The Master Cleanse

To cleanse your body the all natural way, eat whole foods and drink lots of water. Allow your internal organs to do their job.

The Master Cleanse for weight loss is just a complicated way to purge.

Think about it, what would you say to a friend who told you she was taking laxatives to help her lose weight?

I have just never understood what needs to be cleansed or detoxed when people ask about these. Our bodies are made to do these things naturally.

Your body has natural mechanisms to "detox". The master cleanse will do you more harm than good. The simple way to detox is just to eat 1 ingredient foods, drink ONLY water, and alow your body to do what it has evolved over thousands of years to do.

cleanse your body the all natural way. What do you think?

I think that your letting your body "cleanse" or "detox" itself is the ACTUAL all natural way.

Isn't that why you poop? That's the best master cleanse out there!!!

How much does that cost??

Never tried it, but it doesn't sound healthy

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-lemonade-diet-master-cleanse-diet

Dietitian Melinda Johnson, RD, doesn’t see anything positive about this diet plan.

"There is no scientific evidence that you need anything like this or any other detox program to cleanse your body or help you lose weight," she says.

She suggests staying away from smoking if you want to avoid toxins. Otherwise, trust your liver to do its job..

Experts agree that such unbalanced plans are not only ineffective, but are also potentially dangerous, depending on how long you stay on them. Fasting can rob your intestines of healthy bacteria that aid digestion and boost immunity.

Yes, I've done it several times and it really works. I think the most I was able to stay on it was about 7 days and lost about 10 pounds of junk from my colon (I used to love Double Jumbo Jack burgers with ketchup and mustard only). I prepped these perfectly measured drinks in large plastic containers. You have to buy good, organic lemons, lots of them, or get them free from friends who have lemon trees. Get the right kind of maple syrup, just like the recipe calls for. You have to have the drink available for you when you get hungry, and don't be afraid to drink more than it calls for if you get headaches. Please read the whole book to understand how it really works. If you eat very healthy, you may not have that many toxins in your body. But if you eat lots of junk, trust me, you will feel phenomenal in just one week. People here who are against it have probably never done it right. You have to follow the recipe meticulously. I watched a youtube video where a gal did it for 30 days and dropped lots of weight, probably mostly muscle, so I would NOT recommend you do it long term. If you want to focus on losing BODY FAT, then I recommend the Ideal Protein Protocal where you work with an *Ideal Coach*. Today is my 70th day and I have dropped 35 pounds of FAT. The Ideal Protein Protocal preserves your muscle while keeping you in Ketosis long term in order to use your fat stores as energy. It's the easiest thing I have ever done, and I don't do more than walk about three times per week. :-)

Seriously, OP. This whole cleanse/detox thing is ridiculous, not at all necessary or effective, and can be dangerous. This is a lovely explanation of it:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/what-a-juice-cleanse-is-really-like-terrible-not-healthy

I guess I should say CLEANSE. The word detox is not the exact word I should have used as I'm not wanting to detox from chemicals or anything like that. I'm mainly wanting to get rid of the bloat that I have been feeling lately. I'm miserable. I have cut back on eating trigger foods and things that may bloat you. but not feeling any different. Again, I'm not doing this for weight loss at all.

Also, I have been drinking water like crazy to help with the bloat, but in my own personal opinion, the water makes me feel worse when it comes to bloating. I hate the sloshy feeling in my stomach.

Again, I appriciate every ones opinions. I guess you can call me stubborn. Day 1 has already made me feel much better and more motivated to chose healthier foods when I'm done. I'm definately continuing this to see how I feel when all said and done.

If your mind was made up already, why post about it? Apparently you don't care what people think anyway.

The process of cleansing I use is defecation. No Lie.

Has anyone tried this cleanse? If so, what are your opinions on how it works and how well your stayed on it. I just started it today. I've been told even though it's an oldie, it's a goodie to cleanse your body the all natural way. What do you think?

You mean the syrup-cayenne pepper-lemon water cleanse? It's just not something you can keep doing so you're bound to fail this eventually.

