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A 10-DAY detox diet consisting of only lemon juice, water and tree sap syrup is being sold to children as young as six.

The popularity of the Lemon Detox Diet has soared in Australia, with more than 40,000 sales through the internet in the past six months.

It has become a hot diet/cleansing treatment for Hollywood celebrities such as Angelina Jolie.

Nutritionist Rosemary Stanton is "horrified" by the cleansing diet.

"There really isn't any proof this works," Dr Stanton said.

"It is quite hazardous to put children on something that is unproven.

"Children are growing and their bodies need protein. A diet like that will force their bodies to break down their own body protein.

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