Thoughts on "cleansing" ?

My thoughts are that it is unnecessary. Why do you want to do it?

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How will you know when you are sufficiently cleansed?

How will you know when you are sufficiently cleansed?

Squeaky colon. Duh.

Do you have a functioning liver, a set of kidneys, a heart free from health concerns and a pulse (that's pushing your blood and oxygen through your body)?

If so, WHY do you feel a "tea cleanse" is important? And at all necessary?

If you're eating crap, lacking energy with a slow metabolism---stop eating crap, replace it with delicious WHOLE foods and ADD a few cups of tea with lemon instead of coffee, juice or soda, as well as getting (at minimum) the daily recommended intake for water.

Our bodies ARE LITERALLY self-cleaning ovens.

If anything, I suggest getting your Thyroid levels checked before doing a "fasting cleanse"...

Just...no. The liver and kidneys work just fine.

You don't need to "cleanse". Your liver and kidneys do that for you, every day, all day. Of course, if you don't have working kidneys or liver... then by all means, do your "cleanse". Hope that works out for you. Though, really, if your kidneys and liver aren't functioning, I don't think tea and lemon water will fix the problem...

Here's what I think about cleanses, in particular discussing them on MFP:

Use the search function.

Hear, hear!

OP: since you joined recently, you may not be aware that there are several topics that evoke passionate, but not necessarily equally valid, responses. Those include cleanses, Herbalife, Shakeology, 1200-calorie diets (especially: gaining on them), eating back exercise calories, sabotaging relatives/friends/coworkers, and a few other things I'm forgetting.

It can sometimes seem rude when people respond that you should use the search function, or that this has come up again and again, but it's because people get a little frustrated at seeing the same question over and over.

My personal opinion: there's nothing to cleanse by doing what you do. But some people find that a day of fasting helps them start when they decide to eat at a calorie deficit. It can't harm you.

It won't do any good....

Actually, I'd like to amend my last post... DH reminded me of this....




MoviPrep anyone? :sick: THAT stuff will polish up your colon in no time.

Sounds like a miserable way to spend your day. :indifferent:

So for a while now I've been meaning and wanting to do a "cleanse" ; only drinking hot tea and lemon water (just for a day). What are your thoughts on this?