How much weight will you lose on the Master Cleanse?

Answer 1

You are really just looking at a painful and drawn out way to empty your entire digestive tract. The lemon detox/master cleanse diet you are referring to is a calorie deficit program.

You will lose weight on this diet. The average adult American has eight meals in their digestive system. Five more than they should. By going on a deficit diet like this you can lose up to 10 pounds just by not eating. But it is only the weight of the food in your digestive system. Then you lose 4-5 pounds of glycogen (stored energy). Last by reducing sodium intake you can lose another 2-3 lbs of water weight attached to the sodium molecules. So it does work but it does not change your size. Pour the soda out of a bottle and the shape of the bottle doesn't change does it? Once you start eating again you just replace all the missing food and water in the system.

The signal these starvation diets send the body is that there is no more food available. The body immediately stores any fat it can and begins to convert muscle and even organ tissue first for fuel instead of the stored fat. Stored fat will be used as a last resort when needed. The complete opposite of what you are trying to accomplish.

There is no build up of bad plaque, toxins, or sludge in a normal, reasonably healthy system. If this was the case we would have people dying left and right from malnutrition since their small intestines couldn't absorb nutrients. The majority of the water from food and what we drink is reabsorbed through the colon, if our colons were clogged we would all be walking around looking like sponges right?

Detoxing is ridding the system - liver, kidneys, and intestines of toxins both internal and environmental. Our liver and kidneys aren't clogged with toxins. Otherwise we would be dead. The liver does in fact get layered with fat if we become overweight. We "cleanse and detox" naturally 24 hours a day through respiration, sweat, liver, and kidneys.

We can help by eating a healthy diet with minimal added sugar and salt. Lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grain foods, beans, peas, and brown rice keep a system as healthy as it can be. Minimal alcohol, caffeine, soda.

Read food labels. If you can't pronounce it, don't put it in your body.

A healthy high fiber diet works every time.

Increases the speed and efficiency of the digestive system and helps the body rid itself of both internal and environmental toxins.

Cleanses actually flush out the beneficial bacteria and enzymes in the digestive system. Search "gut flora" to learn about the beneficial bacteria we need in our colon.

We have more beneficial bacteria in our digestive systems than all the cells in our bodies! Did you know the digestive system is one of the largest contributors to our immune system?

They don't tell you about the gas, cramping, and bloating you will experience when you start eating again and the body has to rebuild this bacteria population.

Spend your money in the produce department.

Good luck.