In doing a Master Cleanse are there any guidelines on how many cups of the Lime/Lemon, Maple Syrup/Blackstrap Molasses, Cayenne, and hot water one should/can drink throughout the day?
I also assume drinking a minimum of half my body weight in ounces of water is not detrimental to the detox process?
Somer,
Thank you for the reply.
I had read the FAQ's, BSA, RN, RRR, RR, R and the last three pages of posts. I must have missed it. I didn't realize I needed to buy the book, but I will.
I didn't get very far. I had a reaction to something. I don't think it was the lemons or limes considering I generally drink a lot of lemonade during the summer. I've never had a reaction to Maple Syrup before. I did substitute with Blackstrp Molasses one time. I don't remember ever having Blackstrap Molasses before. I may have over done it with the Cayenne. Didn't have a way to measure 1/10th of a teaspoon, and just threw a bunch in. The first cup, with Maple Syrup, I broke out in a sweat, noise and eyes started running, and coughed up a lot of congestion from the lungs. After 30 minutes everything went back to normal.
Early this morning my upper body was tingling and red. My blood pressure was also 171/119. I did a SWF, ate some fresh fruit, and then a P&B shake. I'm still red, but the tingling has left and my blood pressure has come down to 141/101. Hopefully by the end of the day it will be back to the 120 range. It's been a while since I did a LF, so I'm going that first.
Arnold
Somer,
Thanks again for your comments.
On the hot stuff generally no. However, as I've gotten older I've not been able to handle hot peppers as well as I use to. I was using a pretty heavy does of Cayenne. I'll cut it back.
About three years ago I had high BP, and controlled it through diet. Primarily cut out the heavy doses of salt I put on everything, stop using canned goods, and watched the sodium content on everything else. I have a BP gauge, and its been in the 120 range.
Arnold
Somer,
Thanks for asking.
So are you better?
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Riggt....... or no brains, no pain :-). I had hives this morning.
I've backed off the full MC. Sometime mid-week I'll do a LF, and then give it a go again. This all seems a shadow of my last LF. When I was in Vietnam I was stung 17 times in the face by bees who I think were the offspring of a Junk Yard Dog and Charlie Manson. I had hives, my mody swelled and itched, I lost all body functional control, and eventually passed out. It was two days before the entire team could move again. The last LF I did I had the same reactions on a milder level for a litttle over a week after. It was a bad flush. It was my fifth and was doing everything from memory in addition to adding 10 drops of Oil of Oregano to the OO. As a result everything didn't come out clean, and I think I stirred my liver up quit a bit. I meant to do another LF within 2 weeks, but never got to it. I was going to do the MC in prep for LF, but it looks like I should have reversed the logic. Just goes to show that the Associative Law of Mathematics doesn't always work ie, if it works one way it will work another way.
I have a feeling that what was going on with me and the Cayenne is more a toxin reaction coming out my skin because my liver is probably saying "Oh no, not again, screw this guy". :-) I'm still doing the MC shakes with reduced Cayenne, but I'm also eating a little until I'm ready for the LF. Eating things like Asparagus, Peas, Green Beans, fresh fruit. Tomorrow I'll start juicing everything.
Arnold