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First Lady Michelle Obama Does 'Cleanses' (another new low for this White House!)
Calorie Lab.com ^ | August 25, 2010, 12:40 pm PDT

Posted on 08/25/2010 12:50:20 PM PDT by dselig

In the September edition of the Ladies' Home Journal Michelle Obama lets slip that she does the occasional dietary cleanse.

Generally a cleanse involves a very low calorie quasi fast during which the cleanser may also take natural laxatives. The theory behind most cleanses is that you excrete toxins from your body.

Mainstream medicine scoffs at cleanses, points out that there is no evidence that they are even necessary or work, and notes that the liver, kidneys, lungs, and intestines are very efficient filters.

In reaction to the First Lady's revelation mainstream medical commentators gently registered concern, and the First Lady's press office quickly released a statement that Ms. Obama merely increases vegetables, and cuts meats, fats, dairy, caffeine, and sugar during her cleanses.

(Excerpt) Read more at calorielab.com ...


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To: dselig

But I thought mainstream medicine recommended just such a thing: once a decade after one turns 50 in advance of a colonoscopy.


61 posted on 08/25/2010 1:33:29 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: dselig

Thinking of her doing a “cleanse” is a great diet plan for the rest of us! That image=loss of appetite.


62 posted on 08/25/2010 1:35:50 PM PDT by albie
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To: dselig

63 posted on 08/25/2010 1:39:44 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: dselig

Diahrrea girl. Great.
I could have guessed.


64 posted on 08/25/2010 1:41:53 PM PDT by Bon mots ("Anything you say, can and will be construed as racist...")
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To: dselig

you can’t cleanse ugly.


65 posted on 08/25/2010 1:41:53 PM PDT by sappy (criminallibs)
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To: dselig

Ewwwww. Can’t stand the visual of The Fat One cleaning her colon.


66 posted on 08/25/2010 1:42:21 PM PDT by beckysueb
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To: Cuttnhorse

When do you figure is the last time she washed dishes? If ever?


67 posted on 08/25/2010 1:44:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe when she was eleven.


68 posted on 08/25/2010 1:48:35 PM PDT by little jeremiah (.Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: svcw

Butt this way she thinks she is not full of sh*&


69 posted on 08/25/2010 1:50:05 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: little jeremiah
They must have cleansed out her fashion sense


70 posted on 08/25/2010 1:50:19 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: dselig

Who’s the one with the purple dress?


71 posted on 08/25/2010 1:52:27 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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To: dselig

Don’t Muslims do that?


72 posted on 08/25/2010 1:52:41 PM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: svcw

Is tempura lobster a cleansing agent?


73 posted on 08/25/2010 1:53:12 PM PDT by Raebie
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To: svcw

Is tempura lobster a cleansing agent?


74 posted on 08/25/2010 1:53:41 PM PDT by Raebie
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To: dselig
seriously... she is a no class skank, and a national embarrassment.
75 posted on 08/25/2010 1:54:22 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: lapsus calami
One of these is not like the other...


76 posted on 08/25/2010 1:55:06 PM PDT by dselig
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To: dselig

Good grief! Doesn’t anything fall under TMI for these people?


77 posted on 08/25/2010 1:59:23 PM PDT by MamaTexan (Americans will remain enslaved until they realize the LAW isn't whatever government says it is!)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; onyx; Mr. Silverback; martin_fierro; Allegra; Liz
Vegetable cleansing?


78 posted on 08/25/2010 2:29:39 PM PDT by maggief
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To: dselig

So now we know the reason behind that puckered up look she has in so many pictures.
Always thought she looked as if she is in pain....now she has shared with us the reason for her pained look.


79 posted on 08/25/2010 2:34:40 PM PDT by IceAge
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To: maggief

LOL. Enough..lol.


80 posted on 08/25/2010 2:34:50 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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