The Master Cleanse

I am starting Stanley Burrough’s Master Cleanse today, and here is my journal. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

I’ve done the Master Cleanse twice before, once about 8 years ago, once about 4 years ago, and while it wasn’t easy either time, I was pleasantly pleased enough with the process that I definitely want to give it another shot. I figured with the new year and all, it would be a good time to try it again, and try to keep a journal this time.

The Who/What/Why and Whatnot of the Master Cleanse

I know a lot of people Master Cleanse because they want to lose weight fast. I know when I was googling Master Cleanse, I found out that Beyonce lost something like 22lbs in two weeks cleansing, and Jared Leto lost 60lbs or something ridiculous like that as well.

However, the Master Cleanse is not called the Master Diet, its intent is a purportedly to detoxify the body by loosening toxins in the body throughout the day with a lemon juice/cayenne pepper/maple syrup/water concoction, aided by senna leaf (a natural laxative) tea at night, and flushed out by a salt water flush in the morning.

Generally, this is a 10-day process, (including a few days afterwards to re-acclimate to eating solid food) and by the end, you've lost some weight, you've detoxified your system, and you've broken your addictions to caffeine, processed food, and you're ready to move on with your life.

Day 1: Drink the lemonade drink, 6-12 glasses. If you want to lose weight, drink less. At night, drink the senna leaf tea
Day 2-10: In the morning, do the salt water flush. Make sure your bowels are completely empty before you leave the house. Could get messy otherwise. During the day, drink the lemonade drink. At night, drink the senna leaf tea.

Easy peasy, right? We'll see.

I will continually update this first background post as I go along with the cleanse.