TheImmunityCleanse.com

The Challenge

FAST or SLOW Method

The FAST Method

The FUNCTION:

To boost the immune system as a response to or to prevent contracting coronavirus or developing covid-19

To ADD:

• Vitamin C
• Visualizations

To SUBTRACT:

• Stress
• Sugars
• The Methods
• Meditations

The TECHNIQUE:

• Meditation

The SLOW Method

Start Learning One-Thing Well

• The First 20 Hours
• The First Stoke
• The First Streak
• The First Milestone

But I am SUPER FASTING…

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The 43rd Group Challenge is underway (The Ease-In Started Yesterday).

If you’re haven’t yet started don’t worry The Lemonade Diet starts Monday.

If you want to join or follow along go here now:

Group Cleanse: Get Support from Friends

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Now I am writing you today because I want to share with you both an ALTERNATIVE to, and a COMPLEMENT for The Master Cleanse.

I call it…

The Super F.A.S.T. Method
This is a bit of a longer email so grab a lemonade, or coffee or tea and settle in. I will convert this to a blog post and video a little later too.

First let me just say.

I am back.

Back writing to you regularly.

I am back now because, over the last 5 years a lot of life changes have happened.

At last count I had 9 of the Top 11 Most Stressful Life Events over the last 5 years.

As I write this now, I am NOT doing the Ease-In, largely because I am on the road visiting with my Palliative Father, who has leukaemia. I am on my own. I slept in my wife’s van last night because the whole house is full of family and friends having their last visits with my Father. My wife and daughter are in Europe visiting her side of the family after 3 years since my Mother’s passing.

I am NOT doing The Master Cleanse, because…

Cleansing is Challenge.

FASTing is a major Challenge.

Which is why 12 years ago, when I first built TheMasterCleanse.org I did it to be supported by the global community, and to provide support to that community.

Now, Cleansing and Fasting is even more of a challenge when:

On the Road (Out of Routine –we’ll talk a lot about routines and how to master cleansing on the road.)
Under Stress (Any of the top 12 Life Stories / Stresses –more later)
Suffering Health Issues (Any of the Top 12 Health Issues –and how Cleansing can help– more later)
I am currently facing all 3.

I mentioned I am on the road, and a bit of the stress I am under (if you only knew the whole stories (plural).

I am also bogged down with 4 months of ear issues (effusion, or fluid behind the ear and tinnitus), as well as a chronic pain disorder that has developed over the last 5 years (and my whole life really).

Now, I know a lot of you can relate.

Which is why you might not be ready to do The Master Cleanse (but if you are or want to follow along join the group starting Monday).

This is why I AM NOT doing The Master Cleanse this Challenge.

BUT…

I am going to continue to do The Super F.A.S.T. Method that I have been developing since my first Master Cleanse in 2005.

Here’s what we’ll cover in the rest of this post.

The Master Cleanse is a 3 Stack Super F.A.S.T.
Quitting FASTs –Early, Quickly, Consistently and Safely
Extending a Super FAST Method (Indefinitely?)
The Master Cleanse is a 3 Stack Super F.A.S.T.
Back in 2009 I coined the phrases Ease-In and Ease-Out (of The Lemonade Diet), as I sought to define the stages of The Master Cleanse.

I defined The Lemonade Diet (often used synonymously with The Master Cleanse) as the 10 Days of doing The Lemonade Diet (obviously).

The next 3 Days that followed where always part of The Master Cleanse, but I wanted to reference them easily, so I called them Ease-Out.

A lot of people asked about starting The Lemonade, the days before, and the preparation necessary so naturally The Ease-In concept emerged. The whole 3 stages became (to me), The Master Cleanse.

Since then I realized the Week Before The Master Cleanse and the Week After The Master Cleanse are also very critical (stay tuned for more).

