How The Lemonade Diet Works
Mar 31st, 2008 by Raylen
Health fads come and go but the master cleanse or lemonade diet as it’s also called isn’t a fad. In fact, it’s been around for more than 5 decades quietly providing relief to anyone who’s willing to give up a few days days of food. Fasting has been around for centuries, but the lemonade diet is not your typical fast. You will be consuming calories, just not from solid food.
The lemonade diet will detoxify and cleanse your body from years of chronic abuse, and it also works to promote good health in the future.
To get the full cleansing effect it’s best to stay on the lemonade diet for 10 days and it’s always best if you repeat 3 to 4 times a year. If 10 days sounds like more then you can handle don’t worry, even 3 days on the diet can give some amazing results.
Some critics say you’re starving yourself on the lemonade diet - they’re wrong. Like I said earlier it’s not like a typical fast where you’re not taking in any calories to fuel your body. The ingredient in the lemon drink provide you with plenty of vitamins, minerals, and calories so you won’t be putting yourself at risk by depriving your body of the vital things it needs to function.
Here’s how it works…
You’ll drink one glass of lemonade made from the ingredients listed below in the morning and then 6 to 12 more throughout the day when you get hungry. In the morning, you’ll also drink a glass of salt water and at night, you’ll have a cup of Senna tea. How do each of these ingredients work?
- Fresh lemon — it is a loosening and cleansing agent, a tonic to the liver, stimulates bile, cleanses the intestine, cures digestive order, aides in the elimination of the bowels, it destroys intestinal worms, eliminates gas. The lemon is high in Vitamin C but it also has A, E, B, Folic Acid, Niacin, and all the necessary minerals.
- Grade B Maple Syrup — protects the heart, boost the immune system. It is an excellent source of manganese and zinc. It’s also your main source of calories.
- Cayenne Pepper — soothes the digestive tract, promotes circulation, relieve gastrointestinal disorders such as cramping. Cayenne is high in Vitamin A, and it also contains Vitamin C, B, K, manganese, and dietary fiber.
- Water — reduces hunger, flushes toxins out of the body. Make sure you use filtered water because tap water is filled with chemicals and other waste that will sabotage your detoxing efforts. This is the water filter I use
- Saltwater — works as a laxative from the top of the plumbing down. It thoroughly cleanses the digestive track and the salt scrubs the intestine walls. It will kick in 30 to 60 minutes after you drink it.
- Senna Tea or Other Laxative Tea — will help the bowels to eliminate.
Combined these ingredients not only cleanse your digestive tract, they will also remove toxins and mucous from your body, cleanse the kidneys, cleanse the glands and the body’s cells, relieve pressure and irritation from the arteries, nerves, and blood vessels, and create healthy blood.
You may experience detox symptoms that will last at least until the majority of toxins are removed. Cravings, tiredness, irritability, hot bowel movements and headache can happen. They will shall pass, so don’t be too alarmed.
Over the years your body has been exposed to all kinds of toxins — pesticides sprayed on your food, chlorine in the drinking water, hormones and antibiotics in the meat, pollution in the air we breathe, chemicals in the soaps and lotions we use, and the list could go on. Our body does it’s best to rid the body of these toxins but over time it simply cannot keep up and without detoxifying these toxins can lead to cancer, heart disease, arthritis, excess weight and even obesity, mental fugue, a weak immune system, and the list goes on.
Detoxifying with the lemonade diet gives your body a new lease on life. You’ll feel younger, and healthier. You’ll be more energized, and you are at less risk of serious illness.
If you’re interested in trying the lemonade diet for your self my book has helped 1000’s of people, including doctors, get through the diet. This link will tell you all about it!


I am on my 2nd day and I have been taking the Husk in the AM and PM. I have not once had any BM’s. Should I not take the Husk? I am able to drink the lemonade drink fine and I am doing fine with not eating. Not feeling any aches or pains. But my head will hurt sometimes. But I did sometimes get headaches before I started this. If someone can please help me. I want to make sure that this is working.
started cleanse on Monday Morning been on it for two days,can`t sometimes think about any thing but food, I have to stay out of the kitchen, I hope I can stay on the cleanse a least til Friday, maybe things will get better and I won`t notice it so much,having no food doesnt really hurt its seeing and not eating it I miss. lol really love food.have small headaches so far and feel a little light headed, other than that things are ok, just a trick I know is to warm up the lemoms to get more juice out of them, poke little holes in them an i put in microwave for about 1 min. got a lot of juice from one lemon
on day 6…its getting better with th sw flush in the morning…but i just want to chew! is that so bad…but i can say that i have lost 10 pounds already…i can make it after all…only 4 days left
I am on day 3 and the headaches are a killer. Today was the first day my knees feel really achey. Can you take asprin? The hunger feeling is gone and I can do want to continue the cleanse.
hey all am on day two we dont have maple syrup where we live so am using flavoured syrup i know its crazy but i need this detoxy i cant stop thinking about food does anyone have a secret to forgetting food!!! share pls
I was on my second day. Was starving, headaches, pain so I FELL OFF THE WAGON and had soup, salad, and one piece of chicken. I really want to do this so I started over today. Wish me luck.
Good luck to you!! My husband is currently doing the cleanse. He is completing his day 5. I’ve done the cleanse before. For me, day 1 was OK. Day 2 was the hardest. I felt sooooo sick with headache and so tired. I stuck to it though. I felt better on day 3. I know it’s hard, but you feel great if you can just get past thouse first couple days!
i AM LOOKING ON HOW TO PREP FOR THIS LEMONADE CLEANSE ALSO HOW TO COME OFF THE CLEANSE?
tHANKS
I am on my third day. The first day was the hardest for me, had headaches and was very tired, The second day was fine and now on my third day, I have a little headache. I’ve preparing for this diet for a long time so my suggestion to those ho want to start on it is - do mark on the calendar the day you are starting so your mind become prepared; do prepare a few meals and freeze them for your loved ones as this you decrease the amount you spend in the kitchen; stop drinking coffee at least a week beforehand; go for nature walks and plan how you are going to get out of the diet as you need to do it slowly…. So far, i found that i have more time to do other things simply because i am not thinking about what am i going to eat next….. Cheers all and good luck.