If you’re already convinced that the Lemonade Diet (aka the Master Cleanse)sounds great and looking for a review to backup your position, you’ve come to the wrong place. However, if you’re on the fence and looking for some truth on the matter then read on my friend.
Will you loose weight on the Lemonade Diet? Yes! You will lose a ton of weight as your body goes into starvation mode and cranks down your metabolism. Your body will shed lean muscle and fluid to protect itself while keeping the fat you’re trying to get rid of because it’s stored energy your body thinks it will need later to survive.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… it’s only ten days so what the heck, lets rock this lemon scented toxin avenger!
Hold on a sec, there’s more to it than that. You see, the real danger of the Lemonade Diet and others like it is that they promote quick fix short term answers to long term problems and perpetuate the unhealthy relationship with your food that got you into this big fat mess in the first place.
They instil fear with suggestions that our bodies are being filled with dangerous toxins. Or maybe, they suck you in by leading you to believe that you’re getting some kind of super secret inside information. There are a lot of tricks, but their end goal is always the same : to get you bursting with so much desire for their promised end result that you will overlook any ridiculous and sometimes even dangerous methods they use to get you there.
A small percentage of people will have success with the Lemonade Diet, but they are the exception, not the rule. For you, me, and the other 99.9% of people who try it, we will probably lose some weight. I can almost guarantee, though, that we will gain it back plus a couple bonus pounds to go with it!
Then, it’s on to the next miraculous magic bullet which feeds on your good intentions, but fails to deliver the results. This leaves you feeling frustrated, guilty or like a failure further perpetuating your negative emotions and unhealthy outlook on food.
Let’s take a look at the ingredients in the Lemonade Diet concoction…
- 2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons grade-B organic maple syrup
- 1/10 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 10 ounces filtered water
Seriously, what the hell is that? I think Chuck and I invented that same thing one night after smoking an eighth of California Skunk!
Don’t get me wrong, there is some good stuff in lemons and cayenne, but you cannot sustain a healthy body on this for any length of time. You are supposed to start slowly introducing food after a few days, but it’s still not enough.
As for detoxifying, what a load of malarkey! Your body naturally removes toxins all on it’s own and it does it best when it is well fueled, hydrated and properly exercised. Not only is there no scientific evidences that these fairy tail diets detoxify, it’s much more likely that they will inhibit your body’s normal cleansing by slowing down your metabolism, internal organs, and causing a decrease in the healthy bacteria in your intestines!
I always try to be fair and objective about these types of things and on occasion have been pleasantly surprised. However, I’m also very passionate about this healthy stuff and get pretty riled when I see this kind of bullshit that not only doesn’t help, but is counterproductive and can do a good deal of damages as well.
To your health,
Randy “The Sour Puss” Lee
P.S. There is a ton of people on YouTUBE and elsewhere claiming to have success with the Lemonade Diet, but be wary.
Every single one I’ve seen is based on anecdotal evidence, self evaluation, or worse, promoted by affiliate marketers. Take their words with a grain of salt and keep in mind that every credible source says that the Lemonade Diet (Master Cleanse) is a very bad idea!
I have done the Master Cleanser diet 5 times, and am currently doing it the sixth. I do it for 30 days, and have never had any problem as long as I followed the instructions. While on the diet, if you get hungry, drink a glass of the lemonade as often as necessary instead of eating. When you go off the diet, follow the instructions – follow the instructions. If you don’t, you are likely to get ill. Just follow the instructions. During my third Master Cleanser diet, I had my doctor do two blood workups a week, and during the entire time, ALL of the blood levels of the various things checked stayed right near dead center of normal. This is not a dangerous diet, assuming you follow the instructions. I think I mentioned that.
After the diet, DO NOT immediately – or preferably ever – go back to your old way of eating (assuming you were eating like most people do), or binge. Binging is likely after not having eaten for a month. You will WANT FOOD. If you do binge, eat as much as you like of the proper foods for humans, raw fruit and raw vegetables – extremely well chewed. Preferably mostly raw fruits if you are binging. Raw fruits detox you more and digest quickly and easily as well. Eat only raw fruits and vegetables, and NO high protein foods for at least a few weeks. Eating a lot of high protein stuff – meat, nuts, legumes, yogurt, cheese etc. – will possibly make you ill – it did me the first time – as it take a while for your stomach to adjust to digesting them again. Juices are very good too, but NO fruit juice from concentrate. People worry too much about protein. You will get plenty from fruits and vegetables, and your liver stores enough for a month if you get no protein, so a month on the Master Cleanser diet will not cause you to lose muscle mass.
