Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself

In a year-end review of bestselling health related books, the Med Page Today website published a list of the top titles. Among them, "Clean;" this is what the website had to say about the book and author:

Among the celebrities who used and/or promoted various cleansing or detox regimens were Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Beyonce, Blair Underwood and especially Gwyneth Paltrow. Health claims derive from the belief that many chronic medical conditions occur when the body becomes a victim to a build up of “toxins.” As Dr. Alejandro Junger, designer of the Clean detox program, said: “When our systems are overtaxed, they begin to break down in a multitude of ways. Allergies, headaches, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue, weight gain and insomnia are just a few of the symptoms that can result. The majority of these common ailments are the direct result of toxin build-up in our systems that has accumulated during the course of our daily lives.” Most mainstream physicians, such as complementary and alternative medicine expert Dr. Edzard Ernst (pictured) say that this is nonsense and there's only one substance reliably removed from people using detox/cleanses: “Money from their bank accounts.”

Read that full article here. See the book and author's promotional webpage here.