Well, folks, I start my 10 day cleansing on Tuesday. And today I plan to purchase all the ingredients I'll need.

Oh, and I've been doing this for 5 years now -- I like getting all the toxins out of the body when I can.

Anyway. . .

As promised here's a little information on The Lemonade diet, also known as. . .

The Master Cleanser

For the novice and the advanced student alike, cleansing is basic for the elimination of every kind of disease. The purpose of this book is to simplify the cause and the correction of all disorders, regardless of the name or names. As we we eliminate and correct one disease, we correct them all, for every disease is corrected by the same process of cleansing and building positive good health.

Man's mastery of disease will only be final when ignorance and fear are overcome by proper observance of all laws pertaining to the creation of bones, flesh and blood.

Through eons past and on even into the present, man has been held and still remains in bondage of misery and suffering while witchcraft and quackery, whether licensed or not, have run the gamut of the healing field of mis-information.

At last the basic cause of disease is no longer a mystery. The basis cause is the habits of improper diet, inadequate exercise, negative mental attitudes, and lack of spiritual attunement which combine to produce toxic conditions and malfunction of our bodies. The elimination of the cause of illness is the obvious and only way to healing and health.

The elimination of the habits that cause illness is done through the positive approach of developing proper habits that cause health combined with corrective techniques that remove the ill effects of our former incorrect ways.

A group of simple and automatic laws of the master plan, for creative living, has given the sufferer his answer and release from his various forms of disease.

These laws pertaining to the construction and reconstruction of a more perfect body are unlimited within the universal plan for man.

Though we have seen and felt the action of these laws as they automatically create and recreate, in our many phases of living, we have discovered and used them knowingly, only in limited amounts.

As we work knowingly with these laws we find a very simple answer to our many aches, pains and disorders.

To most of us these laws have been replaced with the laws of "Kill of the Cure" with the many devastating practices and miracle poisons.

These truths are self evident as we look into the history of our diseases and see our failures in our constant search for release. If these records are not enough then let him go on and on with his never ending aches and pains until his sufferings have finally created a desire for knowing these many truths.

When we finally become sick of being sick, then we are ready to learn the truth and the truth shall set us free. This diet will prove that no one needs to live with his diseases. Lifetime freedom from disease can become a reality.

To be complete, a healing system must be able to cover the entire field of human experiences -- physically, mentally and spiritually.

Any system which denies any part of this trinity fails in this attempt to heal to the same extent to which it denies any part or parts.

We realize that many psychological, mental and social stresses can and do cause tensions which can aggravate our problems but they do not cause our conditions. However, the above tensions can and do encourage us to eat to excess -- both good and bad foods -- which in turn creates our large variety of diseases.

The following program has been tested and approved since 1940 in all sections of the world as the most successful of any diet of its type. Nothing can compare with its positive approach toward perfection in the cleansing and healing field. Nothing can compare with its rapidity and completeness. It is superior in every way as a reducing and body conditioning diet.

As the originator of this superior diet, I humbly and yet proudly offer it to you, confident that you will receive vigorous good health from its use.

Many of the principles that are presented may be completely contrary to everything you have believed and studied. Regardless of whether you believe them or not, it does not alter the fact that they may be true. Before you attempt to argue or deny these facts, test them as given to you and use them until you have proven them either right or wrong. Every statement and bit of information given is the accumulation of years of experience, research, and results-therefore given as facts. Make these tests and be completely satisfied that you, too, can experience the same results. At no point will any attempt be made to confuse you with theories that cannot be proven or that will not prove themselves to be right. There is no desire to give you complications, or words that have little meaning, or "double talk" without clarity. Simplicity and accuracy will be the theme through the entire book.

This system accepts no limitations as to the ability of the body to heal itself.

Written by Stanley Burroughs

"Let no man refuse to listen and be healed lest he bring misery, pain and suffering to those who look and depend on him for help and guidance."

The Origin of the Lemonade Diet

The lemonade diet, about to be described, has successfully and consistently demonstrated its eliminative and building ability.

Lemons and limes are the richest source of minerals and vitamins of any food or foods known to man, and they are available the year round. Thus the diet may be used successfully any month of the year and virtually any place on earth. Its universal appeal and availability make it pleasant and easy to use.

