Detox Myths
10 detox myths you must know about body detoxification
Detox Products
There is now a large industry devoted to detox marketing a massive range of products which are supposed to help. Theories of detox start from the premise that our bodies are more polluted than ever before. A period of detox will give the body time to expel the toxins which have built up due to our unhealthy environments and diets. However there are a number of detox myths which are perpetuated.Some scientists believe that the whole idea of detox is a marketing ploy to sell associated products. Indeed there are lots of detox supplements and kits available these days. Typically they contain products with vitamin and nutrient supplements which are supposed to help your body during the process.
Detox is an easy sell to people who over indulge or lead an unhealthy lifestyle. It implies that all that can be corrected in a fairly short period of time without having to contemplate changing habits. It is a quick fix. Detox is also marketed as a type of diet. This can be unhealthy and does not lead to long term weight loss. Detox diets usually advise eating lots of fruit and vegetables and taking laxatives. This leads to lots of fluid loss but does not burn fat. Hence when a normal eating pattern is resumed the person regains the weight quickly. It can be unhealthy because dramatic changes in weight put strain on the heart and the diets can be nutrient poor. Take a look at the videos at this link.
Detox Diet Benefits
Research has not produced any evidence of long term benefit from detox. Short term benefits include clearer skin and an energy boost but if the healthy diet is not kept up they will not last.
Natural Body Detox
There are ways to detox naturally but this takes longer than a week. You do not need any special juices, supplements, teas or drinks. It involves eating fresh foods, drinking water, avoiding caffeine, alcohol and nicotine and taking exercise. Basically having a healthy lifestyle.
Clean Body Toxins
The best way to keep your body healthy and toxin free is to not load it with harmful substances in the first place. When questioned about detox many scientists assert that the best way to help your body after indulgence is to drink water. A well hydrated body will be able to clear unwanted or harmful contaminants out of the body fairly quickly. Even if you drink an excessively large amount of alcohol your body will have cleared it out in less than thirty six hours.
Body Filtration
Lots of scientists question the need to detox at all. Our bodies have several systems dedicated to expelling contaminants. Literature about detox often cites pollution as a source of toxins in the body, suggesting that the very air we breathe is harming us all the time. While it is true that some particles in the air cause health problems, especially to those who are susceptible such as asthmatics the lungs filter a great deal of the toxins. They never actually reach the blood stream. Detox products include skin patches which are supposed to draw the toxins out of your body. The skin is another of the disposal systems in the body which expel toxins. However application of one of these patches is unlikely to draw out a significant amount of chemicals. There has been no research which shows that they can help the detox process.
Detox Myths
Detox myths abound because there is a lot of money to be made from selling associated products. If you want a healthy body you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Here are 10 of the most popular detox myths:
Detox Myth 1.Detoxification is only a sales tactic to scare you into buying supplements.A time of detox will give the body some time to expel the toxins which have built up due to our unhealthy environments and eating habits.
Detox Myth 2. The detox burns fat.
Research shows that the loss is mainly fluids and detox does not burn fat. For this reason many people who
lose weight during detox regain it quickly.
Detox Myth 3. "I can eat and live unhealthy 51 weeks of the year and then 1 week I'll detox and everything will be just fine."
A detox is going to make up for my unhealthy eating habits. If you overload your system with fats, sugars,
alcohol and caffeine for the majority of the time, then a week of drinking juice and eating vegetables is not going to
make any difference.
Detox Myth 4. "A skin patch will detox my whole body."
Scientists have found this is a myth. The only way they could detox is to cause extra sweating under the patch
which would make only a tiny difference to the amount of toxins that area of skin was excreting.
Detox Myth 5. You have to have a detox product to detox and be healthy.
The only proven way to have a healthy body is to eat well and exercise.
Detox Myth 6. The air is polluting our bodies.
Yes, there are particles from the air which are accumulating in us and contributing to illness. However the
lungs are pretty efficient at filtering out particles so they never get into our bloodstream in the first place.
Detox Myth 7. "I can resist all diseases by detoxing myself."
You can definitely get the toxins out of your system that cause disease by detoxing, but what are you putting back in?
Detox Myth 8. "All I have to do is take these detox pills for a week and I'll complete the whole detox process."
You can take the pills for detox, but you need to have a healthy diet afterwards.
Detox Myth 9. "Detoxing is a good way to jump start my diet"
Detoxing will remove the toxins from you, but will also deprive your body of the nutrients it needs. Eat right and the weight is going to come off. Here's a good eating program to follow. Click here.
Detox Myth 10. "All detox programs are a bunch of hype, so I don't need any of them."
You are right, many detox programs are a lot of hype, but a detox will do you well. One program which focuses on all aspects of the detox (before, during, and after) is the "Total Wellness Cleanse". Read more about it here.
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