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not possible to force a 'detox' of our bodies by cutting out specific foods and drinking fruit and veg based juices." and by doing colon wash-
Your body is already doing it for you
ONLY UNEDUCATED AND UNDER EDUCATED AND EDUCATED ONLY WITH AYURVEDIC TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES TALK ABOUT CLEANING OUT BODY TOXINS WITH JUICE/COLON WASH/ENEMA/ETC
SOME EMINENT PEOPLE LIKE MAHATMA GANDHI ALSO GOT PULLED INTO THESE FOOLISH THINGS BY DOING DAILY ENEMA "TO CLEAN OUT THE BODY"
FOOLISH
AYURVEDA HAS A DIIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGY ABOUT HUMAN BODY
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BELOW AN ARTICLE FROM INTERNET :-
Please do not be deceived or misled by the title of this post. I wanted to write a serious and critical article about Ayurveda as a quackery. But after going thru thisdiscussion piece on a so-called 'science forum', I could not hold my laughter or my sarcasm.
The defense of Ayurveda has been reduced to this farcical level by some Indians that one is at a loss how to respond.
To most Indians, Ayurveda is acceptable as a science since it is ancient and is based on the Vedas. If you probe and ask them on which Veda it is based, most probably you will get a blank stare or some incoherent mumble or a dismissive wave of the hand.
If you ask them how ancient it is, most likely they will not have a clear answer, but some of the smart-ass ones will say 5000 or 6000 years ago. Don't be surprised if some among them say it is more than 10000 years old or even older. Some things like the Vedas, Ayurveda and epics for Indians are like vintage wine and so older they are, the better. Indian traditionalists don't like their ancient relics to be anything less than 5000 years old. And again don't be shocked if someone says that Ayurveda is timeless. Why should it not be?!! If Vedas can be or imagined to be timeless, why can't Ayurveda be timeless as well!!!
Then again don't ask the inconvenient question of who wrote the Ayurveda. Just like the Vedas are author-less, so can the Ayurveda be too.
And then how can the Indian population be blamed for their reverence towards Ayurveda, when their own 'secular' government which should know better, itself patronizes this questionable system by
Anything goes as long as it 'works' seems to be the typical attitude prevailing in India towards medical systems. And the criterion for what works seems to be quite wide and liberal, where popularity, advertisements and testimonials are accepted as evidence and proof of the legitimacy and credibility of a system or discipline.
Rigorous and systematic examination and scrutiny of any of the claims or techniques of Ayurveda do not seem to be deemed necessary by Indians or its govt. or institutions. While one surveys or reads about the state of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) in most parts of the developed world, one can gather some assurances from the systemic and institutional framework under which it operates, which includes some of these aspects:
If fairly and objectively attempted, this is not a very easy question to answer, not because Ayurveda has supposedly high standards of quality or practices. It is much more disturbing than that. It is more like a case of disclosure problem and availability of reliable and testable information.
It is particularly hard to come by good, clearly laid out and transparent information about the theory and practice of Ayurveda. Not surprisingly there are more non-Indian sources of Ayurvedic information on the internet than those from India, including the known suspects of 'Alternative Medicine', Complementary Medicine and 'Integrative Medicine' departments of US colleges and Health Research centers, including the NIH.
One tends towards doubt and skepticism in this matter, given the sparse and sketchy nature of detail about Ayurveda. The testimonials and anecdotal tales of Ayurveda are very copious and glowing, but information of its theory and practices is a struggle to search and find.
I started with the by now normally expected Wikipedia entry on Ayurveda, Very strangely other encyclopedias do not figure high on a google search for Ayurveda. For a discipline that boasts of a hoary lineage and tall and grand claims, the information on Wiki is not a lot and particularly unflattering and a problem for the devotees and apologists of Ayurveda, particularly its note on the scientific appraisalof this system. Same goes for this Ayurveda page on NCCAM. Readers desirous of knowing more about the western/US perception of Ayurveda may also refer to this link.
What about the sources of information and detail on Ayurveda in the hallowed land of its birth, India?!!!
Instead of beating around the bush with advertorial and sales-pitch sites hawking Ayurveda and its wares, I decided to go straight to the website of the horse's mouth, the CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDIC SCIENCES (CCRAS), an Indian govt. sponsored and funded Medical Research organization.
