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The Maple Syrup Diet is really just The Lemonade Diet, or more commonly called The Master Cleanse. The term Maple Syrup Diet is also synonymous with The Cayenne Pepper Diet, The Beyonce Diet and various forms of these words with the word “Cleanse” in it.

The proper term is The Master Cleanse, or Lemonade Diet. But I have made the term The Master Cleanse to define the whole process, and the Lemonade Diet to describe the middle portion of the cleanse when you consume only the lemonade. There is an Ease-In and Ease-Out that bookend the lemonade diet, and a Salt Water Flush and Daily Detox Laxative that happen during the lemonade diet.

There are only 4 ingredients in the maple syrup diet so it’s not surprising that they get mixed up. They are as follows including the measurements for making the lemonade

Maple Syrup Diet Recipe

To do the Maple Syrup Diet, mix the following into a 8 oz glass of pure water

1. 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Lemon Juice from one half of a Lemon
2. 2 Tablespoons of Rich Maple Syrup
3. 1/10 of a Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper
4. 1 – 2 cups of Pure Water (Alkaline Water is best, in my opinion)

The Maple Syrup Diet(The master Cleanse) is  one of the most simple, effective, and natural  cleansing and healing programs known to man.

It is a liquid monodiet (that is, one mixture only) designed to work with an complement your body’s own cleansing and detoxifying processes, and at the same time to nourish your body with the things it needs to function. It is not a true fast (one in which there is no nutrition), nor it is a means to starve the body in order to loose weight dangerously fast. The maple syrup diet is typically done for 10 days, but can be extended for weeks when desired.

Rich Maple Syrup is the primary source of energy while on “The Maple Syrup Diet”, although this nutrient dense natural sugar wasn’t only  chosen to give us energy. Maple Syrup along with the following alternatives are the most beneficial sugars from their unprocessed states:

• Sorghum Syrup
• Sugar Cane
• Blackstrap Molasses
• Coconut Nectar

The Benefits of Maple Syrup in the Maple Syrup Diet

Just check out the list of nutrients from Wikipedia if you like, but I have also broken down the major players from 1 Cup of Maple Syrup:

• Calories: 840
• Potassium: 657mg
• Omega (6): 322mg
• Calcium: 216mg
• Carbs: 216g
• Magnesium: 45.1mg
• Sodium: 29mg
• Zinc: 13.4mg
• Manganese: 10.6mg
• Phosphorus: 6.4mg
• Iron: 3.9mg

That’s a lot of nutrients, and we haven’t even considered the other ingredients yet.

And just to confuse everyone, there are 3 different grading systems for the 3 main regions of production: Canada, The U.S. and Vermont. The numbers range #1 – #3, and letter range from AA to D. Regardless of the label, they all refer to the darkness or the color of the Maple Syrup (and the strength of flavour). AA is lightest. D is darkest. #1 is lightest. #3 is darkest.

The Darker the Maple Syrup the better. You can’t use table syrup flavoured with Maple. All natural forms of Maple Syrup are acceptable, but do your best to find the highest quality you can. The darker grades have more nutrients. The first harvest takes syrup out of the tree that was stored all winter. Later harvests are freshly produced from the nutrients in the soil. During the winter the stored syrup will lose minerals over time.

The Maple Syrup Diet or The Master Cleanse

The Maple Syrup Diet, regardless of what you call it is a truly amazing process. To learn more about it, makes sure you check out the home page of this website, dedicated to describing The Master Cleanse and Lemonade Diet. But also check out The Master Cleanse Roadmap, which will tell you all you need to know about the process.

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Rich Maple Syrup is our primary source of energy while on The Lemonade Diet, but it isn’t only chosen to give us energy.

Usually the first thing I hear from people with whom I am talking to about The Master Cleanse is: “That can’t be healthy. You have to eat! Where will you get your energy from?”

Every first-grader knows we eat to get energy. But what most non-cleansers don’t immediately understand is that you don’t need a cheeseburger and coke to keep you going. You can get it from any food source (some say you can even get it from the sun –google sungazing for a real mind trip).

What is Rich Maple Syrup?

Most first-graders also know that Maple Syrup comes from trees. I like to call it “Tree Blood”. This term seems to somehow qualify the idea of the true nutritional value of the Pure Maple Syrup. I use the term Rich Maple Syrup so there is an immediate pause in people’s minds before an imaging of Aunt Jemima is conjured up –which is an assumption most of make when we are learning about the maple syrup element of The Master Cleanse. Aunt Jemima is highly refined table sugar. It is completely devitalized.

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Any other “imitation” syrup likely contains no Maple Syrup at all. Look at the label for clever allusions to Maple Syrup like: “Pancake Syrup”, “Waffle Syrup” or “Table Syrup”. These syrups usually contain no Maple Syrup at all, but are instead high fructose corn syrup or other highly refined white sugars which are, in my honest opinion, the leading cause of disease in modern society.

