Does the Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse really work?
The Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse also known as the “Master Cleanse” was created in 1941 by Stanley Burroughs. Burroughs claimed this cleanse is a “cure all for every disease” from weight loss to ulcers, by simply removing harmful toxins from the body.
Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse Directions
The cleanse calls for you to drink a lemonade solution made from fresh lemons, real maple syrup, cayenne pepper, water, and nothing else for a recommended 10 days. After not eating anything solid for so long users must be very careful about reintroducing food. It’s recommended after the cleanse to start out with juice for a few days and then move to soups, veggies, and fruits slowly before adding anything else, otherwise you are going to have some seriously painful digestion problems.
Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse Concerns
This cleanse was created in 1941, by a man that practiced medicine with out a license and also claimed he had devices to cure cancer. This cleanse is very outdated, and has been proven by research studies today to have no credibility whatsoever.
This cleanse has become very well known and I’m a little ashamed to admit I have done this cleanse myself. I only made it three days and let me just tell you that I didn’t lose one pound and I have never felt so sick in my entire life. This cleanse is very harsh on your body.
Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse Warnings and Side Effects
This cleanse because of the lack of solid foods will most likely cause severe constipation, and shouldn’t be used if your suffer from irritable bowel syndrome or other GI disorders. Other common side effects of this cleanse are extreme fatigue, body aches, sensitivity to teeth and gums, mouth sores, headaches, irritability, nausea, and blood pressure shifts. This Maple Syrup Cleanse is not recommended by most Dr.’s today and is considered potentially dangerous and unnecessary.
Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse Conclusion
I do not recommend this cleanse to anyone. The Lemon Maple Syrup Cleanse will not result in long term permanent weight loss and shouldn’t be considered a safe or effective approach to cleansing or losing weight.
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Yuck. Made me break out in a rash. Tastes foul. Made me SOOOOOO Moody.
Best diet for QUICK weight loss is to take 7 Day Detox, Eat a ton of fruits & Veggies, Drink lots of water.
Viola! You will lose 14 lbs in 7 days.
This cleanse has been great for me I’m currently doing the cleanse and I feel great. I have lost 12lbs so far and I’m on day 7. I recommend this cleanse to anyone who has will power and does not mind drinking liquid for 10 days straight.
Im on day 3 with the lemon diet and its getting really hard. I can’t stop thinking about food and want to break so badly. I do feel healthier but I’m not sure if its worth it honestly.
I’m currently on day 5 and for some reason feel bad today day 3 and 4 where great but i did stay up all last night but I weighted myself yesterday and I lost 10 lb I didn’t weigh myself today but I don’t doubt I lost 2 lb more easily.
Advise for anyone doing it.
1. Day 1 and 2 are the MOST difficult you’ll get aches and hunger all through out this time
2. Once you pass this period if you still see that you hunger for those greasy foods just smell them with deep breaths. That’s been helping me for right now and I just stop craving the foods.
This diet is intended to last 10 days in order to reap it’s FULL BENEFITS. How can you do a review on a diet when you don’t actually complete it?? That is ignorant and you should be ashamed for passing judgment so quickly. Try it for 10 days then give us your opinion!
Whoever posted this discussion board said that they tried the diet for 3 days and couldn’t make it past the third day. They also went on to say that they didn’t lose one pound. Well…maybe if you did the WHOLE ten days you would have found different results.
Feelings of sickness come from the toxins in your body being eliminated and your lymph nodes re-adjusting to CLEAN blood. You will get the feelings of the flu, it’s all part of the game.
This diet is NOT for the weak. Those that post negative comments about it…were too weak. Not ONE person I have ever met that made it through the ten days, said ANYTHING negative about it.
I am loving how I feel, yes, I feel a little sickly, but I know that I am getting cleaner everyday.
I think food is too often used as a coping mechanism.
I started this cleanse today I dont really now if i should continue its only been 12 hours and i can do is think of food.
I am on the end of my 5th day. I have only lost 2 pounds from 176 to 174. “NOTHING” was cleansed and after reading this article, I am quiting and going to McDonlds and getting a 1/4 pounder with cheese.
I have been on the master cleanse now for 6 days. I feel great I have more energy and I do not feel hungry at all. I agree with Nate that whoever posted this discussion board should at least finish the cleanse before telling anyone how it did not work. I believe that the level of pain or discomfort comes from how many toxins are in your body. Everyone experience on the master cleanse will be different. Some may have a hard time at first while others may not have any problems at all. Just stick it out it because in my opinion the master cleanse does work.
