DETOX

franciss
franciss Posts: 28 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does Detox help in losing weight? If is does what detox method did you use.

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Nope. There is no reason to detox because your liver and kidneys already do thst.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1159755/looking-for-a-detox-cleanse/p1
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,210 Member
    edited October 2015
    Totally unnecessary! Don't over-complicate things :) You don't need to torture your poor body with a 'detox' to lose weight,
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    "Detoxing" is terminology used by the diet and fitness to help sell programs and products. Journals of Medicine and peer reviewed clinical studies don't show any benefit from them for "detoxing" anything out of your body.

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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    No.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    franciss wrote: »
    Does Detox help in losing weight? If is does what detox method did you use.

    Can you answer what toxins you were atempting to detox from?
  • franciss
    franciss Posts: 28 Member

    An organic shop advised me to do this lemon juice detox.
    Drinking 200 ml organic lemon juice diluted with 1 1/2 liter water over a day.
    Following that for 10 days!
    Hmm wonder what kind of feedback I will get now, haha
    I was so eager to lose weight that I went for it.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Still no.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,210 Member
    edited October 2015
    franciss wrote: »
    An organic shop advised me to do this lemon juice detox.
    Drinking 200 ml organic lemon juice diluted with 1 1/2 liter water over a day.
    Following that for 10 days!
    Hmm wonder what kind of feedback I will get now, haha
    I was so eager to lose weight that I went for it.

    They just wanted to sell you stuff, hon. Actually, that amount of lemon juice can play hell with the enamel on your teeth, it's very acidic.
  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    franciss wrote: »
    An organic shop advised me to do this lemon juice detox.
    Drinking 200 ml organic lemon juice diluted with 1 1/2 liter water over a day.
    Following that for 10 days!
    Hmm wonder what kind of feedback I will get now, haha
    I was so eager to lose weight that I went for it.

    Lemon juice makes water taste pretty good. That's about all it will do though.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    No.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    For future reference OP :smile:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10202381/weight-loss-scams-and-how-to-spot-them#latest
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    By Detox I think you mean a punitive regime of extreamly low calories in the form of juices, shakes, fasts, drinks etc. - then yes they will help you lose some water weight from low-carbing and a SMALL amount of fat (depending how long the 'detox' lasts). The water weight will go back on once you eat normally but there is no reason that the fat loss would go back on unless you over-ate, over a maintenence level.

    Buuutttt you could just eat at a reasonable defecit for a while and lose just as much body fat in a pleasant and healthy way. (whilst hopefully learning a thing or two about nutrition and weight management)


    Slightly acidic warm water (lemon-water) will no do anything for you- or aid digestion (you need enzymes for that).

  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Nooo! :D

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