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I'm sure it makes a lot of people feel better, but almost certainly because of the cessation of whatever dietary behavior was causing them to feel bad in the fi

• Asooka 3y ago
  And as we can see in this case, most of the toxins that you secrete after a "cleanse" are from the "cleanse" liquid itself! Though to play debil's[0] advocate for a second, the body can retain toxins from the environment, e.g. heavy metals, chemicals from plastics, etc. So there is some basis in the idea of trying to purge toxins, but if you find a way to do that with a smoothie from store bought vegetables, you would be up for at least some kind of prize for advancing our understanding of human biology. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debil https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debil
  • ryandrake 3y ago
    Words like toxin, detox, cleanse, and rejuvenation are red-flag words that almost always indicate quackery[1]. It's like this generation's "crystal healing". 1: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-m...
• dorfsmay 3y ago
  From what I am reading, this is true for a lot of diets, what you stop eating during your diet often has a bigger impact that what the diet prescribe you to eat.