A reader wrote in wanting to know about substituting ingredients with the master cleanse:
I am very interested in being able to do this diet, the problem I have is that I am from Guatemala City and I have trouble knowing where I can find ingredients like organic maple syrup, sea salt and cayenne pepper. I wonder if you can use the maple syrup that we use here for the pancake made or if you can use natural honey and if you can use salt without iodine or better use some natural laxatives that we have here in my country. I know I should make it with ingredients that you recommend but as you know is not the same in all countries, I would like your advice before dieting. I hope his advice and a response to my email.
While it’s best to follow the master cleanse diet to the letter my philosophy has always been doing it mostly right is better then not doing it at all. The first thing I would suggest is trying to order the ingredients online. If that’s not an option I would recommend you use natural honey over commercial brand maple syrup which is likely loaded with preservatives and other unhealthy ingredients. Non iodine salt can be used in place of sea salt. I’ve never been to Guatemala City but I’m surprised to hear you’re having trouble finding cayenne pepper given Latin countries love of spicy food. It’s possible that it goes by another name down there, if not you could take some dried peppers an grind them up into a powder.
Good luck with the master cleanse!
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To your reader… there are other ways to get the ingredients rather than conventional super markets. A reputable online website dedicated to the lemonade diet that also sells premade kits is thelemonadesite.com. Check it out!
Hi
Im new to the diet and i was wondering,
When im finished the recomended 8 to 6 glasses of Lemonaide, can i drink normal water ?
and i searched 5 stores and could not find syrup that was Grade b, so i found 100% pure medium maple syrup, and im going to use that, since i thought its not light, and its not to dark, that it might work the same. ?
I just finished 14 days master cleanse, how do I break it? May I use Vita-Mix to make orange juice? Please help, thanks.
Do I need to take the salt water laxative for ten days, if that is my choice of laxative?
i dont think honey is the way to go. in fact, the originator of the diet specifically said to stay away from honey…
Started the (modified) Master Cleanse today. I’m doing the program for the detox effects (I’m a serious junk food junkie) and for weight loss (6′2″, 260, technically obese). Ingredients inexpensive, making it is easy and one gallon is enough for two days. As this is my first day I will be “easing in” with a cup of soup (tomato) later, but thus far am feeling no hunger pangs.
I will be walking daily and will be staying away from the slightly scary “salt water flush”, instead using Colace (1 tab daily) and organic prune juice for the “flush” aspect. Wish me well.
I have diabetes. Is it safe to do the cleanse? How many days can I do at a time?
I have been told that Agave may be substituted for the Maple Syrup. It is a low glycemic natural sweetener . Does any one know about this?