OK 3rd day, dizzy, tired, irratable—isnt there a pill for this??? Do you have to SALT flush daily?
This diet is working, but I fart a lot and most of the time they are very wet! It’s my 5th day now, I am somewhere in the middle and I feel and look slimmer but I’ve had to change my panties and showered at least twice today. My husband has to put up with the foul smell that looms from the toilet after I BM, if you can call it that because it is just about liquid anyway. I think that the “lemon maple syrup cleanse” is well worth it, the mushroom top is gone and it’s only on day five. WOW!!
DANGER !!!!!!!!! Almost died from this diet
1went to hospital in severe pain after 9 days of diet
Surgeon staed pepper that could not be digested had accumulated above appendix and caused severe internal irritation Caused appendix to burst and systemic toxicity
For the person who wants to quit and go to McDonalds. That could be detrimental to your health after the 5th day. You might try adding homemade soups into your diet and slowly add cooked veggies so you don’t shock your system with too much fat or sugar.
Something might be clogged up in the plumbing and a burger could make it worse.
Ask your doctor.
i have used the Master cleaner diet for years. it works. my first time was in 1989.
i stayed on for 27 days and lost 35 pounds, in bed sick. when i started to walk i
felt great i looked so young , oh , to the ones who didn’t stay on you weren’t ready
i was sick very toxic .After the cleanse my skin was brighter and i had lots a energy.
i’m also diabetic and needed to lose to bring my sugar under control. and it did. so this is the most natural way to clean and give your body a rest ,recover and balance your system . i kept the fat off for five years.i was healthy and didn’t look my age.i ‘m now sixty three and still don’t look my age and not on any medications.
it worked for me. DEB
I Just Can’t say Eough About “The Lemonade Diet” I lost 18 lbs. in the First 3 days… I am an Eater also so… I varied from the plan slightly by Eating Fresh Fruits N Veggies Squeezing Lemon Juice/and Honey, Over Them and Then Sprinkling The Cayenne on Top.. Drinking the Recommended 10 oz. of Water alog with the Food and Voile… I ended up Losing 80 lbs. in 3 Months on this Modified Version of The Diet…
I sympathize with you concerning your hospital visit but I tried the Lemon Cleansing Diet for 21 days and it didn’t have that effect on me. Apparently, there were other health issues that were left un noticed and did not agree with your desire to detox. Perhaps you body was shocked by the change. You can not blame that on the method, you can only blame yourself because your body was not Disciplined.
Just a little constructive criticism. I hope that it was helpful to you.
I’ve been on the diet for 5 days so far it is not hard but i ate some soup on day four I’m not sure if I should stay on the diet for 2 extra days to even out the soup, if any one has a answer please tell me.
I’ve done this lemonaid diet – I felt so good I stayed on it for 30 days – I did not do the salt tonic after 10 days. I found that I went through drug withdrawls as it was cleaning the medicine out of my organs. I lost weight but after I reached a good BMI, (that’s sort of a weight to muscle ratio) I didn’t loose any more weight, I JUST FELT REALLY GREAT! I stopped, resumed taking the meds because it is necessary for my survival and the weight stayed off as long as I maintained a good habit of eating good. Another member of my family is alcoholic – he used this diet correctly – and lost his desire for alcohol as long as he was on the diet. He also lost all his gut, worked full time, felt better than he had since highschool (he’s in his 50′s) and had energy all over the place. I’d say that’s a great reason to recommend the diet!
If a person does take a lot of meds., they should consult and stay in contact with their doctor. This diet will clean out your organs – meds. build up in the organs then go to work in the body. It could be dangerous for a person that is taking certain meds. But thi is not a new idea – the Master Cleanse book tells us to consult a physician if we have health problems. Common sense . . . .it’s not so common is it.
Sorry – in my comment I stated that the alcoholic had no desire as long as he was on the diet. I meant to say, “He had no desire the whole time he was on the diet.” He had a clean liver. Changed his life.
I have been on this diet for 2 days. How long will it be before I notice any changes. I too feel hungry, but I just drink another glass I feel better. Should I be taking the AM and PM laxative?
