A ritual, not a detox — a framework by Ole Wang

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 390, A ritual, not a detox: Keep it for calm. Not for detox. — Framework 390 · in one look

How to use it

Lymphatic drainage in a healthy body: keep it if it calms you and starts your day well. Don't expect it to "detox", slim the face or replace sleep, water and training. Grade every morning habit like this: what it does, what it's claimed to do.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

C Evidence: contested. The research disagrees. Named, so you can stop worrying about it.

Sources

In 66 healthy adults, 45 minutes of lymphatic drainage lowered spinal reflex excitability (a relaxation effect) but didn't change heart-rate variability (Honguten et al. 2021, RCT, 🟡) · it didn't even prevent swelling after breast-cancer surgery over 5 years (Devoogdt et al. 2018, RCT) · detox and face-slimming claims graded 🔴.

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