Do quick-fix detox remedies work?
To help you stick to your new health resolutions, a growing number of potions and tablets now offer a quick-fix way to detox your body without resorting to a rigid diet and weeks of denial. But are they as effective as a traditional detox diet? Here we explain the principles behind detoxing and put four over-the-counter quick fix detoxes to the test Detox diets can last from anything from one weekend to a whole month and are designed to eliminate the build-up of waste toxins in your body and also boost the body’s natural detoxification process so it can function more effectively in future. Your body normally detoxes itself quite naturally. The liver, kidneys, skin and lymph system are all vitally important to this process. The liver, the largest detoxifying organ in the body, processes toxins and then passes them on to the kidneys or skin to be excreted from the body. But if toxins build up, the organs cannot process them quickly enough and the natural process of detoxification slows d
