Almost everyone wants to feel skinny and “detoxified” — the idea of ridding your body of built up toxins is the cornerstone of most fad diets and “skinny teas”. But, what is the “master cleanse” (or ...

If I can get through today, the third day of my detox diet, I'm convinced I will master my cleanse. The second and third days are supposed to be the most difficult, and yesterday definitely tried my ...

Want to drop those extra pounds that have been sneaking up over the past few months? You may consider fasting as a quick way to shed the weight. While methods like intermittent fasting are a bit less ...

I came to the Charlotte Observer in June as a Kaiser Media Fellow to report on healthcare for the summer. I quickly found myself covering topics like de-stressing breathing techniques, whole foods ...

New year, new you! Nothing tastes as good as thin feels! Pound that treadmill, shed those pounds! And so on. January is the month diet resolutions are made, and as such, the mania for detox diets gets ...

In his book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, author Peter Glickman advocates the "master cleanse." Stanley Burroughs created this lemonade diet in 1941 as an alternative way to ...

Created by Stanley Burroughs in 1941, the Master Cleanse is a liquid diet used to promote weight loss and overall detoxification. The diet was particularly common in the 70s and has most recently seen ...

This eating plan is considered a fad diet. Fad diets often promote quick weight loss that is unsustainable and may severely restrict what you eat. They may be harmful and generally do not have ...

Need to take a summer break and detox? Follow Molly Kimbal's advice for the safe and healthy way on all the latest ways to shed the pounds. The laidback days of summer might have rejuvenated your ...

Maple syrup, this year's trendy . . . diet food? Just remember to hold the pancakes. Odd as it seems, the sugary standby of the belly-buster breakfast finds itself tapped into a weight-loss fad. Maple ...

Ready to bust out that cute Summer bikini, but regret skipping your latest workouts? The Master Cleanse, also known as "the lemonade diet," may be the answer to shedding pounds fast. But is the ...