Is Your Detox a Waste of Money?

Posted on Jan 6th 2009 5:00PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products, Nutrition & Supplements

This week marked the beginning of, I imagine, thousands of detox diets across North America. It's only natural, really, that after weeks of indulging in more sugar, fat, alcohol and laziness than we do all year that we're looking for ways to cleanse our bodies of our holiday sins and start 2009 off right. But before you rush to the drug store to pick up a detox kit to the tune of $30 or more, keep in mind that leading scientists have declared many so-called detoxes to be a waste of money.

You can save your hard-earned cash with a do-it-yourself detox. It won't be easy -- most experts believe that detoxing requires you to cut out sugar, salt, refined carbs, wheat, dairy, alcohol and caffeine, not to mention drinking lots of water and eating plenty of fruits and veggies -- but doing it yourself is healthier and more economical.

Click here for some more DIY-detoxing tips.

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u262f 1-06-2009 @ 7:20PM

How did your 2007 detox go? (Is there a link somewhere about it?)

Martha Edwards 1-06-2009 @ 7:28PM

Thanks for asking! I forget whether I wrote about it on That's Fit, but it went well. I cut out sugar, alcohol, salt and dairy for the first three weeks of January -- I felt great and lost a couple of pounds. But sadly it went downhill after that -- I started working at a new office and the change from eating at home to eating in a food court was an adjustment. I'm back on track now, thankfully. I'm not detoxing this January per se, but my eating habits have changed alot ( for the better) over the last year so I'm feeling better overall.