By Dr. Josh Palgi | Posted September 29, 2015 The premise of body cleansing is based on the ancient Egyptian and Greek idea of auto-intoxication, in which foods consumed can putrefy and produce toxins that harm the body. Biochemistry and microbiology appeared to support auto-intoxication theory in the 19th century. In the early 20th century, detoxification-based approaches fell out of favor. In recent years, notions [...]