Food dos and don’ts
Canyon Ranch’s answer to detoxing naturally is portion control and clean eating. Translation: reducing the toxic load in (limiting pesticides, additives and chemicals through organic produce, antibiotic-free meat and whole foods) while downing detox-friendly foods like garlic, green tea, colorful fruits and
vegetables, whole grains, yogurt, legumes, nuts, seeds and soy.
Not to worry, the menu of good-for- you grub doesn’t taste like cardboard. They even serve up so-called cheat foods like pizza (with nitrate-free chicken sausage), hamburgers (grass-fed, of course) and brownies (made with wholesome sweeteners rather than high-fructose corn syrup). The only thing missing is alcohol, but a break from booze will only help your toxin turbines run more smoothly.
For nutrition know-how, the Ranch has something for every appetite. Daily “Lunch & Learn” demos let you watch the chef in action; hands-on cooking classes take you through the healthy paces; and one-on-one nutrition consultations teach you everything from weight loss to healing foods. For the 411 on torching toxins, the 50-minute “Detox Your Diet” spells out exactly what to do to cut down on the culprits and amp up food cures.

Stamp out stress
Toxins aren’t always tangible. Stress can be toxic. For that, Canyon Ranch offers a host of de-stressing seminars, life coaches and spiritual advisors to teach you how to reprioritize, regroup and relax.
Speaking of relaxing, the best place to turn off your brain and really let your body do its detox job is in the spa. As well as the usual suspects (think facials, herbal wraps and massages), there’s a holistic healing menu that can take you to India for balance-restoring Ayurvedic treatments, Thailand for a yoga
massage and Morocco for a hammam bathhouse five-step detoxifying ritual.
Instead of returning home with snapshots and souvenirs, the idea is to walk away with the tools you need to stick with your new lifestyle. And thanks to the healthy head-start you received on the Ranch, living the detox life won’t seem nearly as daunting.

TO LEARN MORE
Canyon Ranch Tucson 800.742.9000, www.canyonranch.com.
Rates start at $2,185 for three nights (per person based on double occupancy).