Anyone ever hear of a digestive cleanout diet?

[teddymines]

I seem to remember from my workout days a short-term diet that was supposed to clean out your digestive tract. It was for about 3 days and involved drinking only water and clear juice, and eating only fruit and vegetables. I think it was supposed to somehow "reset" your digestive system without using laxatives, and cleanse it real well. For a few days, I think this was a safe way to do that.

Anyone hear of such a thing, or better yet, have you done it? What were the effects besides the obvious short-term ones?

 

[Beau]

Someone did this a few months ago and documented the whole thing here.

 

[SaltBoy]

Try the cabbage soup diet A friend of mine tried that and it really cleaned him out...

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: teddymines
I seem to remember from my workout days a short-term diet that was supposed to clean out your digestive tract. It was for about 3 days and involved drinking only water and clear juice, and eating only fruit and vegetables. I think it was supposed to somehow "reset" your digestive system without using laxatives, and cleanse it real well. For a few days, I think this was a safe way to do that.

Anyone hear of such a thing, or better yet, have you done it? What were the effects besides the obvious short-term ones?

Sounds like natural laxatives. I guess if you have nothing better to do then sh-t your brains out, go for it...

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: kevin000

Originally posted by: teddymines
I seem to remember from my workout days a short-term diet that was supposed to clean out your digestive tract. It was for about 3 days and involved drinking only water and clear juice, and eating only fruit and vegetables. I think it was supposed to somehow "reset" your digestive system without using laxatives, and cleanse it real well. For a few days, I think this was a safe way to do that.

Anyone hear of such a thing, or better yet, have you done it? What were the effects besides the obvious short-term ones?

Sounds like natural laxatives. I guess if you have nothing better to do then sh-t your brains out, go for it...

sounds rather unpleasent doesn't it?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Try the cabbage soup diet A friend of mine tried that and it really cleaned him out...

You know that cooked cabbage is one of the most carcinogenic things you can consume? Not good.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Try the cabbage soup diet A friend of mine tried that and it really cleaned him out...

You know that cooked cabbage is one of the most carcinogenic things you can consume? Not good.

Huh??

Everything I've read says cabbage, cooked or raw, is ANTI-carcinogenic and stimulates the immune system.

amish

 

[vi edit]

Amish, my info is going off of my fiance's text books for pharmacy school.

I trust them a little more than some internet/"healthfood" books.

 

[LostHiWay]

This diet thing really sounds sick. If you want to clean your digestive tract just go down to your local drug store and pick-up a fleet enema. It may not be the most pleasant thing in the world but you'll be done is 30 mins, instead of being on a stupid diet for 3 days. You'll also get better results.

 

[nitsuj3580]

Won't an enema do the same thing? I thought someone told me once that they do that an older people homes or something like that. Not pleasant I'm sure.

 

[FoBoT]

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[teddymines]

An enema goes up only so far. I'm looking for the dietary equivalent of draino max on a hair-jammed drain pipe.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: LostHiWay
This diet thing really sounds sick. If you want to clean your digestive tract just go down to your local drug store and pick-up a fleet enema. It may not be the most pleasant thing in the world but you'll be done is 30 mins, instead of being on a stupid diet for 3 days. You'll also get better results.

Enema's and laxatives clear out good bacteria with them I beleive. These "natural" cleanouts are basically ways of getting the "bulk" out of your colon without getting rid of things (bacteria) that you shouldn't get rid of.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580
Won't an enema do the same thing? I thought someone told me once that they do that an older people homes or something like that. Not pleasant I'm sure.

AFAIK, an enema only cleans your decending colon. If you want to do a full digestive track clean out, you gotta start at the top.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Amish, my info is going off of my fiance's text books for pharmacy school.

I trust them a little more than some internet/"healthfood" books.

How about the University of Minnesota Cancer Research Center?

North Carolina State University??\

amish

 

[vi edit]

I'll have visgf pull out the book and look it up tonight. Maybe it was worded funny and we misinterpreted it.

 

[bGIveNs33]

hmmmmm.... barium milkshake

 

[PsychoAndy]

Ever watch SNL?

Colon Blow and Super Colon Blow.

Funny stuff.

-PAB

 

[TapTap]

My chili recipe :Q