That makes 5 Stages of the Greater Master Cleanse Experience, and thus the 30 Day Challenge was born (now called the 30 Day FAST 15 Master Cleanse Group Challenge –a working title ;)

Ok, and?…

Well The SUPER part of Super Fast comes from the idea of stacking protocols, like when I was a professional hockey player, when I was in the gym constantly working out.

We did SUPER Sets (short bursts of stacked exercises, or intervals) –also sometimes called HIIT or High Intensity Interval Training.

You might have also heard of Intermittent Fasting.

Now I don’t like that term because Intermittent is defined as:

“occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady”

But all FASTs themselves, that make up the idea of IF (Intermittent Fasting) are not intermittent at all. They are regular routines.

The Lemonade Diet is very routine.

The Eat-Stop-Eat FAST is very routine (Eat one day, Fast the next, Eat the next).

Now…

Combine a few of these IF protocols, and now they can become Intermittent, depending on how long you do each one.

Stay with me, I am going to bring this home for you.

The Master Cleanse Group 30 Day Challenge is as follows:

The 7 Days (Week Before)
The 3 Day Ease-In
The 10 Day Lemonade Diet
The 3 Day Ease Out
The 7 Days (Week After)
As a group that’s fairly intermittent.

As a whole, that is precisely a SUPER F.A.S.T.

You might have noticed the ACRONYM I use to write FAST.

It stands for:

Functional (For s specific purpose designed to derive a result)
Addition (Adding or focusing on a certain food, substance, organ etc.)
Subtraction (Subtracting or resting a certain food, substance, organ etc.)
Therapies (The collection of protocols).
So you can FAST FROM Sugar.

And you can FAST with WATER.

It’s funny, when I say to someone I am doing a 3 Day Water Fast, people say, WHAT??? You’re not drinking any water…

LOL.

No, I am ONLY taking in water.

It’s a FAST focused and isolated on WATER as the Fasting Agent.

Fasting from SUGAR would be all things normally except I am NOT taking in any Sugar.

Makes sense, no?

The reason why I am NOT doing The Master Cleanse, but I am SUPER Fasting is because of the 3 Factors I noted above, which brings me to point 2 of this essay.

Quitting FASTs –Early, Quickly, Consistently and Safely
One of the biggest commitments to The Master Cleanse, and the Lemonade Diet is that you must quit them well. You must Ease-Out.

I have seen my roommate and employee back in 2008 quit abruptly with a Burger King Veggie burger, which did not end (or come out) well.

Now that said, I quit very quickly once with raw broccoli, and wrongly once with lentil soup both with equally painful results.

The fact is, with any significant isolation FAST like a Water Fast or a Juice Fast like The Lemonade Diet you must prepare your system for more complex foods or risk a bit of backlash from your body.

SO…

If you’re going to quit early, it can feel daunting (which can be at good thing since it can motivate you to get past the obstacles in your Master Cleanse Journey). but it can also keep you from starting.

If you want to quit early you can ROLL into another FAST and Mindset, and just go on your merry way.

The key is knowledge and preparation, and it’s the hallmark of a Master Cleanser.

This is why I created MasterCleansing.com, the new parent site and company to TheMasterCleanse.org.

In order to Master Cleansing, you must change your mindset.

You have to look at quitting as “ROLLing with it” (and being kind to yourself).

You have to look at endings as new beginnings.

You have to look at Cleansing as a consistent, natural part of life.

Here’s a few Cleanses you do regularly and don’t even know it:

The Hair Cleanse (Shampooing)
The Tooth Cleanse (Brushing)
The Clothing Cleanse (Laundry)
The Stomach Cleanse (Pooping)
The Anger Cleanse (Yelling)
The Sadness Cleanse (Crying)
The Partying Cleanse (Puking) LOL (I Mastered that in College)
Now these are kinda playful and even obvious when you think about them. Aren’t they?

That’s because you’ve mastered them.

They’re even habits.

You don’t have to think about them.

MasterCleansing.com is built to established routines and habits that serve to cleanse your 12 Life Stories with monthly challenges and quarterly quests, fully supported by the community and expert coaches and mentors.

