There's no such thing as a detox cleanse
By Michael Baker ยท August 9, 2025
Want to cleanse or eat clean? Eat only foods that don't need a label to tell you what they are. Not a 55-ingredient Chick-fil-A sandwich. The cleanse is simple: refuse to eat processed and fast foods.
Want to "cleanse" or "eat clean"? Eat only foods that don't need a label to tell you what they are. Not a 55-ingredient Chick-fil-A sandwich. Chicken is chicken. Eggs are eggs. Bananas are bananas. Oats are oats. Cook with butter. Butter is always butter. This is how you cleanse toxins. Toxins are everything on a food label you can't identify. The cleanse is simple: refuse to eat processed and fast foods. Oils, sugars, colors, fillers, emulsifiers, alcohol. Those are the toxins. If a label has something on it that sounds sketchy, it is sketchy. To detoxify is simply to remove these toxins. Anything else calling itself a cleanse is a scam. This is specifically about food toxins. Environmental toxins like plastics in our food are a different story. But there's no juice or magic pill to remove those either. The solution is avoidance, as best you can. Need help? Post questions or reach out at https://GetUpEarlier.com Run. Lift. Hike. Yoga. Nutrition.
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