The claimEvidence C · limited

Detox juice cleanses 'remove toxins'

The evidence

The liver and kidneys already do this. 'Detox' programs have no human clinical evidence; short-term weight loss is mostly water and bowel contents.

The mechanism, in brief

Global weight-loss supplement market > $30B/year, ~ 60% of US adults have tried at least one (NIH ODS 2023). The marketing playbook never changes:

Sources (2)

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