Cayenne Pepper Diet - Master Herb for the Master Cleanse

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Cayenne Pepper – The Master Herb of The Lemonade Diet

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by harbour in Blog, Lemonade Diet, The Master Cleanse

Cayenne Pepper is so critical to The Master Cleanse and Lemonade Diet that it is sometimes called the Cayenne Pepper Diet.

Cayenne Pepper is a Super Food. There are many so-called “Super Foods” and, in my estimation, Cayenne Pepper is one of them. A few others that immediately spring to mind include: Acai Berry, Goji Berry, Almonds, Avocados, Cocoa, Flax, Garlic, Ginger, Olive Oil and many more. These are all different kinds of food, from nuts, to fruit, to herbs and oils. Come to think of it, one day I ought to research and write a piece on classifying Super Foods.

Cayenne Pepper – The Herb

Cayenne Pepper is a herb, and as such might not be referred to as a Super Food by some, but I will. In fact, herbologist and herbalists say that Cayenne Pepper is The Master Herb. Perhaps this is where Stanley Burroughs came up with the name “The Master Cleanser”.

Cayenne Pepper is also, of course, a vegetable and we get our powder for The Lemonade Diet from grinding up a dried specific type of red pepper. Still, many refer to cayenne pepper as a herb. This is something I don’t understand clearly. Maybe someone can leave me a comment and enlighten me as to why this is.

Capsaicin – The Cayenne Pepper Secret Weapon

Capsaicin is the most active compound in Cayenne Pepper. It is what gives it the heat we taste –a heat so powerful that handling the ground cayenne requires gloves. The ‘hotness’ of the Cayenne Pepper is measured in a unit called Scoville ranging from 40,000 to 100,000 IU’s.

As is usually suggested with many things in life, start slow and build up. Try the 40,000-unit version in your lemonade before moving up to the 100,000. The more cayenne pepper in your lemonade the better. Use it to taste. If the package isn’t marked with a unit measure, then it is likely 40,000.

Why Cayenne Pepper is great for The Lemonade Diet

Cayenne Pepper has many wonderful properties. It is a stimulant which raises the metabolism (something that is important when not digesting food). It increases circulation, which is very helpful when cleansing because one often feels slightly cool, likely due to the low metabolism which results from not digesting food. Cayenne Pepper also acts as a blood thinner and purifier, which can help with digestion.

Perhaps most importantly, Cayenne Pepper, like the Fresh Lemon Juice, helps to break up the mucous in our bodies. Mucous is where all our illness causing substances get trapped. This is why we get stuffed up, congested, sneeze and cough. Breaking up and eliminating this mucous is one of the major benefits of The Master Cleanse.

The Cayenne Pepper Diet

Like Fresh Lemon Juice, Cayenne Pepper is vitamin rich and alkalizing to the body. Sometimes people even refer to The Master Cleanse or Lemonade Diet as the Cayenne Pepper Diet.

Whether you call Cayenne Pepper a herb or a food, you might now realize how essential it is to The Master Cleanse. It might even have lent the name to the “Master Cleanser” as Stanley Burroughs called it. He also called this cleanse The Lemonade Diet. Clearly two key ingredients in The Lemonade Diet are Fresh Lemon Juice and Cayenne Pepper (although the Rich Maple Syrup and Pure Water are equally important).

Have you ever done the Master Cleanse without using Cayenne Pepper? Maybe you used a substitute? Or have you used an alternative measure to take it if it was too hot for you (like gel-caps)?

14 Responses to “Cayenne Pepper – The Master Herb of The Lemonade Diet”

Nikki

28. Feb, 2010

I am in Greece and i am planing on doing the MC but cant find cayenne pepper anywhere. Is there a substitute that I can use because I really want to do this????:(

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Debie

15. Feb, 2010

Wow!! Day 8 and doing great!! Lost about 15 pounds so far. My voice is starting to come back too!! Feeling really good and can’t believe how easy it has been.

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- GEE
  
  08. Mar, 2010
  
  I’m on day 8 and it is going great. I feel good and I’m thinking about continuing until my tongue turns pink instead of just 10 days. What do you think? Did you get a pink tongue by day 10?
  
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Debie

11. Feb, 2010

I have never used cayenne before now. I am on day 4 and doing well. Had headache, sinus ache and now lost my voice. Is this normal? I never had any severe symptoms like some were talking about on day 3, I just kept drinking and felt fine. The cayenne burns the throat, and my husband is concerned that is what has caused me to lose my voice. I hope not!! Can’t stand much of it, but I put in about 3 shakes from the bottle! Let me know if this is normal!!!

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courtney

17. Jan, 2010

I’m planning the MC and thought I would sample one of the drinks with the items I have (dark syrup, bottled lemon juice and organic cayenne), and YIKES! First the syrup and lemon and wow, I think I could drink this all day. Add the cayenne, approx 1/16 to 1/32 of a tsp, and that first sip is still burning. Cayenne to taste is certainly going to get a lot smaller next time. I know I won’t make it on this if my throat is burning like heartburn. I like tea, but not sure about the Senna either, is there yet another alternative to that tea?

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- Keri
  
  30. Jan, 2010
  
  As for the Senna- I found organic Chocolate “Smooth Move” at Whole Foods. It tastes pretty good and is mostly made of Senna, but masks the bitter taste and offensive smell.
  
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Traci

16. Jan, 2010

I use Spice Islands Cayenne Pepper and it doesn’t say the the heat index number on it. I have read that there are different heat strengths, which one is right for the MC? Does it matter? and how much per cup? Thanks Much!!

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michelle

16. Jan, 2010

can you purchase cayenne capsule from gnc and use them with this diet instead of putting directly in the lemonade? If so, how many should be taken through out the day?

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- Naomi
  
  07. Mar, 2010
  
  I was wondering it you had received a reply to the question about using capsules of cayenne.
  
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Stella

14. Jan, 2010

Indeed Cayenne Pepper is a superfood. As far as i can remember, (even before i knew its many benefits), we’ve always added it to every meal prepared in my house.

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Andy

13. Jan, 2010

I started out with a half a tsp of cayenne because i had thought that was the amount listed. WOW it was quite a shock. Needless to say i cut back because I was a first timer. Now I am on day 6 and I am using over a half tsp because I LOVE IT!!! I can almost feel it coursing through my body. It is a life food and appropriatly named the master herb. My friend that had but me onto the MC saw my mixture yesterday and commented on the amount of cayenne woshing around in it. I would simly suggest to anybody, take all you can pallette.

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anna

12. Jan, 2010

To my knowledge, I’d never even so much as TASTED cayenne before I started the cleanse. At first it was strange, but gradually I began to like it more and more. Now I use about twice the amount I did the first time I cleansed and even use it in recipes. Cayenne is truly a miracle food. Go cayenne! :D

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- KB
  
  25. Jan, 2010
  
  I love the spice Cayenne adds to the lemonade; it’s seemingly and odd combination but it tastes great mixed in. It also reminds me of the boost that garlic gives food, and it makes me not miss food so much.
  
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Evita

11. Jan, 2010

Capsaicin is the herbal compound in cayenne pepper for herbalist usage.

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