Is it common to feel ill while on the master cleanse/lemonade diet ?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at
5:41 am
Well I’ve been on the master cleanse for three days now. I have been following the rules pretty well and I’m just wondering if its common to feel ill on it. The first two days I felt absolutely no sickness but this morning I got three hours of sleep and woke up really sick, dry heaving and everything. I have no fever however, I was just wondering if this is common on the master cleanse or is this just normal sickness caused by some sort of virus ?
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Hi
I felt weak for the first 3 – 4 days. I did feel ill when I think about it. I remeber having great difficulty I think on day 3 trying to consume the Lemon and syrup mix. This all passed however after day 4. Only other thing was there were a couple of nights were I just could not get proper sleep. i believe you are probably experiencing a normal condition associated with following the diet strictly.
Good luck.
i thought I would paste an answer to another question below as it may contain some usefull info (but maybe not) for you.
I have just completed a similar detox (though I purchased the actual Madal Lemon Detox. the syrup is a combination of palm and maple.
In the promotional booklet, I believe it mentioned that you should not spend more than 14 days on the cleanse without first seeking medical advice.
The mix I used was 140ml with arround 4 – 6 lemons and 1/2 tsp of cayene pepper and added suffcient water to make 2 litres.
I had a cup of Senna tea at night (for me this was gross) in the morning I used to drink 1 litre of water mixed with 3 teaspoons of sea salt. (this was drunk within about 10 minutes on an empty stomach) The sea salt mix travels through the body quickly and be sure to stay close to the toilet for about an hour.
So per day, I had 1 litre of salt water, 1 – 2 litres of pure mineral water the 2 litres of prepared Lemon detox mix and the horrid Senna tea at night. ( it may just be a personal dislike of the Senna tea, as I havnt noticed anyone else complain about it)
I stayed on this for the full 14 days. I had big difficulties up untill day 4 I felt weak, and my weight appeared to have actually increased!!
After day 4, it became quite easy as if something in the body just switched over. I would have had no problem staying on it longer, but I thought 14 days was probably long enough without solid food.
Incidently, I felt that I suffered significant muscle wasting using the diet. I did little or no exercise as my understanding is if you do a lot of exercise while on the diet you will lose muscle. This was the negative side.
the positive side?? I did actually feel better physicaly and mentaly. I felt motivated and commenced an exercise program (after completion of the diet) and my weight loss?? Well I droped arround a stone in weight and the weight loss was noticed by everyone I new. So, for me it was worth while.
Good Luck.
Yes it is common, your body is getting rid of the toxins and they say you may develop a cold as your body gets rid of all the bad things inside of you..
I’m really curious what the master cleanse/lemonade diet is. The first answerer clearly has no grasp of how the human body works.
Edit: After some research, I think I’ve worked out what it is. Going without solid food is bad. Without carbs or protein, your body thinks you are dying, that is why you’re ill.
+1. The whole "toxin expellation" movement has always made me laugh.