Master Cleanse (maple syrup, lemon/lime juice, red pepper & water)

[brandon]

I've been having constipation and abdominal pain issues for the past 3 weeks. I've never had issues with this sort of thing before. I have tried a bunch of laxatives, even get an Rx from the doc. Nothing has helped that much.

I personally have always thought these fad diets and cleansing things are for hipsters and kooks, but I'm now seriously considering trying it.

 

[dannno]

I've been having constipation and abdominal pain issues for the past 3 weeks. I've never had issues with this sort of thing before. I have tried a bunch of laxatives, even get an Rx from the doc. Nothing has helped that much.

I personally have always thought these fad diets and cleansing things are for hipsters and kooks, but I'm now seriously considering trying it.

Well you can't be against every fad because it's a fad.

Just be careful, make sure and do it right, if you have any questions this is a great place to ask.

Try to use good quality water, grade B or C (NOT A) maple syrup and organic lemons. You'll need a lot. The costs seem like a lot up front (mostly cause you're buying like 2 or 3 jars of maple syrup a few pounds of lemons), but you end up saving money cause you're not eating anything.

 

[hadenough]

Do it man. Try to go at least 10 days. Don't do it for 2-3 days and say it doesn't work. The first days are the hardest and I'll be honest, I still have cravings, but the hunger goes away after a couple of days. The main temptations I get are when I'm bored and I miss food. But then I do something to get my mind off of it and suddenly I'm not hungry (craving, more accurately) anymore and feel great!

 

[MalcolmGandi]

I've been having constipation and abdominal pain issues for the past 3 weeks. I've never had issues with this sort of thing before. I have tried a bunch of laxatives, even get an Rx from the doc. Nothing has helped that much.

I personally have always thought these fad diets and cleansing things are for hipsters and kooks, but I'm now seriously considering trying it.

Something else you might want to try is eliminating foods that people are allergic to, i.e. wheat, milk, soy, etc.. I'm pretty sure these 3 are the most common, and they're not good for you in any case. Raw fruits and veggies are the best food for humans.

 

[Ninja Homer]

Something else you might want to try is eliminating foods that people are allergic to, i.e. wheat, milk, soy, etc.. I'm pretty sure these 3 are the most common, and they're not good for you in any case. Raw fruits and veggies are the best food for humans.

Wheat has only been around about 5000 years, so humans haven't fully adapted to it yet. There are still about 1% of people that have trouble digesting it. If you can digest it, it's not bad for you.

Most people that think they have milk allergies actually don't. In most cases what they're allergic to are sulfa drugs, which are used to treat infections, and then it gets in the milk supply. Most people that are lactose intolerant only have a problem with pasteurized milk. The pasteurization process breaks down enzymes that help you digest milk. Almost anybody can drink organic raw milk without problems, and it's very good for you.

The biggest problem with soy is the genetically modified stuff, and that's most of it. The same goes for corn and many other vegetables. Stick with the organic varieties, and most people don't have a problem with them.

Raw fruit really isn't raw... it's been cooked by the sun. Sun-ripened fruit (as opposed to unripe or chemically ripened) doesn't just taste better, it's better for you.

The body has a hard time digesting some raw veggies. Almost all veggies are better for you if they're steamed a little.

 

[dannno]

^Wow thanks for the new knowledge

 

[dannno]

Ok, some might be scared to go on this diet cause people are saying you should eat healthy afterwards.. some might like their comfort foods (which perhaps include soda/diet or candy/chips or fastfood, etc..)

The thing is, that after you do this diet, when you start eating healthy, you will get more satisfaction out of eating something healthy than you ever did from eating the crap that makes you feel comfortable for 5 or 10 minutes. Healthy food will become in fact much more satisfying and that is why a lot of people here eat healthy and are so turned off by unhealthy food..because they have trained their bodies to correctly identify what is actually nutritious and what isn't. Their bodies then begin to crave these nutritious foods like a lot of people these days crave unhealthy food.

 

[Todd]

Be Careful of the Master Cleanse

I've been having constipation and abdominal pain issues for the past 3 weeks. I've never had issues with this sort of thing before. I have tried a bunch of laxatives, even get an Rx from the doc. Nothing has helped that much.

I personally have always thought these fad diets and cleansing things are for hipsters and kooks, but I'm now seriously considering trying it.

