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The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-By-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of the Lemonade Diet [COMP MASTER CLEANSE -OS]

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The three stars are for this book, not the cleanse, which is five-star all the way!

I am on day 18 of the master cleanse, so I think my opinions on this book have some validity. I have in fact been drinking less than half the recommended daily amount of the stuff, and as long as I get enough prana/chi from fresh air and drink tons of pure water, I never need more than that. I feel wonderful and will keep doing it until my body tells me it's time to stop. My body never lies to me.

Having been vegetarian for 20 years this summer, and organic-only much of that time, I am no stranger to fasting, cleansing and detoxing. For those who are, this is a fair introduction to going for maximum internal cleanliness...but there are many much better books on the subject (Bernard Jensen is a good start). As well, Woloshyn puts far too much extraneous personal stuff about his life in the book; it's really about him more than the cleanse.

The cleanse is largely about eliminating pointless things from your system, and I think this book is also somewhat pointless, considering that all of this info and about a hundred times more is available for free at various websites, most specifically themastercleanse in dot-org-land. That site has endless testimonies and much more info in general than this book. And it's free.

Woloshyn also doesn't give enough credit to Stanley Burroughs, the real mastermind behind the master cleanse. Burroughs wrote a very simple little booklet to sell as cheaply as possible. His goal was true health for all, not personal aggrandizement or profit. Woloshyn merely does what so many modern health writers are doing: take a proven old idea and market it under his name.

All you really need to know is this: you MUST use organic lemons and grade B maple syrup (wherein live the essential nutrients; buy it bulk online and save a ton over Whole Food's price).
Above all, use as much cayenne as you can stand. I use about ten to twelve times the recommended amount, but my body loves the stuff (endless thanks to Jethro Kloss for that idea, in his incomparable Back To Eden). Perhaps that's why I need so little every day: the peppers really get the body humming.
And then drink at least 12 glasses of water a day.

And really, that's it.

Enemas are highly recommended to take the cleanse to another level. But even then, they are not essential, though very wise. Making sure everything is organic and going into top-grade filtered water is. That, and lots of sun and fresh air. One quickly learns that that's where the real source of life lies. Stepping into air conditioning and feeling one's blood sugar plummet is a strong lesson about our lifeless modern environment. I've ingested maybe a few thousand calories in the last 18 days. How could I be feeling so healthy and alive if we really needed 2,000 calories a day? Long walks in the woods (alone or with a happy dog!) also aid immensely in grounding the spirit and bringing much joy. Nature never looks and feels so sparkling as when one is cleansing.

For those who need a book in their hands to guide them, this is ok. But the original booklet works just as well, and the website I mentioned covers all that's in this book, and so much more.

Not a bad book...but hardly essential. And when the whole point of cleansing is stripping away all but the essentials, why buy something that's hardly essential?

This lemonade-like blend of water, lemon juice and cayenne pepper is actually a rather popular and simple detoxification method. I've been using it for 12 days and the results are great. Of course I lost a lot of weight but that is not mine concerns. The important think is that I feel rejuvenated light and empowered. I don't only feel great physically but my mood has also improved tremendously. Staying on the program requires some will power during the first two or three days. After that it is not that difficult. I didn't feel that hungry any more, but I missed the pleasure of enjoying a meal, especially at the dinner time...

As much as I like this book as a good source for general body cleansing, I find it a little one-sided. There are a number of other good cleansing methods that concentrate on specific body parts such as liver, kidneys, bones and joints, etc. A very good reference for these cleansing programs is a book titled Can We Live 150. In the other book titled Cure the Incurable the author focuses on home-made remedies designed to not only cleanse your body but to also fight some incurable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, etc.

I had been thinking about detoxing for a few months now and found out about the Master Cleanse on a web forum I participate in. This book provides all the steps you need to do the cleanse, some very helpful information from the experience of the author, and then a lot of one sided extra information I could've done without. The first 50 pages are really just the author talking about his career,and what foods he believes people shouldn't eat because of the toxins they leave behind. It's just my opinion that people who want to Master Cleanse already have an idea of why they need to detox. Although he did credit Steven Burroughs for his original work, I felt the author wrote in such a way (in the beginning)that would lead people to believe he's had a great deal to do with the development of these fabulous ideas like the Master Cleanse and Color therapy. I'm also a little skeptical of his concrete understanding of medical conditions, particularly his claim that the Lemonade Diet and some other adjuntives completely cured his wife's cervical cancer. I only purchased the book because I cound't find the original Master Cleanser by Steven Burroughs. I'm still going to order it. Ultimately, this is a very useful book because it tells you how to get the most out of your cleanse, what to expect, and what to do if you're not seeing the results you desire. If you're like me and you really want to find out how to Cleanse, skip the first fifty pages and get to the good nitty gritty.

I loved Tom's book on the Master Cleanse because it goes so far beyond just the diet itself. You could basically surf the net and find the Master Cleanse recipe. He has answered many more of the questions you may have if you only read Burroughs book. He also makes the mind- body i.e positive thinking connection. There is so much more to this diet than just weigh loss, that even if you are only doing it for weight loss these other health reasons will keep you motivated to stay on the plan.

Great information regarding the Lemonade Diet. Answers a lot of questions that a person may have. But this diet needs to be followed precisely in order to have the proper detox effect. I recommend thouroughly researching this or any other detox prior to beginning a program. And be prepared mentally, especially if you're doing this purely for weight-loss purposes(which isn't the right reason). For a person who is used to and enjoys food, it's going to be hard to give up food for 10 days, cold-turkey. But as a detox, this is an effective program.

