Arbonne 7 Day Detox

hallusmc

Hi! Is anyone else out there doing the Arbonne 7 day detox - or have you done it. I am on day 2 - so far so good. I have been on MFP for quite a few months now, but with bathing suit season all but here I decided that I need to get serious - so I though a detox would be a great way to get a jump start on things!!!! Just thought I would see if there was anyone else out there with the same idea.

hallusmc

Hi! Is anyone else out there doing the Arbonne 7 day detox - or have you done it. I am on day 2 - so far so good. I have been on MFP for quite a few months now, but with bathing suit season all but here I decided that I need to get serious - so I though a detox would be a great way to get a jump start on things!!!! Just thought I would see if there was anyone else out there with the same idea.

ehorner1976

I am curious as to how this works. If you have any info please post it.

hallusmc

I copied this off the website:

The 7-Day Body Cleanse is a cleansing beverage of detoxifying botanicals. The marine botanicals infused in this concentrated treatment stimulate, strengthen and support health and beauty from the inside out by assisting with elimination and flushing out excess fluids.

I personally have no problem with the exercise part of being healthy, but I have a problem with putting the right things in my mouth! I just thought that this could help to get me on track, they suggest eating organic fruits and veggies (if possible) and avioding sugars, caffine and alcohol while taking it. So with everything combined I am hoping for a good start. You can use it up to once a month.

rowlandk

I was wondering about this too so I dug around and here is what I found:

By Susan Moores, R.D.
MSNBC
updated 10:30 a.m. CT, Fri., May. 18, 2007


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Popular detox diets promise to flush poisons from your body, purge pounds of excess fat, clear your complexion and bolster your immune system.

But experts say there's little evidence that extreme regimens such as the Master Cleanse or Fruit Flush do anything more than lead to unpleasant, unhealthy side effects.

Still, these super-restrictive eating plans are hotter than ever, thanks to being linked to lanky celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Beyonce Knowles attributed her 20-pound weight loss for the movie "Dreamgirls" to the Master Cleanse — a starvation diet whose adherents swallow nothing but a concoction of lemon juice mixed with maple syrup, water and cayenne pepper, as well as salt water and a laxative tea for 10 days.

The idea of detoxifying or purifying the body of harmful substances has been around for centuries and cycles back into popularity now and again. There are no hard numbers on how many people have tried the latest fashionable plans, much less stuck with them, but dozens of new do-it-yourself fasting books are glutting bookstore shelves.

That's what has nutrition experts sounding the alarm over possible risks from lengthy or repeated fasts. Vitamin deficiencies, muscle breakdown and blood-sugar problems — not to mention frequent liquid bowel movements — are some of the seriously unpleasant drawbacks to these plans, which are skimpy on solid foods and often call for laxatives.

“Long-term fasts lead to muscle breakdown and a shortage of many needed nutrients,” says Lona Sandon, a Dallas dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Depriving the body of the vitamins and minerals we get from food can "actually weaken the body’s ability to fight infections and inflammation,” she says.

Because the crash diets can upset blood sugar, potassium and sodium levels in the body, people with diabetes, heart or kidney disease or women who are pregnant or nursing shouldn't try them, experts say. Children, teens, older adults or people with certain digestive conditions should also steer clear.

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The scores of detox diet books and kits out there each have their own take on how to cleanse the body — one calls for spices and fruit juices, another for only vegetable purees — but most of them boil down to extremely low-calorie, primarily liquid diets.

The idea behind these plans, which can last anywhere from three days to about a month, is to rid the body of toxins absorbed from the environment and the less-than-healthy foods we eat. This cleansing is supposed to leave you feeling energized.

Some plans restrict all solid foods and instruct dieters to survive on only low-calorie beverages for days at a time. The Joshi holistic diet involves an elaborate list of so-called acid-forming foods to avoid for three weeks, including seemingly healthy veggies and grains.

Many intestinal experts say we don't need an extreme diet to cleanse our insides.

“Your body does a perfectly good job of getting rid of toxins on its own,” says Dr. Nasir Moloo, a gastroenterologist with Capitol Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group in Sacramento, Calif. “There’s no evidence that these types of diets are necessary or helpful.”

While there are medical conditions that interfere with organ function and prevent the body from clearing toxins, healthy people already have a built-in detoxification system — the liver, kidneys, lungs and skin, says Moloo.

hallusmc

I am not doing this as a fast weight loss - that isn't what it is intended for. It is more like a colon cleanse. You are supposed to restrict your diet (other than what we are supposed to be doing anyway i.e. fruits and veggies, and trying to stay away from alcohol, caffine and sugars). I just wanted to give my body a jump start on being healthy.