There have been plenty of crazy detox trends over the years, but drinking charcoal might top the list.
While most of us equate charcoal with firing up the grill in the summer, it’s now making its ways into trendy detox drinks, and into the aisles of health food stores as charcoal tablets—and plenty of people are swearing by its benefits.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle site Goop recently called out charcoal lemonade as one of the “best juice cleanses” around. Beauty blogger Annie Atkinson of She’s In the Glow is a fan of charcoal juicing for the beauty benefits of it (like clear skin). And actress and blogger Shiva Rose swears by placing charcoal capsules into a glass of water to calm her stomach during long trips or after a big meal.
The ingredient that everyone is going gaga for in particular is activated charcoal. It’s made by burning a source of carbon (wood, debris, coconut shells) at a high temperature, which removes oxygen. Fans claim that activated charcoal essentially becomes a natural magnet for toxins in your digestive tract (things like pesticides, dioxins on fish from contaminated waters, and even neurotoxins from breathing mold).
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