast foods like pizza, hamburgers, fries, nachos, cake, cookies, donuts and such?  Do you regularly drink alcohol? Do you smoke or take drugs? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to take a good 5-7 days before you start your juice cleanse to prepare your body.

By following the recommendations below, you will gently prepare your body to get the most out of your cleanse. If you tend to have a healthy diet, eating organic fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, organic meats and eggs and drinking 8 glasses of water a day, with the occasional glass of wine, you should be fine doing a 3-day preparation.

To prepare:

Drink at least 8 glasses of clean water, preferably not in plastic bottles. We recommend using water filters in your home instead.

Enjoy these foods freely—all organic variety, please.

• All fresh fruit, except bananas
• All veggies, especially dark leafy greens (kale, spinach, collards, broccoli, parsley)
• Gluten-free organic grains, like quinoa, brown rice, millet, buckwheat, corn, amaranth
• Fresh nut milks
• Coconut water
• Beans
• Lentils and legumes
• Nuts, specifically raw almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts
• Seeds, specifically pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, hemp
• Superfoods, like cacao, chia seeds, goji berries, maca powder, green powders, açai
• Apple cider vinegar
• Lemon
• Sea vegetables, like dulse, wakame,  nori, kelp, spirulina, chlorella, blue green
• Oils, specifically olive, grapeseed, sesame(raw), coconut and unheated oils of flax, primrose, borage
• Raw olives
• All herbs, especially turmeric, oregano, mint, cilantro, parsley, thyme
• Herbal tea, like dandelion root, burdock, red clover, ginger
• Fermented drinks like coconut kefir
• Sea salt or pink Himalayan pink salt
• If you eat meat eat, stick to organic chicken or turkey and wild salmon
• Organic eggs

Foods to remove from diet:

• Alcohol
• Coffee: Try switching to Green Tea--it’s high in antioxidants and balances blood sugar
• Soy products
• All white sugar and products containing (cookies, cakes, candy, cereals, packaged foods)
• Processed foods (packaged foods, crackers, chips, salty snacks)
• White flour
• Canned
• Fried foods
• GMO foods
• Peanuts
• Oranges
• Bananas
• White potatoes
• Dairy: yogurt, cheese, milk, cream, sour cream
• Gluten-containing grains: wheat, spelt, kamut, oats
• Red meat
• Processed meats: salami, hot dogs, lunch meats, sausage
• Shell fish
• Packaged sauces
• Vinegars like raspberry, balsamic, rice wine.
• Soy sauce

An example of preparation diet:

Upon waking, drink a warm cup of water with lemon juice

Breakfast Ideas:

• Green smoothie (see recipes)
• Poached eggs with sautéed greens
• Quinona with greens topped with 2 eggs
• Breakfast for one (see recipes)

Snack Ideas:

• Small handful of almonds with an apple
• Berries and cashews
• Raw trail mix with goji berries
• Hummus and fresh veggies
• Raw kale chips
• Raw crackers

Lunch and Dinner ideas

• Large kale salad with sprouted sunflower seeds, kale, apple cider vinegarette with olive oil
• Soups (homemade, with no msg): vegetable, lentil, chicken (organic, with no noodles),
• Vegetable stir-fry with quinoa
• Sauteed greens with chilis and ginger
• Wild salmon with lemony green beans and brown rice with sesame seeds
• Veggie Nori Rolls (See recipes)
• Lentil salad with frisee
• Warm swiss chard with chick peas
• Large green salad with kale, shredded carrots, beets, sprinkled with seeds lemon and olive oil dressing
• Savoy cabbage salad with chicken, sesame seeds, ginger, and sesame oil

Beverages:

• 8 glasses of water in between meals
• Herbal teas
• Fresh juices: Green, carrot apple ginger, beet carrot ginger apple
• Lemon water
• Wheat grass shots
• Coconut kefir drinks
• Kombucha

How to do the Urban Remedy Cleanse

All of the drinks are marked 1- 6. The first day of the cleanse you drink juices with an A after the number andthe second day with a B after the number.  So day 1 begin with 1A, then 2A and so on finishing with drink 6A. Day 2 begin with 1B and so on ending with 6B. 

