Mission: Abdominals
American College of Sports Medicine, The International Society for Sports Nutrition, The National Strength and Conditioning Association, or the American Dietetic Association, and you will see the same healthy, sensible recommendation repeated over and over again: Lose one to two pounds per week, or no more than 1% of total body weight per week (2.5 pounds if you weigh 250, etc.). Remember what we said about the FTC earlier: Claims of anything over three pounds per week can land a company in court. If you’re consulting with legitimate professionals and organizations, you’ll see absolutely no mention of detoxification, fasting, losing 10 pounds over the weekend, “cleansing yourself internally,” or anything remotely similar. Why? Because the legitimate and respectable organizations don’t deal in pseudo science or gimmick fads. Any crash diet, induction protocol, or fasting ritual designed specifically to induce rapid weight loss is one to avoid. As for detoxification, it’s difficult to draw general conclusions because there are so many different protocols that fall under that term. You might say that eating organic detoxifies you, and if that’s your definition of the word, then I wouldn’t argue with that, but the fact is, most detox protocols have little scientific evidence supporting them and some are downright kooky! Will Brink, author of Diet Supplements Revealed and Muscle Building Nutrition, and a guy whose opinion I respect, posted a message in his forum recently that made this point very well. Will wrote: Who says you need to detoxify? The very term is quasi scientific at best, silly at worst. Are you looking to optimize increases in lean body mass or sit around drinking lemon water? I don’t detoxify, as I don’t feel toxic. The methods for detoxifying also run the gamut from real to a total scam. For example, for people that have high amounts of heavy metals, a process called chelation therapy appears to be legit to reduce those levels. Then you have all manner of pretend detoxifying diets, enemas, etc., which I have no faith in.
Do I believe it’s important to detoxify the body? Yes, but according to my definition, I believe that detoxing is not necessarily a regimen of supplements, herbs, special drinks, 36 Tom Venuto
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