Stop “detoxing” your body. Here’s why

So, 2 carrots, 1 bouquet of broccoli, 10 grapes, 2 celery stalks and a few slices of ginger. Sounds familiar? Don’t pretend it doesn’t, it is a great way to take your vitamins or quench your hunger quickly with an energy drink. But that’s about it. You can’t “detox”. Because this cannot be done through juices (even vegetables). …

Detox diets are a sham. Here’s why

So, 2 carrots, 1 bouquet of broccoli, 10 grapes, 2 celery stalks and a few slices of ginger. Sounds familiar? Don’t pretend it doesn’t, it is a great way to take your vitamins or quench your hunger quickly with an energy drink. But that’s about it. You can’t “detox”. Because this cannot be done through juices (even vegetables). …

Ditch the hangover, British style

It’s the morning after the night before. You’re lying in bed with a pounding head, a mouth as dry as the Sahara and disgusting nausea, and you’re supposed to be at work in an hour. Yes, it’s the inevitable, crushing hangover, and there is no reliable cure (according to scientists, anyway).  You resolve to never …