To ramble that back around to the point of this section…

…quitting well, and safely is important and so it should be thought of a transition.

And if done right, and with an eye for significant, Functional, Therapeutic reasons, which can dove-tail perfectly into the next phase of a SUPER F.A.S.T.

Extending The Super FAST Method (Indefinitely?)
So now that you have the theory of the Super FAST, how can you extend it?

Let me tell you how I am doing my Super FAST, which should give you some ideas how to quit, extend, or start your Master Cleanse Experience (or craft your own Super FAST when you become a Master Cleanser).

My Super FAST is as follows:

1-3 Days 18:6 FAST
1-3 Days Water FAST (Optional)
1-3 Days SSSmart FAST
1-3 Days SMILE Diet
1-3 Days of the 18:6 FAST

This is a very simple protocol and probably the easiest way to get started doing IF (Intermittent Fasting).

You simply stop eating a few hours before bed, and don’t eat until after lunch.

So you fast for 18 hours a day. Your eating window is 6 hours long.

For example. Start eating at 2 PM, don’t eat anything after 8 PM.

Drink lots of water, herbal teas, and perhaps 1 cup of coffee in the AM or evening (no coffee in evening).

(More on the other FASTs you can Stack to follow)

1-3 Days of The Water FAT

This is pretty self explanatory.

It’s a challenge to be sure, so if my week permits, I will do a 1-3 day water fast, but it will be optional. If I don’t do it, I will continue my 18:6.

It’s great for reducing inflammation, and that can help clear the fluid in my ears so I am trying to work that in. I haven’t done one since April a month after my ear problems started and it helped a lot. I am not sure I will be able to because my days are so hectic and unpredictable.

The key to Master Cleansing is to be kind to yourself and to be flexible and to have a plan and the support you need to ROLL through the waves when you’re not ready to drop in and get barrelled (sorry got carried away with a surfing metaphor).

1-3 Days of The SSSmart FAST

The SSSmart FAST is really fun and SSSassy.

It’s 3 SSS of course:

Soups
Salads
Smoothies (Juices)
This is otherwise known as The Ease-In and Ease-Out methods.

As mentioned, when ending any significant fast, like a Juice Fast, or Water Fast, you must Ease-Out, and so as with the Lemonade Diet, I will Ease-Out of my previous FASTS by graduating from Juices, Smoothies, to Soups, then to Salads.

Since I am going to ROLL with my SUPER FAST, I will see how many days I was able to Water Fast, and adjust my SSSmart FAST accordingly.

1 Day SMILE Diet

I generally don’t like the term “Diet” as it relates to a protocol, but when it describes the menu of ingredients you can chose from it seems appropriate.

In this case, the SMILE diet is any foods that would make up the opposite of the SAD Diet or the Standard American Diet.

These foods should be healthy, and make you happy.

They should give you comfort, and not stress.

Eat what you want, but ask yourself what happiness and stress means to you.

This is a loaded question isn’t it.

If you’re a stress eater and self-soothing through toxic food that’s designed to be addictive and to keep you sick, that can be a big problem.

If that’s the case, stick with our Master Cleansing community, and after a year you’ll have a whole new Mindset and set of tastes, and triggers that will naturally guide you to better choices.

It’s important to note that you can eat all the Spinach in the world but if you’re hating life and yourself it won’t do you any good.

Conversely…

You can eat all the Burger King in the world (and drink and smoke), but if your life is filled with JOY you can live a long healthy life.

It’s a paradox (more on that later).

But it’s a provable one.

It’s science.

(Mind = Blown).

So, think about what makes you smile.

Sit down and enjoy your meal.

Be grateful for your meal.

That’s the SMILE diet.

(BTW I just made the SMILE Diet up today as I wrote this, cool hey).

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Phew that was a lot.

I had a lot to say.

Lots more to come.

