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What would a weight loss program be without a before and after compilation? Well The Master Cleanse, despite being a detox diet first, is famous for it’s propensity for fast weight loss. The following series of 15 images are the best collection of Master Cleanse Before and After photos available today. BUT, if you have your own to contribute, make sure you send them along (form at the bottom) for a chance to win your next detox supplies and $100 gift card to Amazon.com.

The following 5 photos are of TheMasterCleanse.org’s humble (ahem) author. Please forgive the attire, I didn’t really plan on sharing, or I might have worn gym shorts rather than boxer shorts. But I am not that shy, and they really are revealing (Hey, c’mon, I mean towards the effects of The Master Cleanse Before After, nothing more. Dirty minds…

Before and After Weight Loss from 10 Day Master Cleanse

Master Cleanse Before and After Photos from Online

These 7 photos of before and after master cleanse photos are from around the web. So many people do The Master Cleanse, but in this digital age, not to many people have shared their photos. If you’re going to do The Master Cleanse, consider documenting your experience and getting the support from our Group Cleanse. Share your photos or videos and we’ll reward you for your efforts. Show off your success, be proud!

Celebrity Master Cleanse Before and After

Of course there are a few famous persons out there that have done The Master Cleanse. These before and after master cleanse photos are from 2 of the 3 most famous celebrities to succeed losing weight with The Master Cleanse.

Submit Your Own Master Cleanse Before After Photos and Videos – Win $100

Do you have Master Cleanse Before and After photos or videos to share your experience with our community? Let your victory inspire another, and walk away with some pretty sweet swag as well. When we get to 10 useful entries, we’ll make a random draw. You’ll have a 1/10 chance at winning your next cleansing supplies and $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Enter here by uploading your photo.

Read the full post here: Master Cleanse Before and After

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Todays is the last day of the 3 days Easing-in stage of The Group Master Cleanse we hold every winter right after the New years. Not everyone choses to Ease-into the Cleanse and there is many people that make last minute decision to “take the plunge”.

We all embrace change and challenges differently and some people like to take the bull by it’s horns and just go for it.

Master Cleanse may be (depending your diet and eating habits) in many ways extreme. It requires true focus and commitment and it really helps to have supportive community (be it you family, friends, co-workers or else). Some people are very lucky to have a community like that (as there is a lot of people out there not understanding or doubting the Cleanse), but if you find your self in a little ” hostile” environment, we invite you to meet our community on our website. Over the last 5 years we had more than 30 000 comments on the site from Master Cleanser all over the world.

Meet our community and join the Group Cleanse

If you would love to have someone to talk at the end of what can be a”long day” when you are on the Master Cleanse, it’s just a click away. We laso just started our annual Group Cleanse experience and the first day that of The Lemonade diet is Monday – January the 9th. So far, 283 people registered and will posting about their Cleansing experience on our website. There will be plenty of people to talk to at any time that will always be ” on your team “.

You can register here and join the fun! :-)

Why should you join the Group Master Cleanse?

• To stay informed about the Cleansing process to make sure you do this right! This will ensure optimal results and prevent you from quitting earlier than you wish to. TheMasterCleanse.org team will keep you educated providing guidance, tips and answers when you are puzzled by your results or progress.
• To feel supported and to feel “normal” again when you get to talk to people that are on the same boat with you.
• There will also be hundreds of comments from the Master Cleansers all around the world (many of them have done the cleanse over and over again, so they have lots of great advice).
• You will meet great people with the same passion for health and goals, and maybe even make new friends to keep in touch in after the Group Cleanse is over.

Most af all, its more fun to do it this way and you can win some sweet prizes. Join in! We ll be happy to have you. :-)

Group Master Cleanse video

 Your chance to win some sweet prizes

Check out the awesome rewards for joining our Group Cleanse.

The Group Cleanse has 3 Prize levels. The Sharing Rewards will give you an extra entry into the draws for each point you receive.

Happy Cleansing everyone!

Read the full post here: Last Minute Cleanser: Why you should cleanse (and with a group)

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A recently released short film about The Master Cleanse which was written and directed by Writer/Director Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 3D) and Producer Ken Franchi (as well as commercials and music videos) have been making films since college. The movie is embed after the jump, scroll down to watch the very entertaining film. The pace is great, the acting brings the characters to life, and the directing/editing is polished specifically the scrabble title sequence in the opening scene. I would also love to license the opening credit sequence. It’s AWESOME!…

If you’re thinking about doing The Master Cleanse, be sure to read this whole article because even though we’re big fans of the piece, we do feel obligated to point out a couple of fallacies as it relates to the “Real Master Cleanse”, even though we’re pretty certain the filmakers took artistic license with the concept and didn’t intend to detail the common experience, rather and truly hilarious one.

Kelly and Scott - Committed to the Cleanse

There’s no doubt this film is really good. It’s funny, well made and insightful into the untold compromises and even secret resentments between two people (Kelly and Scott) in a committed relationship. The film uses the pretense of The Master Cleanse as the catalyst for the couple to “Cleanse” their relationship of these hidden thoughts and emotions and to escalate into a no hold barred insult-fest that brings the cleanse crashing down from the climax achieved over months of biting tongues, turning cheeks, and rising above lashing out at the annoying aspects in life.

