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The Detoxification Myth

Misconception: Juice cleansing can remove toxins from your system.

Actually: To say that drinking juice detoxifies the body isn't quite the same as claiming leeches suck out poisons, but it's fairly close. 

The practice of cleansing has become as ubiquitous as the use of hand sanitizer. Celebrities do it. Spas offer it. Fancy food stores sell pricey bottles of juice to accomplish it, and a $700 juicer will soon facilitate the process for those who are not satisfied with the current D.I.Y. options. But what is it that everybody is trying to remove from their bodies? Is there any science behind it?