Detox treatments good or bad idea?

To find the line in a jiffy after winter, many swear by detox treatments. However, their effect on fat loss will be very limited and some of them may be harmful to health. decryption.

Chocolates from the Advent calendar, Christmas, New Year’s dinner, Epiphany galettes, candlemas crepes and other winter delicacies, such as raclette, fondue and tartiflite, can make us gain some unwanted weight. To get rid of it quickly before the summer, detox your body and try to find a healthy diet, some choose to resort to very popular detox treatments. Juicing, mono-diets and fasting are on the rise more than ever, but are they really beneficial from a health point of view? Today, many doctors, nutritionists and nutritionists denounce these practices, if poorly implemented and without medical supervision, can actually lead to deficiencies in essential nutrients, disruption of metabolism and eating disorders. We help you discover it.

Detox juices, a false good idea

To take advantage of the nutritional benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables, while giving a little rest to their digestive system, there are many who extoll the benefits of juicing, i.e. fresh juice therapy. However, if these vitamin-rich foods are precious allies for detoxing, they quickly lose their benefits after being mixed. It is therefore essential to prepare your own juices and smoothies and consume them immediately afterwards.
Since the fiber has been crushed, the sugars are also absorbed more quickly by the body and can therefore raise blood sugar quickly, in the same way as a sugary soda. Therefore, it is best to consume these homemade juices in moderation and not as a meal replacement.
Some of them end up being more useful than others. A real star of diets, lemon juice works effectively on liver function and also has a beautiful effect on the complexion! However, she alone cannot work miracles. And drinking a pint of lemon water every morning will in no way make up for your alcoholic evenings or packets of potato chips for aperitifs!

Fasting is a universal health ally

While voluntarily depriving yourself of food may seem like torture at first glance, fasting has many proven health benefits that make it a beneficial practice. Thus it helps fight hyperglycemia, improve sleep and digestion, reduce inflammation and even slow the development of cancerous tumors. If used properly, and under medical supervision, fasting, whether intermittent, weekly or seasonal, can contribute to a healthier life and increased longevity.
Be careful, even if it is always accompanied by a slight weight loss, this is temporary and fasting is not at all intended to miraculously lose weight! Therefore, in no case should it be practiced as a miracle slimming remedy.

Monodiets: Beware of shortcomings

Does eating only apples or products made from grapes seem silly to you? However, this is what mono-diets are, very fashionable in recent years. If it weren’t for them giving a little rest to their liver and pancreas by facilitating their digestive function, they couldn’t care less. Even worse, in the long run, they can lead to deficiencies in vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats that are essential for the proper functioning of the body.

Hole 30, The Modern American Diet

Extremely popular across the Atlantic, the Whole 30 consists of following a “whole” foods-based diet for a month, without dairy, alcohol, refined sugars, grains, soy or legumes. After four weeks, one by one, each week, we reintroduce one of these food groups.
The main purpose of the whole 30 is above all to help you determine if you have a food intolerance (lactose, gluten, etc.) which can be the source of bloating and other digestive disorders, but also some skin problems such as acne. Once you’ve identified the problematic food group(s) at the end of the 30 days, you’re supposed to go back to a normal diet and thus… gain some weight back.
But be careful because if depriving yourself of alcohol and sugars helps, ignoring grains, dairy and legumes is too restrictive and can lead to imbalances.

Sugar free detox

Because of soft drinks, cookies and industrial ready meals, our diet is full of fast sugars. In France, we actually consume almost 100g per day, when the World Health Organization recommends only 25g, four times less! So a sugar-free detox, which aims to eliminate cupcakes and other sugary drinks for a certain period of time, is very positive for your health, provided you don’t ignore natural carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, whole grains). Be careful, however, not to prolong it for too long, feeling the pain of falling into an orthorexic form by flatly refusing any little sweet treat.