First of all, let’s get one thing straight. The Lemonade Diet isn’t a weight loss diet. Yes, most people lose weight while they are on the Master Cleanse, but most people also gain all of that weight back if they go back to their standard way of eating once they finish it. What the Lemonade Diet actually is designed for is detoxification. It is basically a modified fast.
In a real fast, the only thing you’d consume is water. But for the Master Cleanse, you drink lemon juice (fresh!) mixed with maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water. In addition to the standard lemonade drink that you consume through the Cleanse, in the mornings you also drink a salt water flush in order to get your bowels moving and eliminating more sludge. In the evening, you drink a Senna tea for the exact same purpose.
Generally, it is considered ideal that you follow the lemonade diet for at least 10 days and many proponents of this fast actually use it for much longer. I’ve seen some claims by folks who say they’ve followed it for a month or longer.
Some of the benefits claimed on behalf of the Master Cleanse are better skin tone, improved energy, increased stamina and better mental alertness. Many people who have completed it often say that that they look and feel younger and that it also eliminated a lot of aches and pains and stiffness. I personally wonder if some of these changes are a result of food allergies that haven’t been fed for 10 days. I know myself that when I was on a nearly completely wheat-free diet, I felt many of these same benefits.
Who developed the Master Cleanse?
Stanley Burroughs first wrote the book, The Master Cleanser, which outlines the detox diet, in 1941 and it has been in print ever since. It also remains as controversial as ever. Proponents of the Master Cleanse insist that the Cleanse is an efficient method of clearing toxins built up in the body, particularly in the intestines. This is generally something that western medical doctors scoff at, insisting that the ingredients can’t possibly be having a benefit, but for the thousands of people who have undergone the Cleanse and actually have frequently repeated it, this doesn’t seem to hold sway.
Since fasting itself has long been practiced by humans throughout history, I believe that its efficacy may not be something that can be easily codified by allopathic medicine. The benefits of any fast are not purely physical and are certainly not meant to be. All fasting is meant to benefit the mind and spirit as well as the body. So I believe the best way of judging whether the Master Cleanse is effective is to simply try it yourself.
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