These cleanses can actually do more harm than good. They ARE NOT supposed to be a substitute for eating. For gosh sake, be careful. I know of many people who now CANNOT go to the bathroom because of some of these things along with all the natural laxatives they've taken over the yeas.

Here's a recipe for a great cleanse that still gets vitamins and nutrients into the body. It is NOT supposed to be done in lieu of eating.

the Green Drink Recipe

Celery stalk
2 medium-sized apple (chopped)
Natural lemon juice
Diced cucumber
1 cup spinach
Half-cup chopped parsley
Pealed ginger (small)

Blended in a blender as a drink. It's called a green drink and I think if you are hell bent on doing a fast with a cleanse.......if you combine this with a raw diet you'll get the results you are looking for without the danger of these fad diet fasts.

You have a body that naturally cleanses itself. Your kidney, bowls, liver and lungs. Eating more fiber and drinking more water along with cleaner foods is the key.

Hearing Natalie's post of going crazy after a day or two and then off the Subway concerns me.......that doesn't sound healthy.

I agree with Ninja homer that a completely raw diet isn't quite as good on the body as steaming some veggies...but some people are going to go raw anyways.

 

[dannno]

These cleanses can actually do more harm than good. They ARE NOT supposed to be a substitute for eating. For gosh sake, be careful. I know of many people who now CANNOT go to the bathroom because of some of these things along with all the natural laxatives they've taken over the yeas.

Oh come on, that's bologna. You don't know anybody who did the lemonade diet and can't go to the bathroom because of it, it's precisely the opposite. I go to the bathroom a lot more now and my metabolism kicked up a notch. I know so many people PERSONALLY who have gone on this diet, and every time it is with great success. It's not a diet to lose weight, it is a diet to vastly improve your digestive system and increase your metabolism and gear your body towards healthy food for a long-term increase in health.

The nutrients you need for the 10 days are found in the maple syrup (grade B or C). I don't recommend this diet for more than 10 days because that is how long the nutrients in the maple syrup keep you going safely for, but some people on here have gone much longer.

Here's a recipe for a great cleanse that still gets vitamins and nutrients into the body. It is NOT supposed to be done in lieu of eating.

the Green Drink Recipe

Celery stalk
2 medium-sized apple (chopped)
Natural lemon juice
Diced cucumber
1 cup spinach
Half-cup chopped parsley
Pealed ginger (small)

Blended in a blender as a drink. It's called a green drink and I think if you are hell bent on doing a fast with a cleanse.......if you combine this with a raw diet you'll get the results you are looking for without the danger of these fad diet fasts.

You have a body that naturally cleanses itself. Your kidney, bowls, liver and lungs. Eating more fiber and drinking more water along with cleaner foods is the key.

I agree with Ninja homer that a completely raw diet isn't quite as good on the body as steaming some veggies...but some people are going to go raw anyways.

Nothing wrong with this..

Hearing Natalie's post of going crazy after a day or two and then off the Subway concerns me.......that doesn't sound healthy.

That's cause Natalie is kinda crazy

If you do the diet all 10 days you're really supposed to ease back onto regular food, but if she was only on it for a couple days or so then it was probably fine going out for subway..

 

[Todd]

Oh come on, that's bologna. You don't know anybody who did the lemonade diet and can't go to the bathroom because of it, it's precisely the opposite. I go to the bathroom a lot more now and my metabolism kicked up a notch. I know so many people PERSONALLY who have gone on this diet, and every time it is with great success.

It's not bolonga. There are too many people in health community that push this shat, and it's not healthy. No I said they have done things like this for so long that they can't go without help. I know a personal friend who went on this as well as using senna leaf tea.

Well......guess what?

You're going to actually suggest that doing this thing over a duration of more than 24 hours is good for you?

 

[dannno]

It's not bolonga. There are too many people in health community that push this shat, and it's not healthy. No I said they have done things like this for so long that they can't go without help. I know a personal friend who went on this as well as using senna leaf tea.

Well......guess what?

You're going to actually suggest that doing this thing over a duration of more than 24 hours is good for you?

