How can I detox my body

WendyTerry420

If nature made it, it's good. If man made it, it's not so good.

That's an oversimplification. There are lots of harmful things in nature, and hell just look at men like Thomas Edison for how good man-made things can be. Oh, and what's this internet thing that allows us to communicate? hmmm

Eat2Win

Denial doesn't work either. I wish you all the best.

khall86790

Green tea, lots of water and lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.

evileen99

The reason why people get diseases such as colon cancer and the such is because of the buildup of toxins. The body won't eliminate
it unless it has something to help it out, which would be fiber coming from fruits and veggies, grains and drinking lots of water. In addition to
the subject of toxins, the subject of weight loss is in effect and excess of things like carbs and sugars turn into toxins and make us have growing "fat cells". To eliminate such as we are all either trying or maintaining, here's a link that helps answer a lot:
http://kamaral.com/2009/10/10-tips-to-lose-love-handles/

Posts like this drive home just how crappy science education is in this country. Not one single thing in it is true.

DrMAvDPhD

Drink some water and take a piss. Watch your kidneys do their magic!

StheK

Dialysis

LOL!

firstsip

Denial doesn't work either. I wish you all the best.

Clearly the same could be said to you. What a sad example of the continuing problem of, "Plug my ears and wiggle my tongue so I can't hear anything I'm ignorant of."

mmapags

In case someone thought I was supporting detoxing the body, I'm not.
I am a supporter of whole foods and organic if possible to lower chances of diseases.
I'm someone from a Cardiology background and have spent most of my life studying nutrition.
Toxins are anything taken in that harms the body. It can even be something that is good but taken
in excess. Changes in normal Hormones and other bodily chemistry changes in the body promote unhealthy changes when
the buildup of the toxins are taken in and cause disease. It's not going to be fool proof, nothing in life is 100% but they
reduced chances when learning food process and causes of disease. Someone mentioned auto-immune
disease causes cancer........your right, but take it one step back. It's what is put into the body that is toxic
or lacking that causes auto-immune disease/disorders. You need to look at a full picture, not just a small
section. Educate yourself more............and yes, fat becomes toxic and causes disease.........sugar becomes
toxic and causes disease. How about viewing Dr. Robert Lustig and his Skinny on Obesity Series (check out You Tube)...........tons of studies (dating way back showing trends, charts, studies, statistics, etc.) regarding
what would be toxins and diseases such as cancer and how and why it comes about. Argue with him (he's big time), not me. Best wishes all.

Lustig?

**** no. He's probably the 2nd biggest quack out there, behind Mercola.

Add in Taubes and you've got the trinity of quackery!

OP, don't eat a lot of junk and your body will take care of detoxing itself. There has never been a credible study that indicated a "detox" ever did anything beneficial for either health or weight loss. It is useless for both. A detox doesn't somehow eliminate fat from your body!!!??? :noway:

jlapey

Just thinking it would be a way to lose weight

You will, but it will be mostly water and will come right back again as soon as you are off the detox. Don't waste your time and stress your body that way. Just start now eating healthy foods and drinking water. You'll be fine. It's tempting to want to "kick start" but there's really no such thing. Good luck

jlapey

Just thinking it would be a way to lose weight

caloric deficit


and SQUAT!!! among other things.

yes.

one must squat!

Here's one way to get started.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/12570-30-day-squat-challenge-march-2013

Melissaol

Im not doing it. But a friend of mine is on this diet and wants me to start it. Xyngular. She has lost alot of weight. But I keep telling myself that its not a good idea. Detozing your body is the furst part of the diet. Another thing its to expensive and I just dont think the weight will stay off. Any one have heard of it.

Babeskeez

Im not doing it. But a friend of mine is on this diet and wants me to start it. Xyngular. She has lost alot of weight. But I keep telling myself that its not a good idea. Detozing your body is the furst part of the diet. Another thing its to expensive and I just dont think the weight will stay off. Any one have heard of it.

I hope your friend isnt Jennifer McKinney. That Xyng crap is just that. CRAP. PLease do not use supplements to help you lose weight. Listen, I know youre frustrated. I have been at this since January...JANUARY. The scale has hardly moved but the inches ARE coming off. You konw why? Lifting weights, cardio (which you dont even *have* to do btw) and eating at a deficit. PLEEEASE do not waste your hard earned money on that garbage.

Babeskeez

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Melissaol

By doing absolutely nothing. Your body does the job on its own.

Yes it does! Most people don't realize this I think because they constantly overload their bodies with things that cause toxicity. The most obvious being alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweeteners, food color, preservatives, you get the idea. So step one is don't put garbage into your body. I saw a quote on someone's post that said something like, "You can't get a million dollar body when you eat from the dollar menu" and it seems to apply in this situation too.

Step two drink lots of water, which people have already noted. It gets rid of wastes and toxins and replenishes our bodies.

The only thing I drink is coffee in the morning with creamer.
I gave up pop and alcohol

DanaDark

Dialysis.

holothuroidea

Try eating raw for a week or two. I felt amazing when I did this. Just allowed myself a small piece of meat each night since I'm not a vegetarian. Lots of fruit salad and homemade guacamole with veggies to make sure I got fats in. :-)

Protein deficiency during weight loss is a good way to lose muscle. Way to go!



Not.

Eating about 8 cups of vegetables, 5 cups of fruit, 3/4 cup of homemade guac, and a chicken breast cooked in oilve oil over 1 day is over 1200 calories and gives 18% of calories for the day from protein, 33% from fat and 49% from carbohydrates. Plus its 41 grams of fiber.

When you eat large amounts of fruits and vegetables, remember that about 10% of their calories come from protein, and it really doesn't take that much else to get to a reasonable amount for a day.

