Master Cleanse and lack of Sodium??? 
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I have been on The Master Cleanse / fast twice and have now enticed several of my friends to try it also. They are interested, of course, because of the weight loss, however the same several have expressed concern for the lack of "salt / sodium" taken in during the fast. I have advised them that all things created by God, on the Earth have the element of sodium and that there would be some in the pepper, the syrup and the lemons. Is this correct, and/or is there need to be concerned about no sodium???
Your, as soon as possible answers and help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Lynn
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Precis
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MoreThis is a reply to # 215,313I usually add a pinch of Sea Salt to my Master-Cleanse just for that same concern.
- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... #10924
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MoreThis is a reply to # 215,317Thank you for your quick response, however I never did the adding of salt because nowhere in anything that I read, including The Master Cleanse by Stanley Burroughs, did it even suggest that I should do this or that I needed to.
I realize that I probably got or retained some salt when including the salt water flush, but I only did this a couple of times each time that I cleansed. I did a fourteen day cleanse with only three salt water flushes and a nineteen day cleanse with only two salt water flushes.
Do you think that it is necessary that you are adding the salt? What did you read or where did you get your advice from to make you want to add the salt?
I can think of a hundred things that I might think that I should add, but I wouldn't have because the information from the experts' mouth and writings didn't say that I should.
Thank you, Lynn- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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This is a reply to # 215,318You do not need extra sodium, and extra may make you retain fluids.
However, I did have a POTASSIUM crisis, during which I supplemented 1 T of blackstrap molasses 3x per day until the symptoms (weakness, leg cramps) went away.
I am on day 47 and can assure you, the Master-Cleanse has the stuff you need!
Best,
Somer- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... littlepaw
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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This is a reply to # 215,355Leg cramps are a typical potassium thing... also, the body does not store potassium, as it does most other stuff. And adding the blackstrap, which is a major source of potassium cleared the problem right up.
- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Lynnie Kennie
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This is a reply to # 215,333Somer,
First, love your name!! Second, thank you very much, this was exactly what I thought. Thank you for the tip about the molasses, as well. I actually stopped a fast that I had wanted to take to 21 days, at only 19 days because of leg cramps and weakness.
I appreciate this info. very much!!
Lynn- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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This is a reply to # 215,404Got me over the hump! Lemonade was all I needed, with a little molasses here and there, until day 45. Then, suddenly, the lemonade wasn't getting it! I hobbled thru, then the next day lemonade actually nauseated me! And I felt a hard, aching ball in my center I eventually identified as... hunger!
Did half a gallon of fresh OJ the next day, with lots of water, and felt GREAT! Today I had a colonic, and added other juices as well and feel INCREDIBLE!
I will do ten of juices, another colonic then... maybe a movie career? Is Cecil B. DeMille still available?
Have a wonderful journey! Keep in touch.
Somer- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... JudahFirst
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This is a reply to # 215,505*sniff* BUT I WAS HUNGRY!!!! lol Yeah, your words definitely painted quite a nice picture of food. And maybe on day 8 or so I'll be appreciating its loveliness ... for now I'm just trying to recover from a deep muscle massage I had yesterday that has absolutely wiped me out!
Day 4 of my Master-Cleanse and not going as smoothly as the last one. WAY crabbier (except for the first few hours after the massage - what AM I storing in those back and shoulder muscles??) and feeling generally bad. I thought that 30 minutes of sweat on the cross-trainer would help. Well, nope, those endorphines just weren't enough. The 2 hour dead-sleep nap did help a bit though.
I'm thinking if this goes on I'll only make it to day 10 and then switch to juicing. Or maybe I'll work through the stress that my body is obviously trying to unload ... YA THINK!? lol- JF, you think I'm joking?! n/m Somer 20 y 2,132
- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... JudahFirst
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... littlepaw
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Somer
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... #10924
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... bonfiam
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This is a reply to # 215,313We need such trace amounts of sodium vs. what we usually get when eating normailly, that unless you are doing more than a week or two, I'd imageine you will be OK. If you are worried, maybe add a pinch once a day. We need something like 80-200 milligrams a day (I forget exactly), and one pinch is probably more than that.
- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... anadeau7
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This is a reply to # 215,320lemons have sodium, maple syrup has a little sodium, but have you looked at sodium content of blackstrap molasses? tons!
- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... anadeau7
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- Re: Master Cleanse and lack of Sodiu... Precis
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