Puhlease, this is not a detox diet. This is a regular healthy diet. Detox diets are a lot more restrictive in terms of gluten, dairy, or processed foods like salsa for pete's sake. You can have a sane detox diet, but to be effective you have to cut out the things that are potentially toxic to your system, like those things mentioned above.

This is a nice, all around healthy way to eat, but don't call it detox.

It is not a "no brainer" that women would rather lose a limb than be obese. That mind-set is pathological. There is nothing 'rational' about that stance. Has our society gotten so insane that disability is a preferred state???? To call it a 'no brainer' indicates a serious pathology.

i am a 6 ft 1' 60 yr old male and until i broke my foot off road motorcycling 5 weeks ago was very physically active. i eat a diet very similar in calories to the above and have maintained my weight in a + or - 7# range of my current 162#. i think most recommended daily calories guides are too high.

from my college nursing nutrition class i remember the rule of thumb was if you are dieting to get to 150#, eat 1500 calories daily. most nutrition labels use 2000 and 2500 calories as normal diet examples. i think we just eat too much.

advertising suggests that what ever you do, don't let yourself get hungry. my approach is to see hunger pangs as a guarantee that i''ll enjoy the heck out of my next meal.

i am a 6'1" 160

I think this article has a lot of great things to say about detoxing--especially about the fact that you end up hurting your body with many of them.

However, I do believe there are healthy detoxes out there--the problem is that most of them are outrageously overpriced or too difficult to make on your own.

I like to use this new product called "Kaeng Raeng." It's essentially a vegan, gluten free, soy protein smoothie you drink 3 times a day for 3 or 6 days. There are no laxatives or stimulants added--just good old fashioned fruit and fiber to flush you out.

I don't look at it as a quick fix--I like to see it as a fresh start to a healthier lifestyle. I haven't craved as much of the junk as I used to before using KR.

Check it out at http://www.kaengraeng.com

How do you adjust this diet for a different weight/height? Do I go up in calories or down? I am 5'6" and about 205 pounds (working on losing it). And why does someone who is a 5'3" to 5'5", 115-to 125-pound woman need to lose weight? Am I reading the article wrong?

I personally think food based cleanses can be very detoxifying for the body. By removing all toxins such as processed foods, sugars and caffeine we give our bodies a break from the daily deluge of junk. Most people will lose weight and feel great if they remove these foods from their diet and consume more fruits and vegetables. I've gone on cleanse diets and my favorite one by far is www.cleanseorganic.com they provide meal plans, recipes, online and phone support. I had so much energy after following their 3 week program, which by the way did not limit calories or healthy fats. My skin did look great, probably from the olive oil and hemp protein. We need protein and healthy fats and to deprive ourselves of that is not cleansing, it's deprivation, and it's miserable.

This is an effective plan. I did it a few times before my wedding and lost about 10lbs quickly and healthily. I actually had trouble eating all of the food every day, because it's a lot! I chose to do it 4 days at a time. There is variety, but I did take a few breaks because I tended to get bored with eating the same thing every day. This plan helped teach me the kinds of things I should be eating on a daily basis.

In today's world, some people call this deprivation because of the things you don't eat. I recently did a vegan plan for a month and discovered that we CAN live without these things. It didn't make me want to swear off animal products forever, just be more mindful of what I was eating. I also saw my portion sizes shrink. I want to eat more fruits and vegetables, and I don't eat meat as often.