Master cleanse?

[schock77]

Anyone done this or know about it? Dh has been talking about it- several of his buddies are doing it after Thanksgiving and I'm skeptical. If he does it, I think I want to try it too... but part of the issue is I LOVE food, so fasting doesn't sound fun. And the recipe sounds really yucky...

I'd love some insight... now off to make those pecan pies I've been putting off for the last 2 hours... Ha ha!

[jessica31876]

Ive never heard of it. What is the recipe consist of?

[Darcy Baldwin]

DH has been looking into it as well. He's done versions of cleanses about every 6-8 months, so he'll probably start again after the first of the year. He began doing them when he started losing so much weight, and he feels they were always a good jump off point when he hit a plateau. Cleansing of the crud his body was releasing, kicking it into shock (in a good way, of course), etc.

[iJenny]

you just have to be very careful about fasting and liquid diets. It can really really throw off your body's metabolism (hence the quick, abiet temporary, weight loss).

Think about it like this.... you don't eat anything solid for x-amout of days and you lose weight. Do you think its because you're cleansing your system or is it because your a basically starving your body?

I don't know... Its just a slippery slope with these "cleansing" diets. I would be very careful.

[BeccaBoo]

Well I am one who wouldn't do it. Like Jenny, said you have the potential of doing your body more harm than good. Our bodies are amazing things and have the ability (as long as you are healthy of course) to cleanse itself. It knows what needs to be done and takes care of it.

You can read some about it here:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colon-cleansing/AN00065

[schock77]

As I'm baking pecan pies right now, you can see why even the idea seems horrible for me. :) I'm going to like DH up to that article... neither of us really needs to lose weight (it wouldn't kill me to lose 10-15 lbs of course, but in pretty good shape)

The ingredients for 10-12 days are basically fresh squeezed lemon juice, grade b syrup, cayeene pepper and water... it even SOUNDS yucky... so you gals help push me off the fence.

[iJenny]

The ingredients for 10-12 days are basically fresh squeezed lemon juice, grade b syrup, cayeene pepper and water

Ok, so this is what I don't get. How can people look at this ingredient list and not see that it is a simple starvation diet? I mean, c'mon! 10-12 days of drinking a concoction contaning virutally ZERO nutritional value? Of COURSE you're going to lose weight! You're STARVING yourself for almost two weeks!!

Another thing that needs to be considered is the strain you are putting on your other organs. Your liver and kidneys can't appreciate a diet like that. And I'm sure your stomach won't be happy either.

If its so "safe and effective" why aren't all the good doctors out there reccommending it?

If it sounds too good to be true, its probably bad for you!

[Darcy Baldwin]

That one is too drastic.

Russ does his for two days...not to lose weight, but as a fasting measure, which he does for his faith and for his body. It's usually around anytime that we feel a need for fasting and prayer or if he's hit a major plateau in his weight loss.

While it doesn't make him lose weight...it does seem to kick his body out of it's rut. He's lost 120 lbs so far...and while we don't attribute it to the cleanse, he won't stop doing it because he really feels it helps.

[iJenny]

That one is too drastic.

Russ does his for two days...not to lose weight, but as a fasting measure, which he does for his faith and for his body. It's usually around anytime that we feel a need for fasting and prayer or if he's hit a major plateau in his weight loss.

While it doesn't make him lose weight...it does seem to kick his body out of it's rut. He's lost 120 lbs so far...and while we don't attribute it to the cleanse, he won't stop doing it because he really feels it helps.

See, now I can understand doing a cleanse like that. Two days of liquids is not starvation. My aunt does the 30hr cleanses too. Seems to work for her.

But 10-12 days is just dangerous, imo.

[LenaGardner]

That one is too drastic.

Russ does his for two days...not to lose weight, but as a fasting measure, which he does for his faith and for his body. It's usually around anytime that we feel a need for fasting and prayer or if he's hit a major plateau in his weight loss.

While it doesn't make him lose weight...it does seem to kick his body out of it's rut. He's lost 120 lbs so far...and while we don't attribute it to the cleanse, he won't stop doing it because he really feels it helps.


What she said. David has been fasting the week of Thanksgiving for years now. Generally from church on Sunday until we eat Thanksgiving dinner. He's done it every year we have been married, but every year we've been married I've been pregnant or nursing and can't do it with him. He does it for faith.

He's also lost about 145 pounds but he can't fast this year with the physical demands from the army :)