Detox Diets and Cleansing Diets: Do They Work?

[anoopbal]

Do they really get rid of toxins and chemicals from your body? And do we need to cleanse ourselves every now and then?

Check this article: Detox Diets and Cleansing Diets: Do They Work?

[Mrodz]

I've pretty much always agreed with the colon cleanse deal, where the supposed gunk in ur intestine is just the fiber in the product.

[anoopbal]

When I was 14 or 15, the pictures of the colon cleansing made me think maybe I should do this. You can see all that dirt and toxins in the body (:-

[croissant]

I had a friend who had to get a camera up the butt by a doctor and recomended he get a colonique where they use water up the butt. He tapped some tree and drank the water from that for a few days and ate only veggies and fasted the day or two before and the doctor said it worked just as good. Did I mention the doctor checked the colon with an up the butt video camera to verify?

[Aleksandar37]

I never seem to get a direct answer from the companies that sell these products as to what toxins exactly are building up that normal body functions do not take care of.

[WhatsaRoid?]

I never seem to get a direct answer from the companies that sell these products as to what toxins exactly are building up that normal body functions do not take care of.

good post

[bluesfan4eva]

im pretty interested if someone could find some proof. seems like bs to me but those damn vegans swear by it

[anoopbal]

If you want to remove toxins like heavy metals ,as the article writes, you have to undergo a process called chelation. You infuse a compound which binds to the heavy metals and makes it water soluble which can be excreted via kidneys. The problem with this is that you lose a lot of other benificial nutrients in the body too and is only recommended for heavy metal poisoning.

And people don't understand the PPM ( parts per million) concept. Some of the toxins in you are like "a drop in the ocean". No real need to worry about it.