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 Posted By: cookforkids 
Jan 14  # 11 of 16
Quote cookingmasterboi wrote:
My sister (who detoxes and diets a lot) always tells me a lot of people have found lemonade + real maple syrup a good semi meal replacement detox drink.

I had a friend that used that also but she used red pepper with it somehow...she swears she wasnt hungry at all with it....I should try it but I am always hungry :)
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 Posted By: cookforkids 
Jan 14  # 12 of 16
Quote Leneyloo wrote:
It's not off topic at all...my friend says she does them because of parasites. IDK - I just think not eating balanced for a whole week seems crazy. She does one with a lot of honey in water with red pepper and doesn't eat for 10 DAYS! CRAZY, right? & I KNOW she's not going to the Dr. about it - she finds everything on-line. I just worry for her.

Here is the link to an article about it from Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/detox-diets/AN01334
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 Posted By: cookingmasterboi 
Jan 16  # 13 of 16
Quote cookforkids wrote:
I had a friend that used that also but she used red pepper with it somehow...she swears she wasnt hungry at all with it....I should try it but I am always hungry :)

Like a detox bloody mary? Ha!I think some study's show caipscin (or something in them peppers) reduces hunger pangs.
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 Posted By: littlefranciscan 
Jan 16  # 14 of 16
I have never heard of detox diets..what are they all about? What is the purpose of them..do people get sick from them?
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 Posted By: cookingmasterboi 
Jan 17  # 15 of 16
Get sick? Possibly, in the instance someone overdoes them. The purpose is, well, to detoxify the body, get rid of the toxin buildup, clean up the intestines, help the liver a bit. And/or lose weight.