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DEL.ICIO.US“Detoxing” your way to good health?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The use of herbal formulas for cleansing, detoxification and organ support has become wildly popular, according to a recent New York Times article. It says that nearly all of the 15,000 health spas nationwide offer some type of detox program. How its said to work: by avoiding certain foods, adding nutritional and herbal supplements and cleansing your innards, you can cure the body of all sorts of evils.
But critics — many of them, mainstream doctors — emphasize what they say is a lack of scientific evidence that detoxification actually works. “I advise patients that these detox programs amount to a large quantity of excrement, both literally and figuratively,” one doctor said.
Have you tried any of these detox programs? What was your experience?
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By geekboy
January 22, 2009 1:34 PM | Link to this
The irony of “good health” is that it costs less than getting fat. Eat fruits and vegetables (cheap) and minimize meat (expensive) and engage in routine exercise (free). People buy this junk because it makes them think they can expend less effort, or can cut corners. They are wrong.