Body cleanses?

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EmilyL

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Not sure where this should go, I'm wondering about body cleanses and if/how they work. I saw a 14 day Acai berry cleanse today, and am wondering if it is worth it to buy it?
 
I`m doing the master cleanse right now. I`m only on day 1 though. Not sure of teh one you mention, though I know they`re good for you. I probably wouldn`t buy a cleanse. This is just lemons, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.
 
I think I've heard of that one, you'll have to let me know how it works for you! I'm probably gonna be starting mine tomorrow morning. Didn't want to start it at night.
 
Good for you?

Not one bit. Detox is a myth. Your body is perfectly fine with handling your waste.
 
Body cleanses are a waste of money and useless torture of yourself. I've posted a series of links before about cleanses. Your body is perfectly able to 'cleanse' itself ... spending money on something do to it is simply throwing away good money.
 
As my very good coworker says; "In the best case they are tasty, interesting and do no harm, in the worst case they are a drawn out way of committing suicide."

:) not that that proves anything, but it precisely reflects my opinion.
 
I normally do a body cleanse with Dial and one of those scrubbies or a wash cloth.

... Oh, internal?

I tried a juice fast once. Once. Never to be repeated :D So I have to say I agree with clever_plant's coworker.
 
Sara06 said:
I`m doing the master cleanse right now. I`m only on day 1 though. Not sure of teh one you mention, though I know they`re good for you. I probably wouldn`t buy a cleanse. This is just lemons, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.
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The lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper cleanse is the worst! I tried this one once when I was young and naive and it left me feeling weak and light headed because you eat nothing! It's a starvation diet and once you start to eat regular food you will gain all the weight you took off faster than you can say it. I couldn't work out because I had no energy. I lost more weight eating healthy and exercising than starving myself and nothing was cleansed out of my system - I think I only had 1 BM the whole week I did it! I would stop before you hurt yourself and tackle your weight issues the healthy way.
 
I don't know about body cleanses,but I've done raw foods for a week to clean mine out. That for sure cleans out your system. lol I ate a lot of food though just raw fruits & veggies. I have stomach problems so it worked for me. Sounds healthier than any of that lemon juice maple syrup one...that sounds awful. I would be starving.
 
Decided to stop it today anyway. Woke up to a sick toddler. I didn't need to be in the bath room all day again.

Chubbygirl- I'm guessing you didn't do the salt water flushes?
 
No I've never heard of that - was that something I was supposed to do on the master cleanse? Glad to hear you decided to stop - healthy eating and exercise is the way to go - take it from someone who has tried it all! I feel like I could write a book with all my weight loss experiences!
 
I think I took one pill today, and then did my weekly weigh ins/measurements and decided that I didn't need it. Then I read all these and DEFINITELY am not going to do it, waste of $10 but, lesson learned! I've been really watching what I eat and working out and as of today (w/out any cleanses or anything) in just over a week here are my losses:

weight: 4lbs
hips: 3/4 "
waist: 1 1/4"
Chest and bicep area: both 1"

I've been doing cardio/walking/resistance/strenght/yoga and take sundays to rest (at most take a nice slow paced stroll w/ the kiddies :)
 
Ok, to those of you talking about something definitely cleansing something...

What IS it that you think / believe / claim / measure or what is being cleaned out?

I am genuinely curious since the only answer I've ever gotten to this is "toxins" and "chemicals" but noone ever knows what toxins... mostly not even what a toxin actually is. Then people go on to confound the two words "chemicals" and "toxins" and says stuff like "it is toxins left behind by all the synthetic chemicals in your processed food" which doesn't make any sense AT ALL since the definition of a toxin is a biologically produced toxic substance.

So... what is it we're cleansing out? I... and... can someone please for the life of me produce a single published double blinded controlled study that shows ANY efficacy of ANY of these cleansing "treatments"?

If not, and you still believe in it, I sell some VEEERY expensive homeopathic water with SUPER memory that I have trained it to have by enveloping it in cleansing aura radiation obtained from the last surviving tree of the "burning heart" species of trees. please contact me for the price, it is really cheap but I have to recoup the costs of saving it from the highest mountain tip in tibet where I Was followed by evil capitalist chinese soldiers trying to keep the wonders of the burning heart tree from the civilization at large!

