Detox

You body doesn't need a detox or cleanse your kidney will do a good job if you let it. Save your money, but if you want to do it light for a few days...no caffeine, no alcohol, no red meat, no added sugar or sodium, no dairy, no grains...this is what all the bought detox packages tell you to do as well as eating plenty of green vegetables, chicken and fish, drinking lots of water. I am pretty sure its not the product that gives any benefits but the diet for a couple of days.

Benefits are usually temporary, eg loss of water weight...but this is usually regained when a person goes back to their normal eating patterns

What foods do you eat?

There is no such thing is a detox or cleanse.

desiresdestiny wrote: »

tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »

You body doesn't need a detox or cleanse your kidney will do a good job if you let it. Save your money, but if you want to do it light for a few days...no caffeine, no alcohol, no red meat, no added sugar or sodium, no dairy, no grains...this is what all the bought detox packages tell you to do as well as eating plenty of green vegetables, chicken and fish, drinking lots of water. I am pretty sure its not the product that gives any benefits but the diet for a couple of days.

Benefits are usually temporary, eg loss of water weight...but this is usually regained when a person goes back to their normal eating patterns

Thanks but I have a very restricted diet due to a chronic illness. So a lot of the food you mentioned I can't eat

I'm not trying to be rude, but I find it odd that you have a restrictive diet where you can't eat meat, fish, or veggies, but you have another post up right now about treats where you talk about eating peanut butter creme Oreos. Unless I'm truly ignorant about your illness, it's unusual to have an illness that restricts stuff like vegetables or meat but allows Oreos.

Other than drug and alcohol detox programs, there are no legitimate detoxes. "Detox" and "Cleanse" are catch phrases created by marketers to sell their products. They literally have no benefits to them.

Drink some water and let your kidneys and liver do their job.

@tincanonastring here you go, someone wants to know about good detox - cleanse

Op - there's no reason to detox or cleanse. This is term used by companies to market snake oil products. Many of which can be dangerous. You will benefit nothing from doing this.

What exactly are you trying to detox from ? Your body already cleans out whatever it doesn't need.. These detoxes and cleanses are just ridiculous. Even the homemade ones you find online are just asinine. People like to think they can clean out chemicals and toxins from foods they eat by " detoxing" and it just doesn't work like that. Its really asinine

desiresdestiny wrote: »

synacious wrote: »

desiresdestiny wrote: »

tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »

You body doesn't need a detox or cleanse your kidney will do a good job if you let it. Save your money, but if you want to do it light for a few days...no caffeine, no alcohol, no red meat, no added sugar or sodium, no dairy, no grains...this is what all the bought detox packages tell you to do as well as eating plenty of green vegetables, chicken and fish, drinking lots of water. I am pretty sure its not the product that gives any benefits but the diet for a couple of days.

Benefits are usually temporary, eg loss of water weight...but this is usually regained when a person goes back to their normal eating patterns

Thanks but I have a very restricted diet due to a chronic illness. So a lot of the food you mentioned I can't eat

I'm not trying to be rude, but I find it odd that you have a restrictive diet where you can't eat meat, fish, or veggies, but you have another post up right now about treats where you talk about eating peanut butter creme Oreos. Unless I'm truly ignorant about your illness, it's unusual to have an illness that restricts stuff like vegetables or meat but allows Oreos.

I can only eat soft foods so soft that it's pretty mush mashed or made soggy. I can't chew.. So yes I indulge in Oreos once in a while by sucking on it.

Thanks for the answer. As others have stated, there is no need for a detox, but yes you can at least eat soft foods that have better nutrients. All the food examples you listed above are great to eat. If you need vegetables in your diet, maybe mashed sweet potatoes or mashed cauliflower would be good for you to eat. When I was having an issue with my tooth, I'd eat a lot of mashed cauliflower and it was great for me. It even tasted like mashed potatoes!

Many, many vegetables can be made into smoothies or boiled in broths then pureed into cream soups with an immersion blender. You can even eat broccoli and greens this way.

desiresdestiny wrote: »

PeachyCarol wrote: »

Many, many vegetables can be made into smoothies or boiled in broths then pureed into cream soups with an immersion blender. You can even eat broccoli and greens this way.

Yes thanks I'm aware. I don't like puréed foods bc I don't feel full but I've found a way to survive and get nutrients. I found foods that work with my condition.

So you're willing to do some kind of radical 'detox or cleanse' and feel like you're starving, but not try some soups or softer vegetables because they might not make you feel full enough?

Okay.