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?
I’m starting the diet tomorrow. Maple syrup’s not that challenging for me, but Cayenne Pepper, I practically only know that from a game I used to play as a kid. I live in Cairo, Egypt.
One more thing: What’s salt water flush in the first place? Read on a lot of websites, but can’t find what that is.
Thanks,
Mary
Hi my I started the lemonade diet on March 16, 2010 just to feel my way. I was going to do the quick trim but the guy at the GNC store suggested for me to use Vibrant health Organic Lemonade diet. It’s ready made with every thing in it. It’s an organic powder. I went looking around for the fresh ingredients but I could not find it. So I will use the organic lemonade diet powder. I have bad sinus headaches. Since being on this diet I have been having them frequently. Is that suppose to happen. I have been sleeping all day for the past 3 days. I am going to restart the diet because yesterday was the first time I read your site with the information and I brought you book master cleanse. All the information in it is very helpful. I am waiting for my new shipment to come tomorrow. I went online to the vitamin shoppe to by everything I need. Do I have to take all 3 laxative. sea salt, laxative tea and psyllium husk> The laxative cramps my stomach up really bad. Take the sea salt hasn’t been bad at all. I haven’t taken the psyllium husk as of yet because I just read your book and I purchase all the ingredents I need for the cleansing. These last for days was a test for me since I started before getting your book. So my total days that I will be on the master cleanse will be 14 days. Can you please advise on the sinus headaches that I have been having. I did eat collard greens so that I can take my sinus pills. I know that defeat the purpose because I am cleaning out my body. The pain was to much for me. What should I do?
I have read the comment above about substituting Agave for Maple Syrup. I have Type 2 Diabetes (diet and exercise ) and high cholestrol in which I take 10 mg of Lipitor for. I am also Bipolar and take several medications for that as well . I also have hypothyroid disease and take 75 mcg of Levothyricine. I am also constipated from taking all of these meds so I take Senna-S as a laxative and stool softener (or else I wont pass a stool).
I would like to try the Master Cleanse, but I am wondering if one can take medication daily while on it? And will the Agave nectar be better for a Diabetic? Or could I substitute even another sweetener for Maple Syrup? Or is it safe for a Diabetic at all? Especially with other illnesses.
I live in the Dominican Republic and want to start the Cleanse soon. Strangely enough I can’t seem to find Lemons here only Lime. Would use Lime instead affect the Cleanse? Also finding the recommended water filter here is impossible and I wouldn’t drink the water here and I know bottle water is not recommended. Can I boil the tap water for the Lemonade?
I had someone ask me what they would do about the cayenne pepper as they are allergic to all peppers… is there something they can do it place of the peppers? Would they need to take some form of vitamin B and C when not taking the pepper? Please advise. Thanks!
Also, a friend of my husbands is diabetic, can he do this cleanse…
We, my family and I, just finished the 10 days, and everyone wants to know answers. We did not have any issues while on the cleanse, nor going off it… feeling great! Thanks!