My First Taste

I first heard about the Master Cleanse (or Lemon Detox) while listening to a CD of a talk about mastering self. I was more interested to see if I could endure the 10 days than the health reasons.

So I first went and priced all the ingredients at my local HEB. Here is what I came up with:

Per Serving

• 1 oz lemon juice (1 small lemon)
  
• 1/2 oz Grade B Maple Syrup
  
• 1/10 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  
• 10 oz water
  

6 - 12 servings per day

• 6 - 12 oz lemon juice (6 - 12 small lemons)
  
• 3 - 6 oz Grade B Maple Syrup
  
• 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  
• 60 - 120 oz water
  

10 days

• 60 - 120 oz lemon juice (60 - 120 small lemons)
  
• 30 - 60 oz Grade B Maple Syrup
  
• 5 - 10 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  
• 600 - 1200 oz water
  

Total Cost

• $15 - $30 lemons (60 - 120)
  
• $36 - $72 Grade B Maple Syrup 3 - 6 12.7 oz bottles of Grade B Maple Syrup
  
• $2 Cayenne
  
• $2 Fine Ground Sea Salt (at least 20 tablespoons)
  

Total: $55 to $110

You can buy the Grade B Maple Syrup on Amazon.com for about $22/32 oz

Total with Grade B Maple Syrup from Amazon.com: $41 - $78

So I made my first glass, and now I know why they call it Fire Water. It doesn't taste all that bad, but my stomach did have a hard time with it. I was a little nauseous right away. So in addition to the headaches, nausea will be another thing to overcome.

As far as the laxative, I will be taking 2 oz MonaVie™ morning and night instead of the teas normally used. I will also be doing the "top-down-enima" salt drink every morning. You take 4 cups (32 oz, 1 quart) of lukewarm water with 2 teaspoons of the salt as fast as you can each morning. I hear it will come back up or out the other end within an hour.

I've heard first three days are the hardest, and if you can make it past that, it gets a lot easier. I plan on starting Friday morning before Labor Day. I may not start until Friday night, I'll have to see how it goes.

Update: I've found that 3 large lemons is about 8 oz. A 2 lb bag ($4.49) of lemons from HEB made about 18 oz of lemon juice. So a bag of lemons will last 1 to 3 days.

I also got a $10 electric juicer that is working great.

I also found a site that suggests taking Bentonite. I found 32 oz of Bentonite at Amazon.com for $10.

Another site to note

Make the salt water rinse work better