their body?  I'm curious about doing one, but am scared on what it might do to me.


I took this quiz http://www.21pounds21days.com/ and it said I needed to really detox myself.

Of course it would tell you to detox, they want you to buy the book and the products.  The 'kit' that goes along with their diet is $199.  Basically you fast, drink the juice and get enemas. 

I'm not sure losing 21 lbs. in 21 days would be healthy.

Methinks it's just another gimmicky diet plan. If you truly want to detox your body, just stick with drinking lots of water and eating healthy, lots of fiber and such. Same effect, less money spent.

I love my toxins.

Yes, but not in the manner you are asking.  :-X

I took that quiz. Apparently, with a 9 score, I'm as good as new.  :o

Ant

Jeez! I scored a 5!

I may need detox but they are unsure..... ::)

I scored a 4. Apparently, I desperately need to detox. ::)

^ lol Jess!

Hubby does the detox thing, only because eating MRE's is literally a PITA!

The only detox I do is make sure I drink at least 2qts. water a day, eat prunes every so often and I take cranberry concentrate on top of my regular vitamins...

Cecil Adams had an article on this last year:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060310.html

his summary at the end sums it up best:

In short, you're quite right--the human body has its own highly evolved mechanisms for eliminating toxins that, under normal circumstances, you don't need to enhance with anything more elaborate than indoor plumbing and a good magazine. By the same token, if you're overtaxing your liver and kidneys, you don't need a water diet, you need to rethink your life.

^ lol Jess!

Hubby does the detox thing, only because eating MRE's is literally a PITA!

The only detox I do is make sure I drink at least 2qts. water a day, eat prunes every so often and I take cranberry concentrate on top of my regular vitamins...


Ah, MRE's. My dad used to tell me about those. :P

That's pretty much what I do. I just drink a LOT of water (also get thirsty because of the pills I'm on), eat dried blueberries because I hate prunes/raisins/whatever, and just take vitamins. I'm okay with that. And we don't really eat a lot of crap food. I cook dinner nearly every night, unless we have leftovers.

Janet Jackson detoxes by taking regular coffee colonics.  :o

I eat really well.. I smoke and drink, but I exercise and take my vitamins...
and I'm very healthy.
sometimes you don't need to do something drastic, just maintain that lifestyle that will keep you feeling good.
it's hard.  I had to change the way i ate because of a small health problem. ..it's important not to let it go that far.

I took this quiz http://www.21pounds21days.com/ and it said I needed to really detox myself.


See Quackwatch for the details.

In brief, don't do this.  That "quiz" is like asking a spammer if you should take herbal viagra to lengthen your wang.  Just because you're female doesn't mean the scammer won't say "of course you should!"

At best, this is a fraud and you'll wind out short several hundred dollars.  At worst, this is still a fraud, and you'll wind up in the hospital or dead.  This specific variation of the scam has been going on since at least 1997.

Here's a better quiz to take.  How many of the following sales techniques can you spot on the site of the scammer selling the "detox" treatment?

Bonus work:  Apply the same test to your least favorite politician, then do the same to your most favorite politican.

The only detox I do is to take a month or two months off alcohol when I feel I've been drinking too much, usually January  ;D

I feel my diet is a pretty good balance of good stuff and crap, I just eat too much and don't exercise enough.