The Liver Cleansing Diet by Dr. Sandra Cabot, was one of the first detox books written. After release it quickly became a huge bestseller.
After seeing numerous overweight patients, many with sluggish metabolisms, Dr Cabot decided that liver function was impaired - due to poor diet and nutrition. Dr Cabot claimed that improving liver function led to weight loss. After 2 years of working successfully with 1540 patients she professes a 100% success rate.
Liver Cleanse - Cure for all ills?
The following symptoms could benefit from a liver cleanse:
- Abdominal bloating
- Obesity
- Poor digestion
- Frequent fatigue
- Headaches
- Unpleasant moods
- Bad breath and coated tongue
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Sluggish metabolism
- Overburdened immune system
- Excessive body heat
- High cholesterol
- Gall bladder disease
- Fatty liver
- Allergies
- High blood pressure
- Sugar cravings
- Intolerance to alcohol
- Excess alcohol intake
- Inability to lose weight
Dr Cabot seems to attribute poor liver function to a vast range of symptoms, some of which could be diagnosed by any number of conditions.
Liver Cleansing in Brief
- The diet is strict, with all vegetables to be eaten raw.
- Recipes are included.
- Supplements are recommended.
The premise of this diet is good, but it seems to be too simplistic to blame a single organ for most people’s weight and health issues. Detox diets are useful, but don’t necessary aid or teach you in forming lifelong good eating habits. There is also a lack of scientific evidence proving that detoxifying diets are as effective as they are claimed.
If you have to continually ‘reach’ for a detox diet, then something in your everyday nutrition and lifestyle is not right.
