Do you cleanse/detox?

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting/#axzz1nouqJSYw

Intermittent fasting kinda counts as "cleansing" but that's not its purpose. Then again, most detoxes do use fasting as the way to detox so.....I recommend you read Mark's article

This article is an opinion. Not much fact to go on here so I wouldn't put my faith in it.

I don't see the point the not eating for 24 hours unless it's for a medical reason. You are starving your body for a day.

You need to eat to fuel your body and any workouts you do.

There's actually a lot of scientific research backing intermittent fasting as having positive health benefits. Humans evolved eating that way. This eating 500 meals a day thing is a very new phenomenon, from just the last couple hundred years or so, and it's pretty much a western thing, lot of other cultures around the world fast regularly, and are healthier.

As for detoxes and/or cleanses, they only thing they clean out is your wallet.

Thank you!!! And I agree, they want your money end of story. And yes, there is a lot of research backing up intermittent fasting not cleanses. It seems as though people misinterpreted me...

The only time I did a "cleanse" was when my Dr recommemded I do a juice fast. I was having bad gastro pain & other tmi stuff. I know people on here are very against juice cleanses, but it totally did the trick for me. I felt wonderful while doing it & it fixed my problems. I have never had those problems again, so I haven't repeated it.

My Dr told me not to buy a cleanse because they are a waste of money.

and it was recommended by a qualified medical practitioner familiar with your particular situation to deal with a specific problem which is completely different from a lay person with little or no background in nutrition buying 21st century snake oil because some celebrity was paid to endorse it.

4 times a year 21 days and I use the Herbalife products. I do it spring, summer, fall, and winter time is when I start them. But only when I feel that I need to cleanse/detox

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The only time I did a "cleanse" was when my Dr recommemded I do a juice fast. I was having bad gastro pain & other tmi stuff. I know people on here are very against juice cleanses, but it totally did the trick for me. I felt wonderful while doing it & it fixed my problems. I have never had those problems again, so I haven't repeated it.

My Dr told me not to buy a cleanse because they are a waste of money.

and it was recommended by a qualified medical practitioner familiar with your particular situation to deal with a specific problem which is completely different from a lay person with little or no background in nutrition buying 21st century snake oil because some celebrity was paid to endorse it.

Thank you. I meant to add the part about it being a doctor, not just anyone. I wasn't recommending a juice cleanse, but it sounded like I was. I get tired of typing on my tablet so I don't always say everything I intend to when I start typing.

When I know something is stuck, like you haven't had a bowel movement for a while (2 day max wait) I drink dieter's tea. It cleans you out. If your body is not used to it, it can be uncomfortable. I've used the tea since my pageant days (long time ago!!! I'm 47 and I was what... 25 - 26? lol! my body's used to it... they have gentle ones too... if you eat a lot of fiber and drink lots of water you shouldn't need to cleans. but if you eat a lot of heavy starches with yummy gravies and sauces (yeah, I miss them!) you may need to cleanse once in a while.