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Originally Posted by Fullcrum  If it's in the first few days, that would be detoxification. Your body will become temporarily weaker as poisons are flushed into your bloodsteam, lymph, and colon, and then flushed out of the body. |
I am not sure I understand what people mean when they say detox in this context. The body has evolved a very efficient liver that disposes of stuff that isn't needed and might not be wanted. This must be an ongoing process, and it must be triggered off by the presence of toxins.
The only way that changing to a raw diet might affect the detox system is if it is providing some factor previously missing that allows a pre-existing detox process to kick in. But I wouldn't have thought that was the case - even the biggest junk food addict's diet still has quite a bit of raw in it. And in any case I would have thought that the effects of a detox process ought to be noticeable, if at all, by the bad symptoms of the previous toxin going away. It ought to be a positive experience from day one.
I am not attacking or picking an argument here. Since starting to incorporate more raw food into my diet my experience has been positive and I am keen to learn more and get even more out of it. I am just a bit suspicious of allowing this detox idea as an excuse for things that aren't really working. It sort of undermines the 'listen to your body' concept if you give yourself this get out.