Clean -- Expanded Edition: The Revolutionary Program To Restore The Body's Natural Ability To Heal Itself

The Clean Program itself is really great, but this book was hard to get through. Two thirds of it is telling me how toxic and horrible the environment is and why I need to do a cleanse, but I imagine that most people who buy the book are already invested and didn't need convincing. I kept waiting to find out what the cleanse actual entails! The cleanse process is only a short piece of the book and is not organized in an easy-to-follow way (e.g., Step 1: pre-cleanse/elimination, Step 2: cleanse). Even the recipes are organized in a confusing manner, with there being two different groupings of categories of food (i.e., Shakes section, then soups, then chicken, ....then back to another shakes section, another chicken section). I found myself going to the online resources on the clean website (the manual and the support section's manual) rather than referring back to the book. All the important pieces about how to follow the program, including recipes, are online. This book wasn't worth buying, in my opinion, although the cleanse itself was really great to follow.EDIT: The resources I mentioned are no longer available on the Clean website. The whole discussion board forum where most of these resources lived was taken down.

Changed my whole outlook on food. I lost 10 lb during the detox, gained tons of energy, and figured out why I’ve had chronic stomach pain my whole life: sugar. This book is a life changer. I highly recommend it. After my detox, I went back to eating like I used to and gained back most of the weight and began to feel sluggish. My stomach pains returned as well. Some of my food cravings were gone completely-like coffee. I am now going to cut out many of the junk food because that diet truly made me feel so good. I used to eat tons of fast food and this forced me to start cooking and I actually enjoy eating my own food now.

A good friend of mine, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, recommended the book. He went thru chemo and was stable...until the cancer appeared again. After the recurrence happened, his doc told him 6 weeks to live at the most; he had been active on the internet with others with the same health issue and this book was recommended along with other diet/life style adjustments. My friend stopped seeing the doc/would not take chemo again nor other doc recommended treatments; he did adopted the guidance offered by the book and lived for another 4 years....and won is flight in the golf club championship during this time period. In my opinion, the book recommended similar adjustments to diet/exercise many of us have seen before but partially implemented.

I think this book is poorly put together. It has a very limited list of foods that are allowed/disallowed. Many foods are not on either list. Moreover many of the recipes in the book use peppers, soy, tomatoes, etc. that are on the list of foods not allowed. That kind of inconsistency makes it very hard to use and and makes me suspect the integrity of the program.

I'm not finished reading it yet, but it's excellent an I'm already eating most of the stuff so I can't wait to actually do it for three weeks an see results. I won't actually be starting it until 2nd week of June but u sure will update you. I actually sent the book to someone that won't be able to do it until she's released from prison but I'm in Hope's she reads it an studies it an shares it. We have a serious problem in this world an it's eating processed food. I stopped a few yrs back but during hurricane Maria I had no choice. I ate what I could get. I felt so sick I had to leave this island for a couple months to cleanse. Thank you for this marvelous book .

The author skillfully guides the reader to the next level of understanding what comes after dieting. I took the 21 day approach proposed by Junger and lost more than 30 lbs after struggling with limited success from multiple diets. Nice to know that such a fountain of knowledge on healthy dieting exists where others have failed.

I first listened to this as an audiobook. I then ordered the book so that I could periodically refer to it as needed. This is an excellent book. I'm on day 14 of the "clean" diet. I did Clean to help with my eczema. I haven't felt much improvement in my eczema but I definitely feel better overall. I'm not as achy in my joints and not as sluggish In the morning. Giving up coffee in the morning was rough. I've lost between 7-9 pounds (depending on the time of day that I weigh myself). It's all water weight but seeing the reduction on the scale does keep me motivated even though weight loss was not the reason I started this. It's just a pleasant side effect. I hope I see a change in my skin over the next week-though I doubt it. This "diet" seems like a decent way to eat from now on. I really cherish my lunches now and always get something really delicious and healthy. Some of the smoothies are delicious. Many of them are not. I also continue to take all of my supplements. I would recommend this book and diet but you do need to be somewhat serious about your health before starting. I gave the book 4 stars only because it seemed to have no impact on my eczema. I'll change the review if my results change over the next week.

I was on clean program during thyroid cancer treatment. The scan after showed all gone. I did not realized I was doing what is now 10 years later known as fasting mimicking diet helping to treat cancer, promotes autophagy etc.

This is a great program. To get your head in the right mindset for the cleanse you really need to read the full book to truly realise what's going on in your body. It's not the lightest read but it's interesting. It fired me up to go for it and after a couple of weeks of prep to but what I needed, work out what is cook, etc I started it. I'm just starting the third week and have already lost 10lbs (I started 16lbs overweight) and feel great. My skin tone looks much clear and even too. Don't be out off by usual detoxes where you'll have headaches, starving and emotional as this is totally different. The cravings your used to will disappear quite quickly. The book says many continue the detox after the first 3 weeks and while I'm not going to do it all, I'll definitely stick with 70% on a regular basis.

Completing Dr Junger's 21 day programme has left me with more energy than I've ever had. Honestly it's amazing and Dr Junger's explanation of the toxins we all encounter not only in food but in the products we use for everything from cleaning our homes to what we use to style our hair really helps to understands detox is about so much more than just what we eat. I can't recomment the programme and clean eating as a way of life strongly enough. If you're even the least bit tempted to try it, do a week and see how you feel.

I went on the Clean detox over a year ago. I did it as I wanted more energy and mental clarity but I got much more than that. I lost a size and never put it back on.I am not 100% Clean but this book has definitely changed the way I eat and how I think about food and nutrition.I am now a lot more conscious about what I put in my body and I feel a lot better for it.I do the cleanse regularly as recommended and I get a great boost from it every time. I highly recommend it.

A must read. Transformed my health in 3 weeks. I have digestive problems and allergies and was on 4 different daily meds to manage symptoms, post clean I rarely need my meds. If you want to be in control of your symptoms this is a must read.

Fantastic book, really works. Makes you feel much better and helps you lose weight.