It's true that plant foods have enough fats and protein to sustain any level of activity. Raw diets are different, though. The vast majority of calories end up coming from calorie dense fruits (raw dieters generally stay low fat so they eat nuts sparingly). People on raw vegan diets generally consume a huge amount of calories worth of food to make up for the fact that these foods are low in protein. I think they aim for something like 3000 calories?

I've heard about the 30 bananas a day thing, too. 3000 calories worth of bananas will only get you 19g of complete protein and 10g of fat. Not nearly enough.

I'm vegan, but I'm not stupid. Raw diets are for the birds.(aheheh)

Eat your beans!

bgelliott

Just thinking it would be a way to lose weight

Calorie Deficit is how you lose weight :-)

holothuroidea

OP I hope you haven't gone away already! There's a very good reason why so many people are against the cleanse and detox myths. Many people here have been down those roads before and know how harmful they are.

There is no biological basis for dietary cleanses or detoxes, so avoid any sources that say that there are biological benefits. However, there can be many psychological/emotional benefits and in that respect they can be beneficial.

You could try a 3 day mono-diet. This is where you limit yourself to one (nutritionally complete) meal, and eat as much as you need to. A famous one is a kitchari fast. Kitchari is a meal of rice and lentils cooked with vegetables in oil. It's nutritionally complete and satisfying (and easy to make).

That way you can reap the psychological/emotional benefits without the physiological risks of a fast. Just an idea!

jofjltncb6

OP I hope you haven't gone away already! There's a very good reason why so many people are against the cleanse and detox myths. Many people here have been down those roads before and know how harmful they are.

There is no biological basis for dietary cleanses or detoxes, so avoid any sources that say that there are biological benefits. However, there can be many psychological/emotional benefits and in that respect they can be beneficial.

You could try a 3 day mono-diet. This is where you limit yourself to one (nutritionally complete) meal, and eat as much as you need to. A famous one is a kitchari fast. Kitchari is a meal of rice and lentils cooked with vegetables in oil. It's nutritionally complete and satisfying (and easy to make).

That way you can reap the psychological/emotional benefits without the physiological risks of a fast. Just an idea!

I suspect that you and I may have differing definitions of "nutritionally complete".

holothuroidea

OP I hope you haven't gone away already! There's a very good reason why so many people are against the cleanse and detox myths. Many people here have been down those roads before and know how harmful they are.

There is no biological basis for dietary cleanses or detoxes, so avoid any sources that say that there are biological benefits. However, there can be many psychological/emotional benefits and in that respect they can be beneficial.

You could try a 3 day mono-diet. This is where you limit yourself to one (nutritionally complete) meal, and eat as much as you need to. A famous one is a kitchari fast. Kitchari is a meal of rice and lentils cooked with vegetables in oil. It's nutritionally complete and satisfying (and easy to make).

That way you can reap the psychological/emotional benefits without the physiological risks of a fast. Just an idea!

I suspect that you and I may have differing definitions of "nutritionally complete".

I meant that you would not starve or suffer any deficiencies for the 3 days you eat it, meaning it has enough protein, fat, carbs, vitamins and minerals. But I am always open to criticism. ^_^ I put a basic kitchari meal made with kale and carrots into nutritiondata.com and here is it's nutrient profile:

489 calories (62/22/16, carb/fat/protien)
21g of complete protein (x3 meals is enough protein for an adult female)
And if you ate 3 meals of this per day, you'd get 100% + DV of all the vitamins and minerals except it's short on calcium (only 51% in three servings), b12 (none, obviously), and riboflavin (63% in three servings). None of which you would suffer deficiency from in 3 days.

jofjltncb6

OP I hope you haven't gone away already! There's a very good reason why so many people are against the cleanse and detox myths. Many people here have been down those roads before and know how harmful they are.

There is no biological basis for dietary cleanses or detoxes, so avoid any sources that say that there are biological benefits. However, there can be many psychological/emotional benefits and in that respect they can be beneficial.

You could try a 3 day mono-diet. This is where you limit yourself to one (nutritionally complete) meal, and eat as much as you need to. A famous one is a kitchari fast. Kitchari is a meal of rice and lentils cooked with vegetables in oil. It's nutritionally complete and satisfying (and easy to make).

That way you can reap the psychological/emotional benefits without the physiological risks of a fast. Just an idea!

I suspect that you and I may have differing definitions of "nutritionally complete".

I meant that you would not starve or suffer any deficiencies for the 3 days you eat it, meaning it has enough protein, fat, carbs, vitamins and minerals. But I am always open to criticism. ^_^ I put a basic kitchari meal made with kale and carrots into nutritiondata.com and here is it's nutrient profile:

489 calories (62/22/16, carb/fat/protien)
21g of complete protein (x3 meals is enough protein for an adult female)
And if you ate 3 meals of this per day, you'd get 100% + DV of all the vitamins and minerals except it's short on calcium (only 51% in three servings), b12 (none, obviously), and riboflavin (63% in three servings). None of which you would suffer deficiency from in 3 days.

Ah, yes, fair point. I overlooked the "three days" part. True, would be tough to suffer much of a significant deficiency in three days.

And I see your point about it possibly satisfying a psychological/emotional aspect and not a physiological one...

...so we're all good here now.

Carry on.

:flowerforyou:

magerum

Which toxin are you specifically looking to remove from your body?

The one that makes people fat, obviously.

Ahh excess calories then...well I recommend moving more.

lisamarie2181

DETOX!! Love her!!

OP if you can manage, eat ALOT of veggies, this for sure will get you working like clockwork and will clean out your digestive track. I eat a ton of veggies a day and am completely regular. It will help get the gunk out