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The Master Cleanse Edits

Daily Intake

Participants of the cleanse are instructed to drink 6-12 glasses per day of a lemonade that is made from water, lemons, sea salt, cayenne pepper, and maple syrup. Every morning of the diet, participants drink a quart of salt water and every night they drink a cup of senna tea, which is an herbal laxative tea. It is recommended that the Master Cleanse is practiced for ten days at most.

According to supporters of the diet, the lemonade contains the nutrients needed to sustain humans while promoting weight loss. The lemon breaks down waste in the colon; the maple syrup provides necessary sugar and nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin A and Vitamin C; cayenne pepper breaks down mucus and constricts blood vessels, which increases the body's temperature; the laxative tea at night eliminates waste from the body; the salt water flush every morning flushes out the waste that has been released by the laxative.

Celebrity Participants

The Master Cleanse has reportedly been practiced by prominent celebrities, like Jared Leto and Demi Moore, some of whom have shared their experiences. One of these accounts was that of Beyoncé Knowles, who participated in the diet shortly before her role in the 2006 film Dreamgirls. Following the release of Dreamgirls, the cleanse was given a new nickname: the Beyoncé diet. Beyoncé appeared on Oprah to discuss the movie, revealing that the Master Cleanse caused her to lose twenty pounds in two weeks.

Another celebrity who has openly talked about performing the Master Cleanse is Gwyneth Paltrow, who, in her lifestyle magazine Goop, mentions following the cleanse in her twenties. According to Paltrow, ten days on the Master Cleanse caused her to hallucinate. Paltrow does not recommend juice detoxes because she believes they harm detoxers' metabolisms and ultimately cause weight gain.