The Master Cleanse – 10 Days of Emotional Cleansing

That’s the real theme of the movie: Honesty is overrated. And the cleanse breaks down our false walls and forces the truth toxins out of our bodies.

The movie’s characters Kelly and Scott, begin to show signs of irritability, or willingness to be honest (maybe too honest) with each other from the first sip of Lemonade.

The filmakers themselves say:

The Master Cleanse is a story about honesty and how much is too much as it follows Kelly and Scott, a normal couple who tell the occasional white lie to each other and make compromises to keep the relationship afloat.

and

Together they decide to try a fad diet called “The Master Cleanse” which is a 10 day fast where you only drink a concoction of lemon juice, water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. After a few days the body will break down the fat in your body releasing the toxins that have built up.

and still more…

What that diet doesn’t advertise is that if a person goes 10 days without food then they become really irritable. So irritable that they may not sugar coat their comments or actions anymore.   Scott tells Kelly that her morning breath stinks and he “cant take it anymore.”

 Laugh-Out-Loud 1-Liners

The writing, and acting revel in this plot mechanism providing plenty of fodder for comical many laugh-out-loud 1-liners, of which two of my personal favourites are: “I resent you each time I see someone more attractive than you, and that’s like 6 times a day” by Scott, and “I keep repeating to myself, he’s better than nothing, but maybe… NO!”.

But it’s the last scene of the movie that reveals the truth of the nature of the cleanse when the couples friends leave their house following a day 10 emotional catastrophe over scrabble.

“What’s with you’re weirdo friends” the one says. “They do this cleanse every 5 months or so, to like clean out their relationship, something about being 100 percent honest” (before a ironic non sequitur statement that illustrates their own personal lies about what seems to be a very bad fedora).

While it’s true, that irritability can be a passing characteristic of the cleanse (usually associated with chemical dependancy withdrawal like caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol), it’s by no means the prevailing emotional experience. The hundreds of thousands of accounts attest to clarity, insight and psychological liberation to be far more prevalent than magically not being able to tolerate the lesser qualities of our significant others.

The Master Cleanse – A Creative Study

So for the record for you potential Master Cleansers out there, here’s a lovingly critical review of the concepts regarding the cleanse so that you might not be accidentally misled.

They Juice all in one JUG for the day: This is a critical mistake. The enzymes in the Lemonade become inactive. This is a very common mistake and clearly advised against by those in the know. Without t the active enzymes, the negative aspects of the cleanse, including irritability will be exaggerated.

Going to social events is not a good idea, but what’s worse, they hold a party on day 10 to bring all the tension to a head. But again, maybe that’s the point. Poor friends, they should know better by now.

The social etiquette at the office is a key component to success. Again by carrying around the jugs of juice they cause themselves problems: “everybody in the office is making fun of you”, their co-worker tells Scott,  ”You’re walking around like a giant toddler, slurping on your baby bottle and spraying diarrhea everywhere. It’s disgusting. You look terrible.” First, don’t flaunt the process. Only tell people you trust. Keep your process out of the public eye to avoid criticism.

Secondly on this point, you don’t have diarrhea all day. The only movements occur in the morning. This is a major misconception and cause for people to fear the daily process. And besides being just a little smelly, the movements don’t “HURT” like when you’re sick. It’s more like a gentle release of fluid like from a tap. Gross for sure, but nothing to be afraid of like after your first day dining at Montezuma’s Cafe in Huatulco, Mexico.

The comment that “You Look Terrible” is very uncommon with proper cleansers. More often than not comments relate to an increase in vitality of the skin, eyes, and hair. People are often told how good they look. Again, this goes to not making the lemonade correctly. The enzymes are critical.

Breaking the cleanse with Food AND CHIPS is clearly not a good idea. Do not break your cleanse immediately at the sound of your watch alarm with a plate full of food, especially fatty processed foods like chips unless you want to create an even bigger blockage that won’t be comfortable to pass when it finally does a few days later. Break the cleanse properly by doing the Ease-In

The big one is that they’re Irritable all the time is of course the premis of the story, but it’s also more of a examination of the FREE WILL TO LET IT OUT and that they intended to revel in the release of these negative emotional toxins and that they cleanse their relationship of them. Honestly, I think there is a lot to that aspect. Cleansing the emotional body is a key component to being a master cleanser.

Having said all that, and without further adieu, here is the short film: The Master Cleanse “Shit’s about to get real” (That title should serve as a warning to language and sexual and drug references –which I think is awesome ;).

THE MASTER CLEANSE from ulteriorproductions.com on Vimeo.

The Successful Master Cleanse Kickstarter Project

This short film was funded by Kickstarter, a social funding platform that I took a half effort attempt at using to finance my own creative piece about the Master Cleanse back in May 2011. With the audience of TheMasterCleanse.org as large as it is, I was hoping to capitalize on the desire to document the “Real” experiences of Master Cleansers in an interactive group cleanse to capture hundreds, or thousands of cleansers opinions, testimonials, rants, complaints, tirades, releases, praises, questions, answers, support and every other telling commentary that can only come from those doing The Master Cleanse.

