The Maple Syrup Diet Fad

Hi,

This is my first day on the master cleanse detox and I must say I feel great.
Did not like the laxative tea so had the senna leaf laxative tablets instead, they worked just aswell.
I thought I would be starving but as the days going on the hunger pangs are dying down and I defo have more energy. Can't wait to go home and go the gym (I have never felt like that before). As for the drink it does not taste too bad the cayenne pepper is a bit hot but it helps if you sip it slowly instead of gulping it down. I tried the salt wash too beore work but don't think i drank enough of it, gona try it again and see what happens.
I am not doing this for weight loss as I have lost 2 stones already just from eating healthy and exercising and will continue to do so, but getting rid of all the harmful toxins will be very beneficial and will make me more healthier.
As for the exercising. I invested in a personal trainer and he advised me the best way to burn the fat is by doing interval training rather than cardio and also doing basic toning exercises using a gym ball, bench, dumbells and a skipping rope.
If you would like more advice do not hesitate to ask me. I will let you know how I am getting on with the cleanse in a few days.

I cant afford the lemonaide diet! Syrup is outragious! It said molasses, what kind or type? And how much in a days serving? thanks

I've been reading on detoxification to get rid of toxins so I'm willing to try this one.

Not a FAD diet???? From the booklet "Lose 7-12 lbs in one week." Well, 1 lb. of true fat loss = 3,500 calories. That means that to lose just 1 lb./day, someone would need to REDUCE their daily intake by 3,500 calories, or increase their output (exercise) by enough that they are burning 3,500 more calories than they consume. Unless someone's daily caloric needs are 3,500 and they consume zero, this is impossible. Much less, almost twice that amount as is promoted by the booklet in the above QUOTE. I am sorry, I doubt the value of this program as a cleanse when the producers of it are so misleading about weight loss. Do some basic weight loss research. Somethings not right here!

I'm on my second class of maple syrup and i feel terrible, its my first day so im not going to give up. but i have a really bad headache and im so hungry. i plan on doing this for 10 days. its going to be hell :(

my dad told me about this diet way before it became a fad. apparently his friend who is jamaican, have been using this detoxing system for years. i didnt know it was popoular until a couple days ago i heard beyonce used it to lose wieght for dream girls. my dad tried it for ten days and he said he didnt feel weak or tired and he wasnt hungrey. he just craved fried chicken. im thinking about starting this diet but im worried because i live an active life syle in the US AIR FORCE. i dont know if my body will have enough energy with out solid foods.

what can you eat while you are on this diet.

hi im doing the detox and was lookin for a buddy?? anyone my email salikakhan@hotmail.com would love to hear from anyone who is doin it or has done it xxxxxxxxx

sal

I have worked with these people for many years. Sometimes, they do crazy things, but they can afford it, because they are under supervision of the best specialists.

Hey Everyone!!

Let me start by saying that as far as i'm concerned cleanses ARE good for your system. In fact my grandmother used to recommend i "flush" my system of all the crap i take in READ THE BACK OF THE BOX OF YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL!! SCARY!! i'm going to start mainly to begin a new eating regime. I couldnt find grade b maple syrup! i found grade A organic! if i take this and take multivitamin pills can i still get the same benefits? Being that grade B has more minerals and doesn't have refined sugars? Can someone help so i can begin my detox!!!

hi guys,

Im try the master cleanse as of tomorrow, have convieniced my fiancee to do it with me hoping it may make things easier. so wish me luck i have zero willpower so fingers crossed.
any tips will be well recieved

Hey all, starting the diet on monday the 4th august hopefully gonna aim for seven days as a start and see how it goes. Looking for a buddy to do it with if anyone is interested gimmie a shout on nessa_angel20@hotmail.com. Would love to hear from you! ta all! ness x

How does it taste?

Is it normal to gain weight on the Master Cleanse? I'm on my third day, feeling sick but not hungry, and yet to see anything positive from this. I've gained weight and I think I may be better off fasting.