I recommend reading Stanley Burroughs' book, The Master Cleanser and Peter Glickman's book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, Second Edition. This way, you'll get a very thourough understanding of the program and have multiple sources to refer to during the detox.

After months of healthy eating and exercise, I wasn't losing any weight. And I was seriously devoted. I decided to try this and then continue what I had been doing. I lost some weight during detox. Afterwards, my weight stayed the same while I adjusted to a normal diet, then I continued to lose weight after a few weeks. I guess detox is what my body needed to shed some fat.

If you have not heard of the Master Cleanse, it is a very popular way of fasting/cleansing created in 1941 by the author's mentor, Stanley Burroughs. The author has spent a total of 1000 days on the cleanse since 1979 and has successfully guided others on it. The healing benefits are remarkable and include better sleep, mental clarity, weight loss, freedom from addictions, hair no longer falling out, more energy, and much more.

The cleanse consists of four items. Lemon juice is used because lemons contain many minerals, as well as acids that help break down calcified substances in the body such as kidney stones and gallstones. Lemons are also alkalizing. Maple syrup is recommended above all other sweeteners because it is rich in minerals and vitamins. (Agave was, if used more than 10 days, found to cause demineralization!) Cayenne pepper is added because it purifies and thins the blood. (The book also states that when cayenne is placed under the tongue in tincture or powder form, it can even stop a heart attack!) Of course, water is also used in the drink, and the author discusses the various forms of water (distilled, reverse osmosis, etc.)

In this complete guide to the Master Cleanse, we are told what to expect during the cleanse and reminded that a healing crisis is good--it means your body is doing its cleansing thing. The author assures women who are pregnant or nursing that it is safe for them to also participate in a 7 to 10 day cleanse. Children and the elderly too! Even people who have had various organs removed.

We are also told how to end the cleanse, and how to eat to maintain the benefits. (Eat raw as much as possible, and alkaline; avoid processed foods, go organic, etc.) There is a list of 21 things to do to enhance your results, as well as 17 common mistakes to avoid (ex: you should drink the juice within 10 minutes to get most of the nutrients). The author also gives health tips for your lifestyle after cleansing, such as starting out every morning with some fresh squeezed lemon juice, and experimenting with mono diets, juice diets, water fasting, parasite cleanses and liver/gallbladder flushes. There is a discussion of the advantages of vegetarianism, the importance of staying alkaline, and more in-depth talk about water.

The last part of the book discusses emotions and emotional eating. "There is not enough food on the planet to make your feelings and emotions go away," he tells us. "Eventually, the gnawing away of some past experience or pain that just won't dissipate may suddenly break through into your conscious awareness and motivate you to step up and make a change." We are also given tips and info on the importance of filtering the bath or shower water, as well as having nontoxic skin care products and even clothing.

This is a great, easy-to-read little book, a complete guide for cleansing inside and out, and staying clean. Even though I have read hundreds of books on health and nutrition, I found many new little useful tidbits such as suppressing the appetite with essential oils of lemon, ginger, peppermint and spearmint and how to make a concentrate for when you are traveling.

This book was not helpful. It was mainly an autobiography of the author and what the master cleanse did for him and his practice. It should have been a book about the technical aspect of the cleanse, but it was more a book about the authors belief's. Don't make the mistake I made, buy the original book, by the man who made up the diet. The author freeloaded off someone's ideas and he made money doing it. The lemonade diet or master cleanse was a very good experience for me, but the book was not.

I have read 2 books (both about The Master Cleanse) previously to this one and this is the best one. the explainations are much more clearer. Easy read.

on the 8th day of what was going to be a 12 day diet my wife noticed that one side of my face had lost muscle mass. the loss has never come back so that one side of my face is sunken in and the other is normal.
the diet was lemon, spring water and cayenne along with maple syrup used for nutrition otherwise the diet worked fine. there was no warning of side effects in the book I read so I would recommend caution.

The Complete Master Cleanse offers down-to-earth guidance, background information, health tips and much more. For a good price, this book has it all in one place for the reader to use, as needed. Yes, you could locate all this information on the internet, or in a variety of health and wellness books. If you research The Master Cleanse on the internet, you'll locate a variety of sources all saying different things, in a myriad of manners, some great, some okay and some repugnant. However, if you have the book, it's all in one place and delivered in a non-assuming manner. I didn't feel that the author was grandstanding or talking from a pedestal; what a relief that was. I didn't have the feeling this was a "cure all" approach, just a way to be healthier, in a reasonable way.

The Complete Master Cleanse will save you time, and keep you motivated to understand how to be healthy and the reasonable steps required. Mr. Woloshyn gives acknowledgment to his teacher, and the creator of the Lemonade Diet, Stanley Burroughs. You may also want to read about Mr. Burroughs' very interesting life, some of which resulted from his life-long pursue of helping people and promoting his diet as a means to cleanse ones system and regain energy and health. Mr. Burroughs was also an advocate of colored light therapy, deep massage, reflexology and other Nature Cure methods, which Tom Woloshyn includes in his book.

I appreciated the clean, organized manner of writing, and editing. I found the broad-based approach to natural health information, physical, mental and spiritual well-being, reasonable not soap-boxy. I found this great little book worthwhile and ... no time-chewing here.