An interesting blog post about the Master Cleanse Diet. The comments are worth reading as well. Debates from both sides of the coin. I want to invite them all here. :)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/zimney/master-cleanse-diet-master-scam/ He also has a follow up post at http://blog.healthtalk.com/zimney/master-cleanse-redux/ I liked this comment: "One of the biggest problems with most of the natural products and remedies is the lack of rigorous clinical studies. While it is true that the pharmaceutical industry may not be interested in such studies, the makers and marketers of the natural products should be. " Well put Dr. Z. It's going to be a sad and strange day when pharmaceutical companies start researching natural remedies. And why aren't the makers of maple syrup performing rigorous clinical studies? Where are you on this lemon industry? I mean come on, the FDA isn't going to do studies on natural remedies. There's no profit there and they might find out what works. And Dr. Z isn't going to do the study, he's too busy debunking natural remedies that haven't even been studied. So until the makers and marketers of natural products such as lemons start taking more responsibility for our health and start generating some scientific facts, fasting is nothing more than a placebo. === For the record, my only stance on the Master Cleanse method, is: I've not met one person that stayed on it long enough to reap the benfits of altering their lifestyle to include eating healthy afterwards, embarking on an exercise regime and keep it going to promote long term weight loss. It's a quick fix, a quick high, immediate results because of the loss of food. Now, ya'll's mileage may vary, and like I said, good luck and best wishes, I'm pulling for you. But have a plan in place for afterwards. And surround yourself with the support to keep going. Robin (Howard Stern) succeeded because she was in the spotlight, and the people that wrote the book had people that actually lived with her. She couldn't make a false step, her every move was recorded. She talked about it on the show and promoted the book. She is now on a vegan diet and has maintained her weight loss through her now healthy eating and exercise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
