Friends that believe in “detoxing” and other woo
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First you must be 'toxed' to be detoxed. If your 'leaky gut' was this toxed the sepsis would get you before the parasites could. Leaky guts all toxed UP, some have been leaking for years now. That's some imaginary 'tox', leaking like a sieve. There's always silicone bicycle fix-a-flat to take care of the holes.5
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
I'm curious as to why you think that.
The concoction in the OP has shared a facebook (?) post about has no proven effect on weight loss or detoxing. It might even end up damaging the enamel on your teeth.
ETA: that stuff detailed in the OP would actually clean out my guts. By having me throw up and unable to eat for the better part of the day due to pain...5 -
Jeez, how did human beings survive before we discovered the magical detoxifying properties of lemon, honey and ginger...
Oh yeah. Our organs.13 -
htimpaired wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
Why?
Making fun of other people just to feel better about your own superior dietary choices. If you won't say it to your friends face, what makes it okay to essentially talk about them behind their backs? I make a lot of choices that my friends may consider to be "woo", but they talk to me, they don't make fun of me on a public message board. I'd honestly be really upset if I found out that one of my friends was doing this.24 -
WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
So far we have stuck to just things you put in your mouth; there is a hole other category (pun intended
) that can get a little messy... 5 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Not a friend or family, but it would be pretty hard to top this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ALVs3s2FnY
That's.... so much woo I think my brain imploded.2 -
It's one thing to talk about certain "things" that you may consider "woo", but to come in here all "my best friends cousins sisters hairdresser told me about....." and then to laugh and basically call that person out when they can't defend themselves? Yeah, that's in poor taste. But, carry on.29
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it's so annoying.
i've been doing pretty good with my weight loss. 1-2 lbs a week. sustainable.
my one family member said i should eat 800 calories a day so i can lose faster. and she eats a meal plan so when she stops, she hasn't learned how to manage her food. and gains it back
and my friends on keto.
but then they "cheat" and gain it all back.
and i'm over here with my cico.8 -
Some time ago a family member was posting a lot on facebook about how eating a specific list of 7 foods or teas that would miraculously cure your cancer.
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100_PROOF_ wrote: »One person told me that people can consume any amount of calories that they wish and won't gain weight as long as they are in ketosis.
I asked if they meant that they could consistently create a calorie surplus and not gain and they answered yes.
( LMAO)
They drank coffee with oil and whipping cream mixed in all day long. They mixed in so much oil that the coffee looked like an oil spill on the gulf. Lol!
When they ended up gaining weight they said that it must be muscle. This person never lifted or exercised at all. They considered daily tasks like walking to the water cooler or walking to the mailbox as exercise.
This person continues to believe that keto will solve all lifes problems and hasn't actually lost any weight yet.
Some people believe in the woo so strongly that they refuse to see the truth. They are blinded by the woo.
Blinded by the woo - words to live by!!3 -
WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »htimpaired wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
Why?
Making fun of other people just to feel better about your own superior dietary choices. If you won't say it to your friends face, what makes it okay to essentially talk about them behind their backs? I make a lot of choices that my friends may consider to be "woo", but they talk to me, they don't make fun of me on a public message board. I'd honestly be really upset if I found out that one of my friends was doing this.
What makes you assume people wouldn't say it to their friend's/relative's faces too? or that their friend's would be bothered by this, not everyone is that sensitive. If you or your friend's are that's fair enough, but I do think it's kind of funny to get offended on behalf of people you don't know.
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Love this subject... I work with a woman who does "detoxes" every once in a while. She only drinks lemon water or something like that for about 3 days. She's miserable and when she done she's back to eating crap. I don't know if she loses weight or inches but she certainly doesn't have the best attitude while she is "detoxing". I've only known her a year and she's done this multiple times.
I want to ask why not just eat well and exercise? but, to each their own.
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »htimpaired wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
Why?
Making fun of other people just to feel better about your own superior dietary choices. If you won't say it to your friends face, what makes it okay to essentially talk about them behind their backs? I make a lot of choices that my friends may consider to be "woo", but they talk to me, they don't make fun of me on a public message board. I'd honestly be really upset if I found out that one of my friends was doing this.
Perhaps if you stopped making woo choices you wouldn't have to worry about your friends posting about you in is thread 20 -
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »It's one thing to talk about certain "things" that you may consider "woo", but to come in here all "my best friends cousins sisters hairdresser told me about....." and then to laugh and basically call that person out when they can't defend themselves? Yeah, that's in poor taste. But, carry on.
Why are you assuming that we haven't mentioned this to friends and family members?
Besides we haven't mentioned any names. It's a message board, it's not like we are saying 100proof Jones from 124 main St in Sacramento is a woo lover. That would be against the rules.
Talking about ridiculous weight loss schemes is bringing light to a real issue that we see here everyday. Newcomers show up thinking that they must go low carb to lose weight or buy a multi level marketing product and that isn't true at all. Talking about it all lets these people see that buying into the woo is not needed.
If you buy into it, that's on you. Nobody can stop you but don't poo poo on others because we have chosen a more scientific approach .13 -
stanmann571 wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I really think that this post is in poor taste.
I was thinking that hot ginger lemonade with honey sounded super tasty.
I don't know if this is sarcastic or not, but it's 95 degrees here and ginger lemonade over ice would just hit the spot!1 -
I stopped reading after "intestines as big as a football field". An American football field is ~100 meters from end to end, give or take, and we have about a meter and a half of large intestine and about six meters of small. So maybe the beings from whatever planet the original poster of this woo is from has 100 meters of intestines, but the average human? Not so much.5
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