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bacteria. Friendly bacteria support your dietary cleanse and promote your health and sexuality in many ways. These supplements encourage the growth of other beneficial bacteria in your intestinal walls, help protect your intestines from pathogens like parasites, help break down compounds that could initiate cancer, and assist your body in making nutrients. Take at least a billion organisms of the friendly bacteria in Appendix C once a day with water, or added to your smoothies, during your cleanse.
    — Antibug herbs. You may have any number of microscopic “bugs,” including hidden parasites, bacteria, and yeast, inhabiting your intestines, especially if you experience chronic gas and bloating. These bugs can have many effects that thwart your health and limit your sexual energy, and their number is related to the overall toxicity of your body; they essentially exert harmful effects and reduce your body’s effectiveness in dealing with your cumulative toxic burden. Antibug herbs support your dietary cleanse by rearranging your gut flora to give you a healthier intestinal wall. They also strengthen your immune system, help liberate your libido from undesirable symptoms, and can assist in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.
    For the duration of your dietary cleanse, take either of the following (available at many health-food stores) three times a day with food: one 900 mg garlic pill containing 5,000 mcg of allicin, or one berberine pill (a standardized extract containing 200 mg per pill). Berberine shouldn’t be used during pregnancy or lactation.
    It’s important to adhere to these guidelines regarding your supplement regimen during your three-week dietary cleanse. (Again, refer to the outline in Appendix D for a day-by-day breakdown of the meal and supplement portions of your cleanse.)
    Other Tools for Enhancing Your Dietary Cleanse
    While you’re eliminating toxins from your tissues with your dietary cleanse, there are a few additional steps that can help rid your body of unwanted contaminants. The following measures serve as catalysts by speeding up your body’s ability to shed toxins, and at the same time they increase the energy-and libido-building benefits of your dietary cleanse. After completing your 21-day cleanse, you can continue using these techniques indefinitely to optimize your potential to detoxify.
    — Great sweats, naturally. Perspiration can be a key factor in the success of your dietary cleanse, because it’s one of your body’s most efficient ways of purging toxins. You can work up a healthy sweat with any kind of aerobic exercise, but one of the best ways to send your toxins packing is with a dry sauna. When you use a low-heat sauna for 60 to 90 minutes, your body begins to mobilize toxins out of your fat cells, into your blood, and out through your sweat.
    Make a point to sweat out your toxins at least twice a week during your dietary cleanse. If your local health club or spa has a dry sauna that allows you to adjust the heat, you can find the temperature that suits you best. (The ideal for many people is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but it can vary from one person to the next.) Another great option is Bikram yoga, an advanced form of yoga done in a room heated to about 105 degrees. Keep your tissues hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids before and after a sauna or Bikram yoga class.
    — Dry-skin brushing. You can further facilitate detoxification by skin brushing, because your skin accumulates toxins your body is trying to eliminate through your pores. You need to keep your skin—your body’s largest sex organ—as clean and healthy as possible. Because of its extensive surface area, you may be harboring a substantial residue of toxins and dead cells on your outer surface. Perhaps you’ve done everything right with your dietary cleanse, released toxins out of your pores, and have all but gotten rid of them—yet they still cling to the outside of your body. All you have to do is