When You Drink Detox Tea Every Day, This Is What Happens To Your Body

The whole point of detox tea is to, quite literally, detox your body. People believe that drinking detox tea everyday will flush all the toxins out of their body, help them get rid of bloat, and even shed a few pounds in the process. But the thing is, much like juice cleanses, detox teas are kind of pointless and won't actually detox your body.

"Any tea that claims to detoxify your system is pure hype," Karen Ansel, M.S., R.D.N., co-author of Healthy in a Hurry: Easy, Good-For-You Recipes for Every Meal of the Day, told Self. "Your body has its own built-in detoxication system that works 24/7 — your liver, which dismantles toxins, and your kidneys, which flush out these waste products," she continued. Your body is literally designed to help remove any toxins that might have built up, and it doesn't need a "detox tea" to help it do so. Basically, if you drink detox tea every day, not only are you possibly damaging your body, but you're wasting your money as well.