MYTH-It's good to take a laxative to help cleanse the body?

MYTH-It's good to take a laxative to help cleanse the body?

Andrea Giancoli (Registered Dietician ) gives expert video advice on: MYTH-Our bodies need to be cleansed?; MYTH-All the weight I'm losing on Master Cleanse is fat?; MYTH-The side effects I feel during the Master Cleanse mean the body is detoxing? and more...

It's good to take a laxative if you're constipated. You don't need to take a laxative to cleanse the body. Again, the body has all systems in place to cleanse itself and a laxative just cleans out your colon. We don't want to be taking laxatives for a prolonged period of time if we can lose too many fluids that can cause electrolyte imbalances. So laxatives are really only to be used when you're constipated and you really need it. It's not something that we should be consuming on a regular basis.