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Autumn a Time to Cleanse

Autumn Cleanse In Giullia Ender's book on the 'Gut' she describes our intestinal lining, when viewed from under a micro scope, as looking like a forest. She explains, our intestinal villi look just like the trees of a forest. At this time of year the leaves are falling from the trees preparing for the retreat of winter. We can think of this as happening within our gut lining, mirroring the outside world. To support this clearing out phase of our gut lining, we can eat foods with an astringent property. Celery is one of these foods with an astringent property and is an excellent vegetable to have at this time of year (and it is in full season). Instead of juicing make celery soups to keep yo