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Vox Video: Detox is bs
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Doogington
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Chemicals, eh?
Androidsleeps
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I was shocked to see Dr. Oz 3 seconds into the video
Like H2O, the silent killer.
GiantEnemyGoomba
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These kinds of threads are always among the most difficult to find the jokes in.
You taking me seriously is making me laugh. I just had to say it. Like duh, and I do the same in vaccine threads. Laekon gets it.
joecanada
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No it's more effective because you aren't eating it or anything else lol. 0 calories " I lost weight !!!". Lol .
Also I own a fitness club and take all this shit unfortunately just to tell people about it .
Latest was Garcinia cambogia , the one dr oz is being sued for . Guess what it works great! Gives you a fucking stomach ache and makes you not want to eat.
Let's invent more diet pills. Apparently if you get sick and can't eat that's a big plus. Some kind of poisonous plant like wormwood should do.
Or I've been meaning to rejuvenate the old tapeworm diet from the good old days "100 percent natural". Huh? Huh ? Anyone?
TatteredHat
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Vox dropping them 2010 truth bombs.
astroturfing
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you wouldnt say its bullshit if it cured YOUR abdomininal cancer and hepatitis bacteria.. just saying. if you havent been there, dont talk shit about it, "Vox".
PHOENIXZERO
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It doesn't really matter, believing in "woo" is pretty much a religion to some people.
partyphone
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can't tell if joke but these products can't do that.
He is called astroturfing.
hammysaurusrex
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I'm glad to see the media narrative slowly shifting to being correct on this topic. Previously, you'd see occasionally articles calling out individual "detox" regimens, products, and pyramid schemes... but then they'd also make sure to cautiously bring in an unqualified crackpot to provide endorsement. This is because general journalists without knowledge or experience in scientific reporting tend to default to a "the truth must be somewhere between both sides!" narrative.
It's nice to finally see some articles trickle in with reporting closer to what's been obvious to anyone paying attention: All detox is an unequivocally a scam with no scientific evidence or even plausibility.
It's nice to finally see some articles trickle in with reporting closer to what's been obvious to anyone paying attention: All detox is an unequivocally a scam with no scientific evidence or even plausibility.
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
I'm seeing deionized water being sold. Kinda removes most of the innate benefits of water.
Which is probably why this stuff works for some people. Worst case scenario, following these detox diets means eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking more water, which is probably a major step up from their normal diet.
You joke but people are doing that. http://www.today.com/health/iowa-woman-tries-tapeworm-diet-prompts-doctor-warning-6C10935746
yongeandcollege
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yongeandcollege
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Did a "cleanse" in 2006 or so. Didn't do much (obviously) but two weeks of eating very healthy food is a good thing regardless of any other benefits.
There are certainly worse health trends than eating/drinking variations of water, fruits and vegetables.
As always, gullible people get milked hard, but hey. As long as they don't drink cucumber water instead of getting cancer treated or something...
DOWN
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Thank god for these articles
I had to do a fundraiser last year and my team wanted to sell "Detox water" which was just water with chunks of fruit in it. My jaw slowly fell as they explained how adding fruit to water takes out all the bad chemicals from the body and detoxifies your system. I shut that idea down.
I had to do a fundraiser last year and my team wanted to sell "Detox water" which was just water with chunks of fruit in it. My jaw slowly fell as they explained how adding fruit to water takes out all the bad chemicals from the body and detoxifies your system. I shut that idea down.
So, it's because people are stupid?
My one big issue with this video is I'm into the detox hype and this video fails to prove detoxing isn't helpful.
They illustrate that over the counter detox companies don't put any research into their methods and that medically administrated detox methods work.
Their attempts to say detox isn't necessary because our bodies already work to do that is immediately countered by their own argument that our bodies need to be treated when alcohol or drug consumption overcome their limits.
All this tells me is that I should determine what exactly is I'm trying to treat and make the best educated guess on how to deal with it and monitor it.
In this case I'm interested in seeing if there is credibility to eating more alkaline foods to balance out the more acidic foods I over eat to balance out my body.
They illustrate that over the counter detox companies don't put any research into their methods and that medically administrated detox methods work.
Their attempts to say detox isn't necessary because our bodies already work to do that is immediately countered by their own argument that our bodies need to be treated when alcohol or drug consumption overcome their limits.
All this tells me is that I should determine what exactly is I'm trying to treat and make the best educated guess on how to deal with it and monitor it.
In this case I'm interested in seeing if there is credibility to eating more alkaline foods to balance out the more acidic foods I over eat to balance out my body.
I'm pretty sure that happens automatically in your stomach. As they said, our body is not stupid.
Perhaps you should read the article: http://www.vox.com/2014/12/31/7438565/detox
Or ask your doctor if this stuff is a scam or not.
sixteen-bit
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lmao
Audioboxer
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You should have asked if he enjoyed paying 4 times more than normal water. Which is usually free most places, so not even 4 x a cost.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Your body produces chemicals that balance out acidity already. Food is hit with quite a lot of Bicarbonate shortly after leaving the stomach.
super-famicom
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I feel sorry for the people who fall for this shit.
Now, now Picard, surely you see *5* cups...
Tell him he got ripped off and he should have gotten salt water. Why salt water? Well because the substance is liquid it clearly has more water than salt which means your being hydrated faster than your being dehydrated.
BravesCountry
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Some personal trainer was trying to get my mother to detox, it's so irresponsible. Just eat healthy, put in the work and stop trying to game the system.
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