Don’t believe the naysayers, just use common sense, and follow the rules (do you remember that?). The lemonade diet is not the be all and end all of healing or weight loss. Eating right to stay healthy is more nearly so. To further your ability to stay healthy and maintain a proper weight, read all the nutrition books written by Norman Walker, and the books by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. They will give you an extremely good perspective on proper human nutrition. Norman Walker lived to be 109, and studied and experimented with diet for 70+ years. As the Diamonds said, referring to his longevity and nutritional knowledge, “Success leaves clues.” Another important concept is “Food Combining.” Learn how it works, and get a laminated Food Combining chart for your refrigerator door. Combining foods properly, that is, eating foods when and with what they should be eaten, results in better digestion of foods, and thereby, fewer toxins being absorbed into the body.
WORKED WELL GOR ME AND I TURNED OUT FINE
HI I AM 22 I HAD TWO KIDS WHICH LEFT ME AT A WIEGHT THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH I HEARD ABOUT THIS LEMONADE DIET SURFING THE WEB ONE DAY SO I CALLED MY AUNT TO TELL HER ABOUT IT SHE SAID SHE HAD DONE IT BEFORE AND HAD GREAT RESULTS SO I WINTED TO TRY IT OUT I START JAN 4 2012 THE FIRST DAY WAS THE HARDEST THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO WING YOU BODY OFF SOLIDS FOR ALEAST TWO DAYS I FELT IF I DID THAT PART THEN I WOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED THE DIET SO I WENT RIGHT INTO THE DETOX I WAS SO HUNGREY ON THAT FIRST DAY BUT WITH A LITTLE WILL POWER I DID IT AS TIME WENT ON FOOD STARTED LOOKING LESS AND LESS APPEALING FINALLY DAY 10 CAME AND AS I GOT ON THE SCALE I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH MY RESULTS I LOST 8 AND A HALF PUONDS AND 3 INCHES OFF MY WAIST I AM A REAL PERSON HER TO SAY THIS DIET REALLY WORKS AND I TURNED OUT FINE I FEEL A DIFFERENCE IN MY BODY AND YOU CAN TOO I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS DIET TO ANYONE TRYING TO LOOSE WEIGHT
The man behind this lemonade diet was my grandfather. Believe me, he was no healer. He ruled us with an iron first and beat his family, among other things. Drink the lemonade if you want, but don’t be deceived by his public myth. The real story is something entirely different. Read for free the beginning of my book on Amazon, ‘Turning Inside Out’. That will give you the true Stanley Burroughs.
You are very ignorant of the facts here. You can clearly tell you have never read Stanley Burroughs book, OR ever completed the diet. This entire article is your own personal rave about something you have no experience with that you clearly are angry at for some reason.
The fact you said “the lemonade diet and others like it” mostly shows your ignorance, there IS NO other diet like the master cleanse.
This is not a diet. It is a whole body CLEANSE.
And finally, the reason people who have completed the detox and succeeded in feeling the amazing benefits you never have, is because they have done it, and they know. You don’t.
Chris, I am all for hearing different opinions but you’re mistaken to assume my ignorance. I did read The Master Cleanse and it did nothing to convince me that neither he nor this system holds any merit whatsoever. I also spoke with quite a few people who have done the Master Cleanse and none of them described anything that stood out from any other fast or detox that I’ve researched or personally tested.
Also, you need to understand the purpose of my post. It is meant to be persuasive and to stop well intentioned people from using this system to lose weight. As you said it is not a diet, but it is marketed that way all over the Internet.
It is grossly irresponsible to tell people who have weight issues to use this system as to lose weight. It will only further perpetuate their problems by amplifying their unhealthy relationship with food, which is why there’s an angry tone to the post. I get pissed off watching these predators using people’s problems to make a buck while doing nothing to solve them and possibly make them worse. Everyone should be angry about that.
You’re also correct that I have not tried it myself. I have only done fasts/cleanse that account for proper nourishment. I have no desire to deprive myself of vital nutrition, much less at the behest of a narcissistic quack that was convicted of murder for using colored light and lemon juice to try and cure cancer (he got off on a technicality in appeal, but was still help responsible for the death and sent to prison for it.)
My opinion is actually well thought out, but I’ll keep an open mind. If you would like to enlighten me further I would be more than happy to listen.
- Randy
Crippity Chrons!!!!!
I’m totally agree with you. it’s dangerous since the calorie is very low