Even with the low expectations that I hold for Indian institutions, I was yet in for a major shock. The website, its content and the way it is managed, is an eye-sore. Itsinformation page on Ayurveda, is a classic case study of how Indian institutions pass off unsubstantiated information without any care or concern on a source that is perceived to contain reliable information and data.
Its content on the 'Origin' of Ayurveda is worth reproducing here:
"Ayurveda originated in India and is one of the oldest medical systems in the world. The word Ayurveda means science of life. It is the combination of two words ─ Ayu (Life) and Veda (Knowledge).
It is said to have been taught by the creator, Brahma, to Daksha Prajapati, who taught it in turn to the divine twins called the Ashwini Kumars. Ashwini Kumars were the heavenly healers who taught this science to Indra. The personages mentioned were deities of early Vedic times. When mankind started suffering from various diseases, the wise men like Bharadwaja learnt from Indra the knowledge of medicine.
References of illness, cures and other health-related issues are found in vedas, the oldest recorded compendium of wisdom on the earth (6000 B.C.)."
This has to be read and re-read to believe that such ludicrous things, lifted straight out from the stories of the Hindu Puranas can be quoted by a medical research organization. Without any reference and citation, that page alsodates the Vedas to 6000 BC, no less!. In addition to bad science and documentation, you have horrible history too, to deal with.!
Besides this, there are more unsubstantiated claims with fantastic dates and eras thrown about here:
"The main source of knowledge of Ayurveda today is two sets of texts each consisting of three books viz.
Other than crazy dates and lumping both the Caraka and the Susruta Samhita into the same date-line, there is absolutely no further detail about these two ancient texts.
Uh-oh!! I forgot that just like in the case of the magical AIDS and Cancer cures of Ayurveda, these manuscripts must have also gone all missing. Since Indians are very good at cramming and everything including Ayurveda theory and wisdom is handed down as a lineage and tradition, manuscripts and records are really redundant and a waste of storage resources!!!
If readers are keen to explore to what level of ridiculous nonsense the Indian CCRAS can stoop to, they can read this page on Ayurveda therapies.
If people with any idea of how medicine and health care should work and be applied, do not recoil in horror at the kind of ghastly and beastly regimen and therapies of Ayurveda, I would be really surprised.
If a central medical institution of India can have this kind of abysmal standards and atrocious approach towards a medical system and discipline, the fate of Indians depending on Ayurveda is really precarious and worrisome.
If one were to believe the statistics referred in the Wiki entry, about 80% of Indians take recourse to some form of Indian traditional medicine including Ayurveda.
If a supposedly premier medical institution of India can be taken in by the most ludicruous and nonsensical testimonials and hear-say's about Ayurveda and its lineage, how can one blame the credulity of the masses and intelligentsia in their belief or trust in the validity of Ayurveda. To give the CCRAS some benefit of doubt of their Ayurveda advocacy credentials, they do refer and display a Pharmacopeia and cite a list of Research activities. But given the way it is structured and absence of a framework of references, methods and review, it does not do much to inspire any confidence.
Such being the state of Ayurveda, within its systemic and institutional framework in India, the field is open to all kinds of spurious advocacy, quackery and hucksterism.
I will not waste time in referring to the cliched sales pitches of Ayurveda. CCRAS itself provides a good taste and preview of how fairy tales can take the place of facts in hoisting Ayurveda on the high pedestal of a medical system.
I am providing below an example of the farce to which the tragedy of Ayurveda defense and apology descends to when confronted with questions and call for evidence.
As I mentioned early on in the post, this farcical hilarity reproduced below appears as part of a blog discussion very fancifully titled as Ayurveda: Boon to mankind
For the benefit of readers keen on considering a source of expose of AYURVEDA as a QUACKERY , they can refer to this detailed note below that appeared on a different internet discussion board:
The very foundation of diagnosis in Ayurveda is wrong and primitive. Itsbasic premise is that the body is made of three body types, known as doshas, consisting of water, fire and air. Doshas, they claim, form a complex mix of physical traits and elements.
Is it not foolish to bring all diseases under the umbrella of water, fire and air? It is quite obvious from this basic premise that Ayurveda is totally ignorant of virology, that branch of microbiology which is concerned with virus and viral diseases.
Ayurveda is nothing but a herbal medicine which may be useful for some ordinary diseases. Primitive people all over the world used herbs for some temporary relief and minor ailments. Captain James Cook found when he was exploring Polynesia in 1769 that the kava root eaten by the Polynesian tribes had mind-altering effects. The Onge tribe of the Andaman Island uses a herbal brew that is believed to cure malaria. The Kani tribe in the southern Indian state of Kerala uses pale green berries to get energy and strength. Pastes concocted from some colorful seeds are used by the Irula tribesmen of southern India as antidotes for potentially lethal snake bites.
