The “Lemonade Diet” is another name for the Master Cleanse diet, developed by Stanley Burroughs in the early 1940s. In recent years, it has become increasingly popular for weight loss, but it’s main purpose is to help one cleanse and eliminate toxins from your body. The diet has become increasingly popular in the United States and elsewhere since the 1990′s, in part the result of the many celebrities who have embraced the diet.
If you decide to do the lemonade diet, you can lean how to do it successfully in “Master Cleanse Secrets” by Raylen Sterling. Although it is easy to find information online about the basic recipe, there are many additional components to the “Lemonade Diet”, such as the permitted teas and the salt water flush, and Master Cleanse Secrets not only will discuss these components with you but also offer solid advice on how to complete the recommended ten day program (most people fail on day one!).
The Master Cleanse or lemonade diet recipe aims to provide the body with adequate nutrition while also promoting the body’s healing and cleansing processes. The basic recipe for one glass is as follows:
- 2 Tablespoons organic, fresh squeezed lemon or limejuice (approx. ½ lemon) – not from concentrate!
- 2 Tablespoons of grade B organic maple syrup (Not maple flavored sugar syrup)
- 1/10 Teaspoon cayenne pepper (red pepper)
- 8 oz of distilled (recommended) or purified water
Making the drink is quite simple as well. Simply combine all the ingredients in a glass jar with a lid, and then shake it up and drink it.
Keep in mind that you do need to purchase organic ingredients for the drink. Lemon and lime skins are porous and pesticides do enter the fruit (the crops are often heavily sprayed). You will have little success detoxifying poisons from your body if you are consuming them while on the Master Cleanse diet. This includes chemicals in most tap water supplies as well, which is why distilled or purified water must be used.
Similarly, “Grade B” maple syrup is a must on the diet because it contains essential minerals your body will need for the diet program, and which are absent in more refined grades (such as “Grade A”).
You can read my journal to learn more about my experience doing a ten day lemonade cleansing diet. Keep in mind that this drink is only part of an entire cleansing program, and that it can be quite difficult to stick to if you have not prepared yourself adequately for it. However, if you are able to stick to it, you can expect some great results! Not only will you lose quite a bit of weight if you stick to 10 days (or more) of the diet, but you will also be much healthier as well as a result!
To read my journal, you can start here:
