MYTH #5: YOU NEED TO DETOX YOUR BODY ON THE REGULAR
In a sense, this is true—which is why your system already has a built-in detoxifier, a.k.a your liver. Products like shakes and juices marketed for “detoxing” might be harmless, or they may actually deprive the body of important nutrition because they replace actual healthy food your system thrives on, says Moon. “The best thing you can do to ‘detox’ is to let the body do what it’s built to do and not get in the way by overeating, drinking, smoking, or consuming too much red meat, refined grains, added sugar, and saturated fat.”