Katie Holmes weak due to Purif

Katie Holmes weak after diet

Katie Holmes has been left feeling weak and tired due to an extreme diet called the Purification Rundown, according to reports.

The detox regime is endorsed by her husband Tom Cruise's Church of Scientology and has apparently left the actress without any energy.

The ritual involves taking what are known as 'vitamin bombs', which are supposed to rid the body of any unwanted toxins.

'Katie has spent the past ten days resting,' a source tells the Daily Mail.

‘She missed the Armani party in New York recently because she was so tired.’

The slimline star, who has recently been criticised for looking too thin, has also been spotted carrying around a bottle of the energy drink Celsius.

The drink is supposed to contain a ‘thermogenic blend’ which increases metabolism in order to burn calories.

The mystery around Scientology seems to get more intriguing - the Purification Rundown is a highly controversial diet that has been used by Scientologists around the globe. Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes has also experimented with the program, which combines exercise, dietary supplements and protracted periods in a sauna. The purpose of the Purification Rundown depends upon your own intention. It can be done for medical conditions such as clearing up a chronic health problem, relieve a drug addiction, or it can be done to deepen your spirituality. Scientologists also claim that it can boost IQ, lower cholesterol and relieve chronic pain.

But the cleansing program has been met with vehement criticism, oftentimes from Scientologists themselves who claim that the intense cleanse caused dehydration, electrolyte imbalances and heat exhaustion. Relatives of Scientologists who went through the program and then died have sued the Church of Scientology on the grounds that the Purification Rundown caused their loved one's death.

Here's how it works: During the program, the individual spends up to five hours a day in a sauna where he or she is given mega doses of B3 (niacin), other vitamins and a vegetable oil cocktail. Water, salt and potassium are also consumed in order to prevent dehydration. Scientologists believe that toxins, radioactive substances and other harmful substances reside in the body's fat. They are released through through sweat and perspiration via a combination of specific oil ingestion, and exercise. Therefore, the purpose of the heat and supplement administration is to expel toxins from the body and replace fatty tissues with vegetable oil.

Purification Rundown typically takes a few weeks to complete.

There is no scientific evidence to back up the cult of Scientology's claims about the supposed benefits of the Purif.

Taking niacin in such high amounts can be, to put it lightly, extremely hazardous to one’s health, according to Dr. Manoj K. Mittal, a fellow in Emergency Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In a case study that appeared in April’s edition of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Mittal reported on two adults and two adolescents who suffered serious side effects from taking large amounts of niacin as a vitamin supplement. Both adult patients suffered skin irritation, while both adolescents had potentially fatal reactions to niacin—including liver toxicity and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) as well as nausea, vomiting and dizziness. One of the teens even experienced heart palpitations. All four patients recovered after treatment.

Vitamin "bombs" risk poisoning their users. The State of Oklahoma's examiners reported in 1991 that "The use of high amounts of vitamins and minerals in the amounts described administered by Narconon can be potentially dangerous to the patients of Narconon according to the more credible medical evidence ..." Many of the dosages set by Hubbard far exceed the recommended maximum intakes set by the United States Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board (FNB). Typically, Hubbard's dosages have not been amended for decades, despite the advance of medical and scientific knowledge; the Scientologists are required (by Hubbard's own instructions) not to alter his doctrines, even where they conflict with proven science. The Food and Nutrition Board is responsible for setting recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) and upper limits (ULs), the maximum level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse effects. In almost every single case, Hubbard recommends dosages well above the safe limits, in some cases as much as 142 times more than the toxic level. The side effects of such huge overdoses range from liver damage, hair loss, brain swelling and nausea up to fatal heart and respiratory failure. The following table shows the levels recommended by Hubbard and the FNB, and the proven consequences of dosages beyond the FNB's upper limits.

While on the program Scientologists are required to ingest the following at regular intervals:

* Niacin, in doses large enough to cause skin irritation. Scientologists believe this skin irritation is caused by radiation leaving the body.
* Oils, to replace the oils that are sweated out in the sauna.
* "CalMag" a drink consisting of calcium, magnesium water and vinegar.
* Plenty of water, salt and potassium, used to replace the fluids and minerals lost in the sauna.