Post Dieta Guide

After you complete an Ayahuasca & Master Plant Dieta with us at The Garden of Peace, your entire system on levels physical, energetic and spiritual will be extremely sensitive and open.

You are now full of strong plant medicine that has been carefully aligned by the Curandero. However, now you need to give that process 30 days to set in place properly.

This is a contract with the plant spirits and yourself. Please be aware that breaking post-diet can cause serious harm to yourself.

The post-diet is part of your treatment and you can expect to experience continued strong plant energies throughout this integration period. So please be mindful of the energetic environments you are in, try to stay relaxed, avoid confrontations or overly stimulating experiences till your dieta is in place.

Your post-dieta starts the day you close your dieta with us at the retreat. 

Days 1- 5

None of the following to be consumed

• Sex (includes masturbation, oral sex and hand stimulation)
• Pork
• Chilli (hot spicy chillies like cayenne, rocoto, wasabi etc)
• Alcohol
• Recreational drugs including marijuana
• Non-essential pharmaceuticals
• Red Meat
• Coffee or caffeinated products
• Dairy products including milk, cheese, butter and yoghurt
• Processed sauces or condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise.
• Citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, grapefruit
• Canned foods
• Processed sugars such as fizzy drinks, sweets etc.
• Fermented foods like sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir,
• Avoid processed foods in general with preservatives or artificial flavours and colours, if it has a lot of numbers and strange words don’t eat it!
• Heavy fried foods or oils

*After day 5 you can reintroduce small amounts of coconut or olive oil to your cooking around a teaspoon at a time and some limited natural sweetener like honey.

None of the following to be consumed

• Sex (includes masturbation, oral sex and hand stimulation)
• Pork
• Chilli (hot spicy chillies like cayenne, rocoto, wasabi etc)
• Alcohol
• Recreational drugs including marijuana
• Non-essential pharmaceuticals
• Red Meat
• Coffee or caffeinated products
• Dairy products including milk, cheese, butter and yoghurt
• Processed sauces or condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise.
• Citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, grapefruit
• Canned foods
• Processed sugars such as fizzy drinks, sweets etc.
• Fermented foods like sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir,
• Avoid processed foods in general with preservatives or artificial flavours and colours, if it has a lot of numbers and strange words don’t eat it!

 

None of the following to be consumed

• Sex (includes masturbation, oral sex and hand stimulation)
• Pork
• Chilli (hot spicy chillies like cayenne, jabanero, wasabi etc)
• Alcohol
• Recreational drugs including marijuana
• Non-essential pharmaceuticals
• Processed sauces or condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise.
• Canned foods
• Processed sugars such as fizzy drinks, sweets etc.
• Avoid processed foods in general with preservatives or artificial flavours and colours, if it has a lot of numbers and strange words don’t eat it!

• All fruit and vegetables (except citrus or overly acidic fruits in the first 14 days)
• In the first 5 days limit fruit to 2 pieces a day please.
• Caffeine free herbal teas like peppermint or chamomile.
• Coffee substitutes such as dandelion root or barley-based beverages again check the ingredients to make sure it is natural with no added sugar.
• All grains such as brown or white rice, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat etc
• Legumes such as lentils, split peas (beans and chickpeas after 5 days)
• Fresh herbs like parsley, basil and cilantro, onions, garlic and ginger
• Dried herbs such as cumin, turmeric, oregano, cinnamon, allspice
• Sprouts and sprouted grains
• Olive or coconut oil after 5 days
• Oats
• Bread, we suggest avoiding gluten for the first 5 days
• Pasta and rice noodles (check ingredient lists for preservatives)
• Free range chicken, organic if possible.
• Free range eggs, organic if possible
• Fish (avoid salmon or other oily fish for the first 5 days)
• Small amounts of nuts after 5 days
• Small amounts of dried fruits after 5 days
• Seeds such as chia, flaxseed, sunflower or pumpkin seeds, best when soaked and ground then added to food or ground and sprinkled on top of food.
• Small amounts of honey after day 5 (1 teaspoon at a time)
• Spirulina, Maca and Cacao are ok after 5 days
• Pea Protein powder to build strength after dieta is ok after day 5
• Dairy free milks like soya milk, almond milk or coconut milk are ok after day 5 but please check the ingredients for added sugar or preservatives.
• Tofu and Tempeh are ok after day 14.

These are a few ideas to get you started, fruit smoothies, salads, oatmeal, simple soups and bowls of rice with veg are all good ideas. If you are having digestive upsets remember what you ate on retreat with us and return to that for a few days and a little fresh ginger tea can be helpful in that case too. Checking vegan recipe blogs such as minimalistbaker.com and sweetpotatosoul.com can give you more ideas for eating in this way simply adjust recipes to suit your post dieta stage.

BANANNA PANCAKES

In a bowl combine
2 mashed banannas
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1 egg (leave this out for a vegan option)
A pinch of salt
Then sift in 1 and a half cups of flour, gluten free if you have it
Stir to combine, adding water as needed to make a good pancake batter consistency,
You can also add blueberries to the mix if you have them, yum.

Cook in a non-stick pan or with very small amounts of coconut oil.
Serve with chopped fresh fruit.

GOOD MORNING OATS

1 cup of rolled oats
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds
1 teaspoon of dried cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon of honey
1 cup of water

Combine all items in a saucepan and gently heat adding more water if needed. You can also use nut milks such as almond or soy milk after day 5 but check that they are preservative and sugar free. Serve with fresh fruit such as banana, papaya or berries. For extra digestive support grind all the seeds before adding to the oats.

FULL POWER ANTI-FLAM CHICKEN BROTH

Using a slow cooker is the best way to do this. It is an excellent medicinal food for supporting gut health and building strength if you feel week after your dieta.

Place one whole organic free range chicken into a slow cooker and cover totally with water.

Add a teaspoon of grated fresh turmeric, one peeled and crushed clove of garlic, a pinch of black pepper, half a teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of grated fresh ginger.

Turn on low and cook overnight.

In the morning separate the chicken meat from the broth and bones. This meat can be eaten separately or shredded and added back into the broth with some vegetables for an epic chicken soup.

Return the bones to the broth and cook on low for another 3 hours.

Strain all the broth through a sieve and discard the bones.

Let the broth settle and then if you like you can skim off any excess fat which is settling on the surface of the broth. Though, if you are feeling weak or super skinny I suggest leaving it in.

This broth can then be cooled and stored in jars in the fridge for up to a week or frozen to use later. Add it as a base for soups, for sautéing vegetables or cooking grains in like rice and quinoa. This broth is high in minerals and collagen as well as anti-inflammatory properties which can repair the gut and nourish a depleted system.