Why bother cleansing, when your body does it naturally?

I came across this article this morning and while most of it was interesting, I don't necessarily agree with the last part.

Our body does naturally cleanse itself, it's a beautiful temple that we live in. However, when people keep putting processsed foods, alchohol, cigarettes, caffeine, sugar (which create yeast), etc. into their body, the body does not have time to cleanse itself because our first priority is to break down the bad stuff that we put into our body. (I am not here to judge people, but we should know by now that putting these things in our bodies makes the body do extra work. I know, because I consume a few on occasion.)

Once our body can break down these items, then it can get to work cleansing. But if it is on a 24 hour cycle, which I know very well, then the body never gets a chance to cleanse.

Then the story goes on to say that the body will cleanse itself if we live healthy lifestyles, which I believe true. But most people do not live healthy lifestyles, so for someone to cleanse for three days is at least a step in the right direction. Hopefully, when a person cleanses, they will see the positive benefits, and may change their consumption habits from 1-360 degrees.

And about the gentlemen gaining the five pounds back. The the pain it takes to keep weight off must not have been worth the pleasure that he gets from eating.

Bottom line - Use cleansing as a short chance to rest your body and see if you really can live without the foods that cause you grief.

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Maybe not harmful, but not helpful, either

Critics of such cleansing programs say they might not be dangerous in the short term (though still others say three days isn’t enough time off normal eating to be effective) but they aren’t actually helpful either.

Lisa Sasson of the New York University School of Public Health says the programs do little more than “making very expensive urine” and that “our body naturally cleanses itself.”

She says such programs can actually be dangerous if people eat unhealthy foods most of the time and think drinking juice for three days negates the bad effects of junk. Instead, she said, our organs will do all the cleansing we need if we eat healthy diets and have active lifestyles.

For his part, Berman says he lost five pounds on the cleanse, but after going back to his regular eating habits he gained the weight back in a week.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)