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: Am I deranged ? On Friday I am going on a detox retreat and all I will be eating for a week is carrot juice !
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I saw a tv program last year and they took 5 woman and put them on a detox diet and 5 woman and put them on a healthy eating deit - all in one house.
At the end of the week they ran all the tests and no blardy difference - what a waste of time sorry but your liver, kidneys etc are made to detox every day without you do strange things in eaven
totally agree with ivykaty your body detoxes efficiently with the cleansing organs it's born with ie liver and kidneys. The reason people feel dizzy and faint when detoxing is not because of the body expelling toxins it's because the body is craving nutrients.
Waste of time and money IMO, your body manages fine with a healthy diet, enough fluid and not too many excesses.
Thanks peacelily...I am committed now...so will use the time at relax and do yoga etc. Maybe I'll take a stash of food or get DH to bring me secret parcels under cover of night.
bring some headache tablets too! (for the hunger headaches )I could do it for a day (well half a day) but definately not a week. But you will probably feel great after the week, all purified. I like the idea of a retreat though. I hope you find it lovely and refreshing.
Hasan is doing great thanks He's just had chicken pox and looks like a dalmation!
I did one - Homefield Grange. Juices and broths plus a couple of colonics and lost 7lb, it was great and I felt really good afterwards. Went with four other people and we all lost a min of 5lb.
A friend at school eat to many satsumers and really did turn orange... bless she was a lovely girl.
laid back - next time come and stay with me for a week and I will get you feeling wonderful for £150 for a week
green leafy salads with salmon, tuna and sea bream, puddings of berries and soft stoned fruits with yogurt and honet or melon and strawberries. My place is very peaceful, with a good stock of books. You can relax in the garden with elderflower water on a lounger. Soft wafts of honeysuckle drifting over whilst reading.....
Oh yes just bring the dc along and I shall give them 4 cans of larger and 20 bensons whilst you relax and chill - dc down the park with us having havoc moments
I really wouldn't. Your hands and feet are likely to turn yellow / orange because of the beta-carotene (seriously - I'm not taking the piss!). Also will be very high doses of Vitamin A, which can actually be toxic to the liver.
I did juices only at my retreat and it is sustainable as you aren't starving yourself as you have all calories and vitamins you need. I didn't put the weight back on.
I am sure it won't be just carrot juice, will it? Was OP not saying that for effect?
I have done 3 fasting detoxes. All slightly different but all packed with many vitamins and minerals and certainly not lacking in any nutrients. Various juices and broths throughout the day but no food. Incredibly I didn't feel hungy, felt absolutely amazing at the end and shed 7lbs ( which was a nice aside and not the reason for going).It also cleared up a veruca and fungal infection on my foot. I dont see it so much as a 'detox' as giving your body a rest and a chance to heal itself. OP, assume your aren't really just drinking carrot juice as that is actually high in fruit sugars and will play havoc with your glucose levels. Good luck with it, I am sure you will feel fanastic at the end. ( be prepared for lots of tears on day 3, detoxes detox minds as well as bodies and day 3 seems to make everyone weep !)
A friend of mine had a serious post-natal carrot addiction -she was eating a couple of bags of them a day (but would have happily eaten more) and turned orange.
She even went to the GP about it as she was worried about how addicted she was -all the GP said was " well, it could be worse, you could be addicted to cream cakes"
However, back to the OP -there are better ways to detox, surely?
sorry but your liver, kidneys etc are made to detox every day without you do strange things in eaven 
He's just had chicken pox and looks like a dalmation! 
