Common Food Trends #6

Detoxing is a diet that has been around for quite some time but is commonly questioned due to the lack of calories consumed. People turn to this food trend for toxin elimination and weight loss reasons. There are different levels of detoxing such as complete starvation from only eating fruit juices, and food restriction where you only eat ‘cleansing foods’ for a short period of time. When this diet is done right, you remove bad toxins from your body that can affect our metabolism and immune system which can potentially lead to disease in the future. Detoxing can also help us improve our immune system, help us lose weight, and restore balance in our bodies regulation. To many people think this diet seems very appealing, but there are many cautions needed to take place if considering this diet. Because you are restricting yourself from food and important nutrients, your body can be majorly fatigued from a loss of energy. And not only that, it is very easy to become malnourished from a  lack of crucial vitamins and nutrients needed to function properly. You can experience aches, pains, headaches, and major fatigue when you become malnourished. If not done right, it is easy to be stuck in an unhealthy relationship with nutrition. Once you start to restrict yourself from food, you can start to see changes quick, which will make you want to detox more. But in the end it will only hurt you in many ways physically, and emotionally. Without the proper knowledge going into this diet, you could be put at serious risk.