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THE LEMONADE DIET by Stanley Burroughs
Stanley Burroughs’s "Master Cleanser" text, also known as the Lemonade Diet, was originally intended as a new and more effective method to treat ulcers. A pioneer of alternative medicine, Stanley Burroughs is also known for his other classic alternative medical text, “Healing for the Age of Enlightenment.”

Burroughs developed the lemonade juice diet as a liquid mono-diet that produces a detoxifying and cleansing effect to the body. Based on his medical observations, Burroughs saw that the lemonade diet aids the stimulation of healthy tissue growth.

The Lemonade Diet is a dietary program that should be followed for at least ten days and can be performed for forty days or more. The juice is a combination of 2 Tbsp of pure lemon juice, 2 Tbsp of high grade Maple syrup or dehydrated sugar cane juice and a pinch of Cayenne Pepper in a full cup of water. This is taken 8 to 12 times daily.

Lemons and limes are a rich source of minerals and vitamins and are a powerful mucous cleanser. Cayenne pepper also breaks up mucous and acts as a cleanser for the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.

The maple syrup provides energy from an unprocessed sugar, which still contains many of its original nutrients.

All mucus disease 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 the body is cleansed.

It is the eating or drinking of mucus-forming foods brings about mucus disorders. In other words, if you have these diseases, you ate them!

By eliminating mucus-forming foods from our diet, we can also eliminate their mucus and allergy diseases.

Diseases that are a 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.

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.

If you are considering the Lemonade Diet, it is necessary that you read The Master Cleanser or Healing for the Age of Enlightenment by Stanley Burroughs to have complete instructions in order to obtain optimum results.

Recommended reading: The Complete Master Cleanser 

Fasting for days, or even weeks, while drinking a lemonade-like blend of clear spring water, cayenne pepper and citrus juice has proven to be a safe, simple and yet powerful way to cleanse the body of toxins. This book goes beyond basic information on how to do the cleanse, which can be learned in minutes, by guiding readers step by step through the entire cleansing process.

The author details how the modern diet fills the body with unhealthy toxins and clearly explains the many benefits of performing the cleanse. The book includes real-life stories about people who have tried The Lemonade Diet and relates the amazing improvement in their health.

"The Complete Master Cleanse" describes what to expect day by day during the fast, including normal physiological changes as well as possible signs of trouble. The author draws on his years of experience helping people successfully detox to provide essential tips on making the fast go smoothly and advice on how to gain maximum benefit.

The Lemonade Diet (audio program)