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"    Okay, so maybe I&amp;#039;m not quite this calm. After yesterday&amp;#039;s setback, I was determined not to beat myself up too much. Dr. Mark Hyman&amp;#039;s book has a small section at the back labeled, &amp;quot;What do I do if I veer off course?&amp;quot; in which he advises being gentle with yourself, acknowledging whatever happened, and returning to the program without shame or blame. Maybe it was a residual sugar high, but it wasn&amp;#039;t too hard for me to forgive and forget\u2014especially when I had a new and improved version of the sun-dried tomato dip I discovered over the weekend. When I made it with a super high-tech Vitamix rather than my roommate&amp;#039;s blender (which made a miraculous recovery from a near death on day 1 of the program), it came out extra creamy and smooth. So good\u2014an instant hanger-neutralizer. Since I&amp;#039;m in my last few days of detoxing, I&amp;#039;m making a point to pay attention to the toxic symptoms I&amp;#039;ve been hoping to heal. Finally, a week into the program, my stomach was almost perfectly calm all day. That&amp;#039;s a major victory\u2014and deviation from normalcy\u2014for me. Hyman claims that addiction to foods that don&amp;#039;t fuel us properly can lead to inflammation in the digestive tract, which can cause all kinds of seemingly unrelated side effects, like allergies and acne. A lack of discomfort and less low-level &amp;quot;ugh&amp;quot; every time I eat is pretty much the only payoff I need to feel that this program is worth it. Another excellent side effect: emotional calm. During the first half of this cleanse, I experienced cravings, irritation, and general moodiness. My anxiety wasn&amp;#039;t awful, maybe because I was so distracted planning every meal and moment of my day. But the second half has been different, even with yesterday&amp;#039;s chocolate guilt. Normally I feel stressed-out waiting for my train from Boston to New York, but this time I didn&amp;#039;t. My average-length fuse feels longer these days. I&amp;#039;m wasting less energy running in mental circles, maybe because my whole disposition is less inflamed\u2014maybe as a result of &amp;quot;cooling&amp;quot; the inflammation in my belly? That, or I just don&amp;#039;t have the extra, unnecessary carbs to burn worrying about every little thing.  Hannah Hickok, an admitted sugar and carb addict, is an assistant editor at REDBOOK living in Brooklyn, NY. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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