Notwithstanding the fact that the detox market that includes diets, tablets and drinks consumed to wash down toxins in the body is valued at millions of pounds in the UK, scientists have described detox diets as worthless. 

According to the chief scientist of the UK government’s food regulator, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Dr Andrew Wadge has said that all talk about detox diets cleaning our body is ‘sheer nonsense’ 

“People seem to have forgotten that we all are born with a detoxing mechanism called the liver and hence there is no need for any detox diets. Just, drink a glass of water to flush out all the toxins,” Dr Wadge recently wrote in his blog, adding “So, I advise you all to shun all junk passed on as detox diets and spend the money to buy something nice for you.”

In fact, detox diets are popular in the UK during the New Year to divest the body of unsafe chemicals accrued through seasonal excesses. Every year, people spend millions of pounds to buy and fad foods known as detox diets.

Detox diets like root extract or herbal infusions and oxygenated water as well as socks and body wraps are also promoted by several celebrities. There are detox diets that manufacturers and marketers maintain increase the immunization system, relieve pain and stimulate circulation.

Now if Dr Wadge and ‘Sense about Science’, a charitable trust that endorses science supported by evidence, are to be believed, tablets, oils, juices and tea sold in the market on the pretext of detox diets are have no scientific base whatsoever.

In his blog, Dr Wadge has suggested that instead of consuming detox diets, the readers should return to the basics of good health and drink water; do a little exercise and enjoy some delicious home-made foods. The scientist has further stated that if he was to emphasize on what to consume during the New Year, he would recommend fresh fruits, vegetables and milk. 

Dr Wadge’s comments have, however, not been accepted by one and all on their face value. While Boots, a high street chemist in the UK that has been selling detox diets has emphasized that they have a role in helping people to maintain good health, another critic, who claimed to be a sports nutritionist, said that he was not impressed and demanded more specific information. 

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