ah. well, to me, the point of a cleanse is that it is a TEMPORARY change.

i do retain some of the changes for some time after i complete one, but the point was never to give up forever the food and drink that i give up on a cleanse. it is very literally just giving my systems a vacation from certain things. BECAUSE it is not meant to be a permanent change, it is something doable and something i can repeatedly succeed at. but, for sure, there are lots of different types of "cleanses" and lots of different goals. ymmv.