Everyone’s jumping on the old Detox Cleanse bandwagon, but the truth is there is no decent evidence to suggest it’s doing anything except draining your wallet. I busted that popular myth in my YouTube video below, and wrote all about it here.
So today I’m back with an evidence based how to on the detox cleanse. Spoiler alert- there will be no unpalatable lemon, cayenne and maple concoctions. Just try my 5 easy ways to detox cleanse your body using your every day body bits. Yes, you can use real body parts to cleanse your body. You’ve got a liver, kidneys, lungs, skin, and a digestive track for this purposes. Use them. Go pee. You’ll cleanse.
How to Detox Cleanse
KIDNEY DETOX CLEANSE: Your kidneys cleanse you automatically every day in the form of clearing toxins from the blood and making you urinate them out. So as long as you can pee, you’re good.
LUNG DETOX CLEANSE: Inhale oxygen, and exhale carbon dioxide. Bravo, you just cleansed.
SKIN DETOX CLEANSE: Sweat! Now I know massive sweat circles can be embarrassing, and dry cleaning is no small expense for silk blouses, but consider those stains a trophie of a good healthy detox. Believe it or not, your skin is one of your largest cleansing organs, go for a good run and then let it do its job.
DIGESTIVE TRACT DETOX CLEANSE: Poop. Yep. Your intestines job is to take the vital nutrients you need from what you eat, and get rid of the crap– literally. Yes you heard me – pooping may seem dirty but it’s actually inherently cleansing. And if you want to take your bathroom cleansing sesh to the next level, then drink some extra water, get in some extra fibre-rich foods like whole grains, veggies and fruit and let ‘er rip.
LIVER DETOX CLEANSE: Yep, your liver’s job is to filter out toxins and help you piss them out, so as long as that is in good shape, you are too.
Updated on August 12th, 2019
Abbey Sharp is a Registered Dietitian (RD), regulated by the Ontario College of Dietitians. She is a mom, YouTuber, Blogger, award winning cookbook author, media coach specializing in food and nutrition influencers, and a frequent contributor to national publications like Healthline and on national broadcast TV shows.
Kendell says
Very dangerous advice- I understand the satire, but everyone should understand the science. This is a scary mindset to promote- you are a public figure and people look up to you. I’m by no means attacking you- I’m just providing necessary information to the viewers I assume you care about.
I agree with your point, many “cleanses” today are marketed for profit and are absolutely snake oil, not all are. However, many people NEED to ACTUALLY cleanse- legitimate cleanses produce life changing results for those who need them (90% of westerners I reckon)..
Your friendly yet insulting “cleansing techniques” parody would work perfectly if we lived in a world that was… ideal, pre-industrial. A world without pollution, toxic chemicals pumped onto our food and into the atmosphere, food additives and preservatives, unhealthy lifestyles. If we weren’t in a world full of sodium bicarbonate our kidneys may or may not need a little help from time to time- 1 in 3 Americans will suffer from Kidney Disease. We inhale pollution and excess CO2 from combustion engines and factory production all day everyday, wearing layers of makeup and deodorants made with aluminum clog our sweat glands, we all have YEARS of compacted fecal matter trapped inside of us (I really didn’t like typing that), our liver is directly connected to our gallbladder- our bodies filter leading to the intestines.. that being said.. everything I spoke of goes through these two major organs (and kidneys).. gallstones are in all of us produced by calcified bile.. we can help our bodies remove these with proper protocol and feel a thousand times better.
We can eliminate gallbladder issues, pancreatitis, kidney stones/disease, colon issues with these cleanses you mock.
Your ideas would’ve worked about 200 years ago, but they didn’t have cleanses back then.
To agree with you one last time.. yes- skinny “detox” teas are basically herbal laxatives *this is not a cleanse, its a weight loss gimmick* Its important to know the difference.
Herbew Fentos says
Good
Nancy says
Very cool article and to the point. Another way is to sweat that stuff out. Hill sprinting, hot yoga, sauna to name a few.
Thank you,
Nancy @ soulfulfitlife.com
Abbey Sharp says
Awesome! Thanks for the tips!
Pure Dtx says
Love all these points. Very informative article.
Abbey Sharp says
thank you!
Mikki says
This is great. So many times we over complicate things. This is a great post for sure.
Abbey Sharp says
Definitely
Chrissy @ Snacking in Sneakers says
Hahaha I love this post. It’s so true that most cleanses are just a bunch of BS. I’m all about supporting our body systems, like eating F/V, drinking water, etc – but no one thinks that’s as sexy/interesting as drinking a crap ton of green juice.
Abbey Sharp says
lol yup. not sexy but it works!
amanda -runtothefinish says
I freaking love this soooooo much!! I’m so tried of people trying to tell me I need a “skinny detox tea”.
Abbey Sharp says
ugh so annoying
Emily says
Haha this is so great! Loved every second reading this 😀 It’s about time we give our body some credit for all it naturally does for us!
Abbey Sharp says
right! our bodies are pretty awesome
Anna says
Abbey, I love your posts debunking nutrition myths! Sometimes my friends talk about going on “detoxes” or other diets before big events, but I’ll have to redirect them to your blog the next time I hear it 😉
Abbey Sharp says
Yes!! just have this bookmarked to send over!
Aliza says
Haha, great post. Thanks!
Abbey Sharp says
Lol so glad u liked
Fan Rakhim says
I need kidney cleanse for sure, I see it can be done much easier than doctor suggested.
Abbey Sharp says
Lol yep! Give it a go
Kendell says
This makes me so sad.. I hope you got your kidney cleanse.. I suffered from kidney stones twice.. a monthly kidney cleanse and ACV has changed my live forever