Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Three Detox Fads....Great Way to a Whole Body Detox or Dangerous Trend?

You see them all over TV and the internet. "The only way
to detox is the new blah blah blah." They claim to be the
latest and greatest in your body detox program, but are
they actually worth it? Learn about some of the greatest
fads in natural body detox today and if they are worth
looking at.

So let's talk about your feet for a minute. Your feet?
Yes. Many people involved in a whole body detox like to do
a detox foot bath. This is not the same as the plastic
massaging foot bath you got for Christmas that you never
use. A detox foot bath uses a metal container that puts an
electric charge in the water. This charge doesn't hurt
you, but binds to the toxins in your body and carries them
out through the pores in the feet. Many people say this
foot bath works well. But in any natural body detox,
removing toxins is pointless if you are just going to put
them back in your body. So yes, you may remove toxins
through the hundreds of pores in your feet but if you put
them back in you are kind of defeating the purpose.

Now what about the whole juice diet craze. It's similar to
a fast, except that you are allowing your body the
nutrients from the juice. This is a great way to cleanse
the system. However, you don't want to do it for longer
than a couple of days. You would be depriving yourself of
other needed vitamins and minerals if this is all your
natural body detox consists of.

Speaking of fasting, what about purging? This is where you
bulk up on fiber, laxatives, or supplements to keep you in
the bathroom for the better part of your natural body
detox. This is one body detox tip you want to avoid. Yes,
it is important to stay regular. But besides putting
yourself at risk for bulimia and possibly harming your
colon, purging doesn't do much at all. When you purge,
your body isn't going to get rid of only the toxins and
keep all the healthy stuff. It's going to get rid of
everything and leave you feeling sick and weak. While
these can be normal side effects of a healthy body detox
program, don't fool yourself into thinking that purging is
the way to go.

So now we have reviewed some of the most popular body detox
tips in the fad arena. Make sure when looking at a fad
that you check credible research to find out if this is
something that is here to stay. Don't jeopardize your
whole body detox by engaging in risky behavior that will
leave you worse off than when you started. The goal is to
improve your health, not sabotage it.


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John Khu is a health enthusiast and author of a new eBook
titled "Body Detox Tips". He is devoted to educate others
on the benefit of body detoxification. He is also the
owner of the website called http://www.bodydetoxtips.com
which provides complete and up-to-date information.

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