An increasingly popular way to both lose weight and detoxify one’s body is sometimes referred to as the lemonade maple syrup diet. Based on the Master Cleanse program developed by Stanley Burroughs in the early twentieth century, it has been recently embraced by many celebrities and has garnered a large number of advocates in the past couple of decades.

Although not primarily designed for weight loss, some find the lemonade maple syrup diet an effective way to break away from poor eating habits. It is not a long term diet program,  usually only followed for ten to fourteen days. The program involves abstaining from all solid foods, while drinking eight glasses or more of a drink consisting of fresh squeezed lemon juice, maple syrup and a tiny bit of cayenne pepper.

The lemonade maple syrup diet also consists of a daily colon cleansing routine which consists of either drinking an herbal laxative tea (made from Senna Leaf) or doing a salt water flushing routine first thing in the morning. The lemonade maple syrup diet can be a quite challenging program to adhere to, especially during the second of third days of the program. For this reason, many find reading tips and advice in books such as Master Cleanse Secrets to be useful in adhering to the program. After the third day, most find the program to be much easier.

Over a period of ten to fourteen days, you can expect to lose somewhere in the range of ten to twenty pounds. Some of this weight loss will be a result of the colon cleansing program and will be regained shortly after ending the diet – generally three to five pounds. However, most of those who do the lemonade maple syrup diet will lose in range of five to ten pounds at the end of the program.

Probably the greatest benefit of the lemonade maple syrup diet is the cleansing process you will undergo while on the diet. In our modern day life, we are continually exposed to a wide variety of toxin in our environment including pesticides, hormones and other chemicals. The Master Cleanse program aims to flush your body from many of these toxins.

Benefits of the detoxification process and a cleansing diet can include a brighter, cleaner complexion, increased energy levels and better digestive processes. Many people make the detoxification program a part of their regular life, following the cleansing program twice a year or sometimes even more frequently.

To learn more about how to successfully do and complete the lemonade maple syrup diet, you should consider picking up a copy of Raylen Sterling’s Master Cleanse Secrets. You can also learn more about the process by reading my own experiences doing a ten day Master Cleanse program here at the Master Cleanse Journal.