Article index
All 125 articles on Bad Detox, by section.
Detox Claims
Section page →- What Your Liver Is Doing While You Drink the TeaAug 11, 2026
- The Toxin That Never Gets NamedAug 9, 2026
- Why a Juice Cleanse Makes You Feel DifferentAug 5, 2026
- The Laxative Hiding on a Detox Tea Ingredients ListJul 31, 2026
- The Ionic Footbath and the Rust That Colours the WaterJul 29, 2026
- Detox Foot Pads Also Turn Brown in a Glass of WaterJul 25, 2026
- Coffee Enemas: Where Unproven Stops and Dangerous StartsJul 23, 2026
- Your Kidneys Are Not Waiting for Help Flushing AnythingJul 19, 2026
- Cleanses That Work by Emptying Your BowelJul 16, 2026
- Sweat Is Mostly Water, and That Matters for the ClaimJul 12, 2026
- Alkaline Water, Stomach Acid and the pH of Your BloodJul 9, 2026
- Chelation: A Real Treatment Sold for the Wrong ReasonJul 6, 2026
- Parasite Cleanses and the Worms That Were Never ThereJul 3, 2026
- The Lymphatic System Has No Blockage Waiting to Be ReleasedDec 1, 2025
- Epsom Salt Baths and What Skin Is Built to Keep OutNov 25, 2025
- The Vitamin Drip and the Vein as a ShortcutNov 23, 2025
- Oil Pulling, Plaque and the Toxins Nobody NamesNov 18, 2025
- Activated Charcoal Is Real Medicine in the Wrong PlaceNov 16, 2025
- What a Detox Retreat Removes Besides the ToxinsNov 13, 2025
- When Feeling Worse Is Sold as Proof It Is WorkingNov 8, 2025
- Binders, Clay and Zeolite: The Word Doing the WorkNov 5, 2025
Supplements
Section page →- What Supports Immune Function Is Allowed to MeanJun 27, 2026
- A Supplement Is Not Held to the Standard Applied to MedicinesJun 24, 2026
- Bioavailability: What You Swallow Is Not What You AbsorbJun 22, 2026
- Fixing a Deficiency and Adding a Boost Are Different ClaimsJun 18, 2026
- Supplements and Prescribed Medicine: The Interaction ProblemJun 16, 2026
- No Known Side Effects Often Means Never Properly StudiedJun 10, 2026
- Fat-Soluble Vitamins Do Not Wash Out Like the OthersJun 8, 2026
- Proprietary Blends Hide How Little Is Actually In ThereJun 4, 2026
- Third-Party Testing Tells You Identity, Not EffectJun 2, 2026
- Herbal Does Not Mean GentleMay 29, 2026
- Who a Multivitamin Is Actually ForMay 24, 2026
- Why Supplement Trials Tend to Be Small, Short and SponsoredMay 22, 2026
- Collagen and What Your Stomach Does to a ProteinMay 18, 2026
- Probiotics Are Strain Specific and the Label Rarely IsNov 3, 2025
- Vitamin D: A Real Deficiency With an Oversold FixOct 31, 2025
- Magnesium Comes in Many Salts and They Do Not Behave AlikeOct 27, 2025
- Fish Oil, Oxidation and What Is Actually in the CapsuleOct 23, 2025
- Adaptogen Was a Category Invented Before It Was TestedOct 19, 2025
- Melatonin Is a Hormone and Every Country Treats It DifferentlyOct 15, 2025
- Sold as Herbal, Containing an Undeclared Prescription DrugOct 14, 2025
- Protein Powder Is Food Sold at Supplement PricesOct 9, 2025
Diets & Eating
Section page →- The One Thing Every Diet That Works Has in CommonMay 16, 2026
- Why the First Week of Any Diet Shows a Dramatic DropMay 12, 2026
- Detox Diets and Elimination Diets Are Not the Same ThingMay 9, 2026
- Gluten: A Real Disease and a Fashionable AvoidanceMay 5, 2026
- Superfood Is a Marketing Word, Not a Nutritional CategoryMay 3, 2026
- Fibre Is the Boring Thing That Actually Has SupportApr 27, 2026
- Intermittent Fasting: What Changes and What Stays the SameApr 25, 2026
- The Sugar Detox and the Withdrawal Story It BorrowsApr 22, 2026
- Food Combining and the Digestive System That Ignores ItApr 17, 2026
- Raw Food and the Enzymes That Cooking Is Blamed ForApr 15, 2026
- Why Personalised Nutrition Tests Outrun Their EvidenceApr 12, 2026
- Cutting a Food Group Is a Cost, Not Just a ChoiceApr 7, 2026
- Why Before-and-After Photographs Are a Photography SkillApr 4, 2026
- Ketone Strips Measure Something, Just Not What You WantOct 6, 2025
- Starvation Mode Is Real, Small, and Not What You Were ToldOct 3, 2025
- Inflammation Is Not One Thing You Can Eat AwaySep 30, 2025
- Feeding Your Microbiome Without a Map to FollowSep 27, 2025
- Seed Oils and the Argument That Keeps MovingSep 22, 2025
- Skipping Breakfast and the People Who Skip ItSep 18, 2025
- Weight Regain Is the Result Diets Rarely ReportSep 16, 2025