Yes, it is GREAT FOR YOU AND I HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS MYSELF. I have no idea what your friend did, but I have a lot more friends and myself and many others here who have had great success with this diet. All the nutrients you need for the 10 days is in the lemons and the maple syrup. Much longer than that and you'll start getting low on other vital nutrients, but no, for 10 days this is perfectly healthy. Within 1-2 days of weening yourself back onto food you will feel better than you have felt in 10 years or more. I'm sorry, but that just makes your theory about this being bad for you completely wrong.

You keep saying "things like this". There are no "things like this". Either address the lemonade diet, or address something else. Don't try and mix them together.

 

[Todd]

Yes, it is GREAT FOR YOU AND I HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS MYSELF. I have no idea what your friend did, but I have a lot more friends and myself and many others here who have had great success with this diet. All the nutrients you need for the 10 days is in the lemons and the maple syrup. Much longer than that and you'll start getting low on other vital nutrients, but no, for 10 days this is perfectly healthy. Within 1-2 days of weening yourself back onto food you will feel better than you have felt in 10 years or more. I'm sorry, but that just makes your theory about this being bad for you completely wrong.

You keep saying "things like this". There are no "things like this". Either address the lemonade diet, or address something else. Don't try and mix them together.

Well I guess we both have our little anecdotes. Your's speaks to weight loss and I know of side effects that aren't healthy.

You can say what you want about it's "effectiveness" for weight loss, but in that vein...........so is vomiting up your food after you binge or not eating at all or doing Atkins plan.

I'm just saying this diet, when I first heard of it, sent all the bells and whistles going off of B.S. And for people to truly suggest to do this in lieu of eating, I begin to wonder how much they actually know about nutrition.

The reason Atkins diet was one of the most stupid is it was totally unsafe. At least he let you eat real foods. It's just that when the key function of the diet is starvation mode, the body starts to eat itself (see muscle) and the metabolism slows down resulting in less effective fat burning. Sure...You'll lose weight, but with it alot of muscle tissue. This lemon diet has all the resemblences of the former.

 

[dannno]

Well I guess we both have our little anecdotes. Your's speaks to weight loss and I know of side effects that aren't healthy.

No, you're wrong, I didn't LOSE ANY WEIGHT in the longterm, THIS IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS 'DIET', are you even reading my posts? Read my last one because I specifically said THIS IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS DIET. I keep trying to emphasize that this is not a weight loss diet. Should I say this isn't a weight loss diet again?

I was under-weight when I went on the diet and now I weigh more because my body is able to absorb more nutrients out of my food. You have this notion about this diet that is completely backwards.

Your friend is not having issues because of this diet!!! I'm absolutely 100% positive of this!

Since you don't understand the purpose of this diet, perhaps you have some questions for me? Or are you going to continue to conflate this diet with vomiting after meals??? This is ridiculous.

 

[Todd]

No, you're wrong, I didn't LOSE ANY WEIGHT in the longterm, THIS IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS 'DIET', are you even reading my posts? Read my last one because I specifically said THIS IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS DIET. I keep trying to emphasize that this is not a weight loss diet. Should I say this isn't a weight loss diet again?

I was under-weight when I went on the diet and now I weigh more because my body is able to get more nutrients out of my food. You have this notion about this diet that is completely backwards.

Your friend is not having issues because of this diet!!! I'm absolutely 100% positive of this!

Ok points noted......Not sure where I got under the impression it was for weight loss, but you're right. At work it's hard to multi task, but sorry for all that....

It's just not healthy for the body when the body naturally detoxifies and cleanses. I hope people will take a closer look at it. My friend Does have problems because of it.....but some people believe what they wish to believe.

 

[dannno]

Look, I used to eat really poorly. I had a terrible diet growing up. I was overweight at about 210 pounds. When I was 19, I improved my diet immensely and lost about 60 pounds in 9 months and have kept it off for nearly 10 years.

Because of my poor diet for the first 19 years of my life, I had food sludge, mucus and toxins that had built up in my digestive tract that were leaching these toxins slowly into my system. Despite the fact that my diet had improved, years of eating a terrible diet were still affecting my metabolism and my body's ability to absorb nutrients. That is one of the reasons I was actually under-weight.

When I was 24 I went on the lemonade diet. All of the toxic sludge and mucus that had built up in my digestive tract, especially from the first 19 years of my life, slowly began to loosen up and eventually were expelled from my system over the course of the 10 days. You feel sick when your'e on the diet because the toxins that are loosening up enter your body at a faster rate, but the majority of the toxins end up being expelled rather than leeching into you system for the rest of your life.