Labelling Laws prohibit these syrups from having the word “Maple” in their names, but they will still associate themselves with the source they imitate buy using related images like pancakes and waffles.

An interesting note I picked up from Wikipedia: “French Canadians sometimes refer to imitation maple syrup as sirop de poteau (“pole syrup”), a joke referring to the syrup as having been made by tapping telephone poles”

Why Rich Maple Syrup for The Master Cleanse?

Maple Syrup was chosen by Stanley Burroughs for specific reasons (as was every other ingredient –Fresh Lemon Juice, Cayenne Pepper and Pure Water).

It was chosen because it is a very high quality, concentrated source of energy when consumed in its purest state (as close to right-from-the-tree as possible) and is packed full of nutrients, minerals and vitamins.

The amount and variety of nutrients in the Maple Syrup depends on where it is from and the soil conditions of that location. The tree takes up nutrients from the earth and they “become” the tree. This is just one of life’s little miracles that we take for granted, and food for thought when we are considering the choices available to us with the syrups we buy. Somehow we forget that there are “green” choices; natural choices straight from Mother Earth.

Nutritional value of Maple Syrup

There are almost too many nutrients, vitamins and minerals to list. Here is a list from Wikipedia:

Maple syrup consists primarily of sucrose and water, with small amounts of other sugars such as fructose and glucose. Organic acids, the most notable one being malic acid, make the syrup slightly acidic. Maple syrup has a relatively low mineral content which consists largely of potassium and calcium, but maple syrup also contains nutritionally significant amounts of zinc and manganese. Maple syrup contains trace amounts of amino acids, which may contribute to the “buddy” flavour of syrup produced late in the season, as the amino acid content of sap increases at this time. Additionally, maple syrup contains a wide variety of volatile organic compounds, including vanillin, hydroxybutanone, and propionaldehyde.

Maple Syrup for Energy

1 Tablespoon of Maple Syrup provides about 55 calories. Since we aim to average 8 glasses of Lemonade each day, we will consume 880 calories each day alone from Maple Syrup (8 glasses x 2 Tablespoons x 55 calories). There are 4 calories in each Tablespoon of Fresh Lemon Juice. That provides a daily calorie intake of 944 calories

Different Grades of Maple Syrup

Just to confuse everyone, there are 3 different grading systems for the 3 main regions of production: Canada, The U.S. and Vermont. The numbers range #1 – #3, and letter range from AA to D. Regardless of the label, they all refer to the darkness or the color of the Maple Syrup (and the strength of flavour). AA is lightest. D is darkest. #1 is lightest. #3 is darkest.

So Which Grade of Maple Syrup is right for The Master Cleanse?

The Darker the Maple Syrup the better. You CANNOT use imitation syrup. All natural forms of Maple Syrup are acceptable, but do your best to find the highest quality you can. Remember, the darker grades are D and #3.

These grades don’t directly refer to quality of the Maple Syrup, but the darker grades are collected later in the season (February – April) and so are said to have more nutrients on account of being a fresh product of the tree. The first harvest takes syrup out of the tree that was stored all winter. Later harvests are freshly produced from the nutrients in the soil. During the winter the stored syrup will lose minerals over time.

Alternatives to Maple Syrup

Inevitably someone always asks what an acceptable substitute might be. I will list the most common ones of note, but let me be clear: RICH MAPLE SYRUP IS BEST :)

1. Sorghum Syrup – Stanley Approved, but please use Rich Maple Syrup
2. Sugar Cane – Stanley Approved, but please use Rich Maple Syrup
3. Blackstrap Molasses – An alternative For Diabetics. See Stanley Burroughs’ book for more details

4. The newest addition to this list : Coconut Nectar – 100 % raw, vegan, low glycemic, low fructose, very nutritious as well as has neutral PH.

  Inappropriate alternatives for the Maple Syrup

1. Artificial Sweeteners (Spenda, Equal, Aspartame) – Contains no calories, you will be starving yourself and adding artificial toxins, counter productive to a detox.
2. Stevia – Contains no calories, so you will be starving yourself
3. Agave nectar – very controversial these days and in some cases made of inulin and processed to fructose and half-sugar which is a devitalized. High glycemic sugar.
4. Honey – A Pre-digested food that is disdained by Stanley Burroughs.

The Maple Syrup Diet or The Master Cleanse

People sometimes refer to the Master Cleanse or the Lemonade Diet as the Maple Syrup Diet (or the Cayenne Pepper Diet, the Beyonce Diet, etc…) They are the same thing.

Made famous by Beyonce, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, the Master Cleanse is one of the hottest cleanses in Hollywood. Beyonce even used it to slim down for her movie ‘Dreamgirls’.

The 3 main ingredients often get switched around, but don’t be confused; they are all referring to The Master Cleanse.

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