What is the Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox? That’s the answer this brand new book, 21 Pounds in 21 Days, written by Roni DeLuz sets out to explain. The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox is a diet program that aims specifically at ridding the body of toxins. The term toxins gets thrown around a lot these days, but what exactly are they? Toxins are chemicals that are harmful to the body that we attain from our environment, think exhaust fumes, cigarette smoke, factory pollution, etc..

Fans of the Howard Stern radio show on Sirius Satellite were probably the first to be exposed to this ground-breaking diet. That’s because the most public guinea pig of this diet was Robin Quivers, the shows news anchor. In June, Robin announced on-air that Dr. Roni DeLuz would be living with her for the next two weeks and teach her this amazing diet program personally. Dr. Roni waited on Robin hand and foot, serving her mineral drinks filled with antioxidants, soup, and an infrared wrap treatment. All part of the Diet Detox. The purpose of all of the liquids is to give your digestive system a rest.

At the end of the two weeks, Robin announced she had dropped an incredible 24 pounds. She also noted that she’d had attended the Martha’s Vineyard retreat the previous weekend. The retreat, that Dr. Roni offers on her web site for $495 a night per person, is a package of field trips, spa treatments, infrared wraps, and a tour of the Martha’s Vineyard island.

Stern show news lady Robin Quivers recently announced on-air that she has lost over 40 pounds on the Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox. Robin started the diet in late June, so after about 60 days, she has averaged an incredible .667 pound weight loss per day! She also noted that she had paid a recent visit to the Martha’s Vineyard Retreat with pal Judith Regan.

Robin has a history of being on the cutting edge of new diets. Several years ago she was one of the first to give the Master Cleanser diet a chance with moderate success.

The word “toxins” has become a huge buzz word in the weight loss industry today. Detoxing is the major focus of the new Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox and several other popular diets.

Obviously, we all know that we don’t want toxins in our body. What you probably don’t know is exactly what they are doing to you, and the biggest surprise of all may be where they are coming from.

The definition of a toxin is an agent that can cause damage to a living thing.

Environment, or Exogenous is a key factor in your toxin intake. Every day in the United States thousands of tons of chemicals are being poured into the air by industrial companies. These are unnatural industrial compounds that are engineered for a specific task, and most of them haven’t been proven safe for human consumption. In fact, most have been proven to be unsafe or even fatal. Yet everyday we are breathing in more and more of these toxic molecules. A State of Massachusetts study estimated half of all ill illness could be caused by poor air quality, both indoors and outdoors.

The goods news is that some of your toxin intake is probably preventable. Tobacco use is perhaps one of the most toxic but preventable factors. Unfortunately, it isn’t bad for smokers, but for everyone around a smoker too. Car fumes are another big cause of toxins in the body. You should always try to avoid breathing both of them whenever you can. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) reported a 42% increase in asthma from 1990-2000, all due to these air borne pollutants.

Most people don’t know that toxins aren’t only absorbed through your lungs, but they are also absorbed through your skin. You may think that the makeup you’re wearing is just a topical compound, the truth is that you’re actually absorbing a lot of what is in that makeup right into your body.

Our bodies also produce toxins on their own. In the process of generating energy for us to live, there is the creation of waste products in the form of toxins. Luckily for us, our body does a fantastic job of excreting these chemicals through our skin, hair, lungs, urine, and feces. Some toxins actually help us, it’s the bacterial toxins in our digestive tract that break down our food and allow us to eat the variety of foods that we enjoy everyday.

What does this mean is terms of weight loss?

Toxins slow down your metabolism, plain and simple. They reduce our ability to burn lipids, or fat, and weaken our immune system greatly.

What’s the proper way to detox?

The most accessible way to detox is to exercise. Our body is fighting them all the time, you can give your body the edge by staying in shape. Colonics are great for flushing the toxins that aren’t passed in bowel movements. There are alternatives to costly colonics though, you can find many products do a wonderful job of eliminating toxins from our body by converting them into a form more easily excreted by the body.

Dr. Roni’s interview on The View. She appeared on July 9th to discuss the 21 Pounds in 21 Days book and diet. Her appearance on The View came days after her week long stay on the Howard Stern Show with Robin Quivers.