First thing in the morning begin your day with warm glass of filtered water and juice of ½ a lemon. Begin the first juice of the day around 9.30-10am with Juice marked #1A. In between each drink you want to sip water It is best to leave and hour to an hour and a half in between each drink.

* If you get fatigued in the middle of the day you can skip to drink 5 as it will help with hunger and energy levels.

On day 3 when you are finished with cleanse you want to eat clean foods for around 3 days. Each meal should incorporate fruits and veggies. Whole grains, nuts and seeds are incorporated into meals in small amounts. Sprouts and all green vegetables are great after a cleanse.  Super foods like chia, goji berries, blueberries, ginger, acai, cacao are great to add to smoothies as well as green powder, E3 Live and wheatgrass. 

Example

• Breakfast: Shake with 2 Tbs. Chia seeds, 1 tsp. acai powder, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup almond milk.
• Lunch: Large green salad with kale, shredded carrots, beets, sprinkled with seeds, lemon, olive oil and sea salt dressing
• Dinner: Lightly steamed vegetables drizzled with hemp oil and side of quinona.
• Snacks: Apple and almonds, hummus and veggies, live sprouted granola with almond milk, bowl of berries.

Coming off your Urban Remedy Cleanse

You've just given you body a much-deserved break. So take some time to bask in the glow! It's best to gradually ease yourself back into eating again to avoid shocking your system. Foods that you can eat freely on the first three days after your cleanse are listed below. On the fourth day you can begin adding foods that are part of your normal diet, but go slow and pay attention to how you feel after eating them. Even though you've successfully completed your cleanse, try incorporating more whole foods into your everyday diet and leave processed foods behind. Your body will thank you.

The day after you finish your cleanse (two days if you can) eat:

• Fruits (low glycemic: berries, grapefruit, apples, pears),
• Green veggies(kale, chard, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, brussel sprouts, cabbage), sprouts, red peppers, purple cabbage,
• Acai, wheatgrass, spirulina, blue-green algae(E3 Live),
• 8 glasses of filtered water, herbal tea, and kefir drinks.
• Fresh juices if you have a juicer or try our maintenence program  

On the second or third day incorporate

• Soaked nuts and seeds in small quantities.
• Non-gluten grains: quinona, millet, buckwheat, brown rice, amaranth
• Olive oil, coconut oil, hemp oil, sesame oil, flax seed oil (unheated), macadamia nut oil, grapeseed oil(high heat ok).
• All green juices/vegetable juices, diluted fruit juices.
• Superfoods: acai, cacao, gogi berries, spirulina, blueberries, maca, wheatgrass, blue-green algae(E3 Live), hemp. Superfoods all contain extraordinarily-rich antioxidant content.

On the fourth day you can incorporate foods like:

• Organic meats if you eat meat
• Wild salmon
• Whole grains if you have no intolerance to gluten

Think about what you are going to eat and ask yourself will these foods cleanse my body or clog my body?

Fresh, organic vegetables are excellent detoxifiers. Most fruits are filled with water which helps to cleanse and hydrate the body. Think salads, lightly steamed vegetables, juices etc.

Try and completely remove processed foods from your diet. i.e. packaged foods like crackers, cookies, chips, muffins, fast food, canned foods, white sugar & white flour containing  foods/products, trans-fats, canola oil, lard.

Foods to remove from diet or eat only in small quantities: dairy, meat, alcohol, grains especially gluten containing grains (wheat, spelt, barley, bulgar, rye, semolina). All grains will slow your cleansing process, so the more you eat, the slower you'll cleanse. This is because they don’t have the enzymes of the raw fruits and veggies and they take longer for you body to digest.

One of the worst things we can do in terms of clogging the body is overeating. Overeating even if you are eating healthy foods put a huge strain on the digestive process and create a large burden on the whole GI tract. Please try and eat smaller meals, you will feel lighter and have much more energy I promise. The less one eats, the body responds by turning on the anti-aging (anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic) genes, as long as one is eating live foods.