The result is that you end up with a clean, toxin-free digestive tract so that your body can better absorb nutrients of healthy food.

People who are overweight will lose weight in the short-term, but mostly in the long-term. People who are underweight will ultimately gain weight. This diet is about improving your health and your digestive system, it's not about losing pounds quickly so you can fit into a bikini.

 

[dannno]

My friend Does have problems because of it.....but some people believe what they wish to believe.

It sounds like she was doing other things as well, I'm not sure why you would attribute her issues to this diet when I've never heard anything like this. I knew a woman who was pro at this diet, had done it several times and was a former health professional-turned-accountant who recommended it to friends and associates and anybody who could benefit. She was one of my best friends for a long time and she told me all sorts of stories about people who had digestive issues or lack of energy or just bad health in general who went on this diet and it was like a miracle cure for them. Other people in our office went on the diet. When I was 15 my friend's dad went on the diet, and he knew others who had gone on it as well with great success. I've never heard of anybody, on an internet messageboard or otherwise, who has had a bad experience with this diet, and I can't image anybody having issues who does it properly and knows what to expect.

 

[Todd]

It sounds like she was doing other things as well, I'm not sure why you would attribute her issues to this diet when I've never heard anything like this. I knew a woman who was pro at this diet, had done it several times and was a former health professional-turned-accountant who recommended it to friends and associates and anybody who could benefit. She was one of my best friends for a long time and she told me all sorts of stories about people who had digestive issues or lack of energy or just bad health in general who went on this diet and it was like a miracle cure for them. Other people in our office went on the diet. When I was 15 my friend's dad went on the diet, and he knew others who had gone on it as well with great success. I've never heard of anybody, on an internet messageboard or otherwise, who has had a bad experience with this diet, and I can't image anybody having issues who does it properly and knows what to expect.

See....She did this once a month for years. Could that be the issue? That she did it so often.
I'll conced that there is also a danger with the Senna leaf although I'm not so sure she abused this. You're not supposed to take that stuff for more than a short duration or your body becomes dependant. I just can't see doing this for a duration of more than 24 - 48 hours is good for the body. Something in my basic understanding of nutrition just won't accept that the body handles a form of starvation. Maple syrup be damned. It's flippin' Sugar.

 

[dannno]

It's flippin' Sugar.

Minerals (2 tsp)


nutrient amount %DV

boron -- mcg
calcium 8.93 mg 0.89
chloride -- mg
chromium -- mcg --
copper 0.01 mg 0.50
fluoride -- mg --
iodine -- mcg --
iron 0.16 mg 0.89
magnesium 1.87 mg 0.47
manganese 0.44 mg 22.00
molybdenum -- mcg --
phosphorus 0.27 mg 0.03
potassium 27.20 mg 0.78
selenium 0.08 mcg 0.11
sodium 1.20 mg 0.05
zinc 0.55 mg 3.67



Mono Fats

18:1 oleic 0.01 g


Poly Fats

18:2 linoleic 0.01 g


Other Fats

omega 6 fatty acids 0.01 g




http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=40

 

[dannno]

See....She did this once a month for years. Could that be the issue? That she did it so often.

Not sure but that is pretty ridiculous... I wouldn't recommend more than once per year, but realistically once every 5 years is probably more than enough.

The fact that she exhibited such behavior makes me question what else she may have been trying to over-do to get her back to the health she was attempting to attain.

 

[Todd]

Not sure but that is pretty ridiculous... I wouldn't recommend more than once per year, but realistically once every 5 years is probably more than enough.

The fact that she exhibited such behavior makes me question what else she may have been trying to over-do to get her back to the health she was attempting to attain.

I'll agree.....but she's been getting the same advice from nutrition gurus about colon cleansing that everyone else here pushing this has been or so it seems. She goes to these California Raw diet getaways every year and they preach this.

Minerals 'snip'.
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=40

Danno....your body still processes it as a sugar. Look at this chart. It's completeness score for nutrition is atrocious. It's inflamation factor is through the roof too. That green drink recipe seems much more healthy.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/sweets/5602/2


OK lets suppose I would actually do the Lemonaide diet. Where does the 10 day number come from. Could I do it for 2 days and get some results or am I wasting my time. Is there going to be some benefit from a shorter duration?