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anyone doing the master cleanse?

HI there, I have just bought all the ingredients for the master cleanse and was wondering if anyone else was doing it.  Soulds like it will be hard work! Would be good to have a cleanse buddy!

Fran

Return them if you can. There is no such thing as cleaning toxins from your body with something like the Master Cleanse. Eat cleanly (lean proteins, lots of fruits and veggies, no booze, no soda, etc). That's the best think you can do for a healthy body.

I agree with spirochete. It just doesn't sound very healthy. I know a lot of people on here who have posted about it. There was a post about it last week but after going to the website and looking up all the information it didn't sound too appealing to me. I mean if you have to take a laxative and everyday and just drink lemonade their version it just doesn't sound like enough calories or healthy enough for someone. I have a lot of medical conditions and when I asked my doctor about it he said that you can naturally eliminate toxins buy eating natural organic foods and cut out processed foods for about a week and then start slowly introducing regular foods back into your diet. He said the most important is to get the calorie requirement needed for maintaining or healthy weight loss before trying something like that.

I want to try again, but be warned, it's gnarly.  I only last 4 days.  I just felt like complete garbage.  Apparently, around day 3 is when your body starts releasing all of the toxins and that is what I was experiencing.  I wanted to push on, but i honestly couldn't function.  Be aware though-you will lost A LOT of weight.  Even after only 4 days, I was gross skinny.  That's why I'm hesitant to try again.

hmm, i did the salt cleanse and threw up REALLY badly don't think I can do that every morning!  I only bought the maple, lemons, cayenne and salt so I can easily use them in other ways.  read up on benifits of cayenne and i usually have hot lemon in the morning so might add some cayanne.  Now i've read up on it a bit I think i'd rather calorie count and eat healthily.

thanks for your replies X

It's a scam, glad you can use the ingredients for other things though! 

Your body has organ systems to get rid of toxins. If you didn't, you'd be dead. There is no such thing as getting rid of toxins. I wish we could make a big 72pt font announcement at the top of the forum.

I looked Master Cleanse up, if your going to do it, good Idea to get a partner, it sounds tough.  I disagree with the thought that cleanses and detoic don't work.  Many diseases are caused by toxic systems, cancer being one of them.  I did a 2 day liver cleanse and seen some results in my face, mostly.  I've had a problem with getting dark circules under the eyes for about 5 years now.  Since this diet and more so since the cleanse their almost gone.  I also felt great on the 3rd day, high energy and just a great feeling of wellness.   Lemons and lime I'm finding out are a natural cleanser for the body.  I have at least 1 maybe 2 limes a day with green tea. What ever you decide I hope you do well.  Listen to what your body tells you if you're finding your geting sick from that, I would stop, use your power of reason. 

eat healthy everyday, no processed junk and you don't need to cleanse.  there's no proof that actually "cleanses" anything anyway.

I also felt great on the 3rd day, high energy and just a great feeling of wellness.

That also happens from very low calorie diets, as in a "cleanse". Starving yourself gives you a euphoric feeling.

"I've had a problem with getting dark circules under the eyes for about 5 years now.  "

Dark circles under the eyes often come from allergies.

And I'd say everything spirochete has already said if it hadn't all been said already.

Heh are my rants becoming that predictable?

I have done the master cleanse twice now...once for 10 days and the other for 5.  And I would recommend it...as long as you follow the rules of it and if you do start to feel really sick then stop doing it.  There are a couple of tough days when they say the most toxins are working their way out of your system (I don't know if I bought into all the toxins stuff really), but all I know if that I felt great on it after about day 3 or so.  I had so much energy up until the end and I was still able to work out and keep going with my regular routine.  But what is the most important thing after you are done doing it is to NOT go back to any bad habits of eating.  Once you have cleaned out your system it defeats the purpose to go back to eating heavily processed foods again.  Through the website the forums on there are a great motivational tool and a great way to know what to do and what not to do. 

whereas there is no proof that cleanses do work..there's not proof really that they don't.  For me it was more of a mind over matter type of thing.  In doing the cleanse I was able to get rid of a lot of the cravings and "addition" to food that I had.  It was just refreshing to not be thinking about eating food all of the time and to know that I had the will power to not eat food and stick with something like that. 

