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CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Anyone experience in detox (for cleansing, dieting, or whatever the reason) (11/9/2009 1:22:08 PM)
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Yep, exactly that one...
Ok, so, my biggest comments are "dangerous" and "self-defeating". Dangerous because it is a starvation diet and its primary component for nutrition is SUGAR (in the form of maple syrup), which will wreak havoc with your blood sugar levels. Self-defeating because if you do it like they tell you (10-14 days, with nothing but the drink), you're -guaranteed- to lose muscle mass and sabotage your metabolism, so when you -do- go back to eating, even if you can control yourself around the cravings, etc., your body will rebound and leave you worse off than you were before.
Secondary comments are that you're going to end up feeling like -dookie- before you're done. The first day isn't so bad. The second day almost always brings headaches and nausea (which may shift into migraines). By day 3-4, you can add weakness, exhaustion, shortness of breath, general malaise, body aches... in fact, you may even feel like you've gotten the flu, it gets that bad. By day 6, most of the real agony is over, except for the lack of energy/exhaustion and maybe the shortness of breath, but then the depression sets in (brain doesn't have enough to work with to produce enough dopamine, etc.). By the time you hit day 14, you're dying to eat -something-... anything... and then the vicious cycle begins. Most people don't ease themselves back into a healthier diet coming off of plans like this -- they run straight for the stuff they've been denying themselves for weeks.
Holistic detox/cleansing is an integral part of most wellness programs, but this isn't a detox -- this is a starvation diet. If you're interested in genuine cleansing diets, you might want to consider this one or this one. Neither of them is easy, and if you have health problems, they're going to be tough... but they move you from your current diet into a deep cleanse (the deep cleansing/starvation portion never lasts more than 2 days to keep from triggering metabolic failure) and then guide you back into a long-term, healthy eating plan. The only other thing I'd say is that, for some folks, soy protein is not a good option -- if you choose the 2nd plan, you'll spend about 5 days with soy protein as primary protein option according to the cleanse. However, because I can't do soy, I worked with my nutritionist and we replaced the soy with hempseed protein, which met the same criteria without the soy -- and with exactly as good of results as I've had the other times I've done it -with- the soy.
In any case, the so-called "Lemon detox diet" is bad news.
DC
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