The hardest part of my entire week was the diet part, hands down. Paltrow's 5-Day Detox involves cutting out the essentials in my primary food groups: gluten, dairy, corn, refined sugar, caffeine, alcohol, white rice, eggs . . . my head nearly exploded at the thought. Here's an example of one day's meal:
- First thing: Warm water with lemon
- Breakfast: blueberry coconut chia smoothie
- Lunch: Leftover salmon patties and Toum over arugula with lemon and olive oil
- Snack: Apple and almond butter
- Dinner: Beans and greens soup with harissa and saffron
Once I decided to do the Detox Lite (as I like to call it), which involves a slightly more lenient approach, should a mozzarella stick or glass of wine present itself to me, but generally sticks to the rules, I decided to shop for the ingredients — which are just as expensive as you imagined. When I was too rushed to make a breakfast smoothie (so, every day), I swapped it with the Goop Goopglow ($60), which is a powder supplement that tastes like Gatorade and contains antioxidants meant to revive from the inside out. Seeing as how I only used it for a week, I didn't notice any changes in my skin . . . unless you count what comes from getting a few extra zzz's in the morning.
