Claim Verification: "Detox diets and juice cleanses actually remove toxins from the body." — Disproved

Automated fact-verification of the claim: "Detox diets and juice cleanses actually remove toxins from the body." Verdict: DISPROVED Key Findings 4 out of 4 independent medical/scientific sources explicitly reject the claim — exceeding the consensus threshold of 3 (B1–B4). A peer-reviewed systematic review (PubMed/NIH, B2) concluded there is "very little clinical evidence" for detox diets and that no randomised controlled trials have ever assessed their effectiveness in humans. University of Rochester Medical Center (B1) states flatly: "The concept of detoxing by eating or drinking certain diets is a myth." Harvard Medical School (B3) confirms that searching the medical literature "yields almost no relevant, high-quality medical evidence" for detox or cleanse diets. Cleveland Clinic (B4) concurs. Files proof.py — Re-runnable Python verification script proof.md — Structured proof report proof_audit.md — Full verification audit trail proof_narrative.md — Plain-language summary proof.json — Machine-readable structured data Generated by Proof Engine v1.0.0.