- Detoxes are bad if taken to extremes.
- Detoxing is not an effective way to drop pounds for good.
- A healthy "green" living diet should not be turned into a starving eating disorder.
- Detox done the Hollywood way can cause dehydration and can compromise the immune system.
- Repeated detoxing can lead to yo-yo dieting.
- Raw food diets without guidance on how to get all nutrients can lead to malnutrition on other health problems.
- Using supplements with no FDA approval during a Detox can magnify all the problems a detox can cause.
In this blog I hope to track my adventures in fitness, food justice, gardening and body acceptance. I will do so with a critical eye--examining how anti-fat bias, economics, class, sexism, urban (suburban and rural) development deprives us of satisfying movement, and how health is collective and personal.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Dangers of Detox Diets
Janelle Brown of Self describes the dangers of Detox Diets in this article. Here are the highlights:
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