But let me stress again that you need to pay attention to your body and to follow the rules of it.  And treat it as a spritual and mental cleanse and not a weight loss tool.  Because any weight that you lose during it at least half will be gained back. 

svannote the proof is that your body has a system for getting rid of toxins!! If it didn't, you would be dead. Saying "there is no proof they don't work" is like saying unicorns exist because you can't prove they don't.

detoxes do work.

i did this cleanse and it turned around my health.

i have posted about it before. but the people bashing it havent even looked into it enough to know that the minimum cals is 1200 and up to 2400. FAR from starvation.

personally from experience i would say to skip the salt water thing.
its for additional cleansing and not needed.

and the senna tea. i wouldnt use it 2x a day like it says either.
i used it in the beginning and put pulp in the lemonade as suggested by the book for laxative effect instead of the senna.
senna if overused can cause flacid colon walls.

it made a few people who didnt do the follow up diet correctly get stuffy guts for a bit until thier intestine got back in shape.

good luck!

p.s. - i found doing only 3-4 days a lot easier and i still felt better.

at home fasting without a doctors care should only be about 3 days. but people have been fine going for 10 on the MC that i know of. i didnt feel i needed it.

purity in = toxins out faster = body can heal better

its pretty simple.

and "lean protiens" i assume you mean meat. meat high on the food chain is one of the most toxic foods you can eat. even if it is organic. you need a raw vegan diet to detox if you are going the dietary route if fasting isnt for you. THAT is a lot easier.
i do suggest following up your cleanse with that. you will feel better that way.

"i have posted about it before. but the people bashing it havent even looked into it enough to know that the minimum cals is 1200 and up to 2400. FAR from starvation."

If they haven't looked into it it's because they know better than to try something like that.. ask any doctor and if they have any brains they will most likely tell you it's not healthy.

Starving for health is like smoking to look younger.

but its not starving...thats the point.

of course a doctor might say that. they make money on you getting sick.

although you ARE suppose to consult with a doctor before doing any new dietary or exercise plan.

but fasting is a common practice that is doctor approved.

here is one that promotes fasting for health:
http://www.drfuhrman.com/


and a write up on fasting from another doctor:
http://drbenkim.com/fasting.html



 

I'm british, out doctors and hospitals are free whenever we want or need them and I ask mine whenever I want to try something and he said that the master cleanse is safe if followed for a short while but he'd be concerned if you did it longer than a week - ten days.  I have decided not to do the whole cleanse but have discussed using elements of it i.e. the salt cleanse every few days.  Having hot lemon, cayenne and maple in the morning.  (vit c, cayenne inproves circulation etc.)  I think that there are things to be taken from each side and as long as you research things first then you should do what you feel happy and comfortable with.  

What toxin? What specific toxins are in your body that your body can not get out itself?

I'm on day two. Hang in there. I did do it once last year and I felt great. I'm doing it again this year because, honestly, I just let myself go. But I'm looking to start eating healthier again, and nothing sounds more appealing to me than to start with a clean stomach. My friend Rachelle turned me on to this cleanse. She is a strict vegan, and the poster child for healthy body. Her clean diet shows on her great physique. It's a little hard because you wont be eating for a long time, but it's all mental. I personally use molasses instead of the syrup just because it sustains me a little better. Don't lose faith in this, it does work. :)

http://commonground.ca/iss/0210135/7_toxins.s html

^ a great article for those who know little about toxins and what cleansing is for.

http://www.exclusivelyzenmassage.com/id70.htm l

^ ionic detox. this is a great option for the wary and lazy. it will also give you some indication of what junk is accumulated in your body. if you take an ionic detox session and the water turns a sickly brown and there are several colours of foam and chunks of visible metal coming from your body, a short fast (and a long hard look at your lifestyle) may be in order.

and just for fun... i have seen an ionic footbath run for 25 minutes with no feet in it - the water remained clear - so it is really drawing all that disgusting junk and acid and metal from your skin and lymph system! how grody~