The lemonade diet first proved itself in the healing of stomach ulcers over forty years ago. Permission was given by Bob Norman to share this incident of my first experience with the diet.

One day, shortly prior to my first meeting with Bob, I was inspired to write this diet in complete form as a means to give relief and to heal stomach ulcers in ten days. I rapidly wrote it down in detail and waited for a test case -- which always seemed to come when it was needed.

Bob Norman had suffered with his ulcer for nearly three years. During this time he had tried everything then known to get help, but nothing in the way of medicine or treatment gave anything but momentary relief.

He had to eat something every two hours or he was in extreme pain. For the preceding three months he had been living on little other than goats milk. His doctor wanted to operate but he refused to have it done. He figured anything would be better than that. He told me I was the last person he would go to. If I couldn't help, he would just go home and die, as life was hardly worth living in this condition.

An explanation of the cause of an ulcer is necessary at this point.

There is a sodium coating covering the entire inside wall of the stomach which, if it remains intact, will prevent the digestive juices from digesting the stomach itself. However, when any form of flesh food enters the stomach, the meat attracts the sodium the same way as the walls of the stomach. Some of the sodium is drawn from the walls and gathers around the meat, thus preventing the digestion of the meat in the stomach and at the same time depleting the sodium on the walls of the stomach.

As one continues to eat meat and a deficiency of sodium in the diet occurs, the sodium lining is not being replaced on the walls of the stomach. The digestive juices then start digesting the stomach, producing what we call an ulcer. When this occurs, all orthodox methods to heal the ulcer fail completely.

Sometimes the meat can remain in the stomach for two or more hours and begin to ferment and spoil. To be broken down and digested it must pass on into the small intestine. All forms of meat take longer to digest than do fruit and vegetables. Chicken and other fowl take the longest of all. Just because meat is already a form of flesh, it does not follow that it is readily usable by our bodies. In fact, just the reverse is true.

When one considers that flesh foods of all kinds are extremely toxic, it becomes apparent that they are an extremely undesirable form of nourishment. In the eating of meat, one must take into account all of our eliminative organs. They are made primarily to take care of our own wastes. When we add animal flesh, containing the wastes of its cells (or drugs and other unusable materials), extra work is required of these organs and various forms of trouble will eventually develop.

Remember that all solid food must be broken down into a liquid form to be carried by the blood before it can nourish the body. Flesh foods of all kinds (including fish) take much longer to reach this state and are less useful to the body than fruit, vegetables, and seeds.

Back to our story. After all of Bob's explanation, I asked him if he would like to have his ulcer healed in ten days. He answered "Yes" so I handed him the paper with the diet on it. He read it over carefully and handed it back with the explanation that he could never do that as all expert advice for three years had told him to never uses citrus, and this was nothing but lemonade.

Since orthodox methods had failed completely to heal his ulcer, I reasoned that their advice could be wrong. And since the lemonade diet was contrary to the accepted practices (which had failed), logic told me that it might do the healing. I knew it could do no harm and was confident only good could come from it.

I explained to Bob that if all of this expert advice was correct, his ulcer would have been healed three years ago!It was just possible that the very thing he was told no to use might be the one thing he needed. He thought it over and decided, "All right, I'll try it. . .even if it kills me!" He was assured that this would not happen.

After five days of the diet Bob called me. Even though he had no pain from the beginning, he was afraid that suddenly all the old pain would return and he would be miserable again. formerly he had to eat something every two hours or he would be in pain, and the previous day he had gone eight hours without food or drink -- with no pain, yet he was still apprehensive. I assured him that since he had no pain for v\five days, he would be all right and to continue for the full ten days.

On the eleventh day he was examined by his doctor and the ulcer had been completely healed. Needless to say, his doctor was most amazed because he had given Bob a complete examination, including X-ray, prior to the diet and had recommended an immediate operation because he would not have long to live otherwise.

Many other cases of ulcers followed with the same constant results in only ten days. Numerous other disorders were also corrected during the ten day period, in person after person.

To be continued. . .

Fab: I'll list the ingredients in my next post, as well as a little background on why certain ingredients are used. . .and others are not.

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Additional information:

The Master Cleanser

The most effective cleansing program available, it is simple and inexpensive and can be used by anayone. The results speak for themselves.

