Can exercise detoxify the body? Health experts are skeptical

The word "detoxification" is flung around the fitness community as frequently as kettlebells are swung. Yoga teachers regularly speak of detoxifying twists, aerobics instructors of detoxifying sweat, dieters of detoxifying fasts. But health professionals are skeptical. Elizabeth Matzkin, HMS assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.

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