Body cleansing is the process of removing toxins from your body.  Simple concept, right?  In modern society, we consume more toxins than we know.  That Whopper from Burger King, the Grilled Stuft Burrito from Taco Bell, the Big Mac and fries….all of these things contain substances that the human body cannot digest.  Over a lifetime of consuming these substances, our body gets backed up with toxins it cannot digest and needs a little help.  That’s where a body cleanse comes in.

A body cleanse can be done in a multitude of ways.  Contrast showers, detoxification foot pads, oil pulling, Scientology’s Purification Rundown, the Master Cleanse and the Fruit Flush are just a few.  There are mild and easy methods like the contrast shower and there are harder and longer methods like the Master Cleanse.  Most health and vitamin stores carry some sort of body cleanse formula; generally these are taken in pill form over the course of a week.

There are many different reasons to do a body cleanse or detox.  One reason for the huge fad in detox diets is weight loss.  The human body retains a lot of water so in the first few days of a detox, your body sheds this water and you quickly lose pounds and inches in water weight.  What most people DON’T know is that this weight is the easiest and quickest to gain back.

Another reason to detox is for general wellbeing.  The toxins that dwell in the body can affect many things.  That craving for caffeine?  The need to smoke?  Cravings and addictions are caused by a build-up of toxins.  By body cleansing, you get rid of the toxins causing these cravings and can ultimately get rid of the cravings themselves.  Ever spoken to the smoker who quit and now can’t even be in the same room as cigarette smoke without gagging?  Same thing.  Their body got rid of the toxins that made cigarettes attractive to them and now the body is rejecting those toxins, remembering what it did to the body.

Body cleansing and detox diets have been referred to as elaborate hoaxes by the scientific community.   While there may not be any scientific data that truly explains the inner workings of toxins in the body and body cleansing methods, there are thousands of people who have tried the methods and experienced great results.

You feel better.  Feel refreshed.  Most people report an increase in energy and an improvement in mood.  Could this be all in the head?  Perhaps.  But there is not enough quantitative data to prove one way or the other.  So be safe.  Read your directions.  Follow them.  Judge for yourself.