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CLEANSE YOUR BODY » Blog Archive » detox cleanse at walmart — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:13:53 +0000

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:53:11 +0000

Before you go throwing the baby out with the cleansing bathwater, I think there is more to the cleansing concept that meets the eye. Didadtic nutrition does not always look beyond its scope to understand what some physicians, chiropractors, yoga instructors (the real ones), naturopaths, and alternative medicinded professionals have been touties for years (maybe centuries): detoxing the body, or supporting the elimination of substance, food or even mental preoccupation with food, has a profound healing effect that has been documented time and time again.
I am in academic research and I understand and respect the value of evidence based research. However, being in the midst of cutting edge nutrition research, one quickly learns that there is a lot to learn, and just because something hasn’t been studied at a major reseach institute doesn’t make it wrong.
Detoxing, when done properly (not with fad products) does support liver function, usually through herbal treatments, and if you don’t know how powerful herbal remendies are, just go as a certified Herbolistt or a naturopathic doctor. Detoxing also helps us avoid trigger foods, excess sugar, or excess in general. Most people feel profoundly mentally better when they clease in some way that is safe, sustainable, and is not about weight loss. Cleansing and weight loss are NOT the same things at all, and its a marketing scheme to put them together.
Your blog is great, but you’re a little too one sided on this topic.

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:35:15 +0000

I am curious to know if you have ever tried a cleanse. I agree with your stance on the fads and companies that market “detoxes” and “cleanses” to make a couple dollars. I also agree with the fact that our bodies are bombarded with toxins. You can not deny that. Our food (coloring in ground beef to make it red, pesticides, insecticides, GMO’s, etc), our water (pescription meds being found in TREATED water, pollution, chlorine, flouride, etc), our air (pollution, chemicals sprayed over our farmlands, ect) and I’m sorry but our detoxifying organs cannot handle all of it. Look around…the incidences of allergies, dis-ease, eczema, etc all increasing and it is this imbalance in the body that is (at least, in part) influenced by toxins in the body.
A visit to a well-researched herbalist or naturopath for a body-suited herbal cleanse or a personalized diet makeover can do a person wonders.
But no, Jillian Michaels probably is not either of those

By: Julie Goodale

Julie Goodale — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:18:13 +0000

Thanks for writing this. Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s necessary or even safe. This is true for nutrition as well as fitness. I’m a fitness trainer specializing in cancer survivors (and survivor myself), and I frequently have to deal with people asking about one fad or another that they’ve read about. Everyone wants the simple solution. But healthy/balanced nutrition & fitness don’t come from a pill or cup of tea; they come from a hundred little healthier choices we make every day.

By: stan

stan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:36:55 +0000

As with any nutritional fad, there are opportunists out there who take advantage of naive consumers.

However, I have a friend who is a naturopath and operates a detox clinic; I can tell you that there’s plenty of toxins in your body that are poisoning you – regardless of what type of diet you eat. You absorb chemicals from everything in your body, and these do not get eliminated by any methods except a thorough detox.

Why do you only mention the scams?

By: Mark Vaughan

Mark Vaughan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:25:06 +0000

Great article. I find it amazing that as soon as you claim that your process, diet, fast clears your body of toxins and this will help you get fit and lose weight, people just believe. There simply is no evidence to support any of this. Which cleanse or detox do you follow given that none of them are proven? Why pick one over the other? Even in the 6 comments above, 2 totally different cleanses are recommended…

By: Aleya Bamdad

Aleya Bamdad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:26:06 +0000

I had health problems a few years back so the doctor recommended that I detox for a couple of months. I have to tell you that it did work. I felt cleaner, more energized and lost about 25 pounds in one month. I also just read a funny article about a girl who did a one week detox and had good results. If you want to see it go to http://www.diet.com/dietblogs/read_blog.php?blid=18146&sid=6e603533518d8e91ae7832eff3b202a8
At the end of the day call it healthy eating or whatever you want, it does work.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:27:16 +0000

Thanks for an informative article and for the comments from those who contributed. I have done fasting several times in a year and I can say that it really do work.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:06:45 +0000

There are tens of thousands of chemicals and food additives everywhere, many of which are toxic, especially in the long term. Detoxification is necessary - fasting a few time s a year is beneficial. Organic Den

By: FoodFitnessFreshair

FoodFitnessFreshair — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:49:30 +0000

Although I know the body is built to deal with its own problems, from experience, detoxes really can help you feel better physically. However, you do NOT need to go buy products to do this! For a cleanse, just simply experiment with eating only fruits and veggies and drinking tons of fluids for 1-3 days, or experimenting with a fast for a day. You’ll feel a lot lighter, cleaner, and refreshed…without needing to spend a ton of money on gimmecks that won’t help.