Getting Yourself Used to the Master Cleanse Diet

If you follow a typical Western diet, it can be hard to go right on to performing the Master Cleanse. The Master Cleanse recipe has very few ingredients and absolutely no solid food, which can be somewhat of a system shock to people who aren't accustomed to performing regular cleanses beforehand. Fortunately, there is a pretty easy way that people who want to try the Master Cleanse can sort of ease their way into it, and make the cleanse itself easier to handle.

To start with, the Master Cleanse is all juice. For a few days running up to the beginning of the cleanse, followers should start eating more raw, whole fruits and vegetables, and reducing their consumption of refined sugars, grains, and processed foods. This will help their body start to detox a bit naturally, a process that will be helped along once the cleanse it started. Most people follow the Master Cleanse for ten days or so, but devotees have been known to follow it for a month or more. New followers shouldn't try to push themselves that hard, and instead shoot for cleansing for ten days or so.

For a day or two immediately before the Master Cleanse, followers should switch to a juice fast. This entails drinking nothing but freshly-juiced organic fruits and vegetables, and avoiding solid food. Even though they'll just be drinking juice, freshly-made juices contain a lot of fiber and solids, so followers shouldn't really experience hunger. This will also allow their stomachs to shrink a bit, which will reduce feelings of hunger during the cleanse itself.

During the actual cleanse, the only things that followers will be consuming are the Master Cleanse recipe, herbal laxatives, and the salt water flush. The Master Cleanse recipe is very effective at quelling hunger, but followers need to remember to drink some as soon as hunger strikes. The Master Cleanse recipe itself should be drunk between six and twelve times a day for the best effect, and herbal laxatives should be taken twice a day. The salt water flush can be performed once a day, or as needed.

Sometimes, detoxing can produce detox symptoms, like headaches, nausea, or other side-effects. Drinking enough water (be sure that it's filtered or reverse osmosis water from a non-plastic container) will help prevent and alleviate these. Drinking enough of the Master Cleanse recipe itself will also help keep detox symptoms at bay.

Once the cleanse is over, a one or two day juice fast is a good way to help get the digestive system re-acclimated to food. After that, followers should begin eating whole, raw, organic fruits and vegetables, unprocessed ancient grains, and organic meats. This will help keep toxins from building back up in their systems, and let them go on to lead healthier, illness-free lives.