My heart reaches out to everyone who has been a victim of these detox diets The calorie balance in case of a detox diet is very simple to understand. One has to go from eating regular food which might involve some unhealthy snacks or high carb meals (typical meals of general population) and one has to substitute these meals with green smoothies, seeds mixtures and some fruits or salads - clear cut calorie deficit when you start a detox diet. If you calculate calories in vegetables and fruits, other than the carbohydrates received from them through fibre (which is not digested by us), we get very low amount of energy from these foods. Another typical strategy used during detox diets is that these diets are done for a short period of time, like 3, 7 or 10 days. We never see anyone follow a detox diet for 30 years. The reason is simple, not sustainable. How long can someone sip on tasteless green smoothies or eat raw veggies? Something which cant be sustained should not be ...