Are Cleansing, Or Detox Diets, Effective In Reducing Weight?
Question: Are cleansing, or detox diets, effective in reducing weight?
The Atkins Diet, The Zone Diet, The South Beach Diet and The Flat Belly Diet have all been figured big in search engine traffic so far in 2009.
Answer: Cleansing diets and detox diets are not diets that we would recommend. They're not backed by research and they interfere with electrolyte balance, sodium balance, and water balance in the body. Not only are they likely not to be effective, they're very likely to be unsafe, and therefore we can't recommend them. In addition to that, they're not the sort of diet that you would want to adapt as a lifestyle. So they're certainly not for long term use.
5 minutes ago
37 minutes ago
49 minutes ago
1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Today, 3:28 AM
Today in ABC News
