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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Truth About Detox Diets
Are detox diets safe? The harmful side effects of fad diets can outweigh the risks associated with toxic chemicals in the body.
Overweight people often turn to potentially harmful detox diets to boost their initial weight loss to cope with a weight loss plateau. Wanting to lose weight fast, an overweight person is vulnerable and wants to believe that one or more fad diets will be the one to work for them to help them lose weight once and for all.
Detox diets are used to cleanse toxic chemicals from the body. While some detox diets include the use of special drinks, most of these fad diets require that you give up sweets, carbs and protein for a defined length of time, usually between 1 and 10 days. Once your body is cleansed you can gradually add back these foods in limited quantities.
The focus of detox diets is to drink a lot and eat very little to cleanse the body and rid toxins to lose weight more quickly. Toxic chemicals can be harmful to your health and detrimental to weight loss efforts. Toxins are unnatural elements in the body. Though some toxins enter the body through pollutants in the environment, most chemicals are ingested. The things we choose to eat, drink and inhale are toxic chemicals that make people sick and prevent them from losing weight.
Smoking, drinking alcohol, drinking caffeine and eating too many prepackaged and over-processed foods all have a toxic effect on the body. Avoiding these items and eating naturally is the first step in riding your body of these harmful toxins to allow yourself to lose weight.
Fad diets are never a good idea for long-term health and well-being. Detox diets are no exception. There is no scientific proof that detox diets work to help you lose weight over a long period of time. Typically what happens is you lose water weight while on a detox diet. The initial weight loss is encouraging for some dieters and it is a good way to kick start their diet and motivates them to continue to lose weight.
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