To date I have found no science in support of the idea that you can consume a special diet and have it remove toxins, metals or other bad things from your body. All the science that I have found states that the body naturally ‘detoxifies’ itself all the time, and there is nothing which can be done to speed up or improve this process, and in fact those special detox diets may hinder the bodies natural processes.

From what I’ve found, this is the near unanimous opinion of scientists, clinicians, toxicologists, dietitians, nutritionists and just about anybody else who ought to know and has studied it. Nor do I believe there is a vast, world-wide conspiracy amongst all these people across all these disciplines because they somehow feel threatened that their source of income will dry up or be impaired if people start detoxifying themselves. (This is a common rebuttal from those who want to accept alternative care modalities on blind faith)

For those who detox themselves and experience amazing benefits, we can point to the remarkable power of placebo. Unlike detox regimes the power of placebo is extraordinarily well documented scientifically. In fact it is a major problem for drug companies, which are required to use placebos during their clinical trials. More often than not, the placebo works better than their drug. The mind has an amazing ability to make the body adapt to its expectations of what should be occurring. I find it fascinating that some people rebel against the proven reality that their mind is tricking them but happily accept the unproven miracle cures offered them by others. Surely there is fodder here for sociological research.

I’m filing this one under complete nonsense until I can dig up some good data to support it. If I do, I will detoxify myself!