- Food Intolerance Tests and the Antibody That Means ExposureSep 12, 2025
Gadgets & Devices
Section page →- Why Every Wellness Gadget Claims to Work on FrequenciesApr 2, 2026
- Sleep Trackers Measure Movement and Infer the RestMar 28, 2026
- Red Light Therapy: Where the Evidence Is and Where It Runs OutMar 26, 2026
- Magnetic Bracelets and What Your Blood Is NotMar 23, 2026
- Negative Ion Generators and the Ozone They Can ProduceMar 18, 2026
- EMF Stickers on a Phone That Answers by Turning Up the PowerMar 16, 2026
- Vibration Plates and the Promise of Passive ExerciseMar 12, 2026
- Home Oxygen Readings and What a Number on Your Finger MissesMar 8, 2026
- Ear Candles and the Wax That Came From the CandleMar 4, 2026
- Grounding Mats and the Electron StoryMar 2, 2026
- Cupping, Bruises and the Mechanism That Was Never ShownFeb 26, 2026
- Wearable Stress Scores and What Heart Rate Variability Can CarryFeb 24, 2026
- Infrared Saunas and the Heat That Is Only HeatSep 10, 2025
- Whole-Body Cryotherapy and the Cold That Is Sold as MedicineSep 6, 2025
- Compression Boots and the Feeling of Being RecoveredSep 3, 2025
- Massage Guns, Soreness and the Range of Motion NumberAug 31, 2025
- Glucose Monitors Sold to People Who Do Not Have DiabetesAug 25, 2025
- Smart Scales and the Body Fat Number That Is a GuessAug 24, 2025
- Salt Lamps, the Air Around Them and the Puddle UnderneathAug 19, 2025
- Kinesiology Tape and the Colour That Does NothingAug 15, 2025
- Hydrogen Water and the Gas That Leaves the BottleAug 13, 2025
Reading the Evidence
Section page →- A Mechanism in a Dish Is Not an Effect in a PersonFeb 18, 2026
- What a Surrogate Endpoint Is and Why It Flatters a ProductFeb 15, 2026
- Regression to the Mean Makes Almost Anything Look Like It WorkedFeb 12, 2026
- Statistically Significant Does Not Mean Big Enough to NoticeFeb 8, 2026
- What a Study of Twelve People Can and Cannot ShowFeb 6, 2026
- Preprints, Peer Review and What Each One GuaranteesFeb 2, 2026
- Relative Risk and Absolute Risk Are Different NumbersJan 31, 2026
- The Placebo Effect Is Real and Smaller Than AdvertisedJan 26, 2026
- Animal Studies, Dose and the Body-Weight ProblemJan 24, 2026
- Publication Bias and the Trials You Never Get to ReadJan 19, 2026
- Why Nutrition Research Is So Difficult to Get RightJan 17, 2026
- How to Read a Study Someone Has Waved at YouJan 13, 2026
- A Meta-Analysis Is Only as Good as What Went Into ItAug 8, 2025
- The Healthy User Effect and Who Buys SupplementsAug 6, 2025
- Blinding Is Harder Than It Sounds and Often FailsAug 4, 2025
- Twenty Outcomes and the One That Reached SignificanceJul 30, 2025
- Predatory Journals and the Citation That Looks LegitimateJul 27, 2025
- Running an Experiment on Yourself, and Where It Stops WorkingJul 22, 2025
- If More Does Not Do More, Something Is WrongJul 20, 2025
- No Evidence of Effect Is Not Evidence of No EffectJul 16, 2025
- Number Needed to Treat and the Headline It DeflatesJul 12, 2025
Wellness Marketing
Section page →- The Asterisk at the Bottom of the Wellness PageJan 8, 2026
- Testimonials Are Selected, Not CollectedJan 7, 2026
- Natural and Clean Are Words With No Agreed DefinitionJan 3, 2026
- The Doctor in the Advertisement and What They Are SellingDec 29, 2025
- Why Wellness Copy Always Needs a VillainDec 28, 2025
- Chemical-Free and the Periodic TableDec 23, 2025
- Ancient Wisdom as a Sales FrameDec 19, 2025
- How a Product Earns the Words Clinically ProvenDec 18, 2025
- Protocols, Phases and the Language of ComplianceDec 12, 2025
- The Question an Advertisement Never Answers: Compared to WhatDec 10, 2025
- Influencers, Affiliate Links and the Disclosure You MissedDec 7, 2025
- Why Every Wellness Brand Has an Origin StoryDec 3, 2025
- Free From, and the Ingredient That Was Never in ThereJul 11, 2025
- The Countdown Timer That Resets When You ReloadJul 6, 2025
- Why the Same Product Claims Different Things in Different CountriesJul 2, 2025
- The Symptom Quiz Everybody FailsJul 1, 2025
- Lab Coats, Molecules and the Design Language of ProofJun 25, 2025
- As Seen In, and What That Logo Actually CostJun 23, 2025
- The Money-Back Guarantee and the Window That Outlasts ItJun 20, 2025
- Patented, Trademarked, and What Each One CertifiesJun 16, 2025