The Lemonade Diet is the portion of The Master Cleanse during which you consume only the Lemonade. It is a diet in the sense that you are restricted to a certain food. The Lemonade Diet is often used synonymously with The Master Cleanse, but I break it down in order to describe the portion of The Master Cleanse when you consume the nutrients and energy from the Fresh Lemon Juice, Rich Maple Syrup, and Organic Cayenne Pepper.
The other sections of The Master Cleanse are :
- The Ease-In
- The Lemonade Diet (of course)
- The Salt Water Flush
- The Ease-Out
- The Post Cleanse Lifestyle.
What is the Lemonade Diet?
The Lemonade diet aka” The master Cleanse is one of the most simple, effective, and inexpensive cleansing and healing programs available. 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 cleanse is typically done for 10 days, but can be safely maintained for many more days in a row, even weeks when desired. ” This quote is an exert from Tom Woloshyn’s book The Complete Master Cleanse.
This page is dedicated to the directions to The Lemonade Diet Recipe as well as the ingredients, expectations, problems and experiences myself and the readers of this website have encountered.
The Lemonade Diet begins with preparing the Lemonade. During the diet, you will only consume the Lemonade that you make each day. In order to ensure that it is fresh and will retain as much of the nutrients and energy as possible, you should prepare the Lemonade just moments before drinking it.
Lemonade Diet Recipe – The Ingredients
To make the Lemonade you will need the following ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Lemon Juice from one half of a Lemon
- 2 Tablespoons of Rich Maple Syrup
- 1/10 of a Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper
- 1 – 2 cups of Pure Water (Alkaline Water is best, in my opinion)
To prepare the Lemonade for the Lemonade Diet you will also need the following:
- 1 large cup to mix your lemonade in
- 1 Tablespoon Measure
- 1/10 Teaspoon Measure
- Cutting Board
- Sharp knife
- Juicer (Hand juicer or Power juicer)
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Directions on making the Lemonade Diet Recipe
Start by rolling a Lemon on the cutting board to get it nice and juicy. Cut the lemon along its belly and grind it on the juicer. Do this until you have juiced half your lemons, or until you have no more room in your juicer.
- Measure 2 Tablespoons of Fresh Lemon Juice into your large cup.
- Now measure and at 2 Tablespoons of Rich Maple Syrup to the cup.
- Measure and add 1/10 Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper to the cup (or more to taste).
- Mix a and drink immediately.
While on the Lemonade Diet, you can and should drink plenty of Pure Water. I drink 1 cup as a chaser after each cup of Lemonade. You can drink more throughout the day. Try to avoid drinking more than double the amount of Lemonade each day.
Drinking enough water helps to wash out the toxins being released out of our body during the cleanse. It also helps to prevent possible headaches as well as feeling of hunger or cravings that surface during the detox.
Avoid the common mistakes while making the lemonade
In one of our blog-posts we talk about 5 tips to make the Lemonade right. These mistakes can prevent you from receiving all the cleansing and Healing effects of the Lemonade diet. Please, click on the link to read the article.

Cleansing and Healing effects of the Lemonade Diet
Cleansing can improve all aspects of your personal health including :
- Increasing energy
- Balancing your body’s PH
- Losing weight
- Reducing swelling and pain
- Alleviating allergies
- Flushing the colon
- Improving skin and hair
- Ridding your body of parasites

What do you think of the Lemonade Diet?
As an essential part of the Master Cleanse, is the Lemonade Diet difficult or easy? Most people find it pretty hard, but some find it a breeze. How about you? Do you think The Lemonade Diet is easy or hard?
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Thank you for your comments and Happy Cleansing!
The Master Cleanse Team.















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February 3, 2012 at 10:32 am
Lemonade Diet Day 5
Day 4 was by far the hardest so far, but I’ve found that as long as I’m consistently taking the “Lemonade” throughout the day that I don’t feel the need to eat. My energy levels have been great (i suppose I have the maple syrup to thank for that) and my head and body feel clean, clear, light, and efficient.
My room mate and I took two weeks of non solids to ease in to the Master Cleanse, and I believe that has made a HUGE difference in our ability to stay committed to the diet thus far. The lowest I have felt on energy was Ease In Day 3, when we had strictly freshly squeezed orange juice. So I would definitely recommend adding some Maple Syrup into the mix : )
Also, the Salt Water Flush has been great. Don’t get me wrong, I dread chugging that quart of salty warm water every single morning when I wake up, but it has definitely been shaking things up on the inside : ) I haven’t found any coins, legos, or other foreign objects I might have swallowed as a child, but the flush works! Just be sure to use the non-iodized sea salt.
Anyways, I’m over half way finished, and I’m excited to start reintroducing solid foods slowly back into my diet! Seriously though, I keep having these dreams where I’m eating food and I wake up feeling super guilty! This cleanse has challenged my self discipline more than anything I have done in my whole life, and the discipline is starting to flow over into other aspects of my life as well. I am more organized in my use of time, pre-planning meals, and even grocery shopping.
Though I did not set out to lose weight, I have dropped over 10 lbs since beginning the “Lemonade Diet.” It seems like my weight stays the same for a week, and then drops rapidly over several days, followed by another plateau, and another large loss. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Anyways, best of luck to anyone out there who has braved the Master Cleanse. I believe this will make you a better person from the inside out!
February 2, 2012 at 8:53 am
Hello,This is my first day of the Master cleanse diet.I started out with the salt water flush.It wasnt that bad.Now i’m about to try my lemonade,I have a lot of will power,so let me get started.Good luck everyone..
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