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Experts say specialized diets won't help rid the body of toxins any more than what the liver and kidneys already do every day.

Between lingering New Year's resolutions and impending Lenten restraint, it's the season when many people are inspired to get healthy by refusing foods they normally delight in.

And increasingly, we're seeing elimination diets that promise weight loss and a tantalizing bonus: detoxification.

"Cleansing diets" trade on this most alluring idea: By limiting our intake of food to a few superpure items, we can free up the body to get rid of all… Read More

Toni and Stuart Ramsay have had their fair share of moving from country to country, so it's no surprise that their home is a treasure box full of interesting and unique finds from across the globe. The family has had stints in the US, South Africa and Russia. They recently moved from the UK to Dubai into a four-bedroom villa in the Meadows where they immediately started decorating. "When we first moved in, the walls were bare and every room looked the same," says Toni, a freelance interior designer. Thanks to her years of design experience, the villa has now been transformed from a regular Meadows property into a beautiful home with… Read More

Melissa Block talks to E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at the National Review, about the showdown between Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney in Michigan and Arizona ahead of those states' primaries, and the extension of the payroll tax cut through the end of the year.

Narciso Rodriguez Narciso Rodriguez stuck to his signature, structured style at New York Fashion Week. He must be doing something right. Sitting in the front row was Golden Globe-winning actress Claire Danes, a few seats away from another Rodriguez fan, singer Gloria Estefan. She said the designer has dressed her for some of the most special moments in her life. "I love the stitching," she said. "I love the construction, the materials… Read More

Biting her lip in concentration, Khushi Shukla types on a laptop, her tiny fingers flying over the keys. She's learning to touch-type, but what she really likes to do on the computer is draw and paint. Her teacher showed her how to do it once in class and the fact that she can create amazing images simply by moving the mouse amuses her. She doesn't pause for a moment because she is not sure whether the electricity will be available for long; she wants to make the most of the time allotted to her. The laptop has opened up the world to the seven-year-old who, until recently, didn't have a chair or a table to study at in her classroom. She, just… Read More

In his book Concrete Planet, author Robert Courland discusses why the concrete first used by the Romans is more durable than the concrete used in most present day buildings. Plus, mineralogist Peter Stemmerman tells us about his invention, Celitement and why it is greener than Portland cement.