Where in the world, apart from Thailand, are the best fasting/detox resorts?
Dr Frank certainly seems to be more realistic than deluded Lilly! The word ‘detox’ is used to promote CAM scam treatments. Your liver and kidneys are the only things able to rid yourself of toxins. Magic herbs or sticking a tube up your bum won’t do anything apart from making the scammer richer: “Autointoxication is an ancient theory based on the belief that intestinal waste products can poison the body and are a major contributor to many, if not all, diseases. In the 19th century, it was the ruling doctrine of medicine and led “colonic quackery” in various guises. By the turn of the century, it had received some apparent backing from science. When it became clear that the scientific rationale was wrong and colonic irrigation was not merely useless but potentially dangerous, it was exposed as quackery and subsequently went into a decline. Today we are witnessing a resurgence of colonic irrigation based on little less than the old bogus claims and the impressive power of vested interest