Moreover, what is the life span of these tribal people, although they use herbs? It is very short indeed, and they become easy victims of infectious diseases and die quite prematurely. Even the herbs are not free from danger. Kava root, doctors say, will turn out to be merely root du jour of herbal medicine, a scientifically unproven preparation that is at best useless and at worst dangerous.
Nature has created these herbs and people have been using them in different parts of the world from time immemorial for temporary relief. But Indian gurus and swamis are promoting the false propaganda that ayurveda can cure all diseases.
Ayurveda is ignorant of (and indifferent to ) surgery, neurology, anatomy and physiology. Ayurvedic physicians learn anatomy and physiology from EBM.
Ayurvedic physicians mix modern medicine drugs with ayurveda and sell them by giving Sanskrit names. Paracetemol and painkillers are laced with ayurvedic powder. There is evidence that using some Ayurvedic medicines, especially those involving herbs, metals, minerals, or other materials involves potentially serious risks, including toxicity.
Adverse reactions to herbs due their pharmacology are reported in many countries, but Ayurvedic practitioners are reluctant to admit that herbs could be toxic.
A 2004 study found toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic in 20% of Ayurvedic preparations that were made in South Asia for sale around Boston and extrapolated the data to America. It concluded that excess consumption of these products could cause health risks.
A 2008 study of more than 230 products found that approximately 20% of remedies (and 40% of rasa shastra medicines) purchased over the internet from both US and Indian suppliers contained lead,
mercury or arsenic.
Ayurvedic gurus promote the false propaganda to make money that Ayurveda can cure cancer, heart disease, diabetes and AIDS. But they could not produce a single patient cured by them.
The Journal of American Medical Association accused Deepak Chopra's herbal mix as a spurious concoction and found that it cannot stand the test of of scientific rigor. Time quoted a New York magazine report on a lawsuit to which Chopra was party. A man with leukemia had accepted Ayurvedic practice and was allegedly deemed cured. When he died shortly afterward, his widow sued.
BELOW ARTICLE IS FROM FROM TIMES OF INDIA
Ayurveda's AIDS 'cure' and the farce of its missing manuscripts
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Apr 9, 2013 - Ayurveda's AIDS 'cure' and the farce of its missing manuscripts .... Is it not foolish to bring all diseases under the umbrella of water, fire and air? |
| Graphic representation of the 'missing' AIDS cure manuscript along with the 'magical' herbs |
Please do not be deceived or misled by the title of this post. I wanted to write a serious and critical article about Ayurveda as a quackery. But after going thru thisdiscussion piece on a so-called 'science forum', I could not hold my laughter or my sarcasm.
The defense of Ayurveda has been reduced to this farcical level by some Indians that one is at a loss how to respond.
To most Indians, Ayurveda is acceptable as a science since it is ancient and is based on the Vedas. If you probe and ask them on which Veda it is based, most probably you will get a blank stare or some incoherent mumble or a dismissive wave of the hand.
If you ask them how ancient it is, most likely they will not have a clear answer, but some of the smart-ass ones will say 5000 or 6000 years ago. Don't be surprised if some among them say it is more than 10000 years old or even older. Some things like the Vedas, Ayurveda and epics for Indians are like vintage wine and so older they are, the better. Indian traditionalists don't like their ancient relics to be anything less than 5000 years old. And again don't be shocked if someone says that Ayurveda is timeless. Why should it not be?!! If Vedas can be or imagined to be timeless, why can't Ayurveda be timeless as well!!!
Then again don't ask the inconvenient question of who wrote the Ayurveda. Just like the Vedas are author-less, so can the Ayurveda be too.
And then how can the Indian population be blamed for their reverence towards Ayurveda, when their own 'secular' government which should know better, itself patronizes this questionable system by
- Setting up a Govt./Tax-Payer funded central research organization
- Permits setting up of Certified Ayurvedic colleges that are fully/partly Govt./Tax-Payer funded
- Registers practitioners who claim to have studied and graduated in this supposed discipline
Anything goes as long as it 'works' seems to be the typical attitude prevailing in India towards medical systems. And the criterion for what works seems to be quite wide and liberal, where popularity, advertisements and testimonials are accepted as evidence and proof of the legitimacy and credibility of a system or discipline.
