Erm, no.
I prefer the more traditional diet of getting up off your fat arse and eating less. Old-fashioned, but it works.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:05, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

it's a cleanse thing not a diet thing
if you don't eat for 5-10 days you will lose shed-loads of water and as soon as you eat solid food, it'll go right back on. BUT if you flush out lots of toxins and then eat much more healthily going forward... i believe that is the thinking.

i wonder how vodka fits in with it. can i have vodka with the lemonade i wonder.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

flushing out toxins is bullshit I reckon
don't drink any booze, smoke no fags, eat vegetables and not much fat and it will do you more good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

i don't smoke
and mostly i eat vegetables and brown rice or houmous these days. the two bad things i can NOT give up are cheese and vodka. oh and diet coke!

oh well, you lot are making me feel better about abandoning the idea, that's for sure.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

why do you think you are full of 'toxins' then?
aside from way too much cheese and diet coke your diet is probably about as healthy as it gets.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:11, Reply)

when i cook for myself it is, or even when i buy lunch at work
my real problem is that so much of my social life is about eating out because of course in london you all live so far away from one another that it's much easier to meet centrally. and yes we can all make healthy choices from the menu, but they are NEVER the good ones!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

in that case you'd never be able to stick to a diet of juice and laxatives anyway.
the best advice is to stop worrying about it and enjoy yourself.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

true
i'd just gotten all psyched up to do this detox. went online to find a healthstore that sold the right kind of maple syrup. read the farting warning.

panicked.

you guys have now cured me of the idea!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

detox is a stupid idea for gullible idiots.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Let's face it hon.
We are just the shape we are and nothing but hard work and misery can alter that.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:21, Reply)

wrong.
I've got slim by eating whatever I want and smoking pot.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:29, Reply)

It is complete nonsense.
Your liver and kidneys are the perfect 'de-toxing' organs. Unless these organs are failing they are all you need.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:11, Reply)

precisely
and anyway, I eat like a lord and am still managing to lose weight, and my body must be working right because of how awesomely it is healing my chickenpox wounds.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Dammit!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

sorry to disappoint

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)

You look like a 'lord and all.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

I'm still never going to bum you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)

I'll bet Monty is now the saddest man alive.
Don't worry, I'm sure Darth will have you.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)

They all 'crack' in the 'end'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)

I agree
What are these "toxins" you speak of? Have you been eating poison? Sounds like hippy mumbo jumbo to me
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

i drink 1-2 cans of diet coke a day
sometimes more. that's a lot of crap!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

my mate Stacey drinks more than that
and coffee as well.

She is an odd one though, despite being the best cook I know she has to have ketchup with everything.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

The only thing you'll get from Diet Coke is a little bloated due to all the carbon dioxide.
It's just flavoured water and is usually gone from your system within a day.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

Really?
Diet coke is just fizzy water, sweetener and flavouring. Nothing particularly bad in that. Not as bad as the 2 litres of regular coke I drink a day :s
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:19, Reply)

it's the aspartame in the sweetener that is the bad boy
i think. there are some horrors on the internet about aspartame poisoning.

it is on the internet. it must be true.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:20, Reply)

You can poisen yourself with anything if you have too much of it
But diabetics have to have sweetener all the time. The only thing it really does is maybe make your poo a bit softer/runnier. My brother's diabetic and has been drinking sugar free drinks by the bucket load for the past 11 years and he's fine
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:25, Reply)

If you look up oxygen poisoning on the internet, you'll find that's a problem, too.
Please give up oxygen, ta.
( Kroney, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Also, mind out for that di-hydrogen monoxide.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:27, Reply)

Here's a site that isn't wikipedia, or American
www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/additivesbranch/sweeteners/55174

That should hopefully be a bit more helpful.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Amateur.
I used to drink pretty much 3 litres a day for the whole of sixth form and first year uni (if you count the fact my alcoholic beverage of choice was vodka and Diet Coke). I had to cut down because my caffeine intake was actually affected my ability to go to lectures.
(Charmander, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:27, Reply)

^ PUNK ROCK

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:31, Reply)

That's me all over though.
Have we not met?
(Charmander, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:32, Reply)

i used to drink that much when i was at kings!
i bought about 10 x 2 litre bottles a week. then i got spoiled, i don't like it when they've been open for a bit. so now it's cans all the way!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 11:36, Reply)