When it comes to colon cleanses, they seem to actually do more harm than good. Colon cleanses usually involve enemas and laxatives, which can cause nausea, vomiting, and stomach pain. Any kind of detox can cause stress on a persons body. The body's internal organs are there to cleanse your body naturally, nothing else is needed unless someone has a serious medical condition.
I have tried two smoothie cleanses, and they really did nothing good for my body. I had horrible headaches, was exhausted, and was very irritable while cleansing. The cleanses I did involved drinking four different smoothies a day, no solid food. I did not lose any weight, feel energized, or anything that was portrayed to happen by the media. From my personal experience and the lack of scientific evidence, I feel that detoxification is pseudoscience.
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Hi Emilee,
ReplyDeleteI’m glad you wrote about this subject, because it seems so much of what I have been taking at face value, has turned out to be “pseudo” or false. I searched online for more information regarding the truth, about colon cleanses, and according to the Mayo Clinic, there is no empirical evidence suggesting that colon cleansing improves health by removing toxins, boosting your energy or enhancing your immune system (Picco, 2015). In fact, it is reported that colon cleansing alters the body’s very delicate electrolyte, and osmotic balance which could lead to dehydration, kidney damage, and cardiac dysrhythmias, as well as infection, nausea, vomiting, cramping, bloating, and specifies that,” coffee enemas when used in colon cleansing have been linked to several deaths’” (Picco, 2015).
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Picco, M. F. (2015). Is colon cleansing a good way to eliminate toxins from your body? Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/colon-cleansing/faq-20058435
I was required to read a book titled "Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture" by Arthur Berger for a different course this summer and it highlighted the processes and science behind today's advertising campaigns. "Cleanser" products fall into a category of advertising in which a "problem" that we were previously unaware of is created by an advertiser in order to sell the solution to the created problem. For example, I was unaware of the buildup of toxins inside of my body that can negatively impact my health, but after seeing an advertisement for the solution to that problem, I am now worried about it and am likely to purchase that product in order to prevent future health issues. In fact, I may even feel physically better after I use it as a result of a placebo effect.
ReplyDeleteThe solution to this is in Rhonda's comment above: do research and think critically and rationally before falling for a pseudoscientific claim.
Like Rhonda and Ryan said: doing the research and being objective about that research is very important. Most people are biased so you're going to have to research yourself and come up with your own conclusions. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI think the myth of juice cleanses have been around for decades, and I think I first heard about them in the mean girls movie. I briefly heard about the smoothie cleanses in my high school and thought about giving it a shot, but I heard of all the side effects from girls getting really sick from it at school! It really is unsafe, and you may as well just go on a regular diet if you want to lose weight without getting seriously ill.
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