Customer Rating: 
Summary: Yuck
Comment: This weight loss/cleanse procedure is disgusting. I couldn't take more than a day of it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not healthy in the long run.
Comment: I first heard about this diet as a teenager back in the '80's. It is ok for very short term say like a week or less than 2 weeks. You will probably feel better not taking in food/meats for a few days anyway whether it's with the help of the MC or not because your digestion is getting a much needed "rest". It's not requiring too much energy to digest hard foods like meats and starches, so you will feel and sleep better. Yet, I think people get carried away with this diet and take it past 2 weeks. You will put your body in starvation mode, slow down your metabolism, auto-digest (spelling?) lean muscle, damage your teeth (lemon acids damage tooth enamel) and feel very weak and tired. There's no protein in this diet, hardly any iron and simply not enough to keep you going especially if you live a pretty busy and hectic life. Most of what you lose on this diet is water trapped in the tissues anyway and then your body as stated starts to consume it's own muscle tissue for protein. Once you return to normal eating habits you will gain all the water back. So if you want to do this diet, you are best to totally change your regular diet to something of a vegetarian type. Once you go back to eating hard foods like meat and sugars, forget about it. All the placebo benefits you thought you received from the MC will be nil and void once you go back to old eating habits.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Clean out your Act
Comment: My friend Saralise told me to buy this book. Its the best purchase I ever made. Here is a summary of my experience so far...
Go RAW...anything cooked over 102* or processed doesn't provide your body with nutrition.
Rid your body of all toxins and disease. Eliminate all waste from your body
by using the following recipe from 10 upto 40 days. Nothing else may be eaten. Mint tea may also be used. As well as water.
Master Cleanser...
6 juiced limes (or lemons)
1tsp cayenne pepper
¾ cup maple syrup
100 oz of water
Makes a 2 day supply.
Drink (smooth move liquorish or chocolate) laxative tea morning and night.
[2 tspns sea salt mixed on stove with 4 cups water, drink hot like chicken soup one morning in beginning of cleanse. note, be prepared to be near a toilet all day.]
Drink Master Cleanser exclusively until the white on your tongue returns to a natural pink color.
Sea salt baths are an absolute delight, and an additional way to remove even more toxins...
Than final 3 days orange juice and vegetable soup, to get you ready to resume solid foods...
Some people do this cleanse a few times a year. It is considered a fast, as you will not eat any food. The nutrition in the recipe is enough to sustain you. Some people continue on with this drink for breakfast, as a way to maintain proper health balance.
I'm officially on Day 12.
Have seen major improvements in physical form and well being.
Lost 9 pounds. My tongue is 50% free of toxins at this stage.
Goal is to detoxify.
Loving the process. I have tons of energy.
Am not hungry. First 2 days when I got a little hungry,
just had some more of the drink. There is typically no hunger after day 3, however, I would recommend to stay away from food establishments, or grocery stores if possible, because you will feel desire, and maybe a little stomach growling at you if you do =)
xoxo Fran
[...]
Customer Rating:
Summary: It works
Comment: I recently finished my 3rd Master Cleanse fast. You don't do this cleanse to lose weight, because you'll gain all or most of it back once you end the fast. This cleanse is to 1) remove mucous from the digestive track, 2) reduce blood pressure, 3) reduce triglycerides and cholesterol, and perhaps 4) remove other toxins from the body.
I know because it had done all of these things for me. My triglyceride count went from 427 to 235 (still high, but much better). I had a cardiac episode where my blood pressure was (I'm not kidding) 253/122 in the emergency room (I'm a 46 year old female). They stabilized me at 193/98 and sent me home. But I declined medicine and immediately when on this 10 day fast. On day 10, my blood pressure had dropped from chronic stroke range to 115/70.
It also functions like an elimination diet. Anyone who has food allergies will feel better on this fast. I have fibromyalgia and felt great - lots of energy and clear headed; I stopped getting migraine headaches for the 10 days I was on the fast. Now that I'm back to eating, I feel much worse!
You have to re-enter the eating world slowly. A piece of toast with butter on it will make you sick after fasting for 10 days. Homemade vegetable soups, and nuts are a good way to re-enter on day 11 and 12.
Something as severe as Leukemia can't be cured with a fast, but for the rest of us, it can be an amazing leg up on our poor eating habits and this toxic world.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What if the tea or the salt bath doesn't work?
Comment: I have been on the cleanse now for three days going on four. I feel wonderful and have been working out everyday. I have been using the tea at night and also the salt bath tonight, but neither of these are working. It has been three days now since I last went to the bathroom, anyone have any suggestions? I cannot take these in the morning because I work at a bank very early, and cannot leave my counter whenever I want to so I do not want to run the risk of being that uncomfortable at work. Please contact me if anyone has any ideas? Thanks.
