Comments on: Detox Diary Part 1: You Are What You Eat

By: Olivia Jacob

Olivia Jacob — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

The Palace Merano is a great place for detoxifying the body and mind, it is an old palace but completely redone, i stayed there in a junor suite for three days.

By: Ebru

Ebru — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:38:00 +0000

Emily, did you like "Portrait of a Lady"? I adore it and am considering making it a signature scent - would be great to hear the "audience" response

By: LGandaB

LGandaB — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000

I am a very regular "detoxer". In fact, I just wrapped up a three-week detox. Typical breakfast? Gluten-free, unsweetened cereal with a sliced banana and soy milk. Snack? Plain rice crackers with homemade roasted-garlic hummus. Lunch? How about a gluten-free veggie burger (made with black beans, g/f breadcrumbs, grated carrots, flax "eggs", oats, parsley, etc. and baked) on a bed of lettuce, topped with grilled red onion, roasted red pepper and homemade cilantro pesto? Snack? Apple with almond butter. Dinner? A soup of wild rice, white beans and vegetables (carrots, onions, celery, etc.) made "creamy" with pureed silken tofu. Throughout the day I drink tons of water and also a few mugs of green tea, and I start and end each day with hot water mixed with honey and fresh lemon juice. Do I believe it eliminates toxins? Absolutely NOT. However, it completely re-sets my palate (after three weeks my biggest craving is never for ice cream or coffee... it's for balsamic vinegar for my salad dressing!) and boosts my energy to the point where I'm waking up at 5:00 am and jumping out bed, excited to start my day. Also, for some reason it makes me want to clean my entire house... I guess I can't eat clean if I'm surrounded by mess! Would I EVER advise eating 600 calories a day? NO WAY. Would I recommend cutting out foods that are known to cause sensitivities and/or have few health benefits? Absolutely.

By: samantha chan

samantha chan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:44:00 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this!:)

By: Kristine

Kristine — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:09:00 +0000

I love Into the Gloss, the playfulness of it, its whimsy, and, because of its balance of lightheartedness and seriousness, its power in strengthening a woman's self sense of self. I have even shared Into the Gloss with my female students because of the diversity of the men and women featured here. However, I do feel that it's necessary for me to add my voice here. The writing here sounds much too similar to literature written about women with anorexia and the descriptions of giddiness, like the highs described by people who struggled with eating disorders. I'm not suggesting, of course, that you have an eating order -- not at all. Rather, unlike reading about make-up, skin-care products, nailpolish, or Epsom salts, which can be washed off, posting something on a beauty site about this kind of detox (detox different from, say, having a vegetables and quinoa dinner after a lunch at a Brazilian barbecue or green tea with your dessert). Full-disclosure: I love Sephora; I love Restaurant Week almost as much as I love Christmas, and I also love that I can pull most clothes off the racks at Zara. I read Bon Apetit and Elle, and, with my closest friends, I'll make the occasional off-colored joke (e.g. "Bulimia is a waste of money.) However, I'm also a teacher and an older sister of a teenager and I recognize that there's a paucity of good, empowering stuff about beauty, good-old fashioned, sitting-in-front-of-the-mirror beauty, and ITG provided that. Though I appreciate the penultimate paragraph and the Editor's note, this post still makes me uncomfortable and a little sad as well. ITG is an awesome website because, aside from talking about beauty, it also makes women feel beautiful. This post, I felt, did neither.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:23:00 +0000

Itay - what a great place to detox! The food there is of such better quality than what we have here in the US. A few years ago I was lucky enough to live in Rome for about six weeks. While there, I lived in a very working class neighborhood and as I had very little money, I avoided eating out and shopped at the local supermarket. Even though I ate mostly bread, tomatoes, olive oil, and cheese, I came back to New York healthier and about 7 pounds lighter because I had eaten nary a pesticide or preservative in so long. I was told that Rome regulates where food can come from very heavily, so about 95% of what I ate had originated within fifty miles of the city. Obviously this can be done in the US, but it takes much more effort and money. Such a different way of living!

PS. My favorite food moment came when I was squeezing a baguette in the supermarket. The bread guy came over and said "Caldo?" I nodded, and he proceeded to open a door that lead to a giant oven, from which he removed a fresh baguette for me. And this was in the equivalent of a Key Foods....

By: Ona_in_Barcelona

Ona_in_Barcelona — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:37:00 +0000

Could you articulate why this detox retreat makes you feel so sad? I get that it's perhaps not the most altruistic use of Emily's time, but then most holidays aren't. The way I see it, she was offered a stay, she took it, and in so doing she learned some MUCH-needed lessons about her health and eating habits. She's quite frank about the position she was in and what she hopes to achieve. I don't really see how this is so offensive?

By: Josef Šlaich

Josef Šlaich — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:23:00 +0000

Love this post! Thanks for sharing your experience EM! xxJS

By: truth & beauty

truth & beauty — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:57:00 +0000

When I was 27 my stomach was flat and I ate and drank like a frat boy. Metabolisms slow, the rich stay skinny and NYers continue to explain to the rest of the world about food quality. Moving on...

By: Pixel_Queen

Pixel_Queen — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:01:00 +0000

It isn't that people from a "lower" socio economic status don't mind bad food, it's that such food is often all that is available or affordable. Google "food desert." I volunteer with a program that helps bring farmers markets and fresh produce to under served (or unserved) urban areas. When the produce is available, the people enjoy it. What many poor people eat they eat of necessity, not choice. Please don't confuse the two.