Kim, I’ve tried the diet three times now – 10 days, then 3, then 8 and each time I lost 3-4 pounds the first day. I vary which day I drink the Smooth Move tea because for me it causes a stomachache the next day, but aids in the cleansing tremendously.
I only added the Salt Flush 3 or 4 days the first time because of my work schedule. It also does a great job of cleansing.
I will admit that the weight will quickly return if you do not have a sensible eating plan in place, at least after the first day or so. It works best as an encouraging jumpstart to a change of eating habits for the better. Hang in there!
The Master CLeanse is an incredible way to get healthy again. I once did it for 4 days…… Wow,rgiht?
four year later, I am doing it again. I am on day 2…..and feleing pretty good.
Trying to get past the sea salt water flush but this mronign was better than yesterday. I am thinking I am doign tihs for only 10 days this time BUT we shall see when the time gets closer.
i mean, I ONCE DID IT FOR 40 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
from the note I just posted.
Did the master cleanse 20 yrs ago till the toxic passing of “black cord”, I was 22 at the time and lost approx. 20 lbs. During the cleanse bruses appeared and disappeared in a day, one day pimples, smelly body odors for 2 hrs, sweating with a slight fever for half a day plus more. But during the time as others stated new energy, clearity of skin, clearity of thinking and sometimes sleepy. Have used for 1 to 3 days to help with a cold or fever.
I tried this with honey and had better results…and quicker…
This is my 5th day of the cleanse and I think it is very effective.
This is the fourth time I have followed it, always with good results.
Weight loss, detoxification, re-set of my appetite and cravings.
I feel good about my self-discipline, too. Don’t be afraid of it, you can
do it, too. Good luck!
Does anyone know how exercise plays into this. I want to start but I also don’t want to stop exercising.
I highly recommend, before you do the “Master Cleanse” you first get into a healthy lifestyle of a good vegetable, fruit, and nut diet, and a lot of lemonade with no sugar, or some kind of lemon used in your diet, (I also cooked all vegetables in lemon, and drank lemon water every day) and you will clean your body, lose weight, and have a lot more energy, without a doubt. Not to mention an easier time in the bathroom. I easily lost 30lbs in 90 days, 20 of which in about 3 to 4 weeks, doing this, and eating 5 meals a day. Then do the cleanse, to totally evacuate the toxins from your body, after you have been eating a good healthy diet, putting you in good health, and then do the “Master Cleanse”. You will then have less side affects from the Cleanse, if any.
no wonder you need a cleanse then! i’m wondering if you followed the cleanse correctly??
I will be trying the Master Cleanse, but I will modify it. I don’t like the taste of maple so I will be using honey (which I also don’t care for, but its the lesser of the two evils) instead. Around the fourth day I will add broth and brown rice(not much) and maybe some apples as salt does not agree with my body. It makes my hands and feet swell so bad I can’t even put on shoes, and it hurts to even bend my fingers. I can’t be like that for 10 or more days. I also think that will make it easier to transition back to raw veggies. I will let you know how it goes.
I sincerely dont think that anyone should be called weak because they couldnt force themselves to drink a lemon liquid for 10 days. Thats absurd. What I DO wonder, however, is if you do it for a day, once a week, if it still would help people, clean their blood, and still be manageable (for those with “lack of willpower”)
well im bout to get on the master clense wish me luck i need to lose 20 lbs but i will be satisfied with however much i loose and i need to do so by the end of september i also exercise 5 days a week will taking this clense affect me in any way
Dolly, you said you lost that much wight in 3 month. Were you on and off of your modified version of the diet? could you tell exactly how you did it. I liked your idea of eating fruits and vegies along with the diet.
Did anybody with Irritable Bowel Syndrome tried this Diet? I wanted to try it for a while, but afraid that lemon and pepper might be very irritating.
I am on day 8 of the Master Cleanse, and it is the best thing I have ever done….I have lost 14 lbs, my skin is clear, I have energy, BUT it is not for the weakminded person. IT’S ALL MENTAL!! you have to dig deep into your brain, and use your willpower to acheive results. Everyone is different, so it is not the same for each person. If you are feeling bogged down, I truly reccomend this cleanse. If you feel tired, just take a shot of maple syrup, and it will pep u up. People don’t even realize how certain foods can sit inside your intestines for months, or even years. It’s only 10 days out of your life, but I beleive it is the ultimate cure in this artificial, pill-popping society we live in today. break yourself from the system, and go back to mother nature, the natural way of life………be strong
I am on day six of the Cleanse and I have never had more energy! I have had chronic fatigue for the last couple years as well as depression. For the first time in a long time I’ve been waking up alert and excited to start my day. I have not lost a significant amount of weight, which is great because I’m not in it for the weightloss, but for the health benefitts. Underweight individuals need not worry about trying this clease.
