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Detoxification (also sometimes called body cleansing) in the context of alternative medicine consists of an approach that aims to rid the body of "toxins" – accumulated harmful substances that allegedly exert undesirable effects on individual health in the short or long term. Detoxification usually includes one or more of the following: dieting, fasting, consuming exclusively or avoiding specific foods (such as fats, carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables, juices, herbs, or water), colon cleansing, chelation therapy, or the removal of dental fillings.〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Detox Diets: Cleansing the Body ) 〕 The British organisation Sense About Science has described some detox diets and commercial products as "a waste of time and money";〔 Compare: 〕〔 〕 many researchers agree that there is no clinical evidence that such diets are effective. The "toxins" usually remain undefined, with little to no evidence of toxic accumulation in the patient.〔 Compare: 〕 ==Background== The premise of body cleansing is based on the Ancient Egyptian and Greek idea of autointoxication, in which foods consumed can putrefy and produce toxins that harm the body; or in the humoral theory of health whereby the four humours themselves can putrefy and produce toxins that harm the body. Suspicions of the inefficacy of purging became widespread by the 1830s.〔 〕 Biochemistry and microbiology appeared to support auto-intoxication theory in the 19th century, but by the early twentieth century detoxification-based approaches quickly fell out of favour.〔 〕〔 Compare: 〕 Even though abandoned by mainstream medicine, the idea has persisted in the popular imagination and amongst alternative-medicine practitioners.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 In recent years, notions of body cleansing have undergone something of a resurgence, along with many other alternative medical approaches. Nonetheless, mainstream medicine continues to produce evidence that the field is unscientific and anachronistic.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Detoxification (alternative medicine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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