Detox Me

Advantages: It works
Disadvantages: None

...The Product Boots Detox 5 Day Plan is available to buy from Boots stores or online at boots.com. It is available in original, apple, or strawberry flavours, and will set you back £6.75. It is a 5 day plan consisting of a phial of liquid and a tablet for each of the 5 days. Why I Bought It Even though I still live at home with my parents, whilst I?ve been working I?ve always bought all my own food, and generally had a healthy diet consisting of lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, salad, fish, and wholegrain pasta and rice. Unfortunately since I left work to become a poor student again, I?ve had to go back to paying a set amount towards grocery bills and eating whatever we have in. Even more unfortunately, my parents rarely buy any healthy food. So after practically living off sugary cereals, jam sandwiches, and pizza and chips...

dahlin 01.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Boots Detox 5 Day Plan

Detox!

Advantages: Really works, relatively easy to do
Disadvantages: Have to buy lots of new, different foods

...I first tried this diet after a Christmas of eating, drinking and no exercise and I was shocked at how quickly it made me feel healthier. I wanted to lose a bit of weight but become more healthy and stop being bloated after eating. The recipes and meal plans are simple to follow and most taste nice. For example, the ratatouie recipe tastes fab and is really good for you. You can also make larger quantities of the recipes and freeze them for future use. However, it meant that I had to buy lots of new foods (nuts, pulses, oils) and fresh vegetables every few days, which costs quite a bit. Plus I did miss eating meat and fish! The book does allow you to do your own thing slightly , as once you get the idea of the types of things you can eat, you can make up your own recipes and add different things to her recipes to make them taste as...

samjane99 10.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Carol Vorderman's 28 Day Detox Plan

Getting Set For Summer?

Advantages: Helps you to feel good on the inside, Can kick start a diet
Disadvantages: The price? Does it really help or can you detox without buying it?

...I've heard a lot about detox - Carol Vorderman went well into it, producing her own books / videos and the likes, and you often hear of other celebrities taking the detox option to help them feel great. For a while now I've considered having a go myself, so last week I had a go, using the Boots 5 Day Detox Plan. The package you can purchase from boots costs £13.50. Within the plastic presentation box you'll find 5 phials containing a liquid, and a blister pack of 5 tablets, as well as a detox guide booklet. The detox package comes in two flavours - either strawberry, or apple. I chose apple. The Idea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's little information on the front of the box to explain the detox process however, this is what it does say: "Your body is designed to naturally flush out toxins. But a bus modern lifestyle can leave...

angeelu 09.08.2004 · Read review
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Time for a nice cup of Detox?

Advantages: Quite tasty, caffeine free, makes a change from tea
Disadvantages: You have to like aniseed and licorice

...I guess it is that time of year again! Every time I pick up a magazine or watch TV someone, somewhere is going on about 'detox' and cleansing our systems following over indulgence during the festive period. Whilst I wasn't consciously really taking too much notice it must have slipped somehow into my subconscious because whilst looking through the herbal teas in Tesco during my weekly shop I spotted the Pukka Detox Aniseed, Fennel & Licorice Tea and popped a packet in my trolley. I should say that I hadn't especially over indulged in any event and for the most part my diet is fairly healthy in that I eat little processed food and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables but I do like to try these things and this one looked quite attractive. I am familiar with Pukka as a brand. They specialise in Ayurvedic herbal remedies...

laramax 10.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Pukka Detox Aniseed, Fennel & Licorice Tea

I've been Vordermaned !

Advantages: Feel energised and like new
Disadvantages: Lets say its a thorough body cleansing!

...magazine. I indignantly thought 'hmmph, don't wanna know, thank you kindly!' Whats more I didnt! I left it for a few days until I was particulally bored. But curiosity did get the better of me. I read the article all about Carol's detox diet plan. I soon learned I could find out more about it by buying a book or video. So I went out to WH SMITH's and bought the book 'Carol Vorderman's Detox for Life' The 28 day Detox Diet and Beyond. This was priced at £10.99 This book is 142 pages crammed with imformation about the plan. It is written all about Detox Guru KO Chohan's 28 Day Detox Diet. Ko Chohan is a leading advocate of Naturopathic Nutrition principles. It is published by Virgin Books Ltd. What is Detoxing?: ˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚...