The Master Cleanse in Reality

In the movie, it’s seems obvious that the “Actors” of course aren’t actually doing The Master Cleanse. Of course this makes sense in a traditional theatrical production. But it seems like perhaps the producers may have not done the cleanse either (check below for updates as I intend to send this review to the Todd and Ken to clarify their research on the subject matter prior to production).

The timing of the release also makes me wonder if the producers where aware of the spike in interest around the Master Cleanse at New Years. The film was released on Vimeo January 3rd, the exact day of the highest search traffic according to Google of any time of the year, when it triples to up to well over several hundred thousand  searches per day for keywords surrounding the topic. The Kickstarter campaign below is that of the producers, and the one at the bottom is my il-fated effort.

125 BACKERS in Kickstarter
$10,344
PLEDGED OF $10,000 GOAL
This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 21, 2011.

iMaster Cleanse (and I don’t want to stab myself in the leg ;)

Clearly I am not as advanced in filming as these two great talents (but one day here’s hoping)… But you can see the clear differences. I wish to approach the subject matter from a documentary perspective, but with a reality feel. I have considered the concept to follow 2 or 3 subjects with a crew, diary cams, and 24×7 cams to capture their experiences, along with empowering the thousands of Group Cleansers who do the cleanse at New Years, and throughout the year. We are busy with plans to reload, regroup, and re-energize for another run in 2012.

Final Thoughts about The Master Cleanse Short Film

I want to state again how much I enjoyed the film. Besides the critical review of the technique of The Master Cleanse itself, it really was fantastic. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Read the full post here: The Master Cleanse Short Film

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Lose Weight Fast is what all the hype is about these days. Yeah, we all want things fast; cars, food, lifestyles, and Times at Ridgemont High. And the faster we put on 20lbs after highschool snarfing down too many of spicoloy’s pizzas, the faster we want to lose weight.

It seems we all want the quick fix. And while The Master Cleanse is by far the most profound way to Lose Weight Fast, it really shouldn’t be all about losing weight (although for most of you landing here, that’s what it is about). I call The Master Cleanse the most effective Fast Weight Loss program around, but that’s because it’s a Weight Loss Fast. Now if you’re getting a little confused with those similar terms, I am sorry, because I am playing with you just a little. In truth, The Master Cleanse is so good for people who want to lose weight fast, because it is just that. A fast. Let’s look at Wikipedia to start to understand fasting:

Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. An absolute fast is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a single day (24 hours), or several days. Other fasts may be only partially restrictive, limiting particular foods or substance. The fast may also be intermittent in nature. Fasting practices may preclude sexual intercourse and other activities as well as food.

Ok, so notice the part that I bolded. The Master Cleanse is a fast because it is a liquid diet, or a mono diet. A diet that restricts or limits to a certain food or substance, and that being the Lemonade of the Lemonade Diet.

Do The Master Cleanse to Lose Weight Fast

Does one lose weight fast on The Master Cleanse? Stanley Burroughs, the inventor of The Lemonade Diet says:

As a reducing diet it is superior in every way to any other system because it dissolved and eliminates all types of fatty tissue. Fat melts away at the rate of about two pounds a day for most persons –and without any harmful side effects

Of the tens of thousands of comments left on our website, all attest to the rate of fast weight loss that occurs while on The Master Cleanse. But I want to talk more about fasting, because to me that’s the critical component. That’s the healthy component. That’s the spiritual and holistic component that seems so intuitive to living things that animals instinctively fast when they are sick. Think about your dog or cat. What do they do when they are sick? They go into a corner and sleep. Yet we have utterly rejected the concept in modern Western medicine. Thankfully we’re slowly adopting a more complete world view in general due to the access to information like it has never been before. If we would have continued growing big-pharmacuetical companies and big-hospital companies, without the interent, we may have lost the practice of fasting to the history books burried at the back of Barnes and Noble.

There are many types of fasts beyond that of what one usually thinks of, the Water Fast. Truthfully the water fast is better left for the Bible and intermittent days on a juice fast. More often than not, the successful fasts today have some sort of mono diet component bei it the Lemonade or some other juice. It’s a huge topic, and a controversial one that require an effort to discover the current realities, or most acceptable truths from the common perspective. Here’s some fast facts about fasting from a nice little article I found:

1. Fasting may help your heart: Fasting for a day once a month may prevent heart disease and insulin resistance, the precursor to diabetes, according to two studies from Utah’s Intermountain Medical Center presented recently at the American College of Cardiology’s scientific sessions.
2. There’s a chance fasting can cut cancer risk: Periods of fasting did slow the rate of cell division (a measure of cancer risk) in mice, according to an American Journal of Physiology study.
3. The jury’s still out on fasting for other ailments: While there isn’t much research on many of the diseases proponents claim fasting helps treat — multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and allergies among them — doctors say that if you’re medically able to fast safely (which rules out those with more serious health issues), there’s no research against doing it either
1. If you look to anecdotal evidence rather than clinical trials then you’ll find all kinds of claims of “cures” from fasting, and The Master Cleans
4. Fasting can’t take the place of a healthy diet: While there may be health perks to intermittent fasting, the research is still preliminary. Horne’s lab is currently working on studies that will evaluate how often and for how long people need to fast to see health benefits.
5. Talk to your doctor before you start a fasting regimen: While fasting may have the potential to play a role in wellness, it’s definitely not for everyone. Specifically, if you have a history of eating disorders, diabetes, low blood pressure, anemia, are pregnant or nursing, or are on prescription medication, as well as other conditions/circumstances.