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chubbygirl said:
No I've never heard of that - was that something I was supposed to do on the master cleanse? Glad to hear you decided to stop - healthy eating and exercise is the way to go - take it from someone who has tried it all! I feel like I could write a book with all my weight loss experiences!
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Yes, twice a day. The salt water flushes are the worst part.
 
All the salt water flushes do is suck all the fluid out of your intestinal system and cause you to become dehydrated. They're so very bad for you.
 
The salt and water will not separate but will stay intact and quickly and thoroughly wash the entire tract in several hours. Multiple eliminations will likely occur. The saltwater has the same specific gravity as the blood, hence the kidneys cannot pick up the water and the blood cannot pick up the salt. This may be taken as often as needed for proper washing of the entire digestive system. Use it on an empty stomach whenever you need help with elimination.

After drinking the saltwater, lie on your right side for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes, you are free to get up and go about your duties.

You should have an elimination in 1 to 2 hours, though everyone is a little different. Be careful not to pass gas, except on the toilet, since it may be liquid coming through.
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This is what I read about the Salt Water Flush.

You have GOT to be kidding me. First, you think laying on your sides is going to flush your system like you are some sort of etch-a-sketch. Second, There is a damn good reason you don't drink sea water. It dehydrates you and can seriously harm you. How do you know if it is a 'proper' cleaning? When your poop shines? When you pass daisies?

It's hype. It's a joke and what worse..it's dangerous. Don't do it.
 
Seriously if you really want to clean out your colon, then get the pharmacist to sell you a bottle of Phosphosoda. It's available w/out prescription, I believe. This is the stuff that they give you right before a colonoscopy.

I would recommend, however, if you want to take this you plan to spend an afternoon in the bathroom with some reading material. You'll go until there's nothing but liquid coming out.

It's not pleasant, but you'll be "clean". That's for sure.

Of course it's totally unnecessary for health and it'll dehydrate you and you'll gain back every pound you lost as soon as you drink a glass of water ... but I guess if having a shiny clean colon is that important to you, go for it.
 
I have yet to hear anyone say anything about what it actually IS we're cleaning out here.

I mean... My google fu isn't super powerful but it didn't take me long to type in stuff like "probiotics" and "candida" and "yeast" in pubmed... then i went to the respected sciencebasedmedicine blog to see what the good David H. Gorski, MD, PhD, FACS (yes, those letters means that he has actually studied stuff, he isn't just pulling stuff out his ass (phun intended)). Lo and behold,

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In reality, there is a great deal of similarity between the concept of “autointoxication” and certain religions. In the case of “autointoxication,” the body of the person with a disease is viewed as “unclean,” contaminated by itself, and, of course, in dire need of cleansing. Does anyone see the parallels to Christian doctrine? Consider: According to Christian religions, people are inherently “unclean” because of original sin that, no matter what they do themselves, they cannot remove. (Only God can.) Now consider the beliefs that drive colon cleansing, in which adherents believe that they are inherently unclean, full of “putrefaction,” and being “poisoned” from within through the absorption of “toxins” (whose exact identities are conveniently rarely, if ever, specified). They believe that they need something to “cleanse” that uncleanliness before they can be well. Compare that to not just Christianity, but to a number of religions in which adherents must “cleanse” themselves of evil and putrefaction by various purifying acts and rituals. This should not be surprising, as the beliefs that drive people to cleanse their colons by various means are not based in science, but rather seem to be more religious or quasireligious in nature.

One thing’s for sure. Colon cleansing is a dubious and almost always useless procedure that shows no signs of going away. There is a thriving market offering an amazing number of products that claim to be able to rid you of all that nasty fecal buildup that doesn’t exist. It may be the most obvious retort in the world for such woo, but the very nature of these sorts of products makes it difficult to avoid–nay, it demands that I not avoid–saying that colon cleansing is a load of…well, you know.
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Honestly? I was hoping it'd get rid of all the chemicals and crap I've ingested as well as *TMI alert* There's suppose to be all this yucky stuff stuck in your colon that will come out like black tar and it's supposedly really toxic. Though after reading more, I've read that it's rare for that to actually happen.
 
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