"The Master Cleanse is simple and combines and surpasses many other detox methods. It literally has been a God-send to my practice. I am grateful to Peter for seeing, loving, and promoting the values of this cleanse."
Detoxification means eliminating toxins (poisons) from the body. These can be external poisons, such as arsenic; chemicals which cause cancer; or body wastes that, if not eliminated, cause illness, such as gout. A toxin doesn’t have to kill you to make you tired, miserable, unhappy, and jittery.
Most people think detoxification is a one-step process. They have toxins and then they don’t—one step. This isn’t true. It is a two-step process. First the toxins are mobilized from where they are stored in the body, usually fat cells. When mobilized, an individual may mildly re-experience the effect of the toxins, such as tiredness, irritability, aches, or mental fogginess. Then the toxins are eliminated. So, the faster the body eliminates the toxins, the less unpleasant the cleanse.
Therefore, in addition to the lemonade, two other things are consumed to help eliminate toxins quickly from the body. One is a cup of herbal laxative tea each evening and the other is the Salt Water Flush (a quart of water with 2 teaspoons of sea salt) drunk each morning, which washes the complete digestive and elimination tract. A second cup of herbal laxative tea can be substituted for the Salt Water Flush, if desired.
It is essential to go off the cleanse gradually, or severe nausea and/or pain may occur for some hours. Products should be taken after the return to a regular diet as the good bacteria that manufacture several vitamins may have been cleansed along with the toxins.
I feel GREAT. The Master Cleanse fast is wonderful. If you follow the instructions in Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, you will succeed in improving your outlook, your health, and your body.
"The first three or four days can be difficult, but when you learn that toxins are leaving your body, you realize that this will not last. Indeed, for me, the next 6 days were increasingly better and I ended, nine pounds and one size smaller, feeling energy that I had not had for several years.
"Keeping to the routine is important and makes the cleanse easier to follow. I found the salt water drink difficult, until I started putting the salt in the measured water the night before. This allowed it to dissolve more thoroughly. Then I heated the solution slightly, and was able to drink it easily.
"I recommend Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, and Peter’s web site for information, answers, and support."
The original, time-tested Master Cleanse has produced great results for more than half a century. Unfortunately, several people promote alterations of it. The problem with these variations is that they are usually done without knowing why the original ingredients work. For example, much of the power of the Master Cleanse comes from the fact that it is a juice fast. Fasting has been used for thousands of years to rejuvenate the body and temporarily strengthen the mind and spirit. It is still widely used in Europe and Russia.
Not everyone understands this. So, others have added shakes, protein powder, cayenne pepper capsules (the gelatin in the capsules is boiled hooves, tendons and sinew) etc. Since the whole idea of the Master Cleanse is give the digestive system a 10-day vacation, which is like pressing a "reset button" for the body, adding things that have to be digested in a misguided attempt to "improve the cleanse", just reduces the fasting effect and weakens the results of the "diet."
Other variations are simply mistakes. The New York Daily News printed the lemonade recipe and got it wrong. They said each drink was made with a quart of water. That’s 4 times the amount of water that is supposed to be in each drink! Doing the required minimum 6 drinks a day would become ridiculous. (A letter to the editor to correct this went ignored.) Another popular ebook selling only on the Internet has the recipe wrong and tells people they can have something besides the lemonade, salt water and laxative tea.
It’s not that a variation won’t give you results. It’s just that your best chance of getting great results is to do what has already worked for tens of thousands of people for more than 50 years.
"I have done the Master Cleanse using Peter’s free Internet forum, twice. I finally bought Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days and am glad I did. I bought it because I wanted to share this fabulous experience with others. I am sure it will be out of my hands soon.
"The best thing, apart from how great you feel, is being able to give up thinking about food. This left my time free for many other activities that I had only longed to do. The diet is a great inspirational tool for anyone who feels that there is always too much to do.
As explained by Burroughs, the Master Cleanse is a detoxification program to cleanse the body of toxins, which helps to remove the cravings associated with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and eating junk food. As he wrote, "Coffee, tea, and various cola drinks, as habit-forming beverages, also lose their appeal through the marvels of the Master Cleanse."
The lemonade is made from fresh lemon or lime juice, organic Grade B maple syrup, water and cayenne pepper. No solid food may be eaten during the cleanse.
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