I guess I should say CLEANSE. The word detox is not the exact word I should have used as I'm not wanting to detox from chemicals or anything like that. I'm mainly wanting to get rid of the bloat that I have been feeling lately. I'm miserable. I have cut back on eating trigger foods and things that may bloat you. but not feeling any different. Again, I'm not doing this for weight loss at all.

Also, I have been drinking water like crazy to help with the bloat, but in my own personal opinion, the water makes me feel worse when it comes to bloating. I hate the sloshy feeling in my stomach.

Again, I appriciate every ones opinions. I guess you can call me stubborn. Day 1 has already made me feel much better and more motivated to chose healthier foods when I'm done. I'm definately continuing this to see how I feel when all said and done.

Move right along, folks! Nothing to see here.

PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE...

For those of you that say that it's dangerous and that we don't need to detox, you just don't understand a few things.

We do need to detox. Different detoxes are made for different reasons....

here's an example that most women can especially appreciate but never think about in terms of "detoxing" it's yeast. It affects all of us but especially women, so when we eat things with good, live active cultures, we are detoxing from some of the bad bacteria in the gut. Doesn't this make sense?

The liver filters out most drugs like asprin, advil, alcohol, other prescriptions and so on so when the liver is taxed it could stand a detox as well and I can tell you that the body is not just made to cleanse itself or no woman in the world would ever ever ever suffer from a yeast infection now would she?

Now you have the kidneys, the lower gut, the colon. You have bacteria, viruses, fungus, and parasites. Parasites are a big one if you're a raw food vegan like a used to be.

The body doesn't just take care of itself or there would be no need for doctors... ever. We have to keep a healthy balance in our systems. Eating crap or "The Standard American Diet" (SAD Diet) can surely tax the body.

The liver filters out most drugs like asprin, advil, alcohol, other prescriptions and so on so when the liver is taxed it could stand a detox as well and I can tell you that the body is not just made to cleanse itself or no woman in the world would ever ever ever suffer from a yeast infection now would she?

Yeast infections are from an overproduction of bacteria.

And if you try to clear out ALL the bacteria, you'll wind up with the mother of all yeast-infections. Your trapper keeper needs some bacteria to keep it healthy.

S'true. What happens to all the healthy critters when you kill 'em as colateral damage?

PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE...

For those of you that say that it's dangerous and that we don't need to detox, you just don't understand a few things.

We do need to detox. Different detoxes are made for different reasons....

here's an example that most women can especially appreciate but never think about in terms of "detoxing" it's yeast. It affects all of us but especially women, so when we eat things with good, live active cultures, we are detoxing from some of the bad bacteria in the gut. Doesn't this make sense?

The liver filters out most drugs like asprin, advil, alcohol, other prescriptions and so on so when the liver is taxed it could stand a detox as well and I can tell you that the body is not just made to cleanse itself or no woman in the world would ever ever ever suffer from a yeast infection now would she?

Now you have the kidneys, the lower gut, the colon. You have bacteria, viruses, fungus, and parasites. Parasites are a big one if you're a raw food vegan like a used to be.

The body doesn't just take care of itself or there would be no need for doctors... ever. We have to keep a healthy balance in our systems. Eating crap or "The Standard American Diet" (SAD Diet) can surely tax the body.

:noway:

Wow. That actually sounds very close to being science...

...but it's not.

1. The vast majority of people have no issue with yeast. If they do then that is an issue to speak to your doctor about as there is little evidence that diet has any effect (if you know otherwise, please do post up the evidence - peer reviewed, of course). 99.9999999% of people have none of this "bad bacteria' in their gut.

2. Yeast infections do happen but going on a "cleanse" will make not one iota of a difference. Again, got yeast? Get medication.

3. Parasites? Really? Evidence please! Yes, some people do have parasites, but very few in the Western world thanks to clean water and good healthcare. Worried you have a parasite - see your doctor. On the whole parasites are yet another myth put out by people trying to sell us colon cleanses (just because you saw someone on TV in House harbouring a parasite which was making them ill does not mean we are all infested).

As for the Master Cleanse... OP, have a search of the forums for previous posts and you will find a host of information giving both sides of the story (mainly the one with scientific backing - no need to "cleanse". The body does a good job of it and the Master Cleanse does no such thing).