Exploring Cleansing and "die off"

        Q: A blog follower writes: I 've been doing herbal bowel cleansing and juicing, to make some changes in my health and improve my overall energy level, flexibility, and sleep quality. But the other day I came down with aches, headache, weakness, and intestinal distress which laid me completely low for a day. If bowel cleansing, and these herbs, are so good for me, why did this happen? A: These symptoms and discomforts sound like "die off", (used in quotes because this is really an