Detox and cleansing have been all the rage as of late. Anything from detoxing baths, workouts, diets, juice cleanses, and mud-wraps have been claimed to help detox your body and get you feeling great. Do they really work? Bottom line is, no.
Plain and simple your body was made to detox itself from anything short of poison. But isn't some of our food so bad it is basically poison? While processed food may not be the best for you, there is no evidence suggesting they are toxic to your body (alcohol on the other hand is). Why do people feel so great after a detox or juice cleans? It is actually a euphoria caused from starving your body. Marjorie Cohn, a registered dietitian and spokes person for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics compared detoxing to anorexia. She stated that "at some point your body shuts down that feeling of immediate hunger, you become lightheaded and dizzy, and that euphoric feeling starts to come on,” she says. “I work with a lot of anorexics, and they feel euphoria, too.” Detoxing diets that cause you to starve yourself are not healthy and may have a negative impact on your health. Still feeling the fatigue, headache, bloating or other symptoms you were hoping to cure with with a cleans? Contact me for more information on diet and lifestyle changes that can help.
Borgan, J. Juice Cleansing is Going Mansteam. Accessed December 17, 2012. Available at http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2012/12/17/juice-cleanses-commercial-companies-sell-and-ship-fresh-juice-those-eager-fast/C09bxd7IyT8nYpTtSKtJZM/story.html.
Plain and simple your body was made to detox itself from anything short of poison. But isn't some of our food so bad it is basically poison? While processed food may not be the best for you, there is no evidence suggesting they are toxic to your body (alcohol on the other hand is). Why do people feel so great after a detox or juice cleans? It is actually a euphoria caused from starving your body. Marjorie Cohn, a registered dietitian and spokes person for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics compared detoxing to anorexia. She stated that "at some point your body shuts down that feeling of immediate hunger, you become lightheaded and dizzy, and that euphoric feeling starts to come on,” she says. “I work with a lot of anorexics, and they feel euphoria, too.” Detoxing diets that cause you to starve yourself are not healthy and may have a negative impact on your health. Still feeling the fatigue, headache, bloating or other symptoms you were hoping to cure with with a cleans? Contact me for more information on diet and lifestyle changes that can help.
Borgan, J. Juice Cleansing is Going Mansteam. Accessed December 17, 2012. Available at http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2012/12/17/juice-cleanses-commercial-companies-sell-and-ship-fresh-juice-those-eager-fast/C09bxd7IyT8nYpTtSKtJZM/story.html.