One note however: I tried the “internal salt cleanse” just one time and have never thrown up so much! I will NOT try that again… I have used the laxative tea though with good results.
OK…well DAY 2 I ended up having to take a migraine med & eat granola in order to make it to an impt. mtg. I was sitting at my desk & I was soooo dizzy/nausea I ended up in the bathroom thinking I would be sick but I was not. I went back to my seat and realized I would NEVER make my mtg. I could not focus in order to prepare for the mtg. so I “gave in”. I guess the weekend w/ 2 days home would be best time to start. Yesterday I ended OFF the MC but I’m back on again today since I see my next 2 days of work involve no mtgs so I can be by myself w/ my symptoms. I hope to complete the 10 days on this MC & then if I feel GREAT like many mention I would to stay on a bit longer…
Beginning DAY 1 for me once again. Wish me luck!
I’ve done this cleanse before for 10 days. Another time or two for 2 or 3 days when I felt the need. I’m now on my 5th day of what I plan to be another 10 day, or more, cleanse. I have always done the tea at night, and the salt water flush in the morning. I believe that if you follow through with that routine, the toxins won’t get the best of you. People I know that didn’t do the salt water flush ended up with headaches. I also take a steam shower daily, or sit outside and sunbathe a little which helps me sweat out more toxins. I live in the desert, and I have a steam shower in my home, so of course that has helped alot. The first time I did 10 days, I did the orange juice and soup for the following few days, and felt great. Then I blew it after a few more days, and ate too much at a restaurant one night, and suffered with awful indigestion. I plan to be smarter about how and what I eat after I’m off of this 10 day one.. I swear, that after I started using this cleanse about four years ago, I very rarely ever get even a cold anymore. I believe that it’s helped my body rebuild itself, and without the huge expense, and risk, of all the supplements and drugs that people so willingly pour down their throats. And I promise you, that if you stay with it, and stay hydrated, remember to drink lots of water too, you will not feel hungry after the first day or two. I like to do this cleanse because of how good it makes me feel afterward. But, I can also say that my skin looks great, I lose any bloat or bulge I might have been accumulating, and I do drop some pounds. I am 56 years old, and I’m always mistaken for someone in their thirties. My kids are in their twenties and they think it’s so funny sometimes. On more than one occasion people have thought I was my son’s wife. Good luck to anyone starting it, and to those who hated it, I wish you would give it another try!
I have done this cleanse 5 times already and I have to say that it is AWESOME! Fasting and detoxing have been practiced for thousands of years by many eastern countries who have longer longevity and much less disease than we do here in western civilization.
I read Stanley Burough’s entire Master Cleanse document before doing it and I recommend it to anyone. It will reset all of your organs, clear your skin and rid your body of all toxins. It can even cure diabetes; notice how said “cure”, not treat it through the use of drugs. In other words, it will get you off of insuline.
Javier
HOW DID THE MODIFIED VERSION WORK
Did you work out also
I’ve been on the cleanse for 4 days now.. the first three days were alittle tough but today i’m ok… i even rode my bike 3 miles and then got on my eliptical cross trainer for 40 min. my enegery was alittle low at first but once i got started i was ok … 2 morrow day five and feeling stronger !!!!!!
Well i need support as this is my second day on this diet, I got this diet from an article in a magazine. Well in one day i lost 4 pounds. My husband loss 2 also started this with me which is wonderful with doing it with someone. Its also nice to hear support from others…i think it keeps you going. In the article I read they also did say if you think you need to eat as you are hungry or if you need to chew on something, to chew on organic veggies and fruits- berries, lots of greens. So that is what we did we drank the lemon maple tea all day and evening and had a small salad. A question is after searching about this diet on line, i see most people say not to eat anything for 10 days, what is your opinion.???
what is the salt water flush? My husband and I just started the lemon maple diet yesterday. It went well but at the end of the day he did have a headache in which he did have to take an Advil but said he just had to. We did well though he loss 2 and i loss 4 in one day. but we also read that is is ok to eat organic veggies and fruits so we had a small salad at the end of the day but that was it.
