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[allcdnboy1]

Kara & Deanna are both wrong, depending on the argument. Deanna is wrong in that most of those facts do NOT support a water diet, but in fact just daily water intake and have been added to the water diet - i don't believe they transfer. A simple water diet does not promote any long term benefits of daily water intake, which is what most of those facts are from. Kara is wrong in outright dismissing those facts, as many of them ARE very important and well documented. These facts are ALL true for daily water intake:

- It cleanses your respiratory, circulatory, digestive and urinary systems, removing impurities all over the body and reduces uric acid deposits.
- It has been found effective in the treatment of type II diabetes.
- It has been found to be one of the most effective treatments for obesity.
- It is effective for treating both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
- It helps you in weight loss.
- Water fasting promotes detoxification.
- It quiets allergic reactions, including asthma and hay fever - i'm reading a very interesting book on this - my full opinion is yet to be determined

... these are just modified items from Deanna list. There are many other benefits of drinking water that are not listed here.

 

[KaraCooks]

Kara, you are a bit off on your information. You can not detoxify simply by eating right and drinking lots of water, especially if you have lived a fairly unhealthy lifestyle. To completely detoxify, you need to empty your body so that everything can be flushed clean.

That is completely and totally not true, and dangerous advice to give, on top of it. There is no way to "empty your body" w/out being dangerously unhealthy.

as many of them ARE very important and well documented.

Really? Where? I have yet to have anyone who is able to provide me with one single reliable study that backs up what you say. I can back up what I say with multiple reliable and responsible sources, however. from an earlier post of mine:

Here's an article from the Mayo Clinic on cleanses. I'm sure you'll agree with me that the Mayo Clinic is a reputable source.
Colon cleansing: Is it helpful or harmful? - MayoClinic.com

While there is little scientific evidence to support or refute the benefits of colon cleansing, critics say it's generally unnecessary and at times may even be harmful. Although doctors prescribe colon cleansing as preparation for medical procedures such as colonoscopy, most don't recommend it for detoxification. Their reasoning is simple: The digestive system and bowel naturally eliminate waste material and bacteria — your body doesn't need enemas or special diets or pills to do this.

Here's another Mayo Clinic article on detoxing:
Detox diets: Do they offer any health benefits? - MayoClinic.com

There is no evidence, however, that detox diets actually remove toxins from the body. Most ingested toxins are efficiently and effectively removed by the kidneys and liver and excreted in urine and stool.

Here is a WebMD article:
Detox Diets: Purging The Myths

But the science behind the detox theory is deeply flawed, says Peter Pressman, MD, an internal medicine specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The body already has multiple systems in place -- including the liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract -- that do a perfectly good job of eliminating toxins from the body within hours of consumption.

"There's no evidence at all that any of these approaches augment the body's own mechanisms," Pressman tells WebMD.

Here's an MSNBC article that quotes reputable sources:
Experts warn of detox diet dangers - Chew On This- msnbc.com

“Long-term fasts lead to muscle breakdown and a shortage of many needed nutrients,” says Lona Sandon, a Dallas dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Depriving the body of the vitamins and minerals we get from food can "actually weaken the body’s ability to fight infections and inflammation,” she says.

Here's an article that quotes multiple medical professionals from the UK, denouncing detox and cleanse diets. Here are two of about a dozen comments:
Sense About Science | Detox press release

“‘Detox’ is a meaningless term that is used all the time. And because it hasn’t been defined, it’s impossible to say if it’s worked or if it hasn’t.”

“The body’s own detoxification systems are remarkably sophisticated and versatile. They have to be, as the natural environment that we evolved in is hostile. It is remarkable that people are prepared to risk seriously disrupting these systems with unproven ‘detox’ diets, which could well do more harm than good.”

I could continue citing reputable sources and articles for another 3 or 4 pages - I have many of them bookmarked because I've had this discussion before with people.

Now if you can show me equally reputable sources - MEDICAL sources - that quantify and define exactly what "toxins" are being purged and how it is beneficial and can cite studies to back it up, then I'll be happy to read them with an open mind. But as of right now, no such study has ever been performed and no one has ever quantified or defined what they mean by "toxin" other than as a phrase to scare people.