Wow this blog has been flooded with questions lately! With Spring on its way I guess a lot of people are starting the Master Cleanse which is wonderful. So today I’m going to try and answer all your Master Cleanse questions…
Hi,
I’ve been doing the master cleanse diet for five days now. And I had a couple of concerns.
First of all, I decided not to do the laxatives or the salt water flush. What kind of effect will this have on my weight? What use does this have while on the diet?
Also, today I was having a really tough day and I was really hungry. I’ve been chewing gum to keep me away from food, but today my co-worker gave me some of her hot and sour soup.. I didn’t have a lot, but will this affect my process at all?
Thank you so much!
Hello,
The salt water flush won’t have any effect on your weight other then the water weight you lose on the master cleanse. It will however effect the detoxing process because it does help flush out the waste. As far as eating is concerned it will hinder the cleansing process. Now the question is should you eat? Ideally no, but my advice (which many Master Cleanse purest attack me over) is this – if it comes down to having some soup, or quitting the Master Cleanse all together by all means have some soup. My thoughts are doing the Master Cleanse almost perfect is better then not doing the Master Cleanse at all.
Hi i was wondering if i could eat a small salad if i get too hungry?
The advice I gave about eating soup on the Master Cleanse applies to salad as well. I would suggest you avoid any meat, croutons, and use a vinegar dressing.
I want to start on the lemonade diet tomorrow ,but noy sure i completely understand it. ok i think is it straight water,lemonade,cayenne pepper. do you have to use the maple syrup? and what about this salt water (salt flush) do you have to use it also, someone please help me out. i really need to lose so weight just like all of you feel you need to. I’m 4?11 and weight 201 not healthy and hate being in my own skin. PLEASE HELP ME TO LEARN THIS DIET AND UNDERSTAND IT.
Losing weight with the Master Cleanse is the most asked question I get on this blog. I’ve outlined a method for weight loss in my master cleanse book, but you need to be careful if you’re thinking about cutting the maple syrup out of the diet because that’s the biggest source of calories, and without that the master cleanse basically becomes a fast which can be dangerous.
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Hello! I’m getting ready to start the master cleanse and I’m just not 100% sure on if the lemonade is supposed 2 b hot or if I can just make a days worth and drink it cold. Any answers would b great!!
Can I use pure honey for my master cleanse ?
Deno South Africa
i am not doing well.
I’ve been doing the cleanse for four full days now and nothing is coming out. Does that mean I don’t need to cleanse? I do eat very healthy most of the time.
K
I have hypoglycemia, and i commonly get nauseated and dizzy if I get too hungry, what would you advise I eat if this happens while on this diet? Usually crackers are helpful, but i’d rather not go that route.
This is my 2nd day on the cleanse and I’m having a hard time. I’m hungry all the time and I’ve been getting headaches. Any suggestions??? Thanks…
Does it matter if I am using a grade A maple syrup rather than B? Thanks.. I’m on day 2 right now..
Hello, i work outside and because its that time of year its very hot and i sweat alot, should i increase the amount i drink or just drink more water? Also, can i continue my workouts and other sport that i participate in without burning myself out?
Disregard my former questions: 8th day – finally some huge movement!
K
Hi,
Today is my day 8 of the Master Cleanse, and I feel really good. I am not that energized like others say, but I haven´t had any problems with cravings, or headaches. The only difficult part is to see the tv adds or smell the cooked food others eat!..hehehe, but besides that I´m doing ok.
I did the SWF on the first day but I am not used to eat salt, and right after that I didn´t feel so well, so I stopped. I am still taking the laxatives of course (Senokot), and having movements everyday.
As of today, I have lost 13 pounds and I´m really happy about it. I am drinking about a liter of lemonade daily and lot´s of water.
I want to keep it for another 10 days at least, and I now that this is not a diet but is working like one for me, and I really need to loose more pounds so I can start to eat healthy and keep it like that. Also the doctor recommended me to loose some pounds because my levels of cholesterol and sugar were not so great (not that bad either, but not good).
My only concern is that I think I should change to laxative tea instead of the Senokot, because I don´t know if the pills will affect me in a longer term.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot!.
Ok. I seem to have many of the same questions! This drink is spicy, is it suppose to be? Is that safe? And I also could only find grade a, I looked it up online and it basically says the only difference is grade a costs more. So is using grade a ok? And I also would like to know if I get dizzy what I could have if anything? And reading above I seen that someone asked about cold, I put mine on ice in a glass I hope that is ok! And another thing what kind of soup is ok if needed. And lastely, sorry lol, the salt water, that basically just gets the water weight out right?.. I am currently drinking my first glass now and put a hold on until I know some of this stuff, cause it sure is spicy!
Does doing the cleanse while on your monthly cycle hurt anything?
Good morning,
I am on day 3.5 of the cleanse. I ate for half the day the first day and then started. So today is the morning of my third day. My question is on the cleansing process with laxatives, tea, psylium, etc. Aside from the first day when I ate the first part of the day, I have not had one bowel movement of any sort. I have taken fiber, taken tea, even took senakot twice and nothing? I cannot stomach the salt water flush. Makes me want to throw up. I can’t even get a few drinks down.
What is the normal time frame. Weight loss is not my main goal here. Cleaning out my insides and my colon is and I see nothing in that regard, which is dissapointing since I am starving and would like to complete this, but need to see something happening other than hunger.
Thanks.
Kim
Will my write up be used? I posted it approx. 5:50pm yesterday.
I was looking into doing this but am allergic to most peppers. Is there anything else I can use besides the cayenne pepper?
Thank you,
Naomi
ok-can anyone tell me A.S.A.P… how badly have I messed up… I just noticed that all of the water my husband bought for me is purified rather than spring or filtered….. have I defeated the whole purpose?? I am so sad if I have been through this so foolishly….
Don’t mean to be gross but:Nobody is answering about the eliminations …. since day 2 I have only “eliminated” yellow watery yuckiness or much clearer after salt water salt….. should I keep going until that changes…………. or do ineed to start over cause I somehow didn’t read the bottles of water i have been consuming…….????
Any help/advice i can get will be greatly appreciated!!!
Peaceful best cleansing to all!!!!
Sorry for the typo’s above…. have been a bit “loopy” while on the cleanse. Peaceful best!