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Look, Feel and Perform Better:

The 21 Day Elimination Diet

A time comes in everybody’s life when we feel the need to give our body and mind a proper treat - a break away from the toxic and intolerance triggering foods which line much of our supermarket shelves. A proper treat which gives us a new feeling energy and vitality, a better body, and improved performance.

If you’ve ever promised yourself you’d do the right thing ‘sometime’ in the future, and now is that time, read on…

Why should you be on this diet?

If you want to lose (or gain) weight, change your body shape, feel full of energy and vitality again, or find that you fall ill more often than others, have a specific health complaint or just feel like you’re not firing on all cylinders – this diet is for you.

The 3D Personal Training elimination diet is different to other diets – even other elimination diets you might have seen or tried.

 That’s because it’s built on an incredible foundation: over 10 years of nutrition and health research, over 10 years of practical testing on ourselves, and once confirmed as beneficial, with our clients. 

During those 10 years we’ve assessed a lot of dietary programmes, ranging from those you see written by ‘experts’ to those featured on tv chat shows, to some less popular regimes that didn’t have the gimmicks needed to make the news.  

Yes, we admit we spent far too much time in the health section of our local bookstore on sunny afternoons. We’re also very guilty of spending too much time in public libraries searching for hard to find and out of print textbooks, manuscripts, magazines, newspaper articles and scientific journals.  

At home we ignored calls from our friends so that we could study website after website and the latest clinical study data, and we admit we have built our own extensive private library of health, fitness and nutrition books. Whichever way it’s been sliced, diced, cooked or sprouted, we’ve been there. 

The literature we read has come from medical doctors, naturopaths, osteopaths, nutritionists, nutritional therapists, endocrinologists, oncologists, herbalists, immunologists, consultant cardiologists, biochemists, gastroenterologists, specialists in Chinese medicine, more than one Nobel Prize winner and some of the finest lifestyle and sports coaches in the world today. 

You name it, we’ve read it and tested it. 

And boy did we test: high protein-low fat, low protein-high carb, low carb-high fat, high protein-high fat, high carb-high fat, calorie counting, green food only diets, anti-fungal, liquid only, food weighing, food combining, vegetarian, vegan, high fibre, raw food only, macrobiotic, celebrity and pretty much every other variety in between. 

Every one of them made AMAZING! claims, backed up by fantastic testimonials and some extremely plausible scientific rationale. 

But how effective were they? Many of them got short term results, some didn’t do your long term health any favours, and most resulted in a weight gain rebound shortly after finishing.

It’s easy to see that if you went on a ‘raw fresh green pea’ diet and ate nothing but raw fresh green peas for 3 weeks, it’d have some effect, weight loss for one! If you were counting calories peas would be right near the top of your list! I’d also be putting fewer toxins into my body and that would probably feel good too.  

But a few weeks would be about it. Then, no matter how determined I was to shed that extra pound or two, my body would start losing the plot. And that’s just dangerous as well as ineffective long term. 

Of course, I’d drop weight like you’ve never seen before, but the rebound would be horrible. And several of your internal organs would be pretty unhappy with you too. 

Some people take the needle-in-a-haystack approach, trying every diet going in the hope that they’ll find one that really works. But again, this hit and miss approach rarely yields long term results, and can lead to years of frustration and yo-yo dieting. 

All this dieting will probably leave you with a firm belief that the problem ultimately lies somewhere within you – lack of willpower, bad genes – you know how it works. 

Most diets out there are clearly designed as quick fix band aids to what are often long term health or weight issues with underlying causes. They’re not designed to provide a response to these issues, but will give you very short term results followed by an inevitable rebound. So why do them? 

The next time you’re looking for a dietary program, you should try one that really does work, not just for weight loss or muscle gain, but for energy, vitality, and general outstanding health across the board. And you stand a good chance of saying goodbye to a lot of long standing or chronic health issues too. 

In short, this is a diet we designed for real humans with goals and problems that need a real response.  

So what is an elimination diet? 

Right about now you’re probably thinking that a diet that delivers so many real results must be ridiculously complicated.  

But sometimes the best things in life are just so simple. 