Rigorous and systematic examination and scrutiny of any of the claims or techniques of Ayurveda do not seem to be deemed necessary by Indians or its govt. or institutions. While one surveys or reads about the state of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) in most parts of the developed world, one can gather some assurances from the systemic and institutional framework under which it operates, which includes some of these aspects:
- Diagnostic techniques, instruments and controls
- Testing, analysis and interpretation of results
- Clinical trials of medicines and medical techniques
- Well laid down, regulated and evolving/correcting system of credentialing, training and medical practice management.
- Systemic, institutional and authority/agency based regulation of practitioners and their sponsors/companies
- Continuous research and development of new methods, cures and prevention techniques (vaccination) and stress on improving technology and advancement of diagnostic methods.
If fairly and objectively attempted, this is not a very easy question to answer, not because Ayurveda has supposedly high standards of quality or practices. It is much more disturbing than that. It is more like a case of disclosure problem and availability of reliable and testable information.
It is particularly hard to come by good, clearly laid out and transparent information about the theory and practice of Ayurveda. Not surprisingly there are more non-Indian sources of Ayurvedic information on the internet than those from India, including the known suspects of 'Alternative Medicine', Complementary Medicine and 'Integrative Medicine' departments of US colleges and Health Research centers, including the NIH.
One tends towards doubt and skepticism in this matter, given the sparse and sketchy nature of detail about Ayurveda. The testimonials and anecdotal tales of Ayurveda are very copious and glowing, but information of its theory and practices is a struggle to search and find.
I started with the by now normally expected Wikipedia entry on Ayurveda, Very strangely other encyclopedias do not figure high on a google search for Ayurveda. For a discipline that boasts of a hoary lineage and tall and grand claims, the information on Wiki is not a lot and particularly unflattering and a problem for the devotees and apologists of Ayurveda, particularly its note on the scientific appraisalof this system. Same goes for this Ayurveda page on NCCAM. Readers desirous of knowing more about the western/US perception of Ayurveda may also refer to this link.
What about the sources of information and detail on Ayurveda in the hallowed land of its birth, India?!!!
Instead of beating around the bush with advertorial and sales-pitch sites hawking Ayurveda and its wares, I decided to go straight to the website of the horse's mouth, the CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDIC SCIENCES (CCRAS), an Indian govt. sponsored and funded Medical Research organization.
Even with the low expectations that I hold for Indian institutions, I was yet in for a major shock. The website, its content and the way it is managed, is an eye-sore. Itsinformation page on Ayurveda, is a classic case study of how Indian institutions pass off unsubstantiated information without any care or concern on a source that is perceived to contain reliable information and data.
Its content on the 'Origin' of Ayurveda is worth reproducing here:
Origin
"Ayurveda originated in India and is one of the oldest medical systems in the world. The word Ayurveda means science of life. It is the combination of two words ─ Ayu (Life) and Veda (Knowledge). It is said to have been taught by the creator, Brahma, to Daksha Prajapati, who taught it in turn to the divine twins called the Ashwini Kumars. Ashwini Kumars were the heavenly healers who taught this science to Indra. The personages mentioned were deities of early Vedic times. When mankind started suffering from various diseases, the wise men like Bharadwaja learnt from Indra the knowledge of medicine.
References of illness, cures and other health-related issues are found in vedas, the oldest recorded compendium of wisdom on the earth (6000 B.C.)."
This has to be read and re-read to believe that such ludicrous things, lifted straight out from the stories of the Hindu Puranas can be quoted by a medical research organization. Without any reference and citation, that page alsodates the Vedas to 6000 BC, no less!. In addition to bad science and documentation, you have horrible history too, to deal with.!
Besides this, there are more unsubstantiated claims with fantastic dates and eras thrown about here:
"The main source of knowledge of Ayurveda today is two sets of texts each consisting of three books viz.
- Brihattrayi i.e., the three major classics
- Caraka Samhita (1500-1000 B.C.)
- Susruta Samhita (1500-1000 B.C.)
- Vagbhata (600 A.D.)
- Laghuttrayi i.e., the three minor classics
- Madhava Nidana (700 A.D.)
- Sarangdhara Samhita (1300 A.D)
- Bhava Prakasha (1600 A.D).
Besides these classics, there are many more books, both ancient and contemporary, which carry the information on this Indian medical system."
