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

[MelissaWV]

I dunno, water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup all sounds pretty harmless to me.. but I could always start the day with some yogurt and apples, then go with the lemonade stuff for the rest of the day on the weekends when I'm not going to be terribly active. Just seems a lot better than doing nothing.

Yes, but when you toss "real" food on top of that empty/cleansing system on Monday, your first toileting of the day is going to be a bit of an adventure I'd think. Whatever you do to yourself the Friday before you start it up again will also twist your insides when you swap from solid foods back to your cleansing. The cleanse is discussed in terms of days at a time for a reason. I think you wouldn't be cleansing a whole lot from your system, would wind up feeling pretty sick on the weekends, and Mondays would be hell... but it's your body to try it out with

 

[Andrew-Austin]

Do you guys have any reading links you would suggest to skeptics on fasting. There is so much shit on the web, people saying this and people saying that, and on subjects like this that I am pretty unfamiliar with its hard to navigate to a clear image of the truth and not just positions people are cheering on because of personal interests and ego. I'm not looking for the "well it worked for me, and it worked for Bob too!" type stuff, I'm more looking for studies, medical facts, explanations as to why its only the "alternative" community that recommends fasting.

edit: never mind, I think I've read enough.

 

[dannno]

I'm more looking for studies, medical facts, explanations as to why its only the "alternative" community that recommends fasting.

Why would anybody put money into doing a study about whether lemons, maple syrup and cayenne pepper are good for you? None of those things can be patented, so no company or individual will ever profit from doing so. The double-blind peer review process is far too expensive for anyone to want to invest money in this.

That is why you see mostly see studies out there that advocate patentable items, because the cost for the studies can be recouped.

That is why you don't see a lot of "studies" out there about natural medicines working, because there is no way those expensive studies will ever help the person who invested in them make their money back. If, however, they show that a natural medicine DOESN'T work, and the study favors a patentable medicine, then it will be funded.

 

[hadenough]

Anybody ever tried a honey and lemon fast? I'm on my third day. Yesterday, I was looking on the internet and saw something about using lemon and honey, and I was feeling pretty weak because I had been two days on water only, so I started adding some honey to my water, I definately feel more energy now, but just wondering if anybody has any EXPERIENCE? The information I was reading was saying that honey can dissolve mucous and aid in the purification process, anybody got any advice?

 

[hadenough]

Ok, I just looked back at the book and it says honey is a big NO, so I guess I will go to the health food store to get some Grade B Maple Syrup.

 

[dannno]

Ok, I just looked back at the book and it says honey is a big NO, so I guess I will go to the health food store to get some Grade B Maple Syrup.

I guess some people use agave syrup as well I don't think it's as good as the grade b maple syrup.

 

[hadenough]

Yes, I've heard that too, and have used it as well. It actually taste alot like maple syrup to me if you get the amber or dark agave syrup. I know it's alot cheaper and more easily found. I'm past the 3 day mark, not sure how long I will go for. Haven't done this in almost 2 years so I have experienced some great results in just 3 days. I'd probably be better off fasting one day a week for maintenance, but after that last 21 day MC, I returned full force to food. lol. But I didn't gain anymore weight than I was before I started it, just doing it again for spiritual and health reasons. Not having to eat and all that it entails, (shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc.) is a nice benefit.

 

[chudrockz]

Bump!

I don't have the time right now to go back through this whole thread, but was wondering how this "master cleanse" worked out for any who have tried it??

In a few weeks, my wife is having the "vertical sleeve" version of gastric bypass surgery. So for a week or ten days leading up to that she cannot eat anything (liquids only) and for quite awhile after will be reduced to eating "mush" (baby food, etc.). So anyhow, since I also need to lose weight (but am almost totally unwilling to go the surgical route) I was considering this master cleanse.

Also, I figure it'd be not very gentlemanly of me to bake up a nice Papa Murphy's five meat stuffed pizza while my wife eats pureed (sp?) green beans and carrots. LOL