First, the original document is so ignorant I can’t hardly stand it. You can always tell a farce by what they try to “sell” you after they discredit something free!
Second, those oh you who use Honey,,,,,Did you NOT read about the dangerousness of honey in Stanley’s book?
My husband and I did a perfect 10 day cleanse in May…our first….wow was it hard. I am so thankful for my husband who felt great thru the whole thing. He does physicla labor and loves how much more energy he has and I loved how I didn’t get low blood sugar….hmmm not ever since either cuz I don’t use sugar or HONEY anymore.
I did a two day back in June with my 15 yr old daughter
Now we are on our fall cleanse and on day 4. Ugghhh day two I started my period unexpectedly and thought we would have to quit and restart next week cuz we are doing the tea this time instead of the oh so lovely salt water flush and couldn’t be double cramping and trying to work. However, we ate that night and I had a terrible night of pain and decided no matter what I was in it for the ten day haul! Day three was better and I am onto day 4. We don’t have cravings this time around which is funny cuz they were sooo bad the first time.
I have had a little head ache once in a while, and reallllly hungry by afternoon. We are finding we are doing more than the Burroughs recommended 6 servings a day. I did one more and my hubby did two more.
For those of you on this diet or considering it. It is not harmful rather a wonderful thing for your body. MD’s will blame it first because they would never prescribe it if something goes wrong with you. Be smarter than the dumbed down world around you is my reccommendation.
I see my skin clearing, not that it was bad before, but I just look more alive and younger.
I haven’t weighed since we started and when I did, I had only gained back 5 of the 16 I lost.
We originally went to raw food diet afterwards and that helped with losing more weight. It is so easy to slip back into cooked food. I am going to get a dehydrator very soon as I need this. I realized I was a great cook but this raw food stuff was out of my realm. I have to relearn.
I have some great recipes though that are a standard or were til the last month. When I gained the 5 pounds was due to stress and not eating very much raw and drinking more alcohol than usual…dumb! Should have eaten more raw to help with stress……Restructuring our thinking.
GLad to see so many people on here who support the cleanse in spite of the article that was so ignorantly written.
Blessings!
Stephani
I just got of a 21 day MC!! My goals was to make it to 10 days but I was feeling so GOOD, gained so much energy I couldn’t stop. I must say it was an awesome journey….my first day consist of a very bad headach but after that it was pretty smooth. Yes, I did experience times of hunger and cravings but I would sip my juice and the feelings went away and seeing the positive results kept me motivated as well. For those contemplating on doing this I sugguest you do your research, to find out how to do it properly and get motivated (it’s not for everyone). I look good and feel good and my plan is to keep the body clean! Good luck!!!
I did the diet for 7 days I love it. I feel great lots of energy. I have a problem with my liver and I’m quitting alcohol and cigarettes haven’t had any cravings or anything I recommed this for everyone. The second day is the hardest
My husband, son and I are on our third day of the fast. I did it at the beginning of the year and felt really good! However, I wished I would have tried to eat healthier after I came off it.
I use 3/4 Cup of Maple Syrup- I feel better. (Im Diabetic). I also drink organic mint tea at lunch or dinner time it seems to help with my stomach.
We support each other daily and are feeling LOTS of energy!!! My son is thinking of doing it for a longer period of time because of how good he feels.
My skin looks better and I wake up with energy instead of waking up tired.
im starting the 10 day mc today. i have tried this fast in the past and didnt succeed. i have very high hopes this time that i will endure the entire 10 days just drinking the “lemonaide”…thanks for all your comments. it really has helpede motivate me. my regards, Dawn S..
I suffered from stomach pain and burning mostly, couldn’t sleep well and just hated those extra pounds I couldn’t get rid of no matter what I did. Now I stumbled upon this system that is easy and it doesn’t require expensive medication or difficult exercises.
Thank you fdr all those reviews they are really helping me get motivated even tho im only on day 1! so at first i hated the drink and it tasted horrible i almost spit it out! then i just keepd sipping. i could really feeling it work but i keep burping…like really nasty loud long burps. ewww rite? but im really looking forward to losing this extra weight and haveing more energy and having my skin clear up! so thanks once again!!!!
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