What I Learned from My 48-Hour Cleanse

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My lunch this past Friday was a strange, blue-grey liquid that had the consistency of watered-down prison gruel. If I had to give it a name, I would have called it the Bruised Puke.

Why was I subjecting myself to this so-called banana-blueberry “smoothie?” Like a lot of people, I decided to start the new year off by detoxifying, but not with the ridiculous Master Cleanse – where water is pretty much all you consume – or some bizarro, ultra-organic Goop diet prescribed by the ever-perfect and equally condescending Gwyneth Paltrow.

I went for a more accessible option: Dr. Oz’s 48-hour weekend cleanse. A few things attracted me to this cleanse: 1) It had solid food. I’m not a fan of juice on the best of days. 2) It was only 48 hours. Being hungry makes me cranky and for my friends’ and family’s sake, I wanted to minimize their exposure to a monster Maddie. 3) Oprah did it.

Despite these bonuses, however, the cleanse had one major drawback: It lacked protein.

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9 Most Popular Cleanse and Detox Diets

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Give your body a fresh start by clearing away all those pesky toxins. Here are nine of the most popular cleanses that can help you cleanse your body for the new year.

Most Popular Cleanses

Looking to spring clean your body? If so, a cleanse might be right for you. But with so many cleanse options available today, we walk you through nine of the most popular cleanse programs.

The Master Cleanse

Probably the most well-known cleanse, this 10-day program involves drinking six to 12 glasses daily of a maple syrup/lemon juice/water/cayenne pepper lemonade and taking daily laxatives. Promising to detoxify your body and ditch extra pounds, it also has an Ease-in/Ease-out option where start and finish the program eating fruits and veggies and drinking juices and broths.

Who’s done it? Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Beyoncé

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Detox and Cleanse: Healthy or Not?

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Detox has certainly become quite a buzzword as of late. Many people are using various programs from the Master Cleanse (water, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, maple syrup) to colonic cleansers with the hopes of improving digestion and ridding the body of harmful toxic chemicals. One would think that all these programs provide something to the body that it is currently lacking. Not so. The liver and kidneys are the body’s own detoxification organs and their job over millions of years has been to rid the body of wasteful chemicals and ingested toxins. When the kidneys and liver are functioning at their best, they do an incredible job of detoxifying the body. These organs, when not inhibited by processed and junk food (more on that later), are working every second of the day to naturally cleanse the body. So before you sign up for a cleanse or detox program, consider how you could improve the natural detoxification system your body already has.

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Lemon Detox Diet: Weight Loss or Health?

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The lemon detox diet, also known as the Master Cleanse diet, isn’t a new addition to the world of dietary trends.

In fact, this method of detoxifying the body has been around for more than 50 years in one variation or another, but was made mainstream once celebrities like Beyonce started talking about its benefits.

The lemon detox diet isn’t an everyday kind of program.

The goal is to take 10 to 14 days to “flush” your body of toxins, limiting your intake to only a special mixture of fresh lemon juice, pure maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water, as well as the intake of laxatives.

The premise behind this liquid fast is the acidity of the lemons promotes the liver and the gallbladder to free themselves of toxins, boosting metabolism and circulation naturally, and giving the intestinal tract a rest period.

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The Master Cleanse

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The following program –The Master Cleanse– has been tested and approved since 1940 all around the world and is constantly reported as the most successful diet of its type. As the originator of this superior diet once stated: “I humbly and yet proudly offer it to you, confidant that you will receive vigorous good health from its use”

The Master Cleanse is a Juice Fast. It’s a liquid diet that provides a healthy amount of calories and nutrients specifically suited for weight loss and cleansing, all while resting the digestive system and allowing the body to heal naturally.

Stanley Burroughs - Author of the book “The Master Cleanser“, continues to state: “This diet will prove that no one needs to live with their diseases. A lifetime of freedom from disease can become a reality. The Lemonade diet has successfully and consistently demonstrated its eliminating and building ability.”

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Celebrity Detox Diets You Should Try - and Avoid

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So-called detox diets, like the Master Cleanse, are seen as a quick way to lose weight, especially among celebrities like Oprah and Gwyneth Paltrow. But what is a detox diet? Is it a healthy way to cleanse your body, or a dangerous way to lose weight? FITNESS reports on popular detox diets, how they work, and who's doing them.

So which detox diet could be right for you? FITNESS took a hard look at a few popular detox diets, assessing each one based on the nutritional value, liver-cleansing value, and their ability to help you start a long-term healthy eating habit.

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