Books about Fasting for Weight Loss

Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor’s Program for Conquering Disease:

 

The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental, & Spiritual Rejuvenation:

Juice Fasting and Detoxification: Use the Healing Power of Fresh Juice to Feel Young and Look Great

The Daniel Fast: Feed Your Soul, Strengthen Your Spirit, and Renew Your Body

Toxic Relief: Restore health and energy through fasting and detoxification:

Fasting Can Save Your Life

Woman’s Guide to Fasting

The Master Cleanser: With Special Needs & Problems

Favourite Fast Weight Loss Diets

There many diets that help you lose weight, after all that’s the whole point. But not all claim to help you lose weight fast. The whole notion of losing weight fast seems absurd, or even dangerous. Yet there are a few ways that always seem to be at the top of mind when it comes to fast weight loss diets:

1. Scarsdale Diet: This is the perfect diet for people who don’t want to go hungry and need to lose more than a couple pounds. It does not require weighing, measuring, counting or anything but following simple menus filled with everyday foods. It works, it keeps you full, and gives you energy! The vegetarian version of our favorite diet has menus for those who follow a vegetarian lifestyle or prefer not to eat meat while dieting.
2. Three Day Diet: The perfect diet if you have less than 10 pounds of weight to lose rapidly.
3. Hollywood Diet: This juice fast lasts only two days, it’s for anyone with less than 10 pounds to lose.
4. Grapefruit Diet: For the grapefruit lovers, this diet produces rapid weight loss with a limited menu plan.
5. Cabbage Soup Diet: The popular Cabbage Soup diet is for short term dieters that don’t need to stay on a diet for more than seven days.
6. The Lemonade Diet – Master Cleanse: Our personal favourite. We liked it so much we built a website about it. This is a Juice Fast that will help you Lose Weight Fast as well as any other diet, but the overall benefits are hard to deny. Do your due diligence and find out if it’s right for you

You Decide: What’s the Best way to Lose Weight Fast?

First decide if you’re in this for fast weight loss, or to lose weight by fasting. The truth is you can have it all, but if you’re to focused on losing weight fast, you may compromise the technical requirements of a safe fast, and end up doing more harm than good. What’s your opinion on fast weight loss? Is it safe? Have you tried one of these diets? Do you have a favourite way to lose weight fast, and safe? Let us know, we love to learn and share.

Read the full post here: Lose Weight Fast: Can 2 lbs Per Day be Safe?

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When singer-actor superstar Beyonce Knowles needed to prepare for her role in Dreamgirls in 2006, she reportedly used the Lemonade diet to shed some weight while filming the movie.

Dreamgirls was released in December 2006 and after Beyonce shared her secret to loosing weight fast for the role on the Oprah show, the Beyonce diet (aka the Lemonade Diet or Master Cleanse) became a sensation over night. 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. The 3 main ingredients often get switched around, but don’t be confused; they are all referring to The Master Cleanse.

Beyonce Diet – why she chose the Lemonade Diet to prepare for her role in Dreamgirls

To allow her character to grow and mature on the screen during the movie, Beyonce decided to undergo a physical transformation corresponding to the detailes of the life of Deena – the character she played in the Dreamgirls. “Normally they’d change your makeup or your clothes but I wanted to go the extra mile,” she said. “Back in the sixties, models like Twiggy were popular and I knew Deena would have been thin then, so even though I really love eating, it was necessary to lose weight really fast because we shot Deena at 16 and Deena at 36 two weeks apart.”

” My nutritionist suggested the only way to do that was the (lemonade Diet) fast,” Beyonce is reported saying.

How much weight did Beyonce lose while on the Master Cleanse?

Reportedly she lost 20 pounds in just 14 days. Watch this video as Beyonce talks about her weigh-lose on the Oprah show.

“To get herself prepared to play Deena, Beyoncé lost 20 pounds—without being asked! “I figured in the ’60s Twiggy was the hot model, and Diana [Ross] and Cher and all the legends were thinner than I am,” she explains. “So I decided I wanted to lose weight and make a physical transformation. And it was difficult because I love food. I love to eat. I did a fast—a master cleanser for 14 days. Everybody was eating Krispy Kremes around me. I was grouchy, but I did it and I lost the weight.”  This is a quote from Beyonce’s interview with Oprah published on the Oprah.com

Beyonce Diet – Before and After the Cleanse

The Master Cleanse dictates an Ease – out diet when coming off the diet which sustains from vegetable juices and soups. Beyoncé added shakes.”I did protein shakes and liquid (vegetable) soups for basically the rest of the shoot, which was about three months. It was tough. Everyone was eating and I was dying.” she said.

Unfortunately, after the film was finished, Beyoncé binged: “At the wrap party the day after filming they had these cupcakes and I ate about 12. I actually ate so many I got sick. After that I had waffles, fried chicken, cheeseburgers, french-fries, everything I could find. That was the best time of my life. I’ve gained 12 pounds.”

