The Lemon Juice Diet was introduced more than 30 years ago by a Naturopath named Stanley Burroughs. Among the claimed benefit of the Master Cleanse (Lemon Detox Diet) are body detox, weight loss, clearer skin and eyes, improved resistance against diseases, shinier and stronger hair, and stronger nails.
The Lemon juice diet includes a mixture of 2 tablespoon Natural Madal Bal Tree Syrup, 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice, a pinch of cayenne pepper or ginger, and half pint of cold or hot water.
Ideally, you should drink six to nine glasses daily but you can drink as much as you can during the fasting.
Relaxed
Version - the relaxed version of the Lemon Juice Diet
involves substituting breakfast or dinner or both with only the
lemon juice drink. This call for the avoidance of sweets, processed
foods, red meat, fried food, white bread, dairy products, coffee, and
other bad foods.
Once a Week
Version - this is a full one-day detox per week wherein
the only food you'll consume is the lemon diet drink.
Full Detox
- the full detox diet means surviving solely on the lemon juice drink
for 10 days though beginners are advised to follow only up to five to
seven days though hardcore dieters can go as long as 14 days which is
of course not recommendable to first timers. It's also important to
seek the advice of health professionals when going into the full detox
version of the diet plan.
Master Plan - this is an extreme diet plan which involve a twice-yearly, multi-day, plus a once a week detox.
Lemon Detox Diet is an extreme type of crash diet and can post potential risks to ones health unless you're only following the Relaxed Version since all you actually have as meal replacement is nothing but sugared water that's mixed with lemon extract with a pinch of cayenne pepper or ginger.
All your body receives are reduced calories (this explains the weightloss) and nutrients from the lemon extract.
Its effectivity is out of the question since reduced caloric intake will inevitably induce weight loss but the risk factor of having your body go through this extreme regimen for days is very high since it basically means that you'll be depriving yourself with food and nutrients for days so it's always best to consult a health Professional before going forward.
Popstar Beyonce is a living (and popular) proof to the weight loss success of the lemon juice diet but that didn't go without intense sacrifice on her part and we could more than agree that her body can take the rigors of this extreme diet plan.
Going purely on a lemon juice diet devoids one's body of protein, vitamins, minerals, fibers, and phytochemicals for days which are needed by your body for its natural nourishment. These can be acquired from other good foods (fruits and vegetables) and though lemon is a good source of nutrients and antioxidants, limiting your body to the lemon juice diet may lead to under-nourishment which can post a lot of potential health factors.
Truth is, crash diets like the lemon juice diet cannot at the closest even mimic the long term effect, both in weight loss and nutritional benefits of regular juicing of fruits and vegetables.
The eternal answer perhaps to weight loss or even obesity and even degenerative diseases for that matter is the kind of food you take everyday so instead of just taking crash diets like the lemon juice diet and punish your body by having it go hungry and craving for nutrients for day, why not, have a change of lifestyle instead by regularly taking fresh and natural nutrients by juicing daily?
Diet isn't really about going hungry, it's about choosing the type of food you feed your body. The choice is between bad food and good food. Once you make the switch to more and more good food in your diet, you'll be surprised by how much more life you've got within you.
People have fought endless and often unwinable battles against dieseases, ageing, and even weightloss through medicines, crash diet plans, and even surgeries but they never really considered minimizing (if not eliminating) bad food in their diet.
As we learn more and more about juicing and natural health, we learn that the main cause of weight and health problems are the usual food that people eat. The food that society taught us to eat which are made-up of at least 80% bad foods.
Weight-watchers are so often fascinated by the next diet plan that makes the airwaves but if you're one who have been on this path for quite some time, I bet you'd agree that crash diets work temporarily and that permanent shed-off is almost impossible following only crash diet plans since after your fasting period, you'll most-likey back to the kinds of food you usually take.
Again instead of the perpetual submission to crash diets like the lemon juice diet, we here at Juicer Detective suggests that you make the shift to eating more and more good food everyday and you can easily do it through juicing!
Make the shift slowly...
If you're eating good food everyday, there's really no need to worry about your health or even your weight, and there's no need to watch out for the next diet plan "that works" like the "Master Cleanse". We here guarantee that when you start juicing regularly, you'll naturally feel healthier, more energetic, and even younger as you go along.
If you're unsure on how to start juicing, we here at Juicer Detective are working on adding more and more juicing information which includes juicer reviews, recipes, and natural health articles to help you get started and maintain this good food lifestyle.
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