Burroughs Books
3702 S. Virginia St.
Ste. #G-12 Box #346
Reno, NV 895-6030

Hey, kiddo. If you have the time, could you do a day-by-day accounting of what you intend to do? I would like to join you on this. I have been on medicine that I know is toxic, and DD has given me wonderful advice (thanks, DD), but I think a cleansing would be great and would help out a great deal.

Originally posted by Sandye:
Hey, kiddo. If you have the time, could you do a day-by-day accounting of what you intend to do? I would like to join you on this. I have been on medicine that I know is toxic, and DD has given me wonderful advice (thanks, DD), but I think a cleansing would be great and would help out a great deal.

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Sandye, I will make the time for you. In fact, I'll type out everything you'll need as soon as I can [tonight].

I wish there was a website I could refer you to, or a link. . .but there's only the book and it's called:

The Master Cleanser -- by Stanley Burroughs.

As far as I know the book can only be purchased through a health food store or via the mailing address I posted.

So far I have everything I'll need but I'll post more later this evening.

Peace....

I have heard of this diet...I think...Doesn't maple syrup go along with the lemons?



Kai

Originally posted by Saracen:
Peace....

I have heard of this diet...I think...Doesn't maple syrup go along with the lemons?



Kai

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Yes, you are exactly right, Kai.

2 Tbsp lemon or lime juice (approx.1/2 lemon)

2 Tbsp genuine maple syrup (not maple flavored sugar syrup)

1/10 Tsp cayenne pepper (red pepper) or to taste

Water, medium hot (spring or purified water)

Is the Lemonade Diet Also a Reducing Diet?

As a reducing diet it is superior in every way to any other system because it dissolves and eliminates all types of fatty tissue. Fat melts away at the rate of about two pounds a day for most persons -- and without any harmful side effects.

All mucus diseases such as colds, flu, asthma, hay fever, sinus and bronchial troubles are rapidly dissolved and eliminated from the body leaving the user free from the varied allergies which cause difficult breathing and clogging of the sinus cavities. Allergies exist as a result of an accumulation of these toxins and they vanish as we cleanse our body.

People who are over-weight often experience these difficulties, and the more they continue to eat the toxic fat-producing foods which cause their obesity, the more their other ailments multiply.

Mucus disorders are brought about by the eating or drinking of mucus-forming foods. In other words, if you have these diseases, you ate them! As we stop feeding our family mucus-forming foods, we can eliminate their mucus and allergy diseases for the rest of their lives.

The types of disease which are result of calcium deposits in the joints, muscles, cells and glands are readily dissolved and removed from the body. Cholesterol deposits in the arteries and veins also respond to the magic cleansing power of the lemonade diet.

All skin disorders also disappear as the rest of the body is cleansed. Boils, abscesses, carbuncles, and pimples all come under this category. These conditions are, again, Nature's effort to eliminate poisons quickly from the body.

All types of infections are the result of these vast accumulations of poisons being dissolved and burned or oxidized to produce further cleansing of the body. Therefore, rapid elimination of the toxins relieves the need for infectious fevers of all kinds. Infections are not "caught," they are created by Nature to assist in burning our surplus wastes.

Yes, the lemonade diet is a reducing diet, but much more. Just as many other disorders also cleared up at the same time when it was use to heal ulcers, when it is used as a reducing diet other ailments are also corrected in the process.

People build strong, healthy bodies from the correct foods or they build diseased bodies from incorrect foods. When disease does become necessary, the lemonade diet will prove its superior cleansing and building ability.

The Master Cleanser
or
The Lemonade Diet

Purpose

To dissolve and eliminate toxins and congestion that have formed in any part of the body.

To cleanse the kidneys and the digestive system.

To purify the glands and cells throughout the entire body.

To eliminate all unusable waste and hardened material in the joints and muscles.

To relieve pressure and irritation in the nerves, arteries, and blood vessels.

To build a healthy blood stream.

To keep youth and elasticity regardless of our years.

When to use it

When sickness has developed -- for all acute and chronic conditions.

When the digestive system needs a rest and a cleansing.

When overweight has become a problem.

When better assimilation and building of body tissue is needed.

AND HOW OFTEN?

Follow the diet for a minimum of 10 days or more -- up to 40 days and beyond may be safely followed for extremely serious cases. The diet has all the nutrition needed during this time.

