Are there specific benefits to a detox diet?
Symptoms may improve with a detox diet, but there is no evidence that this is due to clearing toxins from the body. Instead, improvements may result from what is and is not eaten and drunk on these diets, such as: • more water • less alcohol and caffeine • less fat and animal proteins • fewer refined and processed foods • more healthful, whole, plant-based foods As it turns out, a balanced, proper diet is more helpful than a detox diet. Perhaps taking the best of the detox diets — eating more fruits and vegetables and fewer processed, refined, and fatty foods, for example — is the way to go.
