Hi Chad,

Congratulations on reaching your goal of 40 days of healing. Its unfortunate that there was a lack of awareness at the place you bought your lemonade. I agree with you that a talk with the manager would be appropriate. A copy of the book or the web e-book would be beneficial to substantiate your claim that your treatment was unprofessional. It was defaming. If you feel it would help, you could ask for an apology. It would help others who might choose to use their business in their fast. Its just that an extended fast is so hard to achieve for most people that some would find it hard to imagine anyone doing it. You are not alone though and many people have done this which is one reason I was attracted to it.

As for coming off the fast....the book gives specific instructions.

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FIRST AND SECOND DAY AFTER DIET:

Several 8 ox. Glasses of fresh orange juice as desired during the day.

The orange juice prepares the digestive system to properly digest and

assimilate regular food. Drink it slowly. If there has been any

digestive difficulty prior to or during the change over, extra water

may be taken with the orange juice.

THIRD DAY:

Orange juice in the morning. Raw fruit for lunch. Fruit or raw

vegetable salad at night. You are now ready to eat normally. For

those who have characteristically lived the unnatural way of meat,

milk, refined and devitalized food, it may be best to change over as

follows, gradually adopting the raw fruit, nut, and vegetable diet:

FIRST DAY:

Several 8 oz. Glasses of fresh orange juice as desired during the day.

Drink it slowly.

SECOND DAY:

Drink several 8 oz. Glasses of orange juice during the day—with extra

water, if needed. Some time during the afternoon, prepare a vegetable

soup (no canned soup) as follows:

RECIPE FOR VEGETABLE SOUP

Use several kinds of vegetables, perhaps one or two kinds of legumes, potatoes, celery, carrots, green vegetable tops, onion, etc. Dehydrated vegetables or vegetable soup powders may be added for extra flavor. Okra or okra powder, chili, curry, cayenne (red pepper), tomatoes, green peppers, and zucchini squash may be included to good advantage. Brown rice may be used, but no meat or meat stock. Other spices may be added (delicately) for flavor. Use salt delicately as a limited amount of salt is necessary. Learn to enjoy the natural flavor of the vegetables. The less cooking the better.

Have this soup for the evening meal using the broth mostly, although some of the vegetables may be eaten. Rye wafers may be eaten sparingly with the soup, but no bread or crackers.

THIRD DAY:

Drink orange juice in the morning. At noon have some more soup: enough may be made the night before and put in the refrigerator. For the evening meal eat whatever is desired in the from of vegetables, salads, or fruit. No meat, fish, or eggs; no bread, pastries, tea coffee, or milk. Milk is highly mucus-forming and tends to develop toxins throughout the body.

(Milk, being a predigested food, has been known to cause various complications in the stomach and colon, such as cramps and convulsions. The calcium in milk is difficult to assimilate and may cause toxins in the form of rheumatic fever, arthritis, neuritis, and bursitis. The resulting lack of proper digestion and assimilation of the calcium allows it to go into the blood stream in a free form and it is deposited in the tissues, cells, and joints where it can cause intense pain and suffering.)

FOURTH DAY:

Normal eating may be resumed, but best health will be retained if the morning meal consists of our type of lemonade or fruit juice: and, of course, if a strictly fruit, vegetable, seed and berry diet is followed. If, after eating is resumed, distress or gas occurs, it is suggested that the Lemonade Diet be continued for several more days until the system is ready for food.

Be Well, Be Happy!
Zoe

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congratulations on the 40 days :> !!! what an achievement!!!

as for the post-MC diet, the book has info on it as Zoebess points out,
but also, from my experience (i did a longish Master-Cleanse this summer, although not as long as you, did a 22 dayer in july) it took a while before my digestive system was working normally again.... after having followed the book's instructions, i was still most comfortable eating vege soup only for a few more days after -- so it took over a week before i felt that my digestive system was back to "normal". just listen to your body, and when in doubt, play it safe i think. i know that i when i ate a little more than i should, my tummy would bloat up!
in general, it takes longer to get the digestive system moving again, the longer you have been on the fast. an experienced fast-er told me once that it takes one day for every 4 days you have been on the fast... so be very conservative in your eating for at lesat 10 days. vege soup will do wonders during this period :)

also, remember now that your metabolic rate has slowed down significantly, so eat small quantities and often, along with regular exercise, to build up your metabolic rate again.

hope this helps, and congrats again :D !!
wabbitte

Chad - first of all let me send a gigantic congratulations for attaining the ultimate in cleansing feats - a whopping 40 days!!! That is awesome. I have read your posts over the past week or so and have found them inspiring. I am going to go on the cleanse myself starting this week.
I have one thing to say. When you say "like attracts like" you are absolutely correct. It is a fundamental law of physics which states that you can only have people in your space at a similar vibratory frequency. It is great that you are attracting positive and uplifting people into your life while being on the cleanse. But, also remember that the "negative" people you bring into your life are simply "mirrors" to show you a reflection of your own consciousness. It might not be wise to simply avoid or discard these people that say hurtful things. It would be responsible to look at yourself and see where you might hold any similar views or negative thoughts in your own life towards others. To not smash the mirror (the perceived negative people) and to objectively look at your own life for any similar patterns of conduct will give you the wonderful opportunity to stop the cycle and see where "you" can change. Once you have changed any thoughts of negativity or judgments, you will not attract these people into your life. If you just avoid these people and don't see the priceless message they are sending you (the negative comments reflecting your own consciousness), they will continuously pop up in your life to remind you of your unhealed mind. The objective is not to forgive others, but to completely forgive yourself, for everyone is essentially a reflection of you.

Once again, congratulations on day 40!!!

P.S. On your new t.v. show, how about throwing in a shout out to The Master Cleanse for all us cleansers out there? LOL