i thought this would be the right section to put this article in since there's a lot of talk about diets and the water diets celebs go through.
use the link to get to the real article, but here are the hi-lites:
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The court heard Mrs Page, from Faringdon, near Swindon, claimed Mrs Nash told her to drink large amounts of water and reduce her salt intake when she started the diet in October 2001.
She told the High Court that when she started vomiting Mrs Nash told her it was a normal part of the detoxification process.
Less than a week into the regime, mother-of-two Mrs Page had to be taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon after suffering a severe epileptic seizure. Doctors diagnosed low salt levels in her body - known as hyponatraemia or water intoxication.
She has been left with "cognitive deficit" which she says has forced her to give up work as a conference organiser.
Her husband Geoff, 54, said: "Her life has been seriously affected, perhaps ruined, by this fad-type way of losing weight, which I can only say is a dangerous method of weight loss."
He said his wife had previously tried several other diets and had been told to drink four pints of water a day by Mrs Nash. [...]
Hyponatraemia can result when a person drinks too much water. This dilutes their blood and causes water to flood their cells and organs.
Cells in the brain can then swell up, increasing pressure inside the skull. If vital regions of the brain are compressed this can cause symptoms ranging from headaches to problems with breathing or seizures.
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Detox diets are based on the theory that toxins from "unhealthy" food and drink build up in the body and can lead to health problems.
Purging those toxins - through restricted diets, lots of water or using particular supplements - is meant to leave people feeling better and, often, thinner.
But critics disagree with the principle. Dr Andrew Wadge, of the Food Standards Agency, has branded detox regimes "nonsense" and said the body has its own system of getting rid of toxins - the liver.
She told the High Court that when she started vomiting Mrs Nash told her it was a normal part of the detoxification process.
Less than a week into the regime, mother-of-two Mrs Page had to be taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon after suffering a severe epileptic seizure. Doctors diagnosed low salt levels in her body - known as hyponatraemia or water intoxication.
She has been left with "cognitive deficit" which she says has forced her to give up work as a conference organiser.
Her husband Geoff, 54, said: "Her life has been seriously affected, perhaps ruined, by this fad-type way of losing weight, which I can only say is a dangerous method of weight loss."
He said his wife had previously tried several other diets and had been told to drink four pints of water a day by Mrs Nash. [...]
Hyponatraemia can result when a person drinks too much water. This dilutes their blood and causes water to flood their cells and organs.
Cells in the brain can then swell up, increasing pressure inside the skull. If vital regions of the brain are compressed this can cause symptoms ranging from headaches to problems with breathing or seizures.
[...]
Detox diets are based on the theory that toxins from "unhealthy" food and drink build up in the body and can lead to health problems.
Purging those toxins - through restricted diets, lots of water or using particular supplements - is meant to leave people feeling better and, often, thinner.
But critics disagree with the principle. Dr Andrew Wadge, of the Food Standards Agency, has branded detox regimes "nonsense" and said the body has its own system of getting rid of toxins - the liver.
message: leave detoxing to the liver and be very careful w/ those water diets.
and as a side note, i was talking to my friend whos going to be a doctor about detox patches, and he said that detox patches on the bottom of the fet dont really work like we think they do. the dark colors left on the pad are just dead skin that came off from the bottom of our feet. and for those science tests that say this and that toxic chemical was found on the pad, the chemical could have just been on the feet already cause our feet go many places and even carpets and floors we walk on, and shoes we walk in have those toxic kinds of chemicals.
