Off to Hippocrates

For vacation this spring, my sister Denise and I are spending a week at the Hippocrates Health Institute, a resort in West Palm Beach dedicated to teaching people healthful dietary principles. They serve exclusively raw, vegan foods, as well as fresh green juices and plenty of wheatgrass. They have a spa that provides massage, reiki, colonics, facials, and a variety of detoxification rituals. They have several ozonated pools, and offer nutritional lectures and yoga classes.

I've never been to Hippocrates before, but it's come highly recommended from one of my healthcare professionals. I'm not a living-food, vegan person, but I have done raw-juice fasts before and am interested in maintaining good digestive health. My sister doesn't have a particularly healthful lifestyle, but is seeking to make some changes. So I figured it would be a week well spent.

I am on day 8 of a juice fast I began in preparation for my purifying stay at Hippocrates, and let me just say, I'm really looking forward to my first meal tomorrow at lunchtime. I'm not a big fan of raw cuisine (which, in my experience, consists mostly of a variety of plant matter pureed or chopped and formed into the shape of patties, loaves, or balls, or served up as a spread), but when you haven't had solid food for days, even the prospect of a plain ol' carrot sounds heavenly.

Denise and I don't know what to expect, but we are sure to have some interesting experiences. I shall take this as an opportunity to resume my daily blogging regimen. I've been pretty uninspired the past few weeks.