Is The Master Cleanse Detox Diet Safe?

Posted by admin | Body Detox | Thursday 8 September 2011 2:20 pm

Among all types of diet plans available today for body detoxification, Master cleanse is found and has been proven to be the best and the cheapest. Many people including celebrities opt for this diet plan. With all its positive aspects there underlies a question, if the master cleanse is that safe as people think.

The Working Of The Master Cleanse Diet?
The Master cleanse detox diet has no chemical or drug related therapy. It is basically organic and constitutes fresh lemon, maple syrup (grade B), cayenne pepper, water and sea salt. This lemon mixture as it referred to as lemonade diet is the only diet which has to be taken at least for ten days. It helps in detoxification and loss of weight. The diet intake should be at least twelve glasses daily. Moreover, herbal tea twice a day can also be taken as a supplementary to the lemonade juice.

The lemon juice acts as an alkaline agent and thus a cleansing item although it consists of citric acid. This helps in flushing out the toxin from the stomach as well as the intestines. The other ingredient cayenne pepper acts as a catalyst to improve the metabolic reaction and burn the accumulated fats.


The master cleanse detox diet is devoid of calories, carbohydrates and protein and therefore many people consider it to be non-nutritional diet. A person needs 1400 to 1600 Calories per day for nourishment but the lemonade diet provides only 100 calories. This is the reason people lose weight fast but eventually it is a better detoxifying and weight loss plan. This plan is a type of starvation where the body needs energy to compensate for the loss of food. During such process the accumulated fats gets burned and converted to energy.

There is no second opinion about the master cleanse diet plan. It is an effective and result oriented diet plan that helps in shedding fats and simultaneously detoxifying the body. However, this detox diet should be undertaken on a short term basis and should not be prolonged. If you want to continue the plan further then you can add fruit juice vegetable soups and necessary grains which can sustain you for a prolonged period. There are people who skip their lunch but eat their breakfast and dinner. But that will depend on your doctor’s advice which plan condition is best suited for your health conditions.

This is perhaps a better way because you need not starve but still reap the benefits of detoxification and weight loss program. However, to follow master cleanse detox diet plan in its strictest form it is prudent to take the advice of the doctor.