When you do the proper research on the detoxification of your body. You will come to the conclusion that most only do it to lose weight. Do more than read about how Beyonce does it. and for heavens sake donot limit to these blogs. get into the RESEARCH
I do this once a year. The first time i cleansed, it was 14 days of wows. After it 'completed' its cycle, my daily diet was proper fruits, veggies, wheats and proteins. Also 80 - 100 ozs. of water a day. I am a male, 30 yrs old, 160 lbs and 5'10. After I did the cleanse, my work out routine increased because of energy gain, and my muscle mass blew up. Unreal amount of change.
Remember, what you are is what you eat.
I cleanse yearly now. 4 days only, friday morning through Monday evening.
Through doing so, my body is as if a machine has been built inside. The body was meant to eat all day, graze... the energy level is ridiculus.
Do a trial clense, try saturday a.m thru sunday evening. and Monday have 5 small meals(bowl of cereal.cup of yogurt, 2 pieces of fruit, 1 serving of nuts.... these are the servings you should have 5-7 times a day). plus lots and lots of water..hint hint the body is 80+% water, and water will contain the energy.

TRY IT. GOOD LUCK. and GREAT HEALTH

im about to start college tomorrow- with such a drastic change i was thinking of trying this to kickstart my ritual of fall dieting- ive prefected a concoction thatt has a slight variation on the original recipe (added equal and cinnnamon) my hope is to go from 120 at 5'6 to 110 or 105 depending on what my body can tolerate this year.
if anyone has done this quick cleanse and has any tips for sticking with it or avoiding blackouts i'd greatly appericiate them.

Hey guys! I just started the master cleanse this morning.. and the only think I find terribly difficult is the saltwater flush. ughh.. drinking the salt water is so hard as you can't really hold your nose while drinking as it won't make any difference. In terms of the lemonade drink.. I LOVE IT! The only thing I don't do is that I don't add as much maple syrup as the recipe says... I'm not sure what difference it's going to make. Oh yeah.. as soon as I finished drinking the salt water and the lemonade, I was definetly feeling some movement inside... and defenitely needed to go to the bathroom quick!

People often mistaken this as a diet, it is not. This is a complete cleanse to eliminate your body of every kind of disease/toxins. I am on this cleanse.You are in no way starving your self. Jesus Christ him self fasted for 40 days and survived!
Lemons and limes are the richest source of minerals and vitamins of any food known to man. The lemonade diet first proved itself in the healing of stomach ulcers over forty years ago, all mucus diseases such as colds, flu, asthma, hay fever, sinus and bronchial troubles are rapidly dissolved and eliminated from the body with this cleanse.
To make it:
2 Tablespoons lemon or limejuice (approx. ½ lemon)
2 Tablespoons genuine maple syrup (Not maple flavored sugar syrup)
1/10 Teaspoon cayenne pepper (red pepper) or to taste
8 oz water, room temperature
Combine the juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper in a 10 oz glass jar w/lid and fill with the water.
Shake it up and drink. (Cold water may be used if preferred.)
Use fresh (organic) lemons or limes only, never canned lemon or limejuice nor frozen lemonade or
frozen juice.

To add, I do not feel hungry, the combination of these components help take away the hunger feeling, I have always felt great on the cleanse, as well as smoking drinking and other things I will admit I used to do, I no longer have the desire for. As some ppl do not know, meat "flesh food" is horrible for our body. With my job, I recieve a pig every six months as I work in the farming business . .I used to eat porkchops, bacon, sausage and of course chicken beef any thing meat I LOVED. Untill I actually started reading into things, I realized just how much damage and toxins we bring into our body by eating meat. The cleanse rids our body from those toxins we brought in from eating flesh foods. After the cleanse it is most important you stay away from flesh foods, so for ppl who know they cannot stay away from a bigmac or a juicy stake every other day, this cleanse is not for you. You will be on a raw food diet afterwords, eating, fresh vegies fruits and seeds/nuts. Im not saying you cannot eat meat ever again but if your going to do so make sure you are eating a very small portion and not on an often basis. Do you know milk, which we all LOVE and use in many cooking recipes or just to eat in cereal is also VERY bad for us?! Yes it is true . . all of these wonderfull things we feel we cannot live without are doing the worst of things to our bodies and we do not even know it. And as I saw in previous comments, yes there is a herb lax' tea you are to drink night and morning to help clean out your digestive track, although it tastes better, I strongly suggest the NON iodized sea salt flush, which cleans out your colon very well. You wouldnt believe how much bowel you have in your body! . .even after 7 or 8 days on the cleanse, its crazy! I am posting a website for those who would like to read about and try this cleanse. Please, read every deatail in this book! No skipping and no cheating! You will get great results and a further understanding of this cleanse. Remember use reverse osmosis water - NO well water, tap water etc, theres tons of toxins in anything but purified water.