Three to four times a year will do wonders for keeping the body in a normal healthy conditions. The diet may be undertaken more frequently for serious conditions.

How To Make It

2 Tbsp lemon or lime juice (approx.1/2 lemon)

2 Tbsp genuine maple syrup (not maple flavored sugar syrup)

1/10 Tsp cayenne pepper (red pepper) or to taste

Water, medium hot (spring or purified water)

*Stanley Burroughs

Combine the juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper in a 10 oz. glass and fill with medium hot water. (Cold water may be used if preferred.)

Use fresh lemons or limes only, never canned lemon or lime juice nor frozen lemonade or frozen juice. Use organic lemons when possible.

The maple syrup is a balanced form of positive and negative sugars and must be used, not some "substitute". There are four U.S.D.A. approved grades of maple syrup. The early sap runs generally produce the lighter grades -- Grade A Light Amber and Grade A Medium Amber, which were formerly known simply as Grade A.

These lighter grades are mild in taste, sweet and with less mineral content than the darker grades. The mid-season runs generally yield mostly Grade A Dark Amber, formerly known as Grade B. Dark Amber has more mineral content and more "maple" taste.

The end of the season brings mostly Grade B, which was formerly Grade C, with even more minerals and the strongest maple flavor. All grades can be used in the diet but the darker grades are the most desirable.

The grading system is based purely on the relative deepness of the amber coloring and had nothing to do with the quality of the syrup, which is generally about the same for all organically produced maple syrup.

The maple syrup has a large variety of minerals and vitamins. Naturally the mineral and vitamin content will vary according to the area where the trees grow and the mineral content of the soil.

These are the minerals found in the average samples of pure maple syrup: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Iron, Copper, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon. Vitamin A, B1, B2, B6, C and Pantothenic Acid (B5) are also present in the syrup.

Information on the need and effect of these properties will be found in the Biochemistry in the back of the book, "Healing for the Age of Enlightenment".

Some uninformed operators of the sugaring of the maple syrup do use formaldehyde pellets in the process of tapping the trees but there are many more that don't. Search out and demand the kind not using formaldehyde.

The Maple River Valley in Westhby, Wisconsin does not use it. This is the kind I recommend.

This is what I do.

I buy a case of AquaFina [water] 16 oz. bottles, and then I measure out 10 ounces of water by marking the bottle.

I use exactly 10 ounces of water but when I add the maple syrup, lemon juice and cayenne pepper, it brings the water level up a bit, thus the need for a 16oz bottle of water, as opposed to a 10 oz. bottle.

I buy the maple syrup from a health food store, because usually a health food store will carry the recommended brand of maple syrup. It will cost about $32 to purchase the amount of maple syrup needed for the entire 10 days.

I'll keep 8-10 bottles of this mixture with me all day every day for 10 days [the book recommends at least 6 bottles]. So whenever I feel hunger pains, I will simply drink the lemonade.

Yeah, I'm running to the ladies room more often than usual, and the first 3 days are difficult without food. . .

. . .but I find after the 3rd day, it gets easier.

There's one catch though. . .that I haven't mentioned yet, but I'll go into it later today.

See, this is why I have to "mentally prepare myself" before this process. lol

and yes, unfortunately, I lose weight that I don't need to lose. I'm 122 pounds--I really don't have much weight to spare. But, my skin is clear and I always feel much better having done this [the lemonade diet].

Believe me, if there is any mucus in the body, it WILL come out. OMG!!!

I'll post more later.

Thanks Fab....

Im all ready to go with this.......but i want to know "whats the catch"? LOL

I'll check back later for your response...

Originally posted by qty226:
Thanks Fab....

Im all ready to go with this.......but i want to know "whats the catch"? LOL

I'll check back later for your response...

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You're welcomed, Qty. I'll be back a little later so I can better explain what I mean (and I also need to type a reference from the book which I don't have time to do right now).

. . .Anyway, I'm taking myself to lunch for my last "pleasure meal" for the next 10 days. There's a place that serves the best Jumblia (<<~~I know im spelling that wrong..lol) I've ever tasted . . . and the whole vibe from that restaurant is cool. It's very classy ethnic.

I'm down with that.

I figure, since I'm getting rid of the toxins in my body AND I don't work for the next couple days, I might as well have a glass of wine with my meal. lol.

