Detox diets

Detox diets are dietary plans regarded as having detoxifying effects. Scientists, dietitians, and doctors, while generally judging 'detox diets' harmless (unless nutritional deficiency results), often dispute the value and need of 'detox diets' due to lack of supporting factual evidence.^[11]

"Detox" diets usually suggest that water,^[12] or fruits and vegetables compose a majority of one's food intake. Limiting this to unprocessed (and sometimes also non-GM) foods is often advocated. Limiting or eliminating alcohol is also a major factor, and drinking more water is similarly recommended^{[citation needed]}.

Methods to modify the diet for the purpose of detoxification include:

• Eliminating foods such as caffeine, alcohol, processed food (including any bread), pre-made or canned food, salt, sugar, wheat, red meat, pork, fried and deep fried food, yellow cheese, cream, butter and margarine, shortening, etc., while focusing on pure foods such as raw fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, raw nuts and seeds, fish, vegetable oils, herbs and herbal teas, water, etc.^{[citation needed]}
• Master Cleanse, also known as the lemonade diet, terms that refer to the fasting diet advocated by Stanley Burroughs^[13]

Some proponents of detox diets emphasize it as a lifestyle rather than a diet, ^[14][15]. Others have touted spiritual and psychological benefits of regular detox dieting.^[16]