good point about the lemonade thing. The fact is, this cherry limeade 'water fast' is not a fast, but a faddish form of starvation dieting. (tricking the body with a Sugar flavour) This is what people seem to continually get confused. Chemically-flavoured water is not a "new" or "improved" or "free-thinking" approach to a dreary water fast. It's just a form of starving, and poisoning the body at the same time.
The minerals in maple syrup (or even better, blackstrap molasses) are actual food, and still "low calorie".