The Maple Syrup Diet Fad

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When you get off the cleanse you are supposed to do it over the course of a few days. You can read about it on wiki.

After you are on the cleanse you may notice yourself wanting food when you're not hungry, like when passing a fast food place or see a commercial. If you weren't doing it you may have just consumed calories for nothing.

One of the benefits of this cleanse is it gives your brain time to reset so it can be easier to change your eating habits when you get off it.

I am currently on the master cleanse diet - but there are different variations and you can eat. I am replacing breakfast and lunch and eating a regular dinner. In one week I have lost 4 pounds. I only want to lose another 8 pounds, so it works for me. I felt I needed the protein and didn't want to completely starve myself the 10 days although I can see the benefit of that also. That option, just wouldn't work for me. This way, I won't have to ease off. I can just maintain at the desired weight.

I am produ of you Brian, it worked the same for me and i feel good.

can u do less maple syrup to reduce calories?

Can you drink alcohol or no? I go out on the weekends and have a good time... just curious though. I assume the answer is no.. but thought I'd ask.

Two years ago you did a liver flush.... what did this consist of? would you tell me of your liver flush please, thanks dkenniston

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Are you stupid?

A cup of maple syrup? - Don't be ridiculous-

You are drinking nearly as many calories within this drink as you would do if you were eating normally! This is not what you are supposed to be doing.

2 spoonfuls of maple syrup is the required dose of maple syrup for the mixture. (20ml)

The whole purpose of the cleanse/diet/detox- whatever you would like to call it- is to rid the body of toxins.

You are consuming far too many calories for this cleanse to be effective for you.

It is at the end of the day a fast like programme. In order to be effective, you should be consuming less that 500/550 calories a day.

40 days, that is the most insane thing i've ever heard. Your friend would be near death and im pretty sure that would qualify as an eating disorder.

if u are for 40 days can u die from with out food in your system can you gain weigh after when u done

why in the world would you be so disrespectful when she was only stating an opinion like everyone else. You aren't the most intelligent choice to promote this cleanse. See...oh my was that rude?

OMG! Some just seem to be "stuck"...
This is NOT a diet!!!!
It is to rid your body of parasites and toxins!!! You know, those worms and other "Bugs" that live in your intestines!!! If Byonce used it as a diet-then she was wrong!
It cleans your inside of bugs and toxins- THAT is you do it...or don't do it!!!
It is NOT starving!!! At all!
What's wrong with people??? Are they "stuck on stupid"? Really????!!!
I don't know why people keep refering to it as a diet or how it is starving themselves. Dumb! Others have stated soooooo many times, that it is not...but they keep on-Don't compare it to other diets...it's not a friggin diet!

I appreciate your comment most of all. I have never had the willpower to stick to any diet. I am now desparate as I will speak publicly in front of 3,000+ people on 11/1/10 and OF COURSE waited til the last minute to lose.

I am 165 and need a good 10 pounds off by then. I do however want to still drink coffee and cream with equal PLUS do the fast. Do you think I would lose? I know one thing, it gotta be better than the overeating I have BEEN doing, right? comment back if you can today please. Thanks. Felice.

Please everyone, I think you all have a point, however, I have the book which my brother in Canada gave me. It is called "The Master Cleanser" and is nicknamed "The Lemonade Diet". However, when you read the book you will see the main purpose is for HEALTH reasons. People who have ulcers have done the Master Cleanser and it has not only helped them but got rid of the ulcer. It gives you a cleanse throughout your body. You are supposed to have 2 tbsp organic lemon (juice), 2 tbsp Maple syrup and a pinch of Cayenne pepper, together with boiling water or cold. You can have up to 12 mugs/glasses per day. The purpose of the Maple syrup is because it has the most incredible nutrients in it. The purpose of the lemon is also its healing properties which is alkaline (not acidic) and the cayenne pepper cleans the wall of the intestines etc. You flush all toxins out of your body. They say the minimum amount of days should be 10 days and maximum 40 days. Yes, you may do it to lose weight however, you should not stay on it as long as 40 days. One of the most important parts is coming off the cleanse, which takes at least 3 days to introduce fruit and veg. I suggest that you get hold of the book before embarking on this cleanse. Hope this helps a lot of you. Wishing you all the best and good health.

