The Detox Diet - A Thousand Year Old Tradition

By James Steele


The detox diet represents the clash between Western medicine and alternative approaches. If you're interested in this particular diet, you need to learn all you can about it. There are a variety of ways you can use this approach. You must be careful if you have any existing medical conditions because this diet is not suitable for use with some diseases.

One thing about detox diet programs, if one doesn't work for you, there are many more that you can try. When you start a diet to detoxify your body, you will be eating and drinking things that are meant to have an effect on your body. Two of the main things used in detoxification are fiber and water, as both will stimulate the organs. Removal of toxic wastes products is something that must happen on a daily basis for continued good health. Waste products that aren't eliminated on a regular basis will accumulate in the intestinal tract. Depending on the duration without elimination, it is possible for toxins to be introduced into the body via the vascular system.

Improved digestion and a more efficient immune system are two positive results from a detox diet. Other benefits include a sense of well-being and a surge of energy.

One particular detox diet is known as the Master Cleanse. Another common name for this one is the lemonade diet. This method is more like a fast in which only lemonade with maple syrup and cayenne pepper is consumed. As you can clearly see, this seems pretty hardcore and is not for everyone. One well known entertainer was in the news because she lost weight while on the lemonade diet. However, she later reported that she gained the weight back after coming off of it. But keep in mind this is a detox diet and not a lose weight diet. Also, doctors have warned that women in certain situations should not use this approach. So - see your doctor if this diet appeals to you and be safe, always.

It's doubtful that it would be easy to find any adult who wouldn't benefit by a detox diet, even for a short period of time. It would be advantageous, especially for those living in countries that rely heavily on packaged and processed foods for the main part of their diet, to partake in a detox diet from time to time. Nonetheless, the very people that would benefit the most by a good detox diet are those who disdain any alternative approaches to health and, as a result, they don't even consider something as healthful as a detox diet.




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