But for now, I will leave you with this summary:

If you’re not ready to Master Cleanse, that’s OK
Learn to Master Cleansing over time, and be kind to yourself
Learn to ROLL with the Waves of Life, and in-and-out of SUPER Fasts
Lastly,

Get Support and surround yourself with people that will elevate your game.

Which is why I am back.

I need to elevate my game once again (and always).

Join up for our Group Cleanse (even if to just follow along the comments of others.

Group Cleanse: Get Support from Friends

It will elevate your game.

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I will be along for the ride with you, moderating comments, sending emails, and posting essays like this one. Even a few videos along the way.

Be prepared for full transparency, and some vulnerability.

It’s mandated by my commitment to Master Cleansing to Master Wellness.

If you want to learn more about all these FASTS, and CLEANSES, stay tuned as TheMasterCleanse.org grows up into MasterCleansing.com

1. What is the Pain-Body?
2. Chronic Pain
3. Mind-Body Pain Disorders
4. TMS and Dr. Sarno
5. The Pain-Body Cleanse
   • Monthly Cleanse Habit Cycles
   • 3 Day Master Cleanses

Interview 10 Practitioners

1. Steve Ozanich
2. Nima Rahmany
3. Eckhart Tolle
4. Candace van Dell
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-5xzsa5vs
6. https://selfhealingatlightspeed.com/personal/
7. Marie Benard
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDEogZhQMCs
8. Candace van Dell (23k)
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO7tdL6mGbw&t=12s
9. https://www.youtube.com/user/SpiritualShow
10. Elke Neher (50k)
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-5xzsa5vs
11. https://www.innerpeacenow.com/inner-peace-blog/pain-body
12. Kari Morton
13. https://www.youtube.com/user/myraadrian
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF2BjMsQoi0
14. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79nWpi7i4wFxpTTpKtWPMQ
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjuvapTW58
15. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtIUocZyvVouSKUncP9u7ew

Questions / Subjects

1. Physical Symptoms
2. What are the TOP 3 Symptoms
3. What are the TOP 3 Personalitiy Types
4. What are the TOP 3 Methods

Techniques

Start with 1 technique. Complete it 17 times and you add another one.

1. Brag Book
2. Conscious Breathing
3. Waking Gratitude
4. Creative Visualization
5. Repetitive Resistance Release
6. Morning Meditation –
7. Active Meditation
8. Present Posture Pivots
9. Daily Noting
10. Trigger Talking
11. Compulsion Calming
12. (Backend) Journalling
13. Mission Mantra Building – Statement
14. Drivers & Drainers – Stressors and Supporters
15. Daily Reflection
16. Schedule Time for Daily Reflection, Review Study Guide

1. Review Pressure List Daily
2. Pain Triggers – Self Talk
3. Daily Listening / Learning – Repetition – Keep thinking about – Reprogram
4. Physical Program
5. TMS Pains – Worksheet – Mike’s Sketchbook
6. TMS Timeline – Worksheet – Mike’s Sketchbook
7. TMS Program – Worksheet – Mike’s Sketchbook
8. TMS Pressure List – Worksheet – Mike’s Sketchbook
   • Childhood
   • Personality
   • Life
9. TMS Routine
10. TMS Foregiveness List
11. TMS Vov Letter
12. TMS – Master Strsses
13. TMS – Master Pressures
14. Drivers & Drainers
15. Tension Tracker

1. Pure Water Fast
2. The Master Cleanse
3. Fruit juice fast (fruits are detoxifiers)
4. Vegetable juice fast (Veggies build up the body with vitamins, proteins and minerals.)
5. Enemas (Can be combined with all these other methods except the Master Cleanse.)
6. 100% raw vegan diet
7. Predominantly raw vegan diet with the rest of the diet being cooked vegetarian food.
8. 100% vegetarian diet without sugar or artificially preserved, colored, flavored, sweetened, or prepared foods.
9. Drinking at least a pint of freshly made green smoothie every day.
10. Soaking in a hot Epsom Salt bath (2 cups to a regular sized tub) at least 3x a week for at least 12 minutes. (Note: this method can be combined with any of the others.)

