Water: refreshing. Lemons: also refreshing. Combine the two, and you get a drinkable liquid with sprightly flavour. That is all you get. Not a detox elixir, not a metabolism booster. Let me repeat: when you add lemons to water, you just get lemon water. (And if you also add sugar, you get lemonade.)

Dear Lifehacker, Are detox diets good for you, or just another pseudo-science? Does your body really build up toxins that affect you health and does a detox get rid of them?

I try to eat healthy. I really do. But if I haven't planned ahead and don't have a healthy meal in the fridge, I could end up eating anything. I won't go into detail except to say that one time I had cookies for dinner right before rushing off to teach a nutrition class. I'm not proud.