The Master Cleanse Diet, sometimes also called the Maple Syrup Diet or The Lemonade Diet, is an old diet that has recently come back into fashion in a big way. Celebrities like Beyonce Knowles have credited the diet for their rapid weight loss. She openly says not to do this but admits that she used it to lose 20 pounds in 10 days during the filming of Dreamgirls.
The Master Cleanse Diet, sometimes also called the Maple Syrup Diet or The Lemonade Diet, is an old diet that has recently come back into fashion in a big way. Celebrities like Beyonce Knowles have credited the diet for their rapid weight loss. She openly says not to do this but admits that she used it to lose 20 pounds in 10 days during the filming of Dreamgirls.
The Master Cleanse Diet was originally written in 1976 by Stanley Burroughs, though he had been recommending it to people since the 1940s. It was developed as a way to cleanse toxins from the body rather than a weight-loss method. However, most people who do the cleanse find they lose a fair amount of weight as those impurities are lifted from the body.
How The Master Cleanse Diet Works
The Master Cleanse Diet is a fast during which no solid food is consumed. Instead, people on the cleanse drink purified water spiked with lemon juice, Grade B maple syrup and cayenne pepper. A laxative tea or saltwater drink may also be consumed to help get things moving once the impurities start releasing from the body.
Master Cleanse Basics
Two tablespoons lemon or lime juice, preferably fresh-squeezed from organic citrus (about half a lemon or lime) two tablespoons genuine Grade B maple syrup (not maple flavored syrup). Add a pinch of cayenne pepper or to taste. Use eight ounces of water (many people recommend purified or filtered water) cold or at room temperature. Mix everything up and drink.
Drink between six to 12 glasses daily during the course of the cleanse. No food should be consumed, just drink whenever you are hungry. Before bedtime and first thing in the morning, you can either drink a cup of herbal laxative tea or do what’s referred to as salt water bathing. Mix two teaspoons of sea salt, not table salt, with a quart of water and drink morning and evening. This is designed to help flush impurities from the body.
The Master Cleanse Diet is designed to be a short-term cleanse. While it was originally intended to heal the body from the inside out, it also helps people to lose weight quickly, as much as a pound or two a day.
Many people use the Master Cleanse Diet to clean out their bodies three or four times a year. It is an effective, if extreme, way to achieve balance within the body and lose weight quickly.