The detoxification mystification

A Kiwi blogger is campaigning against "scientifically absurd" detox treatments.

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4th February, 2012

One might have thought, given how well it has been satirised over the years, that “detoxification” would have gone the way of the nasal douche, and yet the concept hangs on in there. It’s worth noting that detoxification in conventional medicine refers to a programme of weaning drug-dependent people off an addiction. The general scientific consensus is also that when it comes to breaking down toxins, there’s nothing quite like the liver. In the alternative health market, however, the concept of detoxification trades on the theory that our bodies are loaded with all these undefined ...

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