This fully updated edition of the bestselling classic The New Detox Diet provides specific programmes for cleansing your body of sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and other harmful toxins. Dr. Haas shows how to gently eliminate destructive habits and restore health using the body's natural healing process. Even after years of a damaging lifestyle or eating habits, you can break the cycle of addiction and achieve greater vitality and improved well-being.

Used judiciously, "The New Detox Diet" is of great help if you would like to rid yourself of bad nutritional habits. The title diet is meant to be used primarily as a temporary cleanse. It involves eating primarily fresh vegetables, a little fresh fruit, a little whole grains, and a little protein (beans, fish, or chicken). There are additional chapters on juice cleanses, elimination diets for the identification of food sensitivities, a modified version of the Detox Diet for longer term use, and recipes. I had gotten into a rut of eating large amounts of bread and cheese and drinking several glasses of wine each night, so I did the Detox Diet for 10 days. I find I have minimal cravings for sugar and alcohol now, and although I still love bread and cheese I do a better job with portion control. A word of warning: The chapter on the basic Detox Diet provides diet rules and also a sample menu. I found that if I followed the sample menu strictly, I wasn't getting enough calories and I was quite weak. So be careful to include some higher calorie vegetables (potatoes, avocados, etc.) and/or follow the recommendations for calorie supplementation.

This book contains simple information for the lay person. Much of the information is straight forward making it an easy introduction into detoxing. Some things such as supplements and herbs I had to look up but this has been a very informative process. One issue I had with this book, which can be both a pro and a con, is that it gives many permutations of mixing and matching your own plan. This is great if you already know what might work for you or not so great if you want something a bit more concrete. This book has lost a star for being 'fluffy' and repeating information in various guises throughout the book. I realise that it is dificult to be firm on what is an alternative approach to health but the information could be significantly condensed. Overall however the use of this book has been a very healthy education.

This book provides a wealth of great information on how and why to detox while keeping it simple. I felt like I was encouraged to make my own educated choices about how to cleanse rather than being told to follow someone's strict prescription. I like the recommendations for easing your way into a program that works for you while slowly building healthier dietary habits. I have read a few books on detox and this is the one I come back to every time.

I found this book boring. I know all the info given in the book already.

I bought this book along with the 21 day detox by Roni DeLuz. Both methods work, Dr. Roni's gets the most weight loss, but I think Dr. Haas's book is more comprehensive. It gives information on total body detox, and also provides specific detoxes for those who want to focus on a particular substance (alcohol, sugar and caffeine are examples). I find the food combining priciples and the recipes easier to adopt. I would recommend it - its a good reference and instruction manual for detox and clean, healthy eating.