General Discussion / Re: Coconut oil detox
« on: November 04, 2014, 06:19:48 am »I'm not sure why you'd say this, so I'd have to disagree - heavy metals are not the only things that can plague a person. Of the four channels of elimination (pee, poop, lungs, and skin), relying on the skin only for all your detox needs is limiting.
It's called sympathetic magic. Now, can certain blends of herbs etc... make a person feel better? Sure; can they "detoxify" a person? No. There is absolutely no evidence to support that claim. None.
In fact, it's an old myth...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2668399
But, again, if it makes you feel better there is no reason to stop ... but, it's not "detoxifying" anything.