Water Fast

Fruit Juice Fast

Vegetable Juice Fast

Enema

Raw Vegan Diet

Hybrid Vegan Diet

Vegetarian Diet

Smoothie Diet

Epson Salt Bath

Try to make those low fat, go very light on the salt or try no salt at all to release some water weight you may be holding onto to. !

Soup Guidelines

The Super Foods of Souping for Detox and Weight Loss:

The very act of detoxing will work naturally with your body’s processes of dropping extra weight, therefore it isn’t necessary to focus on “Losing Weight”.

With that in mind, we’ll focus on foods that are renknowned for their ability to cleanse and detox the body due to their nutritional makeup and their effects in the body, or how their used by the body.

Most Common:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/dr-michelles-top-12-detox-superfoods.html/2

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7748/top-10-foods-for-detoxing.html

1. Greens, Sprouts – 10, Water Cress, 2
2. Kale, 2, 3, 4
3. Brocholi, 2, 3, 4, 5
   • is filled with fiber to cleanse your colon.
4. Cabbage, 2, 3, 4
5. Asparagus, 2, 3, 4
6. Artichokes, 2, 3, 4
   • stimulate bile flow, which gets toxins out of your liver and also aids in digestions. (Canned artichokes are fine to use.)
7. Ginger, 2
8. Spinach, 2
9. Asparagus, 2
10. Beets, 2, 3, 4, 5
11. Avacados, 2, 3
12. Garlic, 2, 3, 4,
13. Lemon, 2, 3, 4
14. Celery
15. Leek
16. Seaweed, 2, 3, 4
17. Mushrooms
    • battle inflammation.
18. Tomatoes
    • help break down the toxins in your liver. (Canned tomatoes are fine to use.)

Other Ingredients

1. Apple Cider Vinegar
2. Olive Oil, Coconut Oil
3. Milks (Nut Milks) – Beware allergies
4. Spouts

Herbs – Dandelions, Tumeric

Souping is the New Juicing

http://www.yogajournal.com/food-diet/souping-new-juicing-plus-8-recipes-try/

Juicing is so 2014. And with these polar vortex-esque temps, a soup detox is more what we need right about now. Plus, it might even be healthier than guzzling green juice.

“In terms of general health, souping can actually be a bit healthier for detox compared to juicing for one basic reason: soups retain fiber,” says Jennifer Iserloh, aka the “Skinny Chef,” a classically trained chef and graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. “Fiber is crucial for feeding your microbiome (the good gut bacteria) responsible for the strength of your immune system. Fiber also plays a key role in moving toxins out of your body, since it bulks up stool and literally cleans the walls of your intestinal tract. Fiber also helps to anchor your blood sugar, making you less hungry throughout the day while consuming fewer calories.”

In the colder months, soups can also help you to feel more full and satisfied, since they are warm and soothing, Iserloh says. “According to Ayurveda, warm purees and soups are also a boon for digestion, since they stoke the ‘agni’ or fire of your digestive system, unlike cold drinks that can ‘extinguish’ the potency of your digestion and even give you cramps,” she adds.

Another plus to making soups? “It’s a lot cheaper to brew a big pot of soup with a few veggies than to buy all the fruits and veggies you need for one glass of juice,” Iserloh says.

Need to cleanse and recharge—or just feel a little warmer on a cold night?

In this plan, you’ll eat soup six times a day. There’s no need to count calories and you can have as much soup as you want at each sitting. Print this one-sheet to keep on your fridge to help you with the plan.