Multtinems 24.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Carol Vorderman's 28 Day Detox Plan

detox in 10 days

Advantages: it was cheap!
Disadvantages: hard to stick to

...I bought this DVD a few years ago in a pound shop of all places. The idea is that this is a ten-day detox plan, helping you to lose weight and gain energy. It features Kim Wilde and Michael Van Straten, who is the leading practitioner of complementary medicine in the UK. ~Introduction~ The DVD starts with an introduction, telling you what to expect from this DVD. Kim and Michael talk to each other about the benefits of doing this plan. They start with telling you the benefits, which are: Weight loss (although not the prime objective) Improvement in skin, hair and nails Brighter eyes Better sleep Calmness and better sense of mental wellbeing They also discuss the possible side effects, which are mainly headaches, which will mainly affect people who usually drink a lot of caffeine. The people who this DVD is not suitable...

pink_champagne 24.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Michael Van Straten's 10 Day Detox With Kim Wilde (DVD)

ImproveYour Heath and Your Sex Life!

Advantages: You will feel healthier, more positive and you will loose some weight.
Disadvantages: You have to give up some foods you love.

...Well as you may know, up until a few weeks ago I was doing a detox. I?m still trying to incorporate some of the principles into my day to day life. So here it is. You?ll find out all about the 28 day detox plan (Laid out by Carol Vorderman) and you?ll find out all you want (and then some) about my experiences with it. The plan --------- My sister wanted to do this Detox thing. It sounded more than a bit gimmicky to me, but to keep my darling little sister happy I sat and watched the video of the plan with her. Basically what I took away from the video was this: No-No Food & Drink Wheat Meat Sugar Dairy Artificial additives Caffeine Alcohol Cigarettes For many, the last three would cause the ?Oh my Goodness, I could Never give that up!? But for me it was the prospect of giving up my bread and dairy that set...

VickyVickster 11.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Carol Vorderman's 28 Day Detox Plan

Detox - try another box

Advantages: long string tab; naturally caffeine free;
Disadvantages: smells awful; tastes worse;

...DETOX A herbal tea, this has dandelion, burdock, milk thistle, sage and liquorice in it as the main ingredients, and is supposed to be cleansing and detoxify the system. I purchased these for a work colleague who allowed me to try one (along with a few others in the office). One work colleague commented that the ingredients were possibly ?to make you regular? ie resolve constipation. It comes in a black box, with each tea bag in their own envelope, and there are 20 bags in each box. COLOUR This starts off as a light yellow but as you need to leave the bag in for at least 5 (five) minutes it turns to a darker colour, and one comment in the office was ?it looks like a urine sample?, and it does. The longer you leave the teabag in, the darker the colour, smell and taste. Mine looked a light brown but if left in longer could turn...

werewolf 30.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Dr Stuart's Detox tea

plans are rarely simple

Advantages: cinematography, billy bob thornton
Disadvantages: slow, some unbelievable moments

...are both out of work see this as retirement and want to keep the money. "You work for the American Dream, you don't steal it." Exclaims Hank, although he is soon going back on that when he comes up with a plan. The plan is simple (hence the name of the film). He will keep the money till the Spring when they are sure that the plane will be found, if (when it is) there is no mention of the money, then they will distribute it three ways and leave town never to return. The three are sworn to secrecy not to reveal the money or the plan to anyone, Although hypocritical Hanks is soon telling his Pregnant wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) and its not long before she is adding extras to the plan which Hank needs to carry out, The result is that this breeds further arguments and mistrust, which escalates and snowballs out of control, this ultimately...

sjp1966 02.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of A Simple Plan (DVD)

Plan on Sleeping Through It

Advantages: Some nice warmth from Dwayne Johnson.
Disadvantages: Pedestrian direction, under-developed characters and predictable narrative.

...the film. If it isn't brassy themes for the first American football game, it's blowsy nu-jazz for Joe's party, sad strings and woodwinds for his moments of loneliness, horror squeals when Peyton reveals her identity or Bond-style electric guitar for Joe's flash car. There are a couple of attempts at humour including one scene where B-movie thriller themes accompany an overflowing bubble bath. The other soundtrack choices sound like a grab bag of current soundtrack favourites such as "Rubbernecking", "Mr Blue Sky" and the perplexing end credits sing- and dance-along to "Hunka Hunka Burning Love". But the whole thing feels too scattershot. "The Game Plan" is an extremely formulaic family movie that may appeal to under-tens, but will have grown-ups snoring their heads off. The direction is pedestrian, the writing predictable and the performances...

afy9mab 13.04.2008 · Read review
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