Doing the Master Cleanse Diet is a great way to reclaim your health and start to feel better than you’ve felt in many years. It’ll increase your energy levels, improve your skin, decrease feelings of fatigue as well as bad breath and body odor, and may even slow the rates of hair loss or memory sluggishness. But in order to get the most out of your cleansing efforts, you’ll need to put together some of the most important Master Cleanse ingredients.
But remember—not just any ingredients will do! The ingredients that you choose for your Master Cleanse need to be high-quality and suited specifically for this purpose so that you squeeze the most out of your 10-day fasting cleanse. Use poor-quality ingredients and your body won’t benefit as fully as it might if you chose the recommended ingredients.
Look for the following ingredients with specific characteristics and you’ll be well on your way to experiencing optimal health. Want to know more? Read on.
Freshly-Squeezed Organic Lemon Juice
The Master Cleanse is often called the Lemonade Diet or the Master Lemonade Detox or the Lemonade Cleanse, and for good reason! Lemon juice is one of the key ingredients in the Master Cleanse system. Lemon juice has many important functions in the Master Cleanse Diet. Perhaps the most significant effect that lemon juice has on the body is that it is a natural cleansing agent. In fact, many naturopaths and health care professionals recommend that you drink water with freshly-squeezed lemons first thing every morning as an ongoing method of keeping the body clean and detoxified. So it’s definitely a must if you want to truly experience the benefits of the Master Cleanse Diet.
But there’s more. Lemon juice is also important for breaking down mucus, fat, and excess waste in the body. As the lemon juice breaks down these substances into manageable sizes, the body can naturally eliminate them. Additionally, the lemon juice, since it is an acid, often acts to break-down things like calcified gall and kidney stones. As a result, many people going through the Master Cleanse report passing gall stones or kidney stones during the process.
But you can’t just use any old lemon juice when going through the Master Cleanse. It’s important, firstly, that you choose USDA Certified Organic lemons. Remember that one of the main purposes of going through the Master Cleanse is to rid your body of nasty chemicals and toxins so that it can function optimally. If your digestive system is distracted by new toxins being introduced into the body, it won’t be able to detoxify as effectively. Therefore, in order to avoid toxins like synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and insecticides, opt only for Certified Organic lemons.
It’s also important to use freshly-squeezed lemon juice and not the varieties that you can find bottled in the grocery stores. In order to bottle lemon juice, the companies who produce this product must pasteurize the juice—boil it at high temperatures for a set period of time. This is done to kill the bacteria that would cause the lemon juice to rot over time.
The problem is that during the process of pasteurization, the beneficial bacteria are also killed. This can’t be helped since the high temperatures of the process of pasteurization don’t discriminate between good and bad bacteria. But you want those beneficial bacteria—they aid in digestion, fighting illness, and are essential for optimal health. Consequently, lemon juice that is pasteurized won’t be anywhere near as effective as freshly-squeezed lemon juice, so go for fresh-squeezed!
Ground Organic Cayenne Pepper
To really get things going during your Lemonade Diet experience, you must add cayenne pepper to the mix. The purpose of cayenne pepper in the Master Cleanse Diet is twofold. First, it is used to dilate the blood vessels. This in turn will boost your metabolism and as a result will help you to burn excess fat faster than you’ve ever experienced. So in a sense, the cayenne pepper acts as the accelerator for the entire Master Cleanse experience.
Second, cayenne pepper is used to break-up and dissolve mucus and toxins in the body. Third, cayenne pepper is a source of vitamins B and C. And perhaps more important, cayenne makes the Lemonade drink more interesting!
Organic Grade B Maple Syrup
One final ingredient—maple syrup—is important for the Master Cleanse to be totally effective. Although it might seem like a cheat amidst a very challenging fasting diet, the maple syrup actually does serve an important purpose. Most notably, maple syrup contains some very beneficial vitamins and minerals. It is an excellent source of manganese. Manganese is an essential co-factor to other enzymes important for processing antioxidants and energy production.
Maple syrup is also a good source of zinc. Zinc is an important mineral for a healthy immune system and helps to support healthy reproductive system function, especially in men. Maple syrup is also a source of calcium, iron, magnesium, thiamin, and riboflavin.
When looking for the maple syrup for the Master Cleanse Detox Diet, you’ll want to search for two main characteristics. First, as with all the other ingredients listed here, you’ll want to choose only organically-produced maple syrup. This will help to ensure that you’re not introducing any new toxins into your body.
You’ll also want to find only Grade B maple syrup. Grade B maple syrup is less refined than Grade A maple syrup and thus contains more of the beneficial vitamins and minerals that you want while cleansing. It also has a stronger taste and can therefore be more useful in fighting off feelings of hunger.
Putting These Important Master Cleanse Ingredients Together
When these three ingredients are mixed together and consumed with good-quality filtered water, they work synergistically to clean out your digestive system, speed your metabolism so that you can lose weight, and keep you going until the 10 day fast is complete(check out our full Master Cleanse directions). In no time at all, the Master Cleanse Diet using these important ingredients will rapidly detox and rejuvenate your entire body so that you feel more alive and healthy than you’ve ever felt! Also read about the salt water flush, an important part of doing the master cleanse. We also have some Funny Master Cleanse Stories that you have to read fo a good laugh.