Other than crazy dates and lumping both the Caraka and the Susruta Samhita into the same date-line, there is absolutely no further detail about these two ancient texts.
Uh-oh!! I forgot that just like in the case of the magical AIDS and Cancer cures of Ayurveda, these manuscripts must have also gone all missing. Since Indians are very good at cramming and everything including Ayurveda theory and wisdom is handed down as a lineage and tradition, manuscripts and records are really redundant and a waste of storage resources!!!
If readers are keen to explore to what level of ridiculous nonsense the Indian CCRAS can stoop to, they can read this page on Ayurveda therapies.
If people with any idea of how medicine and health care should work and be applied, do not recoil in horror at the kind of ghastly and beastly regimen and therapies of Ayurveda, I would be really surprised.
If a central medical institution of India can have this kind of abysmal standards and atrocious approach towards a medical system and discipline, the fate of Indians depending on Ayurveda is really precarious and worrisome.
If one were to believe the statistics referred in the Wiki entry, about 80% of Indians take recourse to some form of Indian traditional medicine including Ayurveda.
If a supposedly premier medical institution of India can be taken in by the most ludicruous and nonsensical testimonials and hear-say's about Ayurveda and its lineage, how can one blame the credulity of the masses and intelligentsia in their belief or trust in the validity of Ayurveda. To give the CCRAS some benefit of doubt of their Ayurveda advocacy credentials, they do refer and display a Pharmacopeia and cite a list of Research activities. But given the way it is structured and absence of a framework of references, methods and review, it does not do much to inspire any confidence.
Such being the state of Ayurveda, within its systemic and institutional framework in India, the field is open to all kinds of spurious advocacy, quackery and hucksterism.
I will not waste time in referring to the cliched sales pitches of Ayurveda. CCRAS itself provides a good taste and preview of how fairy tales can take the place of facts in hoisting Ayurveda on the high pedestal of a medical system.
I am providing below an example of the farce to which the tragedy of Ayurveda defense and apology descends to when confronted with questions and call for evidence.
As I mentioned early on in the post, this farcical hilarity reproduced below appears as part of a blog discussion very fancifully titled as Ayurveda: Boon to mankind
- Firstly these manuscripts are written in an ancient language which was lost hundreds of years ago.
- One must understand that Ayurveda is an ancient art and must not be regarded as #QUACKERY# because of the various benefits it has supplied to modern science.
- I would please request you not to simply condemn it because it is an ancient technique.
- Yes.There is plenty of evidence for the practice of Ayurveda.
- It provides for many proven purgation methods.Removal of ulcer etc.
- Lots has been uncovered in the field of digestive cleansing.
- Many of the manuscripts had been burned by the British during their rule in india .Thus ayurveda has been negatively advertised across the globe by the British.
- Because those that u call #QUACKS# had actually been able to cure things that the British couldnt.
- It has also provided curing methods for psychological illness.
For the benefit of readers keen on considering a source of expose of AYURVEDA as a QUACKERY , they can refer to this detailed note below that appeared on a different internet discussion board:
The very foundation of diagnosis in Ayurveda is wrong and primitive. Itsbasic premise is that the body is made of three body types, known as doshas, consisting of water, fire and air. Doshas, they claim, form a complex mix of physical traits and elements. Is it not foolish to bring all diseases under the umbrella of water, fire and air? It is quite obvious from this basic premise that Ayurveda is totally ignorant of virology, that branch of microbiology which is concerned with virus and viral diseases.
Ayurveda is nothing but a herbal medicine which may be useful for some ordinary diseases. Primitive people all over the world used herbs for some temporary relief and minor ailments. Captain James Cook found when he was exploring Polynesia in 1769 that the kava root eaten by the Polynesian tribes had mind-altering effects. The Onge tribe of the Andaman Island uses a herbal brew that is believed to cure malaria. The Kani tribe in the southern Indian state of Kerala uses pale green berries to get energy and strength. Pastes concocted from some colorful seeds are used by the Irula tribesmen of southern India as antidotes for potentially lethal snake bites.
Moreover, what is the life span of these tribal people, although they use herbs? It is very short indeed, and they become easy victims of infectious diseases and die quite prematurely. Even the herbs are not free from danger. Kava root, doctors say, will turn out to be merely root du jour of herbal medicine, a scientifically unproven preparation that is at best useless and at worst dangerous.
