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At some point over the last few years – or last few days, depending on your social circles – you've probably heard about detoxing and cleansing. Some websites use these terms interchangeably; they're marketing words meant to indicate whatever it is the company is trying to sell. Others have more defined uses for the terms. So what's the difference between them?  The Original Detox  The process of detoxification originally referred to drug or substance abuse. Addictive drugs and alcohol make changes to your body and force you to crave more of them, often times coupling with resistance that leads to...

If you've been browsing around in health circles for a while, you've definitely run into a variety of different detoxes and cleanses promoting their ability to heal all ailments, help you lose weight, and generally act as a cure-all for anything that's holding you down. Unfortunately, the term "detox" has been used for everything from vitamin supplements to carefully-engineer diets. It's been used for so many different things that it has no meaning on its own. A detox, ostensibly, is a supplement, diet, or program aimed at helping purge your body of toxins that build up through natural food consumption...

Travel seems like a glamorous lifestyle. Trend-setters and the movers and shakers of the world are on the move all the time, here one day, gone the next. Countless travel blogs, Instagram accounts, and book writers showcase the vibrant aspects of a life of travel. Sometimes, though, things are not what they seem. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, oh no; there are downsides to such a lifestyle.  One of the less pleasant aspects of travel is, politely named, travel constipation. This morass of bloating, cramping, discomfort, and irregularity can make travel unpleasant and can leave you spending altogether more...

When you get right down to it, weight loss is a simple mathematical equation. It's math because it's rooted in biology, which is rooted in physics, which runs on laws that cannot be violated by basic humanity. It all comes down to calories. Everything you eat provides you with calories of energy. Nutrients, vitamins, minerals; they're all necessary to fuel the body, but calories are the energy your body uses for everything else. The protein, the carbohydrates, the sugars, it's all fuel. To maintain equilibrium at your current weight, you need to be burning energy at a rate equivalent to...