Summary: Yuck
Comment: This weight loss/cleanse procedure is disgusting. I couldn't take more than a day of it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not healthy in the long run.
Comment: I first heard about this diet as a teenager back in the '80's. It is ok for very short term say like a week or less than 2 weeks. You will probably feel better not taking in food/meats for a few days anyway whether it's with the help of the MC or not because your digestion is getting a much needed "rest". It's not requiring too much energy to digest hard foods like meats and starches, so you will feel and sleep better. Yet, I think people get carried away with this diet and take it past 2 weeks. You will put your body in starvation mode, slow down your metabolism, auto-digest (spelling?) lean muscle, damage your teeth (lemon acids damage tooth enamel) and feel very weak and tired. There's no protein in this diet, hardly any iron and simply not enough to keep you going especially if you live a pretty busy and hectic life. Most of what you lose on this diet is water trapped in the tissues anyway and then your body as stated starts to consume it's own muscle tissue for protein. Once you return to normal eating habits you will gain all the water back. So if you want to do this diet, you are best to totally change your regular diet to something of a vegetarian type. Once you go back to eating hard foods like meat and sugars, forget about it. All the placebo benefits you thought you received from the MC will be nil and void once you go back to old eating habits.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Clean out your Act
Comment: My friend Saralise told me to buy this book. Its the best purchase I ever made. Here is a summary of my experience so far...
Go RAW...anything cooked over 102* or processed doesn't provide your body with nutrition.
Rid your body of all toxins and disease. Eliminate all waste from your body
by using the following recipe from 10 upto 40 days. Nothing else may be eaten. Mint tea may also be used. As well as water.
Master Cleanser...
6 juiced limes (or lemons)
1tsp cayenne pepper
¾ cup maple syrup
100 oz of water
Makes a 2 day supply.
Drink (smooth move liquorish or chocolate) laxative tea morning and night.
[2 tspns sea salt mixed on stove with 4 cups water, drink hot like chicken soup one morning in beginning of cleanse. note, be prepared to be near a toilet all day.]
Drink Master Cleanser exclusively until the white on your tongue returns to a natural pink color.
Sea salt baths are an absolute delight, and an additional way to remove even more toxins...
Than final 3 days orange juice and vegetable soup, to get you ready to resume solid foods...
Some people do this cleanse a few times a year. It is considered a fast, as you will not eat any food. The nutrition in the recipe is enough to sustain you. Some people continue on with this drink for breakfast, as a way to maintain proper health balance.
I'm officially on Day 12.
Have seen major improvements in physical form and well being.
Lost 9 pounds. My tongue is 50% free of toxins at this stage.
Goal is to detoxify.
Loving the process. I have tons of energy.
Am not hungry. First 2 days when I got a little hungry,
just had some more of the drink. There is typically no hunger after day 3, however, I would recommend to stay away from food establishments, or grocery stores if possible, because you will feel desire, and maybe a little stomach growling at you if you do =)
xoxo Fran
[...]
Customer Rating:
Summary: It works
Comment: I recently finished my 3rd Master Cleanse fast. You don't do this cleanse to lose weight, because you'll gain all or most of it back once you end the fast. This cleanse is to 1) remove mucous from the digestive track, 2) reduce blood pressure, 3) reduce triglycerides and cholesterol, and perhaps 4) remove other toxins from the body.
I know because it had done all of these things for me. My triglyceride count went from 427 to 235 (still high, but much better). I had a cardiac episode where my blood pressure was (I'm not kidding) 253/122 in the emergency room (I'm a 46 year old female). They stabilized me at 193/98 and sent me home. But I declined medicine and immediately when on this 10 day fast. On day 10, my blood pressure had dropped from chronic stroke range to 115/70.
It also functions like an elimination diet. Anyone who has food allergies will feel better on this fast. I have fibromyalgia and felt great - lots of energy and clear headed; I stopped getting migraine headaches for the 10 days I was on the fast. Now that I'm back to eating, I feel much worse!
You have to re-enter the eating world slowly. A piece of toast with butter on it will make you sick after fasting for 10 days. Homemade vegetable soups, and nuts are a good way to re-enter on day 11 and 12.
Something as severe as Leukemia can't be cured with a fast, but for the rest of us, it can be an amazing leg up on our poor eating habits and this toxic world.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What if the tea or the salt bath doesn't work?
Comment: I have been on the cleanse now for three days going on four. I feel wonderful and have been working out everyday. I have been using the tea at night and also the salt bath tonight, but neither of these are working. It has been three days now since I last went to the bathroom, anyone have any suggestions? I cannot take these in the morning because I work at a bank very early, and cannot leave my counter whenever I want to so I do not want to run the risk of being that uncomfortable at work. Please contact me if anyone has any ideas? Thanks.