Nature has created these herbs and people have been using them in different parts of the world from time immemorial for temporary relief. But Indian gurus and swamis are promoting the false propaganda that ayurveda can cure all diseases.
Ayurveda is ignorant of (and indifferent to ) surgery, neurology, anatomy and physiology. Ayurvedic physicians learn anatomy and physiology from EBM.
Ayurvedic physicians mix modern medicine drugs with ayurveda and sell them by giving Sanskrit names. Paracetemol and painkillers are laced with ayurvedic powder. There is evidence that using some Ayurvedic medicines, especially those involving herbs, metals, minerals, or other materials involves potentially serious risks, including toxicity.
Adverse reactions to herbs due their pharmacology are reported in many countries, but Ayurvedic practitioners are reluctant to admit that herbs could be toxic.
A 2004 study found toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic in 20% of Ayurvedic preparations that were made in South Asia for sale around Boston and extrapolated the data to America. It concluded that excess consumption of these products could cause health risks.
A 2008 study of more than 230 products found that approximately 20% of remedies (and 40% of rasa shastra medicines) purchased over the internet from both US and Indian suppliers contained lead,
Ayurvedic gurus promote the false propaganda to make money that Ayurveda can cure cancer, heart disease, diabetes and AIDS. But they could not produce a single patient cured by them.
The Journal of American Medical Association accused Deepak Chopra's herbal mix as a spurious concoction and found that it cannot stand the test of of scientific rigor. Time quoted a New York magazine report on a lawsuit to which Chopra was party. A man with leukemia had accepted Ayurvedic practice and was allegedly deemed cured. When he died shortly afterward, his widow sued.
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Myths about your New Year 'detox' - debunked
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The New Year is almost upon us, which means we're all about to be inundated with reasons why we need to stock our fridges with kale, buy expensive juicers and Instagram pictures of salads labelled #cleanse.
But despite the barrage of health information letting us know that we should be 'detoxing' our bodies, the January health kick may not be as useful as lifestyle gurus such as Gwyneth Paltrow may have you think.
Before you sprint down to your local yoga studio for a green gunk smoothie and a colonic, here are a few detox debunkers.
Say no to the colonic
Colonic irrigation sounds like the worst way to spend an afternoon ever, but if it will help detox your body and put you on the pathway to health it must be worth a try, right? Wrong.
Though irrigation fans will argue that if your colon is particularly bunged up toxins will spread back into your body, doctors have little evidence to support the idea that irrigation can 'cleanse toxins' from your colon. They may even argue that the procedure poses a risk of bowel perforation.
Juice detoxes
Celebs and lifestyle bloggers have popularized green juices, by toting them about like the tiny dog craze of the 00's.
They're famed for their detoxifying powers and a great way to get your five-a-day. While the latter may be true, the former is certainly up for debate.
Emma Brown, a qualified nutritionist, told the Daily Express: "It's not possible to force a 'detox' of our bodies by cutting out specific foods and drinking fruit and veg based juices."
And on the matter of 'toxins', she added: "If we had a build up of 'toxins' in our bodies we would feel extremely unwell."
Toxici-tea
Detox teas have had a huge boost in popularity this year, in part thanks to vast swatches of reality TV stars plugging various tea brands on their Instagram accounts.
They claim to help you lose weight and again, feature the claim of being able to 'detox' your body. But there are questions as to whether the health brews actually work.
In an article for Health.com, dietician Cynthia Sass points out that many of the teas recommend that you use in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise - something we already know helps weight loss. Sass also highlights that "detox teas can also trigger a laxative effect, which causes your body to eliminate waste from your GI tract", which can make your stomach appear flatter, while not actually contributing to fat loss.
Quinoa - a necessary evil?
The fashionable grain has been given superfood status and is often plugged as the healthy alternative to pastas and other stodgy carbs.
Its boost in popularity though is having an effect on the growers and while it may be good for your body it's not good for the people who are harvesting it. The grain is usually grown in Bolivia, where it's a staple part of the diet. Due to the quinoa boom and inflated price, it is now cheaper for Bolivians to eat imported food than their traditional dish.
Quinoa fiends are advised to try and source the grain from sustainable British sources if possible.
his drink would not look out of place on a tropical beach, but the healthy beverage has made its way into the mainstream and is now a staple in fridges everywhere.
It's low in calories, low in fat and high in nutrients that the body needs. It's also good for rehydrating - hence the popularity with gym goers.
