The one thing you need to know before you detox

Wetcoaster

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-one-thing-you-need-to-know-before-you-detox/

There are no quick fixes

Any product or service advertised with the words “detox” or “cleanse” in the name is only truly effective at cleansing your wallet – of cash. Alternative medicine’s ideas of detoxification and cleansing have no basis in reality. There’s no published evidence to suggest that detox treatments, kits or rituals have any effect on our body’s ability to eliminate waste products effectively. They do have the ability to harm however — not only direct effects, like coffee enemas and purgatives, but they also distract and confuse people about how the body actually works and what we need to do to keep it healthy. “Detox” focuses attention on irrelevant issues, giving the impression that you can undo lifestyle decisions with quick fixes. Improved health isn’t found in a box of herbs, a bottle of homeopathy, or a bag of coffee flushed into your rectum. The lifestyle implications of a poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, lack of sleep, and alcohol or drug use cannot simply be flushed or purged away. Our kidneys and liver don’t need a detox treatment. If anyone suggests a detox or cleanse to you, remember that you’re hearing a marketing pitch for an imaginary condition.

girlinahat

The second thing you need to know is that your liver and kidneys are pretty damn good at doing detoxes. And they cost nothing, except being cared for.

Jessy906

Amen.

Whitezombiegirl

Agreed. But what would you call a break from rich food and a return to plain food for a while to give my digestive system a break ( terrible tummy issues over xmas) as a kind of short-hand? Ideas welcome:-)

earlnabby

Whitezombiegirl wrote: »

Agreed. But what would you call a break from rich food and a return to plain food for a while to give my digestive system a break ( terrible tummy issues over xmas) as a kind of short-hand? Ideas welcome:-)

A break.

snikkins

Or eating normally.

Alatariel75

snikkins wrote: »

Or eating normally.

Yup.

Yi5hedr3

Research Milk Thistle. It is an actual detoxifier that has been successfully used for thousands of years.