Celebrity Health Secrets: Leeches

By Glamour: Health & Fitness

Celebrity fan: Demi Moore.

She told David Letterman that she applies the slimy suckers to her skin to detoxify her blood.

Expert take: “Moore looks terrific because she eats healthy and exercises,” says Pamela Peeke, M.D., author of Body for Life. “Leeches do not detoxify anything. They suck blood for their own nourishment. Period.”