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Originally Posted by Omaha

I don't really care to argue the point. I'm no expert on this subject. I'll just tell you that I had a pretty good experience with the cleanse that my trainer recommended to me. Maybe I have a sensitivity to Gluten and/or dairy or there's some other explanation, but I had good results.

I've been reading "Clean" by Alejandro Junger. It's a good read if you're really interested in the subject. I know several people at my gym who've experienced excellent results after taking some of the suggestions made in that book.

So you have no idea what it's supposed to treat, or how it's supposed to treat it, or why you would need to be treated for it. And despite all that, you're convinced that you had "Good results"? That doesn't make a lick of sense, if you don't know what it was supposed to do..

Doesn't your book explain anything? What has your reading revealed, since you're recommending it?

Here's a remark about your book, from a dietician association:

Meanwhile, Gwyneth Paltrow's detox guru, Alejandro Junger, must be raking it in. His 21-day Clean detox programme involves having 'liquid meals' for breakfast and dinner and a light meal at lunch.

The kit he sells includes supplements and a manual and retails for £230 plus postage and packing. The problem is that there's very little scientific evidence to back up the claims made for detox diets, says Ursula Arens, a registered dietician and spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association.

'Dieticians are scientists, which means we like facts and definitions,' she says. 'The term detox doesn't mean anything. As a result, people can claim something detoxes you without having to prove it.

'These diets and supplements work by overinterpreting bits of data and putting them together to mislead consumers.' '

'It's ridiculous to think of your digestive system and your colon as a purification plant or a sewer that needs to have its pipes flushed through and a holiday,' says Ursula Arens.

'The body actually has a massive overcapacity to dispose of toxins. 'As for the need to cleanse the colon, it is constantly cleansing itself by renewing the mucus layer that protects the colon wall from being exposed to toxins. So, flushing pints of water through it with things like colonic irrigation is one of the more damaging things you can do to it.'

Does it bother you that lots of actual doctors and scientists say it's complete BS?