So this is the low-down on the Master Cleanse becoming the Beyonce Diet.What do you think? Did this inspire you to give the Master Cleanse a try? I am sure that the significant exposure this cleanse /diet received during interviews Beyonce did while promoting the Dreamgirls made people all over the world at least research and learn about the benefits of Cleansing. Aside for the weight-lose, it is beneficial for us to do some “house-keeping” once in a while and the Master Cleanse is a fantastic choice. Check out the comments on our website and our Master Cleanse Facebook Page to hear all the responses from people all over the world on the Master Cleanse journey. We have some people going as long as 30 – 50 days and feeling AMAZING!

Master Cleanse – the new, hot celebrity diet.

Most people are now familiar with the idea and benefits of detox. There are many ways to detox out there for you to try. Master Cleanse is becoming a very popular option after celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Noami Campbell started to endorse this powerful and life-changing cleanse which makes it to be one of the hottest cleanses in Hollywood.

It’s a good idea to start with only a few days (5-7 days is a good start and then you can slowly build your self up). It can be a very challenging but also extremely beneficial experience. I find it to be very effective way to establish new, healthy eating habits which is one of the main benefits of any cleanse, in my opinion. For the Master Cleanse (aka Lemonade Diet) recipe go to our home page, where you can also learn about all the ingredients and how to do this cleanse the right way and safely.

Happy Cleansing everyone!

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Everyone who chooses to do the Master Cleanse has very specific reasons to do so and goals to achieve: be it weight-lose, releasing toxins and bad eating habits or balancing their health in certain aspects. To ensure your results, we decided to write a short article to help you avoid the common mistakes many people make during the Cleanse.

Here are 5 tips on how to make the Master Cleanse Lemonade right: 

Tip # 1 – How to store your lemons

Store your lemons on the counter to ripen, NOT in the fridge. Enzymes are dormant in the fridge. You want those enzymes. Take the 10 most ripe lemons out for your first day or two.

Tip # 2 – Use the best quality of water you can find/afford

The quality of water consumed during the Cleanse is extremely important. The quality of your water during the Master Cleanse is the key to great results.You probably know that your body uses water to flush and transport toxins to the organs of elimination ( The colon, bladder, lungs, skin and so on…) to discharge them. Latest scientific research shows that many health problems can be significantly improved, or completely eliminated, with just an adequate consumption of good water.

We recommend 3 ways to ensure your water is pure and appropriate for the Cleanse:

1. Check your local health-food store for Purified Bottled Water
2. Install good Water Filter for your tap water
3. You can use Water Ionizer

Tip # 3 - Make each glass of lemonade fresh.

After you  juiced your lemons, add the rest of the lemonade ingredients into the glass, mix immediately and drink. I like to drink the glass quickly because it seems to hit my hunger spot quickly. I usually only drink when I need to, and when enough time has passed to allow for a nice spread over the day as I try to manage my daily quota.

Tip # 4 – What to do if the lemonade is too spicy

Drink your lemonade as soon as you can after you made it (5-10 minutes after it was made). If you allow the lemonade to sit with the Cayenne pepper in it for too long as it will steep (just like a tea). The lemonade will get too spicy and that may prevent you from drinking enough lemonade during the day.

Tip # 5 -The Lemonade Diet Concentrate – the most common mistake

Previously mentioned on this website was my preference to drink Pre-mix Lemonade. I now understand a critical flaw to this plan. The longer your Lemonade sits, the more enzymes die. If you need to Pre-mix your Lemonade, then you should only mix a concentrate of just 2 ingredients :

Read the full post here: 5 Tips to Make the Master Cleanse Lemonade Right

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Christmas time is a great opportunity to invest your money into creating new, healthier lifestyle or to support intentions of the family and friends to do so for them selves. I am what you would call a health-nut my self and I am really excited when ever I receive a gift  that helps me to take my health or the health of my home to the next level. It also does help that these presents are eco-friendly and therefore also accommodate my intention to be as kind to the mother Earth as possible leaving it green and clean for the generations to come. This Christmas, what would you wish for ?

Health conscious Christmas gifts for the ones you love.  

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha 

It is a common thing for people that are health conscious to do some type of a cleanse after the New Years. We indulge in many things (some not so god for us) during the Christmas season. New Years is the time when people also commit themselves to new personal goals and new healthier ways of living. Here are some gift suggestion for those loved ones that are about to do The Master Cleanse or want to commit to other ways to create healthier lifestyle.

Tom Woloshyn’s Book – The Complete Master Cleanse

I think the most important ingredient of the Master Cleanse is your new knowledge of how your body functions and how you can really enhance you natural bodily detoxing functions. The most common mistake that people deciding to try the Master Cleanse make is not educating them selves enough about this detox and each ingredient of it.

Educating your self by reading recommended books on the topic of Master Cleanse allows for :

• all the desired results when you do the right.
• Removing mental blocks that may prevent you from completing the Cleanse
• Giving people an educated answer when in social situations. This allows for more pleasant experience as you may be interacting with people that will dis-agree with this choice f cleanse.

