Detox
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I've found some info yesterday about a body detoxification diet, called the "The Lemonade Diet". Basically, you drink a mix of water/lemon juice/maple syrup and cayenne pepper for about 10 days, and it's supposed to help you get rid of all garbage in body. Anyway, I was a bit intrigued. I made the mixture, which is surprisingly tasty, but don't really care to go on liquid fast for the next 2 weeks. It just seems a bit extreme, I guess. Has anyone here had any experience with this or other similar detox plans? Do you really feel much better? Wouldn't it be better to just modify eating habits for the long run? BW CP Member Homepages
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brianwelsch wrote: My plan is regular exercise (3-4 X week), eat less refined sugar, eat more natural foods, etc. If you stick to that exercise routine, make sure you follow Jeremy's advice about water intake. I lost 25 pounds over about a 12 month period and I believe the extra water intake was just as important as the exercising. I only drink about 0.5 to 1 litre a day now, but during the time I was losing weight, I was consuming about 2.5 to 3 litres a day. Good luck to you. Chris Meech It's much easier to get rich telling people what they want to hear. Christopher Duncan I can't help getting older, but I refuse to grow up. Roger Wright I've been meaning to change my sig. Thanks! Alvaro Mendez We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton
Chris Meech wrote: I believe the extra water intake was just as important as the exercising. You're right. The extra water promotes a healthier metabolism when mixed with exercise because it flush out the byproducts left behind by your metabolism when burning the extra fat. If it’s not cleaned away, then your body bumps down the furnace a bit to keep things in check. Jeremy Falcon
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http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/detox.html[^] Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
I believe some of it is legit. I also beleive (this is the case in any market) there are plenty of people who will take your money regardless of the quality of their product. Jeremy Falcon
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I've found some info yesterday about a body detoxification diet, called the "The Lemonade Diet". Basically, you drink a mix of water/lemon juice/maple syrup and cayenne pepper for about 10 days, and it's supposed to help you get rid of all garbage in body. Anyway, I was a bit intrigued. I made the mixture, which is surprisingly tasty, but don't really care to go on liquid fast for the next 2 weeks. It just seems a bit extreme, I guess. Has anyone here had any experience with this or other similar detox plans? Do you really feel much better? Wouldn't it be better to just modify eating habits for the long run? BW CP Member Homepages
I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old Then magnificently we will float into the mystic
Here's another piece of interesting read. I learned the hard way about taking too much of a vitamin (for me it was Vitamin E) when I started my health kick a while back. IMO, this topic warrants a little research too. http://nutrition.tufts.edu/consumer/balance/2003-11/vitaminod.html[^] Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Eating healthy Doing some reading, and I'm not seeing much need even to take supplemental vitamins. As long as I eat a good variety and minimize refined sugar and saturated fats, do a little exercise, I should be doing just fine. BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
I'd be most interested in ways to cut down 7 hours of sleep everyday to say 3 by 15 minutes of Yoga. :zzz: norm
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I'd be most interested in ways to cut down 7 hours of sleep everyday to say 3 by 15 minutes of Yoga. :zzz: norm
Don't think that's going to happen, but here's a little info on yoga and sleep. http://yoga.org.nz/benefits/physiological_benefits/yoga_insomnia.htm[^] BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
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Megan Forbes wrote: Mmmm... Wagamama Actually, there's an idea for where to get lunch or something for the CP meet. It seems there's one in Canary Wharf, and there's several others in London too - which I'm sure we'll be relatively close to wherever we hold the meet. -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
Not a bad idea! Hopefully one of us can remember the suggestion closer to the time when we decide on a venue :)
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Here's another piece of interesting read. I learned the hard way about taking too much of a vitamin (for me it was Vitamin E) when I started my health kick a while back. IMO, this topic warrants a little research too. http://nutrition.tufts.edu/consumer/balance/2003-11/vitaminod.html[^] Jeremy Falcon
I have The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines [^], which covers vitamins, minerals, and herbs. Good info. Thanks for the link. BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
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Which doesn't make it untrue either. Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Which doesn't make it untrue either. It is possible to make investigations into this. You can for example do very accurate urine tests during fasting. What Joe is saying is absolutely right. There are no indications that your body is cleansing itself because of any extreeme diet. Regards, Haakon. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Which doesn't make it untrue either. It is possible to make investigations into this. You can for example do very accurate urine tests during fasting. What Joe is saying is absolutely right. There are no indications that your body is cleansing itself because of any extreeme diet. Regards, Haakon. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
It's not that the body cleases itself because of any diet. I think the body cleanses itself the same way it always does, its just that putting less toxants into your body, gives it a chance to "catch up" if this is necessary. BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
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I believe some of it is legit. I also beleive (this is the case in any market) there are plenty of people who will take your money regardless of the quality of their product. Jeremy Falcon
