Demi Moore Defends Her "Clean" Detox Via Twitter

My colleague did the CLEAN program....he liked it so much, he stayed on it.....

good for that twitter user for sticking up to these ridiculous claims! the body does not need to be de-toxed unless you've been taking illegal drugs. the human body has done a great job of taking care of itself and cleansing itself for millions of years. these fad diets and detoxes are completely unnecessary. i'm sorry, but skinny demi moore and gwenyth paltrow do NOT look healthy to me, do i will NEVER do any diet that they claim. i don't care how thin they are, that's similar to anorexia in my book.

I agree with Katie!

^^ agree with katie225 and chazzyb31.

I highly doubt this detox program works. How do they prove it does? Do they cut a chuck of fat out of you, before and after, and measure the toxins? I mean, if it makes you feel good do it, but I'm not a big fan of blindly trusting celebrities or advertising.

Just to point out, those detox drinks don't work for drug users. THC is stored in fat and can only be removed slowly over time as old fat cells are replaced by new ones. Most other drugs are water-soluble and really only stay in your system for a couple days. The reason people THINK detox drinks work is because you have to drink tons of water with them and the water dilutes your pee so much that it's below the level tested for.

Totalls off topic, but aren't twitter posts 180 characters? How did chazzy get so many characters into hers?

It's funny how people are applauded for "calling out" a celebrity on substituting two meals per day with meal replacement shakes. I'm sure there's no way the Clean program actually does what it purports to do, but what's the big deal? It can't be any worse for you than eating one meal a day at McDonald's.

As one wise person once said, detoxes are about as useful as cutting out your own tongue and declaring, "But look how clean and free my mouth is now!"

(Of course, you'd have to declare that message via sign language or the written word...)

Hey there,

what a heated discussion.
Just my 2cents:
I am currently on the Clean program and I think it's a nice way to get back in touch with eating well and reconnecting to your body.
You do not have to buy the 350$ kit, you can also prepare the liquid meals yourself, there are lots of recipes provided in the 20$ book about the program.
I - a totally regular person without any sort of eating disorder - so far like it a lot.

Demi is...old. She needs to accept it and stop desperately grasping at her (quickly) fading youth. This diet/regimen is not going to keep her from aging.

I don't see how this can nourish the body...You're not really supposed to eat less than about 1200 calories unless you are really tiny, old, or very sedentary, and most of these celebs have workout regimens that are as strict as some athletes. I looked up the program and I don't see how this can meat anyone's daily calorie needs:

Breakfast: Shake made from brown-rice protein powder, plus herbal supplements in pill form to curb cravings and facilitate fat-burning

Lunch: Stir-fried chicken and veggies with buckwheat noodles, plus herbal supplements. Vegetarian option: Cucumber and carrot slices served with hummus, tabbouleh and marinated kale with radish and pine nuts, plus herbal supplements. (Recipes are included with the plan.)

Dinner: Shake made from brown-rice protein powder, plus more herbal supplements

I don't see where the calories come from in that meal, especially in the vegetarian option. It may have a lot of vitamins and other good stuff, but anyone who's taken a basic physics or biology class knows that you have to have calories to do any work! Plus, what is there to even clean out? Most celebs hat are in this good of shape eat well anyway.

I actually saw a health miniseries in the UK that was hosted by Dr. Oz (of Oprah fame). One episode tackled the detox question.

On that episode, there were two groups--a control group and a test group. Both groups consisted of 20-30-something year-old-women who had been binge drinking for about a week before the study (for the sake of science, of course!).

Anyway, both groups were sent to a spa for a week. The control group engaged in light exercise, drank lots of tea and water, ate clean foods, etc. Nothing out of the ordinary for anyone with a fairly healthy diet.

The test group, on the other hand, took part in a grueling detox. The detox took elements from all the major fads (Master cleanse, fasts, etc), and was coupled with rigorous exercise.

At the end of the week, both groups had to submit urine samples, sweat samples, have physicals, etc, and their bodies were tested for various vitamins, elevated levels of toxins, etc. And who was better off?