I personally love The complete master cleanse book from Tom Woloshyn. I had the pleasure to personally meet and talk to Tom and his passion for health and cleansing concept combined with his expertise were astonishing. He is so educated about the healing processes in the human body and it truly shows in approach to writing this fantastic book.

Master Cleanse 10-Day Organic Kit with Free MC book

This Master Cleanse complete kit is all you need to undergo the cleanse. For the busy people that want to be prepared and save time spent on gathering all the ingredients, this is the way to go. You can also be sure you’ ve got the right/approved ingredients and be worry free. The kit includes the book from Peter Glickman- respected expert on this topic. All you need is your will and excitement about revealing the healthy body you aspire to. Happy Cleansing!

Maple syrup – sweet Christmas present for people who Master Cleanse.

Although Master Cleanse is not an expensive cleanse (considering the fact that you don’t spent money on other food you would normally buy), the Maple syrup may seam like quite an investment.

Suppling this ingredient to your loved one that is about to do the Master Cleanse can be very appreciated. Quality of this ingredient this vital to each cleanser that wants to succeed and do this cleanse right. It supplies not only the calories needed to sustain your energy levels up but also many minerals an vitamins needed to re-create the balance and health in each cleanser is looking for.

Sea salt for the Salt Water Flush

Whenever I am answering the questions on our Facebook page, I am surprised how many people have a hard time finding the right Sea salt to do, for many people the most ” challenging” part of the Master Cleanse, Salt Water Flush. The proper elimination is vital to successfully completing the cleanse and The Salt Water Flush is what helps our body to wash away the toxins we are releasing as we cleanse. This process allows for truly deep detox.

The new raw lifestyle

Many people decide to change their diet after completing The Master Cleanse and some people go as far as opting for a raw diet. In my opinion, that is something that really should be an educated choice and here is a great book that will make for a fantastic christmas present for everyone thinking about making this exciting choice of diet.

Going Raw: Guide to Raw Food Diet and Lifestyle Revolution at Home

Raw Food Diet is many time the type of diet that people will choose after they have completed their cleanse. I believe that this should be an educated choice to make sure that this diet covers all the fields of nutrition that the human body requires to stay in health and balance.

Go raw, get radiant, start a revolution! A raw-food diet is a healthful way to detox, clear up your skin, shed a few pounds, and feel radiant. But who has time to track down hard-to-find ingredients and whip up labor-intensive recipes every day? (Hint: not you!). So what’s the best way to start? Going Raw gives you everything you need to start enjoying the benefits of a raw-food lifestyle, all in this gorgeous guide.

Judita Wignall’s Going Raw book combines the flavor of a gourmet cookbook with everyday recipes that are practical for the real-world home chef.

Take your Master Cleanse to a whole new level. 

Choosing to undergo the Master Cleanse is many times an expression of a new, emerging mentality to live in a way that honors our bodies as well as the planet we live on. We all know how much everything in our environment effects our overall health and the health of our community – be it our family, our homeland or the world at large.

We all know how much everything in our environment effects our overall health and the health of our community – be it our family, our homeland or the world at large. As we go through the process of cleansing our bodies, we can expand this concept  much farther  by detoxing our homes and making more responsible and kinder choices considering the health of this beautiful planet we are so lucky to live on. Every day we make purchasing decisions, and each of those decisions has an impact on the environment because it takes energy, water, materials, waste and fuel to create and supply all products.

The logical extension of the Master Cleanse is to start choosing:

• Organic or natural personal care products: skin care, bath products, make-up, cosmetics…
• Green house-hold products: cleaning supplies, laundry detergents…
• Other household products made of non-toxic, sustainable  materials.

Here are some examples of wonderful christmas presents for green household all around :

Be the new Beauty Queen - Gorgeously green.

Organic / Green Skin care

Our skin is our biggest organ of our body. About 80 % of all that is applied to our skin – cosmetics and make- up included is absorbed through our body and has to be filtered out through our liver and other organs responsible for detoxing in our entire system. This can be a huge job if we are not careful about what we put on our skin daily.

One of my favorite companies that are organic and affordable is Avalon. Their  Levander Ultimate Moisture Cream is a great gift for anybody who is wishing for a healthy, glowing skin.

Wash your laundry without using toxic detergent using Biowash Laundry Ball

This product is absolutely amazing ! I always had a hard time using the generic laundry detergents. In the last few years we have been blessed with many bio-degradable laundry detergents, but this little guy really impressed me. Beats them all!

This little ball has all these features:

• Cost-effective Biowash laundry ball cleans laundry without detergents
• Ceramic material ionizes washing water to repel dirt and stains from fibers; no residue or chemicals
• Hypoallergenic, antibacterial, and odor eliminating
• Suitable for all washing machines and water temperatures
• Lasts 1,000 load of laundry or 3 years

Cross “laundry detergent” off the shopping list for good . This hypoallergenic, easy-to-use alternative to traditional soap-based cleansers is your green solution to having clean clothes and protecting the environment. The sturdy plastic sphere houses a combination of ceramics that ionize washing water to a pH10 level (the same as a chemical detergent) to effectively repel dirt from fibers, including grease, organic, and chemical stains. Simply place the ball into any washing machine, choose any temperature, and let it do its work. Your clothes will come out clean without chemical residue. The ball also eliminates odor-causing germs and bacteria as well as damaging chlorine in the water. Lasts for 1,000 loads of laundry or approximately three years. Simply amazing!

