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The Pharmafist’s HONEST juice cleanse

Posted on August 23, 2017 | 4 comments

Do you feel like JUICING?

Yes? Well that’s great, because as it happens, I’m launching my own juice cleanse!

Such cleanses are ultra-popular and expensive right now, so I figured I could make big, fast money.

But first and foremost, I wanted to create something that did not exist: a juice cleanse with honest health claims. Popular cleanses promise detoxifying, alkalizing and anti-cancer properties… but the people who sell them obviously don’t understand (or voluntarily exaggerate) what science really says.

So I took typical descriptions of various juice cleanses found online (shown below, with the red X on them), and I made them more realistic.

Get ready for an overdose of turmeric, ginger, chlorophyll and activated charcoal!

Translated by Valentin Nguyen.

The Pharmafist's HONEST juice cleanse

cocoa ginger cayenne cilantro

beets turmeric curcumin chlorophyll

apple lemon pineapple bromelain

maca activated charcoal

How to do the cleanse before during and what foods to eat

Physical activity and after the cleanse

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5 lies about detox and toxins

Posted on March 22, 2016 | 88 comments

Have you heard about toxins?

I know a few. Let’s see: snake venom, the botulinum toxin, the tetanus toxin… well, that’s it. I can’t name any more of them.

Unfortunately, the word “toxin” has entered the popular language and is now used for pretty much anything: pollutants, heavy metals, fecal matter, microbes, gluten… hell, even stress supposedly generates toxins.

According to some shady individuals, toxins are everywhere. They also talk about “metabolic waste” that accumulates and must be eliminated from our bodies; otherwise it’ll make us sick.

At the holistic shop (and at the pharmacy, sadly), you’ll find a range of products that promise to eliminate these toxins and “clean up the system.” They often carry statements such as:

Detox
Cleanse
Internal cleansing program
Supports a healthy liver
Protects and eliminates liver congestion
Promotes fat burning and weight loss (yeah, because that’s the real goal)
Etc.

Manufacturers of these products make a fortune after the holiday season as they manage to convince people that they must “find balance after this period of excess“.

Unfortunately, detox is a huge scam. So-called “cleanses” contain nothing but obscure herbal mixtures with no real purpose, as well as diuretics and laxatives that make you go to the toilet more frequently. Sounds like fun, huh?

For educational purposes, let’s laugh a little at these ridiculous products. Let’s also examine the key deceits their manufacturers use to extort money from people. All statements found below were taken directly from their websites.

Translation by Olivier Bernard, proofreading by Lauren Knight.

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Cancer, chemo, radiation and … dandelions

Posted on February 19, 2016 | 21 comments

My initial idea was to write a cartoon titled “5 toxic beliefs about chemotherapy”. The goal was to take 5 myths about chemo and deconstruct them. In doing this, I wanted to challenge the false notions about chemotherapy that are perpetuated over the internet.

However, along the way something became obvious: it’s absolutely pointless to attack false beliefs on chemo… when the majority of people do not know what cancer really is.

Then, by pure chance, two oncologists appeared out of nowhere and proposed to help me make a comic on cancer! It’s great how things work out.

After reading this comic, you will have a better understanding of cancer, surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. And you will never see dandelions the same way.

Author’s notes:

I want to thank my two great collaborators for authoring this comic! They proposed to me the dandelion analogy, and told me they didn’t know where it came from (in short, we don’t really know where it comes from)… An ENORMOUS THANK YOU to you two for your massive help in the creation, preparation and improvements on this comic!

– Marc-Émile Plourde, MD, FRCPC (Radiation Oncology)

Marc-Émile is a radiation oncologist, meaning his specialty is radiotherapy. He is also the author of the blog radiotherapie.ca (in French) and he develops medical apps for mobile devices.

– Vincent Éthier, MD, FRCPC (Hematology Oncology)

Vincent is a hematologist and oncologist, meaning his specialty is chemotherapy.

– And the two generous doctors who translated this cartoon to English : Pierre-Yves McLaughlin, MD with the help of Martin Korzeniowski, MD.

* Note: This comic explains what cancer is, and how it is treated. I do not address prevention, not because it’s not important (to the contrary), but simply because it’s a very vast subject that I indirectly bring up all the time when I promote healthy living habits on this website.