He once did a 12-day Panchakarma cleanse.
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After the 2021 season, Rodgers said he did a 12-day Panchakarma cleanse, in which he used the time to reflect and to cleanse the mind and body.
The cleanse includes a strict diet of drinking warm ghee (clarified butter) in the morning, using herbal laxatives at night, and abstaining from cold food or beverages, sugar, dairy, drugs, caffeine, and alcohol. Diet during the cleanse is typically rice, mung beans, and vegetables known as kichari, cooked with more ghee and seasonings like ginger, turmeric, and coriander. The person also avoids vigorous activities, including sex.
According to the Ayurvedic Institute, there may also be “therapeutic vomiting,” enemas, and bloodletting.
Rodgers said at the time that he felt a sense of gratitude afterward, and it helped relieve his stress.
