I've done a ton of research on the whole thing, reading people's blogs that were doing it, and Youtube videos of people that are in the process of doing it to see how things went, and if it was really worth it and whatnot... So after about 3 days of just looking up stuff, and research, I decided to go for it.
I'm going to go about this in a very scientific manner, so that my experiences can be used by the internet population to either try it if it works, or avoid it if I die
Some background info on the diet itself:
The goal is not weight loss, though that's a side effect and can be beneficial.
Here's the daily regimen:
-Night before you start, you drink an herbal laxative tea. Go to sleep.
-Wake up the next morning and drink a quart of water mixed with 2 teaspoons of sea salt, and get ready for an hour in the bathroom, because you'll be busy for the next hour or so
-After you're done there, which is the Purging stage of the cleanse, you go about your day drinking only this specially prepared lemonade drink, which I'll describe below.
-That night, repeat the herbal tea, and repeat this for 10 days.
Well, the first response I got from my friends and family about this was "OH GOD THAT SOUNDS UNHEALTHY" Well, healthy or not, there are tons of people that have done it, and haven't died, so I figure, if nothing else, I will lose a few pounds, and release crap in my colon that is killing me anyway.
The lemon drink mix goes as such, you'll have to look up the PDF of the guy's book, or buy the book itself, which is $6.50 or so, but I'll get into that later as I go into the video journals...
The drink you drink all day is this:
-2 Tablespoons lemon or limejuice (approx. ½ lemon)
-2 Tablespoons genuine maple syrup (Not maple flavored sugar syrup) (VERY IMPORTANT TO FIND GRADE B, GRADE A IS CRAP FOR PANCAKES!!!)
-1/10 Teaspoon cayenne pepper (red pepper) or to taste (Good for metabolism)
-8 oz water, room temperature
Combine the juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper in a 10 oz glass jar w/lid and fill with the water.
Shake it up and drink. (Cold water may be used if preferred.)
Use fresh (organic) lemons or limes only, never canned lemon or limejuice nor frozen lemonade or
frozen juice.
(Source: http://healthandlight.com/TheMasterCleanse.pdf)
Sounds sick, but people think it's pretty good.
Anyway, once I start this, I'll keep vitals up such as weight and overall feelings and whatnot.
When I get videos going, I'll post the link here too.
I just had a huge dinner tonight because we had guests over so I'll most likely drink the first lax tea Sunday night, and begin in earnest on Monday for my first day.
Now, there's a guy on youtube if you look it up that documents doing this cleanse for 40 days! And he is still alive, so I'm hoping i can cope with 10 easy.
Some goals of mine that I'm doing this:
-Regulate my thyroid since it's under producing, and I don't want to take Synthroid the rest of my life.
-Fix my yucky morning breath by cleansing my system of crap I've been harboring all these years from Burger King and McDonalds
-Purge myself of any parasites, which as been known to happen on day 4 or 6.
And my final goal is to have this fast/cleanse act as a gateway to eating more fruits and less junk foods.
I'll keep you all posted.
If anyone has any experience with this at all, I'd appreciate any tips or suggestions.
