I was reading through the comments and noticed a few questions that have already been answered on this blog. You’ll find links to the original post at the end of the questions.
You can also use the search box at the top of this blog to search for old blog posts, there’s a good chance that any question you have about the master cleanse has already been answered.
Hi! I am very new to this MC detox and would very much to give this program a try. I understand that there are three main ingredients that are required. a) organic lemon, b)organic grade b maple syrup and c) filtered water.
I am from malaysia and it is very difficult to get organic food here. especially lemon and grade b maple syrup. is there any substitution? and can i use R.O. water (reverse osmosis water) instead of filtered water. is there any difference between filtered water and purified water?
Please help. I want to start the program but difficult to get the ingredients.
Here’s a link to a post I made about not having to be perfect to benefit from the master cleanse
Hi,
I am not interested in loosing weight (BMI 19.5) but want to detox my body. I am 45 yrs old and just a bit worried that after the minimum 10 days detox I will look haggard in my face because I will loose too much. How is this? Will the little sagging belly (fat) go away, too? And: Some people tell me that I will have a strong body odour because of the toxins getting out of my body. Any experience with that? Thanks!
Here’s a blog post I wrote about how to do the master cleanse and not lose weight
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I TOTALLY agree about not having to be *perfect* to get a cleanse going. The thing is, just starting to do something for our bodies is better than nothing! We don’t want to get into researching too much and not taking any action – that won’t clear our system.
Will all that sugar in the maple syrup keep me from losing weight? That’s an alot of sugar and I don’t even eat candy or icecream…I’m kinda worried about that….any comments?
can you eat anything while on the master cleanse??????
Hi- I have a question about the salt laxative. In your book, you recommend 1tsp of non-iodized sea salt to 2 cups of warm water, yet in a post I read they are saying to use 1/8 cup of sea salt in 4 cups of water- which is the correct dosage?
Can you be on antibiotics while on the clense
I have tried the MC before back in January only for three days, and it was great. I started again today April 30th until May 10th and i am hoping that this time I won’t give in before the 10 days. So far i am doing OK, i have been drinking the lemonade, water and tea. I have experience no headache and not feeling too hungry. I’ll be back soon in a few days to see let you know guys how it goes.
23 yr old at exactly 160 5′2 going for the 10 day detox today is my first day with the M.C.D. my question is can i take like some anti acid pills? Like that purple pill or zantac i mean since its a lot of lemon for 10 days and c. pepper
If you want to know how to properly do the cleanse, read the original instructions from its creator, “The Master Cleanser – with Special Needs and Problems” by Stanley Burroughs. That way you’ll know you’re doing it right! For example, the salt laxative that you drink in the morning is two teaspoons of UNIODIZED sea salt & a FULL quart(yes, four 8 oz cups!) of lukewarm water. NO supplemental vitamins or medications should be taken(though I would personally say that if you are on necessary prescribed meds, you might not want to do the cleanse, or at least do it VERY carefully under your doctor’s care & knowledge). He also has very specific instructions for coming off the cleanse, & they are different for meat eaters & for those who are vegetarians or vegans. And no, you CAN’T eat anything while on the cleanse, that kind of misses the point. I agree w/Kylie that you don’t have to be perfect, but this is just ten days out of your life & has a very specific purpose. And as someone who has had, shall we say, blockage problems in the past, I’m telling you that you really don’t want to start this & not do it correctly! If anything, it’s better to do it per instructions for a shorter time period than to do it wrong on any given day.
My question is about urinary tract infections while on the cleanse. Is that a common problem, and can you take cranberry pills while on the cleanse?
I began the MC Aut10, but was unable to succeed due to the side effects. My headache was horrible, I was extremely sick. I spent the evening & night in bed, miserable. I awaken this morning feeling like I had failed. I beleive it was the cayenne that made me so sick. I can’t take hot or spicy, so rather than to give up completely today I drank my sea salt, have had almost 1 glass of the lemonade (without cayenne). Will I have the same effect without the cayenne. Will I still be able to detox and lose weight without the cayenne. I also have a wheat grass substitute suggested by the local healthfood store (because they do not carry wheat grass) called spirulina, will this or can this substitute be the reason I was so ill. I have not taken it today, only the sea salt & lemonade? I do not want to give up on this cleanse. I feel that my body needs to be detoxed. I do not feel hungry going without the food, which is great. I quit smoking in April 09 and have approx. 40 lbs to lose and that has been the reason for the weight gain. I am 5′7″ and 50 years old, I need to get healthy NOW, before I am too old and so overweight that the damage is too bad. Please help. Any help or advise is desparately wanted.
To help your juice cleanse go easier, try cutting out the caffeine and junk food a week prior to the MC, and increase your intake of water. Julie, the cayenne is important to this cleanse to help loosen the mucous and toxins that bind to the walls of the digestive tract. But this cleanse might not be for everyone. A natural health practitioner may be able to help you through the process.
Before I started the cleanse I took an over the counter aid to stop a yeast infection caused by an antibiotic that I had been taking to cure my acne. My dermatologist had given me a prescription of diflucan as he said that the pimples on my back were also a yeast infection. I have been on the cleanse four days and have noticed a thick pasty discharge from my vagina. It does not smell foul or burn or feel uncomfortable like a normal yeast infection. Should I be concerned or is this part of th detox? I have also had occassional hot bowel movements, a runny nose (but I don’t have a cold), and mucus running down my throat. The pimples or yeast infection on my back has cleared up. I never filled the diflucan prescription, either. Feedback is appreciated.
I also stopped taking the antibiotics once I started the cleanse.