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Friday, January 29, 2010

The wheat grass juice myth

Wheatgrass Juice
The other day, I was getting a pineapple smoothie for lunch, when I happened to notice a poster extolling the virtues of wheatgrass juice. I didn't know too much about it, except that I've heard a lot of people talk about it as if it's the second coming. So out of curiosity, I began reading.
My friends, the English language does not contain adequate hyperbole to do justice to the tons of manure printed on this poster. .....
By Brian Dunning

A must-read about detox

Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real?

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4006 by Brian Dunning
"Today we're going to head into the bathroom and suck the toxins out of our bodies through our feet and through our bowels, and achieve a wonderful sense of wellness that medical science just hasn't caught onto yet. Today's topic is the myth of detoxification, as offered for sale by alternative practitioners and herbalists everywhere......"