An elimination diet isn’t complicated, in fact the reason they’ve remained relatively undiscovered is because they lack marketable ‘gadgets’ or newsworthy controversy, or a new flashy ‘concept’. 

Sadly, you’d think that results alone would make front page news, but since there’s no money to be made out of something so simple, nobody seems very much interested. Plain old boring results just don’t seem to sell magazines, newspapers, books or dvd’s these days.  

There’s really not that much for people to make a big fuss over. This diet just works quietly, simply, and delivers unbelievable results by sticking to just two really simple rules: 

1. We eliminate everything we’ve found your body doesn’t recognise as food – substances that are toxic, irritating, or steal your energy and vitality. These are highlighted in red throughout the plan

2. We ensure that only whole, nutrient rich, unprocessed and unrefined foods that work with your body by supporting it on every level, are eaten 

That’s it! No silly calorie counting, weighing, or any of the other ridiculous things those other diets ask you to do. 

It’s not rocket science but it’s so far removed from most people’s daily dietary intake that the results of following such a simple set of principles can be incredible.  

Why the 3D Personal Training 21 Day Elimination Diet is so good 

There are elimination diets and elimination diets.  

If you take a moment or two to look at some other, very popular elimination diets out there you’ll see a lot of things on their list that we, and some of the leading authorities on nutrition, don’t count as food; for instance regular soy (tofu, beancurd).  

You see, we’ve really done our homework. We’ve been busy searching and researching to find the latest and most up to date results, as well as looking at the common allergies and intolerances we see when testing our own clients. 

Not only that, we made it easy for you to use, too.  

And while we’re giving it away FREE, we wouldn’t want you thinking we gave our elimination diet any less then 100%. We’re just not the type of people to do anything half-heartedly. 

This is how it works: 

For the first 14 days (phase I) you eat what’s on the list – this eliminates everything most people’s bodies will have a problem with, and you might be shocked at what made our list – for instance we decided to dump lots of toxins and heavy metals in our rivers and seas and so many types of fish, which are notorious for accumulating them, are out. 

Plenty of other things are in though – and most of what we include can be found in your average store or supermarket. 

During the final 7 days (phase 2) you re-introduce certain types of food to gauge whether your body says yes or no to that food – basically whether it’s food to your body or not. If not, well you know what to do. 

Simple, isn’t it?   

Tough love… 

Another thing that high profile diets seem to love telling us is that there’s just no pain involved in following them, they’re so easy that, wow(!) - not only will you get results and look AMAZING(!) forever but you’ll feel great and have fun(!) during the whole process, and you can have cheat days, chocolate days and so on – you’ve seen them too. 

The trouble is it’s not true. You know the truth – it’s just that most of the time you’d rather not admit it because life’s easier that way.  

We want to be brutally honest with you: with our elimination diet there is only one option and that is to commit to it 100%. There are no excuses, no half measures, no cheat days, no bits of chocolate here or something else there. The effort and commitment you put in will be rewarded. 

If this isn’t you, and you don’t really want results but just want something to make you feel you’ve tried (again), stop reading now. 

Really - we’d prefer if you found another diet to follow. There are plenty out there, and you can always come back when you really want to do something that works no matter how tough. We’re not judging you, but that’s the way it is with our diet. 

We just don’t want to set you up for failure by pretending this is for everyone. 

To get real results at anything you need to try hard, be honest with yourself, be committed, and be organised.   

You know it’s true, so do we.  

What you can expect 

Another truth of our times is that you’re probably addicted to one or more foods (like sugar or caffeine or additives) and are also carrying around with you a toxic load, as well as a bunch of parasites and fungi. 

That’s why eating even small amounts of banned foods will interfere with your body’s natural healing process, and why this has to be a 100% in or out thing.  

Instead of dealing with whatever processed, additive laden food you normally throw at it, your body is going to have some freedom – and it’s going to use that freedom to get rid of some toxins. When that process kicks in, you’re going to know about it. The first few days, especially, can be quite hard. 

That can make you feel pretty bad. On top of that all of your addictions, parasites and fungi are going to start screaming: I WANT SOME SUGAR-CAFFEINE-ADDITIVE-E-NUMBERS-AND GOD FORBID NICOTINE!!!!!!!!! 

