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Rely on a natural detox system, not a fad diet

No evidence detox diets remove toxins, prevent disease or improve health

9:30 PM, Feb. 17, 2013

It seems like everyone I know is doing a cleanse or detox diet. Is there any merit to them?

As my readers know, I'm open to a number of nontraditional treatments. Some have been studied scientifically and found to be valuable - like tai chi for fibromyalgia. Others haven't been fully studied but appear to have no adverse effects, and some people swear by them - such as acupressure for the nausea caused by chemotherapy. I'm open-minded, yet skeptical, about any proposed treatment - mainstream or complementary - until it's been shown to be of value in scientific studies.

Which brings us to cleanse ...

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