And thus the real problem. I wouldn't be shocked if some of it is very true. But with the current wave of New Age BS going around, there is a ton of room for scam artists to make a buck. Hell, after 300 years people still believe in homeopathy even though it has FAILED ALL TESTS to reliably reproduce effective results. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Eating healthy Doing some reading, and I'm not seeing much need even to take supplemental vitamins. As long as I eat a good variety and minimize refined sugar and saturated fats, do a little exercise, I should be doing just fine. BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
vitamins can be good if you're trying to lose weight and therefor eating little or you workout like a pro athlete and want to make sure you get what your body needs. Todd Smith
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I've found some info yesterday about a body detoxification diet, called the "The Lemonade Diet". Basically, you drink a mix of water/lemon juice/maple syrup and cayenne pepper for about 10 days, and it's supposed to help you get rid of all garbage in body. Anyway, I was a bit intrigued. I made the mixture, which is surprisingly tasty, but don't really care to go on liquid fast for the next 2 weeks. It just seems a bit extreme, I guess. Has anyone here had any experience with this or other similar detox plans? Do you really feel much better? Wouldn't it be better to just modify eating habits for the long run? BW CP Member Homepages
I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old Then magnificently we will float into the mystic
I agree with a number of other messages: treat "detox" programs with caution. Some of them are just BS that someone thought up one day. I remember the story of one lady who decided to drink only water to "cleanse her system". She died because her electrolytes got out of whack. I read recently that a number of athlete's deaths are now being traced to drinking too much liquid (yet you're supposed to hydrate when you exercise). What I'm saying is that you should take everything in moderation and that your body needs a little bit of everything. In the case of the "Lemonade Diet", I have to wonder whether it contains enough fat. Fat is necessary for the creation of particular neurotransmitters in the brain. I'd guess that it's also missing out on a number of other nutrients and vitamins. ------------------------------------------ Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. In any debate, Hitler's opinion on the subject is automatically the evil one, so it had better be contrary to the side you're arguing.
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I agree with a number of other messages: treat "detox" programs with caution. Some of them are just BS that someone thought up one day. I remember the story of one lady who decided to drink only water to "cleanse her system". She died because her electrolytes got out of whack. I read recently that a number of athlete's deaths are now being traced to drinking too much liquid (yet you're supposed to hydrate when you exercise). What I'm saying is that you should take everything in moderation and that your body needs a little bit of everything. In the case of the "Lemonade Diet", I have to wonder whether it contains enough fat. Fat is necessary for the creation of particular neurotransmitters in the brain. I'd guess that it's also missing out on a number of other nutrients and vitamins. ------------------------------------------ Law of Nazi Analogies: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. In any debate, Hitler's opinion on the subject is automatically the evil one, so it had better be contrary to the side you're arguing.
Brit wrote: Fat is necessary for the creation of particular neurotransmitters in the brain Didn't know that. Brit wrote: treat "detox" programs with caution Of course, just like anything else. ;) I've really just been curious to the reasoning, success, failure of detox programs from an academic point, more than from any intention of whole-heartedly going into a program. Brit wrote: I'd guess that it's also missing out on a number of other nutrients and vitamins. What I've read states that the drink contains the minimum the body would need to survive for a short-term. It is intended for a 10-day average (maximmum of 20 days), although some people go for longer, and some people also take vitamin supplements to ensure proper nutrition. Brit wrote: I'm saying is that you should take everything in moderation and that your body needs a little bit of everything As a general rule for everyday living, Absolutely. BW CP Member Homepages
"...take what you need and leave the rest..."
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Twister as a drinking game. :wtf: Paul, Twister is meant to be played naked. :-D :-D Drinking is just an option. Course maybe my version of the game came with these rules cause of where I bought it. I think the store was called, "The Passion Pit" or something like that. :-D Chris Meech It's much easier to get rich telling people what they want to hear. Christopher Duncan I can't help getting older, but I refuse to grow up. Roger Wright I've been meaning to change my sig. Thanks! Alvaro Mendez We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton
Well, considering my sister was doing the spinning, her boyfriend was on red behind me and her best friend was right underneath me, I felt it was not the time and place to try naked twister. Granted, her best friend is a total bombshell but her boyfriend kept catching my eye, pointing at his girl underneath me and wagging his finger. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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Chris Meech wrote: I believe the extra water intake was just as important as the exercising. You're right. The extra water promotes a healthier metabolism when mixed with exercise because it flush out the byproducts left behind by your metabolism when burning the extra fat. If it’s not cleaned away, then your body bumps down the furnace a bit to keep things in check. Jeremy Falcon
You have flexed your Knowledge of Health muscles many times here on CP. I have to ask: where did you learn so much about health and fitness? Can you recommend books, Web sites, and other resources?
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