So you can expect to feel bad, tired, and have mood swings, fluctuating energy levels, and feel more stressed than usual. 

The good news is that your body is going to be getting some great foods to help it out, and that for most people this period only lasts a few days. But you need to be mentally ready to handle it. Did we talk about commitment already?! 

On the flip side, if you’re overweight you’re likely to lose lots of fat (and water, which when under stress your body stores to protect it from deadly inflammation. It just looks and feels like fat so we call it false fat). 

Speaking of inflammation, our diet can also reduce it in your tissues, as it’s often caused by eating foods you’re intolerant to, or which are toxic and inhibit cellular respiration and repair. This is one of the major causes of disease today, which is worth bearing in mind if you find the diet tough – it can be tough for a reason. 

We’ve also witnessed ourselves how people on this diet get shiny hair, better skin and nail condition, a reduction in bags under the eyes, and an all round boost in energy and vitality, not to mention a reduction in the severity of other health issues – all from our simple diet.  

Forewarned is forearmed – be ready, be prepared 

A little bit of preparation goes a long way – clearing your life of bad food and bad habits before you start will make things easier. Just take a look at our elimination diet, and if a food is not on the list or in red, get rid of it. Put it away out of temptation’s way or even better go for a truly new start and throw it in the bin. 

Then, surround yourself with everything you need to ensure you’re ready to start on the first day on the diet.  

That includes the right foods, but also emotional support from partners, friends and family – if they don’t know what you’re doing they’ll unknowingly tempt you into spoiling the great work you’ve undertaken. 

We also don’t want you to set yourself up to fail by pulling this diet out and jumping in with both feet unprepared. Without preparation you’re more likely to fail, and that would be a shame, not only because you won’t get results, but also because you’ll start to believe that it’s your fault, that you just have bad genes, or no willpower, or that you’ve have never stuck with anything, or that it’s too hard for me, and all the other things we think about ourselves. Your self esteem will be worse for it, so don’t allow yourself to be put in that position. 

A little bit of preparation can stop all that.   

Your health, YOUR responsibility 

Even if you asked us nicely, and even if we really wanted to, we can’t do this for you.  

If you’re not sure you have the motivation to do the right thing, you might like to think there are other people you can go to who will take responsibility – who have to take responsibility - for your health when the going gets tough. Let’s talk about them for a second: 

Your family, friends and partners have their own problems, hang ups and stresses, and are probably too busy hiding from them or dealing with them to take real care of you and your health. If you find your partner puts out food that you’re not convinced is too good for you, take control. They’re probably just tired and stressed like everyone else. 

And they’re probably not the best person to know what’s right for you. That person is you and you alone. 

Doctors, although undoubtedly well trained and with the best of intentions, are trained to diagnose, refer you to a specialist, and/or give you pharmaceutical products which may or may not be the best solution for you. This type of treatment takes care of short term symptoms but does not seek to remedy underlying causes, and leaves sometimes serious side effects.  

So ask yourself who has the ability to look after your health most effectively:  

Answer A: someone who has the most deeply held personal interest in seeing you get the most out every day, living a long, healthful life, who has full control over your lifestyle every second of your day and who can spend many hours researching answers to their questions (in case you didn’t get it, this is you), or  

Answer B: a doctor who has only a professional interest in your well-being, who has a very limited amount of time to see you, and only a limited range of tools at their disposal  

You have much more time and much more reason to take care of your health than your doctor does.  Your doctor is the most effective person to see in certain circumstances, but it’s a little unfair to sit around eating the wrong foods, doing little or no exercise for years, and then go expecting your doctor to sort it all out. In the time available they can usually help to manage your decline, but not much more. If you want real answers, and real, positive health, you’re going to have to do it yourself. 

The government can rarely make their minds up about anything, never mind being capable of taking care of your personal, individual health needs (and when they do get round to making their minds up they tend to be at least five years behind the latest research). 

The media are only really interested in selling newspapers, magazines and ad space, and will print or screen whatever does the job – even if it contradicts what they printed yesterday.   

The easiest part of all…  

Get your very own copy of the 3D Personal Training Elimination Diet now.

Yours in health , 

Craig Burton and Matt Brereton-Patel.