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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May 11, 2012 at 3:43 pm
I been on this diet for 6 days now. I find it very hard to do. I only lost 5lbs and this is very depressing. the lemonade is very bitter. I hate the taste. I love the tea and the salt water isnt as bad as the lemonade. True the 1st 3 days are the worst and it gets better but im still feeling the urge to give up because I only lost 5lbs. I have decrease my maple syrup to 1 tbsp every 10oz glass of lemonade. I did not cheat not one time during the 6 days but I wanted to just pinch a piece of any food. I managed to fight that urge. but can you please tell me what im doing wrong? My height is 5’11/2 and weight was 150lbs now 145lbs. help please
May 17, 2012 at 10:20 am
I’m about the same height and I lost 20 pounds. but I was 220 to begin with. It is possible that you are losing the same percentage. You just are not over weight.
May 19, 2012 at 10:44 pm
how long did it take for u to lose 20ibs
May 1, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Okay tried this. Was so stoked. Bought EVERYTHING for ten days. Did the 3 day ease. My first day started off great. Drink filled me up completely. By the time I got home from work around 6pm I was so sick my mom actually walked me downstairs and made me eat soup. It was the worst I’ve ever felt in my life. Completely pale, weak, and wanting to throw up everything. I did step by step measurements PERFECTLY, but my body did not agree. I will never try this again because it hurt my body instead of helping it.
May 18, 2012 at 10:51 am
Ashley,
The lemon and maple syrup should be fine for anybody, but cayenne pepper can be a problem. I once tried cayenne pepper for an herbal cleansing program and it felt like a knife in my stomach. The blood type diet recommends cayenne for blood type O (50% of the population, lots of stomach acid, can eat much more meat), and lists it as negative for blood type A (40% of the population, low stomach acid, more vegetarian than meat eater). I am planning on using curcumin from turmeric spice instead of cayenne. Curcumin is not very bioavailable, so it can be used as follows: Boil 1 quart of water FIRST, THEN add one tablespoon curcumin (or turmeric if you can’t find pure curcumin) as it is already boiling. Cover and boil for 10 minutes, producing a 12% solution, that should be drank within a few hours. In 6 hours it will only be 6%, so it will not keep. Once cool enough to drink, you can add the maple syrup and lemon juice. Curcumin won’t speed up the metabolism like cayenne pepper, but it’s a miracle substance!
Crystal
April 16, 2012 at 6:54 am
I have one question, the salt I buy contains sodium Ferrocyanate, I can use this salt for the salt water flush? Your composition says: sodium chloride and sodium ferrocyanate, there’s some problem?
April 12, 2012 at 3:00 am
I recently found worms in my stool, went to the doc fnshed meds, see no more worms but want to cleanse…..Master cleanse, I will start on Monday easein
March 13, 2012 at 5:33 pm
this is my day two of diet i feel hungry only when i get home in the after noon,
May 11, 2012 at 6:30 am
eat a lot of beef.
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