No one.

Aside from being very cranky and tired, the test group was no healthier than the control group. It just goes to show that these fad detox programs are nothing more than a waste of time, energy, and money!

This is all Demi can do, huh? Talk about her diet obsessively. If I had a friend like this who always mentioned what new diet they were on and always talked about their newest crackpot "cleansing" methods I would not want to hand around them much longer.

asche, that's fascinating but not surprising. The biggest detox hoax I ever saw was detox foot pads:

You stick them to your feet before you go to sleep and when you wake up they're brown from all the 'toxins' that have been sucked out of your body.

Katie and Buti are right.

Yes, Demi is getting old and she is really trying hard not to be. The more she doesn't feed her body properly, will make it even worse for her as the years go by.

I think she's obsessed with staying younger because many people throughout the years have always spoke about how young she still looks, being how old she REALLY is. Now Demi wants to keep those comments coming.

Demi should try growing old gracefully and in a more healthy manner.

@Betty Wayne - What she probably did was tweet it in two separate tweets, but they just combined it for the sake of the article. And omg! I remember seeing the infomercials for those foot things and thinking WTF?

Detox...Isn't that only for druggies? Is there something this Demi Moore isn't telling us? But seriously, I don't give a flying f*ck; As long as I don't have to do their crazy diets, how does this affect me or anyone else?

Asche - That doesn't surprise me at all. Thanks for posting that, it was a good read

I agree with Katie and Chazzy.

My roommate is doing some juice detox cleanse thing. I feel like a jerk when I come home with pizza, but you know, I really dig solid foods.

I agree with those that say that cleanses/detoxes are completely useless. Your liver and kidneys do a fine job on their own. If you want to do a safe cleanse, drink a lot of water, cut out booze and white sugar/flour, and eat a lot of fruits and veggies.

Good for Demi..sticking up for what she believes! After all, it's her body.

I'm with the majority here. Demi should learn that she's just getting older and no detox is going to keep her younger. Besides, many doctors agree that long term detoxing is bad for you. You've got to eat the right solid foods.

The Clean Program isn't about changing your diet forever to a meal a day and two liquid meals, it's a 1,2, or 3 week program (it's up to you). The book acutally has valid, medically backed up information about how your body works and what an American diet does to it. It's all pretty much common sense and it's not a fad. Only in the last 150 years has food become readily available at all times of the day for people to eat. Human race survived on the idea of feast or famine since the start of its race. You do NOT need to eat as much as we eat these days. Our body spends all our energy digesting our food and it does not have the energy to properly expel all the toxins in the foods we eat (all the man-made, artifical crap we shove into our mouths without realization). This program provides a clean slate, resetting our body's natural way of living and letting the body do what it was made to do instead of trying to get rid of an overflow of stuff that shouldn't even be in our bodies to begin with. It's about rebuilding the intestinal health to prevent disease and illness. The world is full of heart disease, intestinal issues, allegies, obesity etc. (I suffered for many years from IBS, but cutting toxins out of my life has GREATLY improved my symptoms and my quality of life....trust me this condition can make someone very depressed) Detoxing also helps you appreciate whole, organic, healthy foods and resets your appetite for those things to continue beyond the three weeks and live a healthy lifestyle by cutting out the junk. The health of Americans is decreasing rapidly and it's a shame people are so quick to pass something this good off as a stupid, useless, fad without doing research on the book and its claims.

How people doubt this is beyond me. When I found out that it was IBS I was suffering from I did MONTHS of research and found tons of supporting documents to this doctor's claims. If spending 12.99 means that I can have a normal life again, I'm so glad I spend it....the results are priceless.

Doing a cleanse has nothing to do with wanting to stay young. It has to do with getting the crap out of your body. If you believe it's BS, then don't do it.

And if you wanna got there, Demi looks damn-good for someone her age. You see average people her age walking around, and they look a mess. They just let life add up. Then they wanna talk crap because someone is taking the time to give a flying sh*t, beyond taking a shower everyday, about their bodies.