Check out or blog in next few days for more amazing Christmas present ideas. Happy Cleansing and have fun with your ” green” Christmas shopping!

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Ohhhh, the yummy salt water flush! This is many times the most difficult part of the Master Cleanse detox. It is also optional as you can drink the Smooth Move tea instead, but I certainly would recommend doing the Salt Water Flush every day the first couple od days. After that you can do the flush every couple of days if you are finding it very unpleasant or difficult.

How to prepare The Salt Water Flush

Using 1 liter BPA Free Water Bottle and your teaspoon measure, mix a solution consisted of :

• Sea Salt - 2 teaspoons
• And Pure Water – 1 quart of warm water

There have been many questions about this process. Many people complain that the SWF doesn’t worked for them. This is probably the most common mistake with the master cleanse. I believe it can work for everyone, but there are no absolutes in this world. The key is to adjust the amount of salt in order to create the right solution for your individual needs.

2 Important Tips to make sure you do the Salt Water Flush right

1. Make sure you don’t used iodized table salt. NON-iodized sea salt is essential.
2. The Salt Water Flush MUST be done on an empty stomach

The Salt Water Flush flushes the whole digestive track in a way that is very specific and different from the laxative tea. The laxative in a form of tea is necessary every day to allow for the elimination of the toxins from the body. Master Cleanse is all about releasing, so this is very important.

The Salt Water Flush video:

Here is our video on the Salt Water Flush that you can find on our  Youtube – TheMasterCleanseorg Channel :

 Salt Water Flush tips:

There are few common tricks to ” getting it down” and here is the list:

• 1. You can try brushing your teeth with a really minty (if posible organic) tooth paste before you drink the mixture. This one works quite well.
• 2. Some people find quite a bit of success with drinking it warm and pretending/ visualizing it’s a chicken broth.
• 3. My personal favourite was having a spoon dipped in maple syrup ready after each time I would take a drink. By licking the spoon a little, mu mind would concentrate on the strong flavour of maple syrup and distract from the saltiness.
• 4. I also heard about people sipping the salty mixture through a straw.
• 5. You can add little bit of fresh lemon juice to change the salty taste.

What is your trick to overcoming this challenge of Salt Water Flush? Please, leave a comment and share your tips with this awesome community. It will be greatly appreciated.

Can I use Epsom salts for the Salt Water Flush?

Some people are using epsom salts for the Salt Water Flush and I would not recommend that. Here is why: Using Epsom Salt for the SWF can be extremely abrasive to the colon, especially when used daily as recommended on the Master Cleanse.

• Sea salt is obtained from the evaporation of sea water.
• Epsom salt is obtained by chemical process.
• The major component of Epsom salt is magnesium.
• Sea salt contains 98.0 %  NaCl (sodium-chloride) + 80 essential elements (2%).

Epsom Salt Bath: relax and keep hydrated.

Go here for other articles on Sea salt.

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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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This post is a “Living” post, as it will be continually be added, cultivated and curated. Every time we find a book that inspires us, we’ll add the book to this collection, so please, if you have a suggestion, please feel free to let us know. In fact, you could write a review of the book and submit it for publishing as a community contributor. If you haven’t discovered yet “What The Master Cleanse Really Is”, you’ll find our six categories below. This page will discuss the books of these categories as they related to The Master Cleanse. Other pages will be dedicated to the other media: books, authors, videos, programs, and services.

1. Fast Weight Loss
2. Cleansing Detox Diet
3. Eating Healthy
4. Holistic Healing
5. Self Care
6. Personal Development

Favourite Books of The Master Cleanse Community

Passionate about one of these books? Mad we missed your favourite? Please leave speak your mind in the comments below. This is just our “Beginning”, let’s build this resource together.

Fast Weight Loss

This topic focuses on weight loss, and fasting, not necessarily ”Quick” weight loss, although with The Master Cleanse weight loss does occur rather quickly.

Eat To Live

Americans spend more than $40 billion annually on diets and weight-reducing programs, many of which work temporarily, fail, or may be dangerous. Fuhrman’s nutrient-packed, healthful approach to nutrition combined with quick weight loss can be expressed in this equation, health=nutrients intake/calories intake. The more nutrient-heavy the intake, the less caloric and more healthy it is. Encouraging, engaging personal stories from Fuhrman’s treatment of over more than 10,000 patients demonstrate his supposition that eating ever-larger portions of healthful, high-nutrient foods decreases desire for low-nutrient foods, loosening their addictive hold on people. Pictures work effectively in this newly revised update of a nutrition-weight control classic. Drawings show, for instance, the stomach-filling efficiency of 400 calories of high-nutrition intake versus 400 calories of high-fat and oil consumption, which leaves a nearly empty stomach hungry. With FAQs, glossary, end notes, and an index for user friendliness. Pass the eggplant! –Whitney Scott

Cleansing Detox Diet

Any diet or process that provides a cleansing or detox effect, removing “toxins” from our bodies, food, water, environment and lives.

