What is the point of this website?
I tried the master cleanse for 10 days, i lost 18 pounds, i feel better, i'm now eating better and i haven't had any digestion pains since doing this. Naturally many of my friends and family wanted to know more about what i had done so i made this website that way i didn't have to keep emailing everyone.

What is the Master Cleanse?
The Master Cleanse (also known as the lemonade diet, the beyonce diet, and the master cleanser) is a detoxification program that aids in the removal of harmful toxins from within the body. It's typically followed for 10 days. A common side effect is weight loss, typically around 1 pound per day. During the 10 days you do not eat any solid foods, you only drink the special lemonade. Naturally at first everyone thought i was crazy for trying it but now a lot of those same people want to try it.

What made me try the Master Cleanse?
I was up late one night and saw an infomercial for Kinoki detox foot pads on tv. The foot pads sounded like a scam so i figured i'd go online to hear what people were saying. Many people pointed that it was indeed a scam and one poster stated 'If you want to try a real detox system, do the master cleanse'.

So , before i decided to try this diet, which is more of a fast then a diet, i did lots of research. I mean lots. The truth is the master cleanse sounds like a hippie/new age scam when you first read it. However the more research i did, the more personal stories and blogs i found scattered across the internet. After reading the numerous personal success stories i figured i'd try it.

So i created 40lemons.com to share my story, or my diary, while i was doing this. What i hope to do with this site eventually is to collect stories from multiple people so there is a central location for all these journals instead of having to search all over the net. Also, in the midst of all the journals you find online, you'll find all kinds of debates online about whether or not this thing is good. Many doctors are against yet, and many are for it. In the end, i just recommend you do your research and if nothing else I hope my story and the stories of others will make your decision easier.

Why the name "40 Lemons"?
I used about 4 lemons a day for 10 days (40 lemons total) while on the master cleanse.


My complete story is coming soon!

The Master Cleanse Recipe

Single Serving - 10oz:
(100 Calories)

• 2 Tablespoons of organic lemon Juice (about 1/2 a Lemon)
• 2 Tablespoons of Organic grade B maple syrup (not the commercial maple flavored syrup you use on pancakes)
• 1/10 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper powder
• Ten ounces of filtered water

Daily Serving - 60oz:

• 60 ounces of filtered water
• 12 Tablespoons of organic grade B maple syrup
• 12 Tablespoons of organic lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
• 1/2 Teaspoon cayenne pepper powder

 

You're supposed to drink between 6 and 12 servings a day. I highly suggest you make the 60oz every morning. For one it's much easier to make it once a day rather than multiple times and it also helps you control your intake. During the start and the end of the diet you may be inclined to drink too few servings or too many. By making 60oz you know that you need to drink the whole thing by the end of the day, if not more. What i did was make the 60 ounces and then pour them into 6 previously used water bottles.

The recipe for the Master Cleanse comes from a book that was written in the 70s, this isn't something i made up. You can find it published online for free at many websites or it can be purchased online.

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Main Ingredients for the Master Cleanse Recipe

• Pure Filtered Water
• Grade B Organic Maple Syrup, Formaldehyde free
• Organic Cayenne Pepper
• Organic Lemons
• Sea salt - Unrefined, (Not iodized) or Epsom Salt
• Laxative tea

Optional ingredients:

• Natural Herbal Tea, decaffeinated (I used peppermint)
  

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Important details about the Ingredients
The bottom line is, if you're going to attempt the Master Cleanse, do it right. Don't mess around and don't customize the recipe. These ingredients are there for a reason and people have been following this recipe for years. If you want more details about the importance of each ingredient please go read the original book by Stanley Burroughs. I followed the recipe exactly, used the exact ingredients and had great results.


Grade B Organic Maple Syrup - It's important to find "GRADE B"and you can not find this in most grocery stores. I had to go to Whole Foods and Central market to find grade b. Most stores carry Grade A which is what you use on pancakes, and it contains a lot of artificial things that are not suitable to sustain you for 10+ days. And since I was at Whole Foods i just ended up buying all the other ingredients there as well to make it easy.



Pure filtered water - The bottom line is, don't use tap water. The whole point is to cleanse your system and to avoid chemicals for 10 days and unless you live in a rain forest your tap water probably is not very pure. Also keep in mind that even a lot of bottled water is actually just tap water, so read the label. I recommend just buying a few 2.5 gallon jugs of the best spring water you can find/justify the price of. I personally just went to Whole Foods and bought their 365 spring water. I'm sure there's 'cleaner' water out there.




Organic Lemons - Are "organic" lemons truly necessary? I did use them for my diet but to be honest i'm not sure how much it matters if they're organic or not. However the organic ones were larger than most of ones i usually find so it made juicing them easier and took less lemons. One thing you definitely don't wanna do is use concentrated lemon juice because it's filled with sugar and preservatives.

 

 

I'm still eating smaller meals then before since i get full faster ever since being on the cleanse. Also i've remained the same weight since getting off the diet. I weigh 149, which is about 17 pounds lighter then before i started. During day 13 i was 3 pounds less but a few did come back after resuming normal eating.

Just thought this was pretty cool though b/c i was under the impression i'd gain it all back, and quite quickly, but here it is 2 months later and that's not the case.

So it's been 3 weeks since i ended the lemonade diet.

Weight: 159

So the good news is that so far i've been able to maintain my weight. I go up or down a pound depending on the day but i think i've been able to sustain the weight loss so far b/c my eating habits have changed as a result of this diet. For breakfast i typically just have a glass of orange juice. For lunch i'm having what i call a "school bag lunch". Just a sandwhich (lunch meat or tunafish), chips, and a juice box. Or maybe a small salad and slice of pizza. Or maybe just soup. I'll have a snack later in the afternoon...maybe a granola bar, an apple, or celery sticks. For dinner i'm eating much smaller portions then i used to but i'm typically eating what i normally did.

So far i haven't had the desire to drink nearly as much soda as i did before and i've avoided coffee all together since ending the diet. I just don't feel that i need to subject my body to coffee. Plus even though i was previously having a least a cup or two a day i never liked how the coffee smell would later come through my pores when i sweat or through my pee. I think this occurs with everyone but i'm pretty convinced that if you smoke your sense of smell is not sensitive enough to smell the coffee side effects. Anyway, to each their own but i'm glad that i've been able to avoid coffee....not to mention it can become expensive if you buy it by the cup.