Soup Cleansing – http://goop.com/soup-cleansing-and-why-its-so-good/

Types of Soups

A-Z – http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/soup/soup-types-a.asp

1. Stews, Chilli
2. Bisque: is a rich, thick, smooth soup that’s often made with shellfish, such as lobster or shrimp.
3. Chowder: is a thick, chunky soup. Traditionally, a chowder is made with seafood or fish, but chowders made with poultry, vegetables, and cheese have become popular.
4. Stock or Broth: is a strained, thin, clear liquid in which meat, poultry, or fish has been simmered with vegetables and herbs. While normally used as an ingredient in other soups, it can be enjoyed as a light course on its own.
5. Consomme is a strong, flavorful meat or fish broth that has been clarified.

1. Breakfast Soups (Smoothies)
2. Dessert Soups
3. Cold Soups
4. Meal Soups
6. Blends
7. Broths
   • Veggie
   • Bone
8. Veggie SOups

Broth Fasting

We’re all familiar with a broth fast, when we got the flu and Mom would bring us a mug of hot broth, we were broth fasting.

We can fast on animal or vegetable broths, although it will usually require you make your own broth. Commercially available broths don’t have the nutritional levels appropriate for fasting, being full of salt and usually MSG and a host of other chemicals. On the other hand, a homemade broth can be highly nutritious, full of vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes–even an animal-based broth, actually especially an animal bone broth.

Bone broths are extremely nutritious, high in minerals and rich in gelatin and collagen. Adding an acid, like wine or vinegar, during preparation will help draw out the minerals, particularly calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

To make a bone broth: start with the highest quality bones available, preferably organically-raised and hormone-free animals. Add 2-4 tablespoons vinegar (depending on how large a batch you’re making), any vegetables you want to add, and water to cover. Let this sit for 30 minutes to an hour, then bring to a boil and remove any scum that appears on the surface. Continue to simmer anywhere from 4-24 hours, the longer the simmer, the more nutrients will be drawn out of the bones.

To make a vegetable broth: use any organically-grown vegetables you want, cover with water, and simmer 30-40 minutes. Because of their extremely high nutritional content, be sure to add some dark leafy greens to the mix. Strain, saving the vegetables for another time.

3 Day Soup Fast for Detox

Souping is a “new” nutrient-packed way to detox that can be comforting, inspirational and fun. Yes, a fun detox.

Where Juicing is often tasty with all those sugary fruits, and salads are raw and crunchy, there’s nothing like the process of putting on a your chef hat, creating your broth, and enjoying the warmth of your soup.

Muppet Soup Chef

Soup 1: Breakfast Soup

Make this berry soup first thing in the morning. The kefir in it has three times the probiotics in yogurt and will give your digestive system a huge boost for detox.

Soups 2-5: The Main Meals

The next four soups in this plan contain nutrients to help burn fat and elevate your metabolism. Start with a vegetable soup base that you’ll prep in advance to last three days. It’s a mix of low-sodium veggie broth plus the core four detox ingredients cooked or steamed. Here’s how they help you:

1. Mushrooms battle inflammation.
2. Broccoli is filled with fiber to cleanse your colon.
3. Tomatoes help break down the toxins in your liver. (Canned tomatoes are fine to use.)
4. Artichokes stimulate bile flow, which gets toxins out of your liver and also aids in digestions. (Canned artichokes are fine to use.)

This will be the base of most of your soups. Feel free to add as many additional non-starchy veggies or any spices to taste. If you feel like you still need more substance, add in three ounces of protein, fat and grains per meal.

Pick from the below add-ins:

1. Protein will help boost your metabolism. Choose beans, chicken, tofu or chickpeas.
2. Fat can help you absorb essential detox vitamins. Choose from avocado and seeds like sesame, chia or pumpkin.
3. Grains can help with energy. Choose from quinoa, brown rice or buckwheat noodles.

Soup 6: Dessert Soup

Make this apple cinnamon sweet potato soup at the end of the day. This plan uses natural, whole ingredients so you can soup detox as often as you want.

