Using the Lemonade Diet for Weight Loss

The lemonade diet was used mostly as a detox system to cleanse the body. As it’s caught on, more and more people are using it for weight loss, because in all reality, this process is nothing more than a liquid diet. A few Hollywood stars have encouraged others to try the diet, being able to lose more than twenty pounds in a few weeks. I always recommend you check with your physician before attempting any drastic change in diet.

What is the Lemonade Diet Cleanse?

This diet is considered a “fast” since you drink one mixture of lemonade, twelve times throughout the day. No solid foods are taken in and will not be consumed until the ten day diet is over. The purpose of this is to cleanse, detoxify the body, and to clear out built up wastes, parasites and other agents in the colon, intestines and kidneys. You drink the concoction during the day, and follow it up with a laxative tea at night

A salt water flush that is taken in the morning acts as an oral enema, clearing out any “gunk” that has attached itself to the linings of the intestines. By cleaning out your system, you lose the weight that has built up in your body. Another benefit other than detoxification is the weight loss that occurs while on the diet.

What Are the Lemonade Diet Results?

Because the liquid diet isn’t allowing any additional fat intake, your body burns the extra fat it has stored. Also the low calorie intake of the lemonade diet helps speed up metabolism, and burn fat at an increased rate. This also means you will be having increased bowel movements. Not only does this help rid unwanted wastes that have collected for years in your body, but it cleans out your system and helps keep the weight down.

The lemonade diet is a liquid diet, and should only be used as a temporary means of detoxification and weight loss results. Once you finish the diet, your body will be healthy enough to carry on the normal functions it may have had trouble with before. You will have to introduce solid foods back into your system slowly, preferably starting with soup or salad. With the weight off, and your body functioning smoothly, be sure to continue your healthy lifestyle with daily exercise and proper dietary habits. This means no excess sugars or fats.

Lemonade Diet Recipe

The lemonade diet recipe is beneficial to people looking to detoxify their body of unwanted wastes and parasites, along with losing excess weight. The greatest thing about this diet is that it is very inexpensive and easy to make.

Another name for the lemonade diet is the Master Cleanse Diet. When combined with proper exercise, this diet will help cleanse your body and help you shed unwanted weight. The lemonade diet ingredients are minimal, but you will have to plan ahead because the diet lasts ten days. This recipe is for one glass.

In one ten ounce glass, mix:

• 2 tablespoons of organic lemon juice, preferably freshly squeezed
• 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup – make sure to find grade B syrup, all natural
• Half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper to taste
• Distilled water

You will be required to drink between six and ten glasses a day, preferably twelve so that you receive the amount of calories and minerals you will need daily. Let’s break down each ingredient so you will know why it is you necessary in this diet.

The 4 Lemonade Diet Ingredients

Distilled Water
It is important to use distilled water because tap water contains too many harmful minerals and fluoride that is part of the reason you are drinking the detoxifying mixture. If tap water was so good for you, why would so many advertisements try to sell you filters to place on your kitchen faucet? Using distilled water is vital to the active ingredients of the lemonade diet.

Lemon Juice
Organic lemons are required here. It is better to buy the lemons and squeeze them yourself, rather than relying on store bought juice in a bottle. The body will be allowed to absorb all the nutrients the lemons provide over the course of ten days.

Cayenne Pepper
Cayenne pepper is becoming known as one of the most powerful healing substances in the world. It is rich in vitamins B and C, and also increases blood flow. It is also important to keep in mind that powdered cayenne serves a better purpose than ungrounded pepper.

Maple Syrup
An organic grade B maple syrup is recommended for the lemonade diet. Grade B is the most organic and non commercial, and provides more nutrients than those syrups you find branded for pancakes in the morning. If you cannot find grade B syrup, put your trust in organic syrup before you buy anything resembling syrup in a maid formed bottle.

If you want to create a pitcher ahead of time, just combine all the ingredients so that in case you have to go to work, or are going to be away from home, keep a thermos with you. Once you start the diet, it is important to stick with it as best as you can. Do not substitute ingredients because you may not be provided with the proper nutrients and calories that are needed for that day.

You will want to make sure you drink enough during the day, otherwise you may feel tired and sluggish with no energy to carry yourself through the day. It is said that more than 40 lemons may be needed in order to provide you with enough drink for the week, so it may be a bit expensive depending on how much organic lemons may be.

With the purchase of distilled water, you will notice the bill for this diet to rise. However, the outcome is beneficial to your health and you should weigh all your options fairly. The end will truly justify the means when you can look at yourself thinner, and with a healthier body than before.