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Dear denizens of the Paleo-listic Age<g>:
1.  Is there any paleo precedent for the type of detoxification diet in
which the dieter eats typically one food (usually a fruit or vegetable) or a
limited range of foods for a short time?
2.  Do you believe such diets do what they're supposed to do, namely
facilitate the flushing of accumulated toxins from the body?  Do they have
any dangers or lastingly harmful side-effects?
3.  There was a recent thread in which someone mentioned (I'm sorry, I don't
have the reference) that a sudden and drastic switch completely away from
carbs might be harmful.  Do you believe that a detox diet would be harmful
in the same way over the typically short term (7 to 21 days) of such diets
(the ones I've seen, anyway)?
OBTW, if you want to know why I'm asking:  I'm a typical pudgy engineer,
going on 40 years old, with a family history of arthritis, stomach trouble,
and gallstones.  I figured a detox diet would be a good way to get
jump-started on dealing with the excess weight and perhaps a first step in
changing my diet to head off the other degenerative problems. (Cream teas,
farewell!)
Thanks for any and all help and advice.

Mary Llewellyn
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+paleo: avidly eat meat, fish, and poultry; willingly eat insects; grow my
own herbs, blackberries, lemons, plums, peaches, apricots, feijoas, all
without petrochemicals; frequently eat seaweed; will eat anything, or at
least try it once
-paleo: I love (and am good at) traditional English cooking: scones and
clotted cream with home-made blackberry jam, Welsh rarebit/rabbit (let's
*not* start on that controversy!), steak and kidney pie, Stilton cheese,
Cheddar cheese, any cheese, tea, coffee, treacle tarts, hard cider (brewing
my own), etc.
paleo credentials: none
paleo status: newbie
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