Dooce did a cleanse, and her experience was about as good as mine was a few years ago when I did one.

I have to say, increasingly I just have to roll my eyes every time someone talks about getting the "toxins" out of their system.

I GET taking a week or so and giving your digestive system a break by not eating a lot of red meat or rich food. No problem, especially if you've been ingesting a lot of those things of late -- we've all experienced the post-holiday effect of feeling bloated and like you would sell your own mother's kidney for the ability to have a bowel movement. I DON'T get the whole "let's eat like you have an eating disorder and pay a bunch of money for these herbs that make 'toxins' ooze out of every pore of your body" phenomenon. Your body is designed to deal with toxins... it's called the digestive system, and if you treat it well and get a reasonable amount of activity and liquids and get enough sleep, chances are it's going to do the job JUST FINE.

This is a Public Service Announcement brought to you by your local cranky personal trainer. For further information, ask me about what weight you "should" be, whether or not the Atkins Diet is a good idea, and how much you "should" work out every day.

So you may not have noticed, but there's this trend towards cleanses nowadays. Clients are constantly asking me about them, and I'm always hearing about one person or another who's doing them. After talking to a girlfriend who couldn't say enough good about them, I decided to give it a shot.

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So every time I turn around lately, I've been hearing/reading about cleanses.

Has anyone done one? If so, which one, and what did you think about it?