Reader Question – What do you call the short-term cleanse diets, usually about a week long?

Many of you might be asking this same question so I’m posting with the answer here. Enjoy. The question is from MND’11 A lot of celebrities usually go on extreme diets a week before a big event, like actresses before the oscars this week or models before a show. What are these called and what are the most effective ones?I’m doing this for a very large event I have to go to in the next week (I just found out today that I’m going). I normally eat very healthy, but I know people who will drastically drop their calorie intake or have some special diet they follow a few days before a big event. I know it’s not necessarily “healthy” but consider how well I eat all the time, I don’t feel too bad about doing this to my body once. I don’t plan on making it a regular thing, or keeping this weight off for good. I’m currently 5’7 and 128ibs, not to bad in my opinion but it’d be nice to cut off just that little bit for this event Answer: I think your premise is wrong and following celebrities is not the way to be fit and healthy. Follow doctors and scientists instead.There’s a difference between a diet and a “cleanse”. They are not the same thing so don’t get confused. A diet can hlep you lose fat when done properly. A cleanse can’t help you do anything except purge your GI tract as a prep for a colonoscopy or surgical procedure.”Detox” is short for detoxification and det...
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