I put this little website online many years ago to share my love and passion for the Master Cleanse.

I also wanted to share the many tips and tricks I learned to helped make the Master Cleanse easier for folks.

Sharing natural ways to help people enjoy better health has become my passion.

We didn't have a lot of money growing up. Often, my parents were so busy that at least one meal a day was take out or fast food.

For snacks, I would eat chips and soda.

As a result, I was overweight as a kid. Actually, I was obese.

I remember the pediatrician telling my Mom that if I kept gaining weight at my current pace I would likely not live to see 35 years old. I was put on a diet, but as a kid you eat whatever your family eats, and it was just too hard for our household to eat healthy.

I was about 100 pounds overweight by the time I was 19 when I decided to take massive action and finally, lose weight.

You might be wondering what it was that would drive a 19 year old to finally go on a diet.

Was it good health? No. I was girls.

It might not be the noblest reason, but for a teenager it was a powerful motivator.

I did the thing everyone tells you not to do to lose weight. I slashed my food intake to about 600 calories a day, and boy did I lose a lot of weight.

11 pounds vanished in the first week. Close to 70 pounds were gone after 3 months.

But it was taking its toll.

I was famished, sleeping about 11 hours a day, and I was light headed.

My current 600 calorie a day diet was not good for me so I decided to eat a healthy 2,500 calorie a day diet, which for a guy like me who likes to workout and lift weights should be perfect.

The only problem was the 3 months spent starving myself had lowered my metabolism, so when I starting eating a "normal" diet I still ended up gaining weight (about 35 pounds).

That weight loss attempt taught me a valuable lesson. I learned to never jeopardize my health in pursuit of good health.

It sounds like common sense, but every day I see people taking drastic, even dangerous measures to achieve good health. Even with the Master Cleanse, there are people who stay on it for longer than a month!

Today, I'm proud to say that I have lost weight, and I am healthy.

I did it by using the Master Cleanse for what it's intended for - to purge unhealthy waste from my body and help break unhealthy eating habits.

My rapid health transformation was so stunning that everyone I knew wanted to know my secret. So I started coaching them through the Master Cleanse, sharing tricks to avoid side effects, and giving them ways to reduce hunger.

Through no intention of my own, I became a Master Cleanse coach.

Blogging was starting to become a big deal as this was happening. That's when this website was born.

The site took off. I was getting thousands of visitors a day!

That was awesome, but I was also getting flooded with emails asking for help.

As I spent nights answering all those emails I noticed 95% of the people were asking the same ten or so questions.

That's when I decided to publish a digital book you could download from my site that helped people with the most common problems they had when doing the Master Cleanse.

It was a hit!

To date over 56,000 have downloaded my Master Cleanse book. They even send fan mail:

"THIS PROGRAM IS UNBELIEVABLE!" "I feel better than I've felt since I was eighteen years old. I've just completed the Master Cleanse for the first time. I'm not sure how I missed your program, since I've undertaken almost every diet/cleanser available. But this is definitely the best. Never weak. Never hungry. Never miserable. On the second day I was on the Master Cleanse, I called my daughter who also began the program. She feels the same. We both plan to incorporate the Master Cleanser into our lifestyles."

~ Thank you. Dr. Venetta Whitaker

Let me start. I love food. I love to eat. I was skeptical but needed to make a change. I wanted to do it and I did. Last Wednesday, Jan. 16th, marked my 10th day. I can't believe that I did it. I wasn't hungry and I had energy and felt great. I believe everyone needs to do this at least once a week. I don't crave a lot of the fast foods, sugars, coffee, etc. like before. I'm very happy with the outcome. I lost 10 lbs. Thank you.

~ Carol Veg

"I am soooo happy with the Master Cleanse. I started on March 1 and I am concluding today because I am scheduled for a stress test at the end of this month. In the 13 days that I have been on the Master Cleanse, I lost 16 pounds and I anticipate that tomorrow morning, it will be 17. I am not saying that it was not hard, but it was well worth it. I feel great."

~ Cheryl

"Raylen, I have found your web site to be terrific and it has benefited me tremendously. I am in the bottom of the 8th day of my cleanse and I feel great!! Since I have fasted a few times before with other programs, I plan to stay on this fast a bit longer to remove more of the debris still being released from my intestines. This is the easiest and most convenient fast I have ever done!! Thank you for your help!! By the way, I've dropped about 8 to 10 pounds at this point."

~ Kay Weldon

"My name is Geena. A friend of mine told me about the Master Cleanse. and I decided to get right on it. I just wanted to do this for the weight loss. As days went by I found myself searching to find out more about the benefits and searching I found your website And I am truly grateful. I now understand the whole picture and I am thrilled. Thank you for the steps and the time you have taken to help me get through this process. I am so excited I tell everyone I see, I meet and I know. ( some people seem to have started avoiding my phone calls lol)Your site is God sent."

~ Geena, Toronto Canada

My Master Cleanse book has improved a lot over the years.

For example, the Master Cleanse caught the attention of folks searching for a quick weight loss diet after superstar Beyonce Knowles announced she used it to lose 20 pounds for a film role.

So I developed a way to modify the Master Cleanse for weight loss.

More recently, people began to notice the youthful glow people enjoyed after they finished the Master Cleanse.

In the most recent update of my Master Cleanse book I added a cleanse you can use specifically to stay looking younger.

Every tip, trick, and secret I know about making the Master Cleanse as easy as possible is in my book that you can download here Master Cleanse Book

I also have a lot of good stuff about the Master Cleanse posted online. My Facebook page is a good way to stay up to date with new posts facebook.com/CleansingandDetoxing

- Raylen Sterling

I'm a coach & advocate for quick, natural solutions to health problems. My Master Cleanse Book has been enjoyed by over 56,000 readers and was recently updated with special cleanses for beauty & weight loss. However, I am not a doctor. I care about your safety and encourage you to make sure you're in good health before following the advice on this site. You can learn more about me here.

- Raylen Sterling, author, publisher