I agree. I don't eat unhealthy foods (e.g. sugar, fast food, fried foods, fatty meats) and so I really don't feel that its necessary to submit my body to cleanses. However, the benefits of cayenne pepper are too many to not SUPPLEMENT your already healthy diet. Who said you can't eat fresh produce and lean, organic meats while sipping on this drink throughout the day? I'm not after weight loss..just the health benefits. Good luck out there!

joanne. get you're sh*t together.

a) 1600 calories is not that that much
and believe it or not. starve refers to not eating. eating and drinking are different. weirddddddd i know

b) anything that makes you loose weight is considered a diet.. does it make you loose weight? Yes.

c) yayyy good job! its also a "cleanse"!

d) "fatass"? really? how bout we actually go exercise. start running everyday and you can eat whatever you want. i run everyday and "pig out on meats and doughnuts and chips". i pretty much have no body fat, low cholesterol, and low blood pressure.

moral of the story, start exercising, and stop KILLING YOURSELF BY NOT EATING

Wow. I really only happened upon this site while investigating the ingredients that go into the "lemonade." However, having seen the kind of nuts that support this FAD, I'm pretty sure I'll pass. So anyway, just wanted to pop into the conversation to say "Joanne, you're an asshole!"

After reading you comment i just think you are rather obnoctiouse AND COMMENTS LIKE THAT ARE NOT HELPFULL TO ANYONE. Weight issues are often psychological and people; even thow very ditermined; often belive they will fail thus do. Posative motivetion to detox will help people feel better thus intern motivate them to try to loose weight and stick to it long term. The slipping when on a diet or detox is not an issue, the important issue is that at least overweight people are trying to improve there weight issues which should be comended as they are atempting to change bad habbits that have been lernt over the cource of there lives. statisticly they they will eventualy achive there goals if they keep trying. so please behave like adults and try to provide posative and helpfull motivating advice.

Specifically Beyonce used the cleanse to lose lbs as there were only 2 weeks between shooting Deena Jones as a teen and Deena Jones as an adult. The scenes where Deena is an adult were shot first, therefore Beyonce used the cleanse in order to shoot Deena's younger, skinnier scenes just 2 weeks later.

of course, if she wanted to stay like a stick she would not have bothered with all the junk! anyway, the original idea for this diet is to detoxify the body, the weight loss is just a side effect which comes back on anyway. She didnt do it for anything other than her role in the film, if she was really doin it for herself than why would she bother if the weight comes back on? kinda defeats the object really doesnt it?

Fortunately not all people need to make a mistake themselves to learn a lesson. Do you really need to try an all coffee diet to realize that it's not a good idea?

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for posting such a lucid response. People really should research the basics of proper nutrition (and exercise) before adopting a particular diet, but it appears that relatively few of them do.

Several years ago I wanted to lose some weight I'd gained over the Christmas holidays, so I devised my own weight-loss regimen: for breakfast, I'd have a fruit smoothie (consisting of low-fat yogurt, a raw egg, fresh fruit, and a tablespoon of olive oil), plus a multivitamin and supplements that included cayenne, gingko, evening primrose oil, and flaxseed oil. I'd then have an 8-ounce glass of fruit juice, vegetable juice, or water every hour, on the hour, until dinner. (Drinking so much fluid made for many trips to the bathroom throughout the day, but the upside of this was that I never grew hungry because my stomach was always felt full.) Dinner consisted of a spinach salad laden with a variety of vegetables and nuts (no dressing), as well as another round of the above-mentioned multivitamin and supplements. The result? I lost ten pounds in two weeks.

I subsequently visited my doctor and had a check-up. Everything checked out positively, but perhaps the biggest surprise was my blood test: the results were, in my doctor's words, "perfect." Out of, as I recall, twenty-one separate parameters, each one was indeed perfect. I resumed my normal, vegetarian diet afterward and have maintained my desired weight ever since. (I've also given up overeating during holidays.)

Of course, the fact that this quickie weight-loss diet worked for me doesn't necessarily mean it will work for other people. I think it's okay to experiment with different regimens AFTER doing the proper research; and I'd recommend having a check-up before starting a diet, followed by a second check-up afterward so as to have some idea of the diet's impact on your body.

Lastly, because an individual's self-perception of what constitutes proper weight isn't always accurate, I'd also recommend determining your Body-Mass Index (BMI) before starting a weight-loss diet. It's easy to do so -- just visit any website that has a BMI calculator and enter your height and current weight; it will tell you whether your weight is too high, too low, or right on the mark.

I hope this was helpful!

Good luck, everyone,
Patrick

Ok, your friend should be eating lots of good food so she can breastfeed her baby. She should NOT do this cleanse. That's shocking. That will mess up her metabolism, and she won't heal as fast as if she was eating healthy FOOD.

This diet is absolutely not recommended for pregnant or nursing mothers. Breast milk derives its nutrients from the foods that the mother eats. This cleanse falls significantly short of the caloric needs of nursing or pregnant women.