Detox diets are pretty popular at this time of the year but beware – they are not good for you! They often encourage the elimination of total food groups and can lead to dehydration and altered electrolyte balance and as for the weight loss – well most of it is water, not fat loss which means it is easily regained once the detox in completed. Secondly, it’s a ‘diet’ and diet is just the word DIE with a cross at the end – diets are all about deprivation that can not often be sustained so rather than follow some fad for a couple of weeks, just de-junk and make a sustainable life-style change!