Adding/Additions to the program:

You should add food to the program only as a last resort if you are so incredibly hungry that you feel like you are going to break the fast. In such an instance, you may have a slice or two of apple, 1 stalk of celery, or 1 small Persian (“baby”) cucumber of 5-6 inches in length per day.

You can add:

• Up to 1 tablespoon of dried herbs or spices per day to your soups or other foods in the diet to enhance the flavor (preferably unprocessed, g., red pepper flakes)
• Up to 1 teaspoon of sea salt (as long as there are no health contraindications)
• Up to 2 slices of lemon per day (squeezed, not eaten), whether you use it in your soups, herbal teas, or water.
• Up to 2 pieces of sugar-free gum per day while on ProLon
• Herbal teas (unsweetened and caffeine free) as much as you like
• All types of sparkling water are fine (no sweeteners of any kind)
• Caffeine up to 140 mg per day:
  • 1 cup (8 fl oz) of coffee (no cream, but up to two packets of stevia is acceptable per day)
  • -or- 2 cups (16 fl oz) of black or green tea (traditionally steeped), no matcha
  • -or- unlimited cups of decaf coffee.