Stanley Burroughs book/ dont purchase the book if you dont have to! This is all of the original text exactly as in the book:

http://healthandlight.com/TheMasterCleanse.pdf

Peter Glickmans, follow up version - website:
http://www.themastercleanse.com/

hello everyone. i was wondering if anyone knows where to order this product from, thanks.

YES!, I found a place. go to www.simplifast.com ... and you can find the maple syrup diet drink, already pre-mixed, in a ready- to -drink version. Its better because you dont have to squeeze or mix anything, and I believe there are two flavor options. It is also ALL NATURAL without preservatives. My friend tried it and I am going to try it next week, if I can get some. She said it taste really good, better than the MASTER CLEANSE and she tolerated it better.

OH, and I forgot to mention she LOST 8 POUNDS in THREE DAY, fasting with SIMPLIFAST.

Fad?

Just because some celebrity tries it does not make it a fad.

Truly no offense, but get your facts straight. It's not a diet but a cleanse that's been used for over half a century, since the forties, by many people to successfully clean out their colons and digestive tract. Losing weight is just a side effect.

I have tried this detox about three times and each time I have lasted for about 2 days. I just cannot seem to get over the hunger pangs. However I am still really determined to complete the detox. If anyone would like to join me for support I am hoping to start on 23rd October 2008.

i'm a little interested in this diet and it sounds like not a total starvation since the regimen provides roughly a 1600 daily caloric intake.

i think it's rather amusing that the individuals who are against this cleanse say that you will gain the weight back immediately since you are reducing calories...well, that's precisely how you lose weight. whether you eat 500 calories less than your basal amount or you burn 500 calories through exercise, the net result is that you lost 500 calories....durrrr???

plus, maple syrup is rich in simple sugar (glucose) so you are getting some daily carbohydrates. but since they are not complex and you are not over eating, your body will be able to consume it all without storing it in adipose (fat) cells. additionally, the lemon (or lime) juice provides fiber, aiding digestion. and cayenne pepper is known to stimulate the metabolism for additional caloric burn. if you've ever taking cayenne (concentrated pills) then you feel a warming sensation...well guess what? that heat is of course energy which of course comes from no where but your body itself! so ultimately, the cleanse will help you to burn additional calories. and again, unlike most diets, this regimen is only supposed to last a few days. since it is only performed for roughly 10 days, you will not be drastically upsetting your metabolism (as some of the negative comments suggest). the reason you cannot immediately enjoy most solid foods is because your liver and kidney(s) slowed down production of enzymes needed to break down complex carbs and proteins (since they weren't needed for the past few days). as such, eat sensibly afterwards to give your liver and kidneys the hint to increase production of those enzymes once again and continue to exercise and you shouldn't gain all that weight back.

hey, if you stop any weight loss program (i.e. exercise) then of course you will gain lost weight back...this is no different. some people on here fail to realize that the possibility of gaining weight back is not restricted to diets.

--> if some process causes an effect, then of course you will not see those results if you stop the process.

Amazing how dumb some people are. Well, not really.

This is *NOT* a diet, but a *CLEANSE*. Anyone using this as a "diet" is a fool. And pretty stupid, as well.

Fasting, especially controlled fasting, is a proven method of restoring organ function, and so on.

The Master Cleanse is not a "fad diet". See above-referenced "dumb" comment, which can be applied to Beyonce (not exactly a bastion of intellect there), but also to any person abusing this cleanse as if it were a "diet".

FYI, I and several others I know have gone on The Master Cleanse for 7, 10, 21 and even 30 days. It's extremely effective, and I personally didn't lose much weight. We each of us maintained muscle mass, and felt absolutely fantastic afterward.

