Scientists dismiss 'detox myth'

Amen brother. I've been trying to get off of methadone for a few months and they keep trying to sell me some detox goodies that do nothing that a good chunk of geritol won't do.
When I was about 19, I'm 49 now i swallowed ant poison attempted suicide and then found out it was loaded with arcenic. Yeah, bad choice, but there is no known product i can swallow that will get the arcenic out of my blood stream except maybe a massive OD of heroin (yeah, permanant detox there) and if you want the garbage out anywhere it's in your blood. Short of a complete blood transfusion you ain't going to "detox" anything.
They love to throw words like detox and recovery and a lot of others..ahh, disfunctional is another and then think the rest of us are dumb if we don't quite get what they're talking about.
I look at it the other way. I know exactly what they're saying, but i think the people who misuse our language like they do their own lives are the dumb ones.
Detox my ass. They're probably the same dupes who also buy that new shit stuff that magically drags an extra 15 foot turd out of your ass for a mere $39.99. I'm not kidding either! They have commercials for this and one web site they had (same bunch) has picture after picture of these long, black and brown nasty, ugly, horrible looking things that all you gotta do is drink this little magic potion and bingo, the old piece of shit that's been hidding up your ass all these years will hop out like a bunny! I have to tell these folks, hard as it is that they really arent full of shit, the commercial is. But, ironically if you buy that product you'll automatically be full of shit, but it ain going to pop out that way. It's in your mind.
Try milk of magnesia and if you don't poop out a ton within a day or two you're not going to keep pushing out the devil a week later with a magic potion.

Well, needless to say, I ain't buyin folks.

You can't fill your body with garbage then call the trash collectors to get it out of you after you eat it. Doesn't work that way kiddies and science knows that.
Detox all you want, but it's just like a superfund cleanup site. They have to physically remove all the toxic crap with bulldozers and the human body doesn't mimic geography very well. But, hey. Swallow a bulldozer. i bet that'll end your toxic problem for good.

Drink kombucha!

hey, getting people to think the products they buy is more than what they actually are is what advertising is all about...lying. It's not a bar of soap, it's "Caress" fantastically trying on that sexy woman's skin on you, instead of you, you may imagine. It's not a car you want, but the sex appeal it buys for you =P hehehe... I'm a sucker too! =P American through and through, born and raised, consumerism for life baby! =)~

Hasn't Dr. Weil been pretty much telling us this very same thing for years?

I'm not big on detox products, but a two day fast once a month helps your body regenerate.

what about those thing you put on your foot to "detox your body" im glad they did this most of these products are like the snake oil of today

I guess the whole "detox" thing comes from eating well, exercising, and drinking lots of water. But it does make sense that "detox" labels on products are not exactly accurate. The same thing happens with food that claims to be "all natural", etc.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.

i'm a firm believer in detox / master cleanse diets. some people go way overboard on them. but done right, it can do wonders. but you shouldn't do a two week detox diet and then go right back to eating fried foods and twinkies. you swill should always eat healthy organic foods and exercise all the time.

i am going to try going raw for a week to detox.

that should clean me out.

The problem is, instead of actually eating right, people go on these diets and 'detox' regiments under the pretences that they'll 'cleanse the body', or 'get rid of toxins'.

Perhaps we could all get healthier by eating right, and exercising regularly? I don't think a lot of people understand that being healthy isn't a weekend warrior kind of thing. You need to make a commitment to taking care of your body, and eating fast food twice a week isn't going to get you there.

I heard a lot about green tea. Some people swear on it.

Sleep well, drink water.

Easy.

how about this for detox; Eat natural, workout, don't smoke/drink much, meditate, have hot romantic sex, hot shower, sleep in. tell me how you feel then

Does anyone happen to know if elder-flower help the body detox?

That makes me feel loads better for continuing to drink coffee like a narcoleptic and smoke like a WWII soldier.