Jill answers:

The naster cleanse is not a good thing to do.A study of the living human anatomy reveals that the colon is at no time dirty or clogged.
Neither are we full of toxins. Our bodies and our colons are self cleansing. Cleansing is known to disrupt the balance between natural enzymes and bacteria in the digestive tract. It can also upset electrolytes – eg sodium, potassium.

Instead of a formal diet eat sensibly and aim to burn the excess calories.
You need …http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/calories-burned.php
If you eat 3,500 calories more than your body needs, you will put on about 1 pound. If you use up 3,500 calories more than you eat, you will lose about 1 pound in weight.
To burn calories…

Http://www.prohealth.com/weightloss/tools/exercise/calculator1_2.cfm

Take it slowly, aim to change your eating habits over time. Then you are unlikely to gain the weight you lose.

Jill answers:

I just finished the lemonade diet 2 weeks ago. I would defiantly recommend it! I loved it, i fell great, i lost about 15 lb.. I did it for 11 days then the 3 post days so 14 in total, i didn’t suffer hunger, towards the end i didn’t even feel like drinking all 6 glasses of juice.
You have to keep maintenance though, you can’t start eating like you use to because you’ll gain it back. I’ve been doing great and still loosing weight, about 2 pounds a week.
I would also recommend buying the book it’s little and yellow by Stanley Burroughs, you can find it i the book section at whole foods, the best place to get everything is whole foods.
It’s the best jump start to loosing weight and detoxing yourself.
I use to smoke and quit too! Now cigarettes make me sick!

Jill answers:

There was an article published on it recently that said it was really unhealthy. They scolded stars like Beyonce and Jared Leto for saying they used it to lose weight.

Jill answers:

Is it that lemon/maple syrup/ cayenne pepper fast?

Remember a cleanse is not a diet, but a fast.. Dont think of it as a diet..
You only use it for a day or two, then eat properly, then maybe choose one day a week to do the lemon/cleanse. The other days, you need to eat a proper healthy diet to provide the proper nutrients and vitamins your body needs to sluff off the toxins, fats, and waste that has built up inside you..

Do NOT think of this as a diet..

Jill answers:

Firstly forget Stanley B.
“Like modern-day diet scammer Kevin Trudeau, creator of the Master Cleanse Stanley Burroughs was plagued by accusations and lawsuits for his entire career. One patient, whom he convinced to ignore his doctor’s advice for 30 days, actually died under his care. Burroughs was convicted of second-degree felony murder and felony practicing medicine without a license.”

You would do better to eat sensibly and exercise. The Master Cleanse is totally unhealthy.

“Purposefully irritating your gastro-intestinal tract is never a good idea, but salt water flushing actually removes healthy, helpful bacteria from the lining of your colon. By engaging in this practice for an extended period of time, you are effectively wiping out one of your first lines of defense against infection and sickness.”