The purpose of detoxification is not just about emptying the bowels, which it will do quite well, but rather to draw into the intestines, toxins, impurities, unwanted wastes and pollutants from every part of your body and eliminate them through the bowel . It is a natural process of elimination, removal and neutralisation of toxic substances from your body via the liver, kidneys, bowels and to a lesser extent the skin and lungs . Detoxification is one of the oldest known methods for cleansing the body. It has been used traditionally by many cultures around the world for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Medical records dating as far back as 1880 refer to the use of detoxification and fasting as a treatment for various conditions . The body has an exceptional capacity to heal itself if it is given the opportunity to do so. Detoxification gives the body that opportunity