But while it is low in calories, the calories it does contain are mainly sugars. In natural coconut water, there will be 1tsp of sugar for every 100ml of water, which if you're a heavy 'nut water drinker can stack up.
So - how do you actually detox?
Your body is already doing it for you. If we needed additional detoxing, we'd be given information from medical professionals rather than lifestyle gurus.
Healthy liver and kidneys detoxify the blood, removing any impurities and keeping the body clean. If everything is in working order, there should be no need to supplement this with faddy detox products. This tweet explains how.
How do you get healthy in the New Year?
If you want a health boost after a particularly heavy Christmas you just need to implement a healthy balanced diet, rich in fresh fruit and vegetables and exercise regularly. The NHS recommends that the average adult should undertake around 30mins of exercise five days a week.
If you smoke - quit, or at least cut down and cut down on alcohol intake.
That's it - no teas, irrigations, super wonder foods, just healthy food and regular exercise.
But despite the barrage of health information letting us know that we should be 'detoxing' our bodies, the January health kick may not be as useful as lifestyle gurus such as Gwyneth Paltrow may have you think.
Before you sprint down to your local yoga studio for a green gunk smoothie and a colonic, here are a few detox debunkers.
Say no to the colonic
Colonic irrigation sounds like the worst way to spend an afternoon ever, but if it will help detox your body and put you on the pathway to health it must be worth a try, right? Wrong.
Though irrigation fans will argue that if your colon is particularly bunged up toxins will spread back into your body, doctors have little evidence to support the idea that irrigation can 'cleanse toxins' from your colon. They may even argue that the procedure poses a risk of bowel perforation.
Juice detoxes
Celebs and lifestyle bloggers have popularized green juices, by toting them about like the tiny dog craze of the 00's.
They're famed for their detoxifying powers and a great way to get your five-a-day. While the latter may be true, the former is certainly up for debate.
Emma Brown, a qualified nutritionist, told the Daily Express: "It's not possible to force a 'detox' of our bodies by cutting out specific foods and drinking fruit and veg based juices."
And on the matter of 'toxins', she added: "If we had a build up of 'toxins' in our bodies we would feel extremely unwell."
Toxici-tea
Detox teas have had a huge boost in popularity this year, in part thanks to vast swatches of reality TV stars plugging various tea brands on their Instagram accounts.
They claim to help you lose weight and again, feature the claim of being able to 'detox' your body. But there are questions as to whether the health brews actually work.
In an article for Health.com, dietician Cynthia Sass points out that many of the teas recommend that you use in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise - something we already know helps weight loss. Sass also highlights that "detox teas can also trigger a laxative effect, which causes your body to eliminate waste from your GI tract", which can make your stomach appear flatter, while not actually contributing to fat loss.
Quinoa - a necessary evil?
The fashionable grain has been given superfood status and is often plugged as the healthy alternative to pastas and other stodgy carbs.
Its boost in popularity though is having an effect on the growers and while it may be good for your body it's not good for the people who are harvesting it. The grain is usually grown in Bolivia, where it's a staple part of the diet. Due to the quinoa boom and inflated price, it is now cheaper for Bolivians to eat imported food than their traditional dish.
Quinoa fiends are advised to try and source the grain from sustainable British sources if possible.
his drink would not look out of place on a tropical beach, but the healthy beverage has made its way into the mainstream and is now a staple in fridges everywhere.
It's low in calories, low in fat and high in nutrients that the body needs. It's also good for rehydrating - hence the popularity with gym goers.
But while it is low in calories, the calories it does contain are mainly sugars. In natural coconut water, there will be 1tsp of sugar for every 100ml of water, which if you're a heavy 'nut water drinker can stack up.
So - how do you actually detox?
Your body is already doing it for you. If we needed additional detoxing, we'd be given information from medical professionals rather than lifestyle gurus.
Healthy liver and kidneys detoxify the blood, removing any impurities and keeping the body clean. If everything is in working order, there should be no need to supplement this with faddy detox products. This tweet explains how.
How do you get healthy in the New Year?
If you want a health boost after a particularly heavy Christmas you just need to implement a healthy balanced diet, rich in fresh fruit and vegetables and exercise regularly. The NHS recommends that the average adult should undertake around 30mins of exercise five days a week.
If you smoke - quit, or at least cut down and cut down on alcohol intake.
That's it - no teas, irrigations, super wonder foods, just healthy food and regular exercise.
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