Clean

Clean is an M.D.’s program designed to be easily incorporated into our busy schedule while providing all the practical tools necessary to support and rejuvenate our bodies. The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives we will experience what it truly means to feel healthy.

“The Clean program works…. I have turned many of my friends on to this program and each one has experienced profound benefits, from weight loss to mental clarity to the end of chronic depression. The wisdom and information contained in this book is deeply helpful and life changing.” (Gwyneth Paltrow )

Eating Healthy

This topic focus on the expansion from juicing, to blending, raw foods, and general healthy eating practices.

150 Healthiest Foods on Earth

Why get your nutrients from expensive supplements when you can enjoy delicious, nourishing foods instead? From almonds to yucca, readers will find out what nutrients each of the 150 featured foods contains, what form contains the most nutrients, if it’s been recommended to combat any diseases, where to find it, how to prepare it, and how much to eat – plus wonderful recipes using these sometimes obscure foods! Indexes by nutrient, by disease, and by food make finding what you need a snap, and the at-a-glance format makes the information as easy to digest as the foods themselves.

Holistic Healing

This topic focuses on weight loss, and fasting, not necessarily ”Quick” weight loss, although with The Master Cleanse weight loss does occur rather quickly.

You Can Heal Your Life

If you haven’t seen Hay House’s Lifestyles series of gorgeous gift books, there is no better way to acquaint yourself than with publisher/author Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life. A bestseller for many years, You Can Heal Your Life has been republished with bright, beautiful illustrations in full, living color and exquisite typography–each and every page is a work of art by artist Joan Perrin Falquet. The timeless message of the book is that we are each responsible for our own reality and “dis-ease.” Hay believes we make ourselves ill by having thoughts of self-hatred. She includes a directory of ailments and emotional causes for each with a corresponding affirmation to help overcome the illness. For example, the probable cause of multiple sclerosis is “mental hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will, and inflexibility.” The healing “thought pattern” would be: “By choosing loving, joyous thoughts, I created a loving joyous world. I am safe and free.” –P. Randall Cohan

Self Care

Taking personal Accountability for managing their own health using tools and services to track, understand and inform them on realities of their body/health condition.

You: The Owners Manual

Between your full-length mirror and high-school biology class, you probably think you know a lot about the human body. While it’s true that we live in an age when we’re as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity hairstyles, the reality is that most of us know very little about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout this miraculous, scientific, and artistic system of anatomy. Yes, you’ve owned your skin-covered shell for decades, but you probably know more about your cell-phone plan than you do about your own body. When it comes to your longevity and quality of life, understanding your internal systems gives you the power, authority, and ability to live a healthier, younger, and better life.

Personal Development

Personal development is the process of challenging oneself to grow in life-skills including: productivity, time management, education, self help, self talk and so much more.

A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose

I love this book. Tolle describes ancient truths and applies them to life in the 21st century in a way that is inspiring and comforting. I took away from this book three simple, yet profound ideas. First and foremost, Tolle believes that we are all connected to each other and that everything we do matters and has an impact on our world. His second idea lies in the power of listening: he suggests that if we can quiet our egos long enough to truly listen, it is possible to feel a sacredness and inner harmony where everything has its perfect place. And lastly, the author speaks of the power of awareness. The moment you notice a pattern of behavior that is no longer working for you, you are a success.

Master Cleanse Leaders

This article is an introduction to a 5 Part Series covering the following these topics. We’ll continue to review the people, places, products and services that are leading the different ideas of what The Master Cleanse is, while presenting our own take on the issues, and perhaps most importantly, providing a platform for the community to cultivate, and curate these ideas into a useable resource for everyone interested in informing themselves.

1. Master Cleanse Books
2. Master Cleanse Authors
3. Master Cleanse Videos
4. Master Cleanse Programs
5. Master Cleanse Services

Review Pending Books of The Master Cleanse

1. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spiri
   • Depok Chopra
2. Guided Imagery for Self-Healing
   • M.D. Martin L. Rossman
3. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
   • Sharon Begley
4. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
   • Eckhart Tolle
5. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)
   • Eckhart Tolle
6. Unlimited: How to Build an Exceptional Life
   • Jillian Michaels
7. Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here
   • Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D.  and Steve Bhaerman
8. Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
   • Daniel Coleman
9. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
   • Daniel Coleman
10. Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior
    • David Hawkins
11. Power VS. Focus
    • David R. Hawkins
12. Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
    • Jerry Hicks and Esther Hicks
13. True Balance: A Commonsense Guide for Renewing Your Spirit
    • Sonja Choquette
14. Silence: How to Find Inner Peace in a Busy World
    • Christina Feldman
15. Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
    • Steve Pavlina
16. YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
    • Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz
17. The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time
    • Cheryl Richardson
18. 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox
    • Roni Deluz
19. Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer
    • Joel Fuhrman
20. Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition
    • Joel Fuhrman
21. Winning by Losing
    • Jillian Michaels
22. Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You
    • Jillian Michaels
23. Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!
    • Jillian Michaels
24. The Coconut Diet: The Secret Ingredient That Helps You Lose Weight While You Eat Your Favorite Foods
    • Cherie Calbom MS and John Calbom MA

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