The Master Cleanse
On Monday, January 16th, 2011, I will do the Master Cleanse aka Lemonade Diet again. This time for 10 days. I did it last year starting out with the intention of doing just 6 days. The first 3 days were hard. All I thought about was food but it seemed like once I got over the hump, it became easy! The cleanse is said to remove a year of damage with every 2 days you do it!
Ingredients:
16oz bottle waters
lemons (you can use limes too)
grade B maple syrup (you can get it from Trader Joes, Whole Foods, ect…)
cayenne pepper pills (I get them from Walmart for $3 or you can use the powder)
sea salt
smooth move laxative tea
green and/or peppermint tea (optional)
Each 16 oz bottle represents 2- 8 oz servings.
Each serving is 8 oz water, 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice, 1-2 tbsp grade B maple syrup & 95,000 HU (about 1/10 tsp if you use the powder or 2.5 pills). You need to drink no less than 6 & no more than 12 servings a day. If you decide to use the pills like me you MAY want to take them ONE AT A TIME.
Each day of the Master Cleanse starts out with a sea salt flush. I will not play you. This part sucks. You take 32 oz of the warmest tap water you can drink & mix it with 2 tsp of sea salt & drink. Make NO plans for at least a hour & stay near a toilet. Because there is no fiber in your diet during the Master Cleanse & your body is collecting toxins, you have to force their release… this is what the sea salt does. Usually your body pushes what registers as liquid into your bladder, but since the salty water is the same density as your blood, it pushes it into your stomach, colon & thru your small & large intestine… and RIGHT back out. TRUST ME. When you feel ANY kind of pressure, GO TO THE BATHROOM. Prepare your servings of the lemonade for the day. Don’t make a huge batch ahead of time. Lemon juice is most effective when its freshly squeezed.
The tea is to be consumed before bed each night… it helps your body to start preparing for the sea salt.
In addition to your 6-12 servings of lemonade, you can have equal amounts of water. You can also have unsweetened peppermint and green tea (limit it to about 1/2 of the amount of your lemonade consumption).
There is A LOT of information out there on the Master Cleanse… check out http://themastercleanse.org/ & here are a few fun facts:
Stanley Burroughs invented the Master Cleanse in 1941
Lemons are the richest source of vitamins & minerals of any of the foods known to man
THE MASTER CLEANSE MIGHT RENDER BIRTH CONTROL INEFFECTIVE
If I haven’t scared you off & you’ve got the willpower leave me a comment to let me know that you are in it with me!
