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Cleansing diets: Real or pure myth?
CATHY SMITH was often tired and felt kind of crummy. Maybe another cleansing diet would help by clearing her body of all the excesses of modern life caffeine, sugar, alcohol and more. So this past spring, the 43-year-old Minneapolis woman signed up with a chiropractor for a cleansing program. She gradually eliminated certain foods from her diet, one by one. First, of course, came sugar and caffeine. Then meat and dairy products. Finally she was eating only rice and vegetables and a noxious supplement she drank twice a day. Then, slowly, she started adding foods back again. Four weeks and about $400 later, she felt worse than ever. "I don't know if I would do it again," she said of her fourth and most recent detoxification regimen. "You are led to believe a lot of wonderful things will happen, and that wasn't the story for me." Detoxing and cleansing are all the rage.
Are cleansing diets myths?
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Cathy Smith was often tired, and felt kind of crummy. Maybe another cleansing diet would help by clearing her body of all the excesses of modern life -- caffeine, sugar, alcohol and more.So this past spring, the 43-year-old Minneapolis woman signed up with a chiropractor for a cleansing program. She gradually eliminated certain foods from her diet, one by one. First, of course, came sugar and caffeine. Then meat and dairy products. Finally she was eating only rice and vegetables, and a noxious supplement she drank twice a day. Then, slowly, she started adding foods back again.Four weeks and about $400 later, she felt worse than ever."I don't know if I would do it again," she said of her fourth and most recent detoxification regimen. "You are led to believe a lot of wonderful things will happen, and that wasn't the story for me." Detoxing and cleansing are all the rage.
Chishill in seventh heaven
GREAT Chishill recorded their seventh straight win of the season, when they returned to league action against Abington on Saturday. The home side took the lead inside five minutes when Jonathan Drury stabbed home from close range, after the keeper had dropped the ball to him from a corner. Although Chishill controlled the game for most of the first half, they failed to extend their lead, with Drury and Luke Tyler both missing opportunities. Tyler took his opportunity soon after the break however, when he was fouled in the box, and picked himself up to send the keeper the wrong way from the penalty spot. Just when it looked like the hosts were comfortable, Abington pulled a goal back, their striker being first to the rebound after Ian Gallagher parried. The visitors had little time to celebrate, as Gareth Edey went straight up the other end and made it 3-1, his cross-shot taking a big deflection into the top corner.
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