Detox

There has been much disinformation regarding Detox supplements recently.

It seems it is the latest scam to attract the snakeoil vendors with their pseudoscience designed to scare the gullible into parting with money for something they don't need and could be potentially harmful.

Science Based Medicine published this item in 2017, Detox Scams are worthless and potentially dangerous in which it says:

The term “detox,” ... has been hijacked for clever marketing of worthless products and treatments. Like much of what happens under the umbrella of so-called alternative medicine, a successful marketing slogan is more important than science or evidence. “Detox” is now frequently attached to many dubious treatments as a handwaving explanation for how they allegedly work. This is often the case, where a new idea is retrofitted onto an old treatment. In fact the treatments rarely change, but the justification for them evolves to optimize marketing.  

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