Detox supplements and drinks. Do they work?

Ljvalsan
Ljvalsan Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
well I have recently gotten off the rightful path of diet and wanted to detox before getting back into it. I usually just drink a lot of water, but recently keep hearing people talking about detox supplements. Do they really work? what do they do? how did they help you?

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  • Lichent
    Lichent Posts: 157 Member
    no siree they sure don't my buddy and me watched a series of programs the truth about food BBC on you tube and one of the series of 6 was doing a detox with volunteers, I mean a real detox, and guess what the control group which ate regular meals showed to be no different than the detox group when the samples were compared. You see the detoxing organ in our body is a liver that is what it is there for and it works with the same results whether you did a detox diet or not.

    So save your money and don't buy into the Bro Science , the great woo of the diets. Science doesn't support detox. Unless of coarse you are locked up and abstaining from alcohol , yuk yuk.:laugh:
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    No.Save your money. :flowerforyou:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/821828-detoxes-and-cleanses
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    no siree they sure don't my buddy and me watched a series of programs the truth about food BBC on you tube and one of the series of 6 was doing a detox with volunteers, I mean a real detox, and guess what the control group which ate regular meals showed to be no different than the detox group when the samples were compared. You see the detoxing organ in our body is a liver that is what it is there for and it works with the same results whether you did a detox diet or not.

    So save your money and don't buy into the Bro Science , the great woo of the diets. Science doesn't support detox. Unless of coarse you are locked up and abstaining from alcohol , yuk yuk.:laugh:

    Listen to this, buddy knows his stuff!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    well I have recently gotten off the rightful path of diet and wanted to detox before getting back into it. I usually just drink a lot of water, but recently keep hearing people talking about detox supplements. Do they really work? what do they do? how did they help you?

    For them to work, you would need to have some kind of toxin for the "detox" to get rid of.

    You don't.
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  • Stage14
    Stage14 Posts: 1,046 Member
    If by work, you mean do you lose weight on them, sure for a short time because they won't allow your body to hold onto anything you put in them. You gain the weight back as soon as you stop though. But there is no proven health benefit and a whole lot of negative side effects associated. They screw with your metabolism, cause nutrient deficiencies, and can throw your body's internal bacteria out of whack which messes with your immune system. These effects are also short term, but why would you do that to yourself for zero real benefit?
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Use the money to buy a digital food scale.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    No, just don't waste the time and money.
  • tapirfrog
    tapirfrog Posts: 616 Member
    Weight Loss Tips - Eat food that are high in fiber, such as Oatmeal, High Fiber Cereals, Whole Wheat Bread, Vegetables. Fiber helps you feel full, help control cravings and stabilizes your sugar levels.

    STahp with the spamming.

    I'm really enjoying reporting all her posts. Now I see why people go report-happy. Whee!
  • Ljvalsan
    Ljvalsan Posts: 27 Member
    this is exactly why I asked, thanx everyone for all the knowledge.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    this is exactly why I asked, thanx everyone for all the knowledge.
    Glad our answers helped.:flowerforyou: Sorry your thread got spammed, it usually doesn't happen very much. Have a great weekend.

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