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Podcast: On Health for Women
Episode: Detoxification 101: Everything You Wanted to Know
Description: Cleanses, detoxes, and fasts have existed for centuries for various purposes and with varying degrees of scientific validity. It is more common than ever for people to be self-administering a detox, cleanse, or fast as a way to lose weight or regulate toxins. Some of these traditional healing practices can have merit, but when done to extremes they can cause health problems -- especially for women and their thyroid health. Are there safe detox programs?Listen in to today's episode to hear what a healthy detox program looks like, what health complications can be caused by entering i...