It works, and extremely well.

But if you're using it as a "diet," you're an idiot. If you don't read the principals behind this cleanse, carefully, before starting it, you will also not question why a gentle laxative is part of the deal.

Again, if you start something like this with the idea that it's a diet, and without carefully reading the "manual" (as the author of this blog article obviously did not), you're wrong before even starting.

Note, finally, that one need not buy the most expensive maple syrup on earth.

I have tried this detox about three times and each time I have lasted for about 2 days. I just cannot seem to get over the hunger pangs. However I am still really determined to complete the detox. If anyone would like to join me for support I am hoping to start on 23rd October 2008.

It is best that you seek professional advice before embarking on the Master Cleanse Diet. Sometimes it might be suitable to one person but not another.

When you look at the fine print on any multivitamin, it clearly states that it is not meant to cure or prevent any disease. Such as this cleanse. Again, a cleanse not a diet. (Moreover, a diet is defined as your daily habits of eating.) While it is true that you are losing mostly water weight, maple syrup is a powerful potion, just as is cayenne pepper. Maple syrup has beneficial zinc and manganese which are heart friendly and cayenne pepper has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes. One of the main reasons that people are so afraid is that you do have to give up EVERYTHING for a short time. But please explain how other countries do it. I am in no way saying this should become a lifestyle, but is it not better than all the crap that we are pumpin daily into our bodies. I think that people are so willing to take medication that has such adverse side effects cause what it's been "approved" by the government, but not willing to put something God made into their bodies. Guaranteed, this will not work for everyone. That's the point. There is nothing out there that will work 100% for 100% of the people.

I lost weight the way Geoff mentioned (and I'm 31)...4 weeks straight of exercising every single day (45 minutes of running 1-2 miles, lunges, push-ups, sit-ups, squats), cutting out ALL junk food (no candy, sugar, coffee, soda...not even fruit juice or sweetened cereal), no eating after 7pm (I did eat three full, healthy, square meals a day). I went from 165-149 in that period (16 lbs in 4 wks).

The cleanse is good not so much for weight loss, but for getting all of the crap out of your body. I do it a couple times a year just to clean my system out. With the maple syrup I still get enough calories to make it through my day just fine.

I am on day one and I am going to work out for an hour during the cleanse and I study the rest of the day. Does anyone know how much weight i will be losing by the end of the 10 days? oh and does it decrease my concentration because I need to study for my finals?

Hi, Is there anybody out there doing the Lemon detox. I have started today and was hoping to buddy with someone. Or have more people on the forum to share our thoughts
Cheers
Sunshine

Oh todays date is 27th November 2008

I am starting the cleanse tomarrow. I would love to buddy up with you sunshine or with anyone who wants to do the cleanse with me. today is 11-28-08. I plan to stay on the diet for 10 days.

Hey all:
I am really looking forward to starting this diet..i want to lose about 15 pounds....Can anyone give my the exact recipe???

I plan to start next Monday....so hope someone can help me out woth some feedback soon..

I'm not a big fan of all the media hype diets. But a simple clensing diet works great for me. I've been using the one at www.ModelHerbs.com for a while and it does help me loose weight when I need to. I'm a model and when I have a shoot planned I start early and I'll loose a dozen pounds or so pretty fast. It's a simple fiber cleansing using instant fiber fruit juices and a pill in morning and night. Yes you loose a lot of body water sitting around, but that's the point isn't it? check them out!

The only way to loose weight is healthy diet and excersising. Stop trying to take short cuts because in the end, you will always get cut short.

I am about to do the master cleanse and cannot wait to get rid of all that christmas dinner and alcohol that are still clogged up in my system. I am hoping to lose about 12 pounds and I am also hoping that I won't feel so sluggish because i really do feel sluggish. I'm hoping to start tonight with my laxative tea and start the whole lemonade drinking process tomorrow (07-01-09 or 01-07-09) Wish me luck!!! Oh by the way if there is anyone that wants to join feel free to msg me

Very nice useful information on diet.basicall i am fat. i was to be maintain diet to loss wait..

hi i am thinking of starting this diet tommorow and wanted to ask if i get some syrup from asda will it still have the same effect