Have you ever done the Master Cleanse?!
Question:
Have you ever done the Master Cleanse?
*lemon juice, maple syrup & cayenne pepper.
Any interesting/disturbing side effects?
How long did you stay on it for?
Answers:
1 drink....
I had such severe heartburn that I had to stop immediatly... and I don't really even get heartburn. The mixture is so acidic that it actually hurt for 3-4 hours. Lemon juice and cayenne pepper - not pleasant. The maple syrup is just pure sugar. The joke of this fast is that with ALL of the drinks full of maple syrup, you're still taking in 1000 calories a day. That's a LOT for a fast. I eat 1600 calories a day of whole foods on a diet - high fiber, low fat, high protein, low sugar, etc... This is 1000x healthier than the master cleanse.
The acidity of the master cleanse almost felt dangerous to me. It felt more acidic than my actual stomach, and I had diarrhea about 2 hrs after the first drink. The stuff went through me like an acid bomb. It's also kind of expensive and a pain to keep buying all those fresh organic lemons.
Seriously - just cut out sugar, saturated fat, and simple carbs & do 20 minutes of cardio a day... Once I failed the fast, I just did that and I'm already down like 7 lbs. If I was on the fast, I think my digestive system would've been burned out. And god knows - coming off that fast is a nightmare too - you have to eat chicken broth for a few days and slowly work up to eating pudding and other light foods that your system can handle.
The best diet is whatever works for you - and is generally a combo of atkins, south beach, and bob greene's best life diet. At the core of all these, they all do the same thing ... like 1-2 weeks of "craving killers" like no sugar or soda or alcohol (where you start going crazy but after 2 weeks your happy) and then gradually you can eat more and more. I cut out all nearly sugar on may 29. 7 lbs isn't a LOT but it's good. 7 more to go and I'm done. :) Yes, I'd be done by now if i could stay on the master cleanse - but the burning (yes, burning) diarrhea and heartburn....and still eating 800-1200 calories a day... just was too hard. I was actually very disappointed cuz I spent a lot of $ on the lemons and the pepper & the syrup...but what can u do.