I'm be back my sista. . .

and not too late.

Have a great day and stay safe.

Ok, I'm back. And I plan to type the reference from the book later this evening, however. . .

I'm sorry to say but an herbal laxative [in Tea form] is required each night while on this diet. See, that's the catch.

Are y'all ready to sip on a herbal tea [laxative] every night for 10 days? This diet is not for the faint of heart. The herbal tea aids in the elimination process.

Think about it some more ladies. Are you up for this? I'll continue to report my progress for the entire 10 days, but are YOU ready for this? think about it.

Helping the Cleansing Along

As this is a cleansing diet, the more you can assist Nature to eliminate poisons, the better. If your system feels upset, it is because you are not having sufficient elimination. Avoid this possibility by following the directions completely.

Above all, be sure you have two, three, or more movements a day. This may seem unnecessary not eating solid food, but it is Nature's way of eliminating the waste it has loosened from the various cells and organs in the body. They must leave the body some way.

It would be just the same as sweeping the floor around and around and never removing the dirt from the house if the wastes were not passed out. The better the elimination, the more rapid will be the results.

A laxative herb Tea is found to be the best helper for most persons. It is a good practice to take a good laxative herb tea right from the beginning -- the last thing at night and first thing in the morning. There are several good laxative teas. They are best taken in a liquid form. Buy them in your health food store.

Fab: For me, drinking the herbal tea once at night is enough. A few years ago I tried the laxative herb tea both in the morning and at night. And I found it to be MORE than an over kill. I spent most of my time in the restroom and some of us have to work. So, once at night is good enough ladies. in my humble opinion.

Another Cleansing Aid: Internal salt Water Bathing

As it is necessary to bathe the outside of our bodies, so it is with the inside. Do not take enemas or colonics at any time during the cleansing diet or afterwards. They are unnecessary and can be extremely harmful.

There is a much superior method of cleansing the colonic tract without the harmful effects of customary colonics and enemas. This method will cleanse the entire digestive tract while the colonics and enemas will only reach the colon or a small part of it. Colonics can be expensive while our salt water method is not.

DIRECTIONS: Prepare a full quart of luke-warm water and add two level (rounded for the Canadian quart) teaspoons of unionized sea salt. Do not use ordinary iodized salt as it will not work properly.

Drink the entire quart of salt and water first thing in the morning. This must be taken on an empty stomach. The salt and water will not separate but will stay intact and quickly and thoroughly wash the entire tract in about one hour. Several elimination's will likely occur. The salt water has the same specific gravity as the blood, hence the kidneys cannot pick up the water and the blood cannot pick up the salt. This may be taken as often as needed for proper washing of the entire digestive system.

If the salt water does not work the first time, try adding a little more or a little less salt until the proper balance is found; or possibly take extra water with or without salt. This often increases the activity. Remember, it can do no harm at any time. The colon needs a good washing, but do it the natural way -- the salt water way.

It is quite advisable to take the herb laxative tea at night to loosen, then the salt water each morning to wash it out. If for some reason the salt water cannot be taken in the morning, then the herb laxative tea must be taken night and morning.

Fab: I find the salt water to be better [for me]than taking the herb laxative both morning & night.

DAY 1

OK, not too bad. The worse part was not having my much needed coffee in the morning, but I survived.

So far so good.

The Herbal tea I'm using [tonignt] is called: SMOOTH MOVE

(Traditional Medicinals)

And this product contains: Senna leaf

Oh, I drank exactly 7 bottles of the lemonade mix today. When I'd start having snack attacks...I'd reached for another bottle.

Day 2

Oh boy. I knew the first three days of this would be rough. I had a nice lukewarm glass of sea salt and water this morning--definitely no competition for coffee.

And it was sooo HOT today, I almost had an ice tea WITH SUGAR. Ahhhhhhhhhhh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

I had to catch myself. . .

. . .Considering the temperature is off the hook these days, I plan to freeze 5 bottles of my lemonade concoction tonight. . .that way, I'll have something cold to drink tomorrow when it's hot as heck outside.

I had one cup of herbal tea this evening....so another day bites the dust.

Day 3

Hey, you know what? I don't even remember day 3.

Only to say -- Ugh.

Day 3 was the hump day. . .I was just tryna get over the hump.