10 Detox & Weight Loss Soup Recipes

1. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/cleanse/recipe-vegan-creamy-cauliflower-soup-garlic-kale-drizzle/
2. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/creamy-carrot-soup-oats/
3. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/sadie-nardinis-tuscan-white-bean-soul-soup/
4. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/cream-mushroom-soup/
5. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/celeriac-soup/
6. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/pasta-e-fagioli-soup/
7. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/miso-soup-2/
8. http://www.yogajournal.com/recipe/recipes/vegan-challenge-recipe-vietnamese-vegetable-tofu-noodle-soup-bok-choy/

1. 10 – The Cabbage Soup

1. https://www.yahoo.com/food/a-detox-soup-that-wont-remind-you-of-the-cabbage-soup-76222985910.html

The cabbage soup diet isn’t the original crash diet—that distinction goes to William the Conquerer, who, too heavy for his horse, resorted to an all-liquor “cleanse” in 1087—but it is one of the most famous. And surely the most malodorous. Eat as much cabbage soup as you like, along with random foods in pairings that defy logic, for seven days. You will be a slip of a thing in a week! You’ll also be starving, the worst sort of meal companion, and a verifiable grump.

Enter a fresh, modern update for days when you just feel, shall we say, a little more puffy than usual. This soup is the kitchen work of Angela Liddon, the blogger behind Oh She Glows and author of the forthcoming cookbook of the same name. It’s a bit of a miracle worker, and one that Liddon told us she likes to eat after a period of over-indulgence.

“[After a bowl] I always feel more balanced, healthy, and energized.” It’s brimming with every culinary cure-all under the sun—garlic, mushrooms, ginger, turmeric, and kale—then dressed with a squeeze of lemon and a smattering of nori. (Thrill-seekers might like to shake a bit of cayenne on there, too).

After a winter weekend of bloody marys and bottomless bowls of ragu, this is just what the doctor ordered.

Greeen Detox Soup

http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/green-detox-soup-recipe-of-the-week/

Broccholi Spinach and Ginger

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.ca/2011/01/detox-green-soup-recipe-with-broccoli.html

Liver Detox Soups

http://www.theawesomegreen.com/3-warming-soups-for-liver-cleanse/

Stanley Veggie Soup

This recipe is taken from Stanley’s original book:

Use several kinds of vegetables, perhaps

White Beans (1st Legume)

Lentils (2nd Legume)

Potatoes

Celery

Carrots

Green Vegetable Tops

Onion

Red pepper

Tomatoes

Green Peppers

Zucchini Squash

Okra

Chili, Curry, Cayenne Pepper and Other spices may be added (delicately) for flavor.

Directions

• Dehydrated vegetables or vegetable soup powders may be added for extra flavor.

• Use salt delicately as a limited amount of salt is necessary.

• Brown rice may be used, but no meat or meat stock.

• Learn to enjoy the natural flavor of the vegetables.

The less cooking the better.

Sweet Potato Turmeric: Soup Ingredients:

• 2 Sweet potatoes

• 2 mid size carrots

• 1 cup of celery

• 1 tsp of turmeric

• 1/4 a tsp of cumin

• Pinch of cinnamon

• 1/2 a cup of coconut milk or more if you like

• Filtered water

• Salt

• Cayenne pepper

• Cilantro finally chopped – add in the end when its all cooked and chilled a little.

Description:

Its filling, anti-inflammatory treat that is perfect on a cold night

Comfort healthy food.

Kale Detox Soup Recipe Soup Ingredients:

• 2 medium leeks, cut in half, cleaned well, and cut into small pieces

• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed into a paste

• 1 serrano pepper, half of seeds removed, thinly sliced

• 4 carrots, scrubbed clean, skins on, cut into rough chunks

• 4 celery stalks, cut into rough chunks

• 3 small zucchini, diced

• 8 cups water

• 3 roma tomatoes, with seeds and skin, diced

• 2 cups pinto beans, I used dried ones that I cooked before hand, used cooking liquids in soup. Use dried beans ( that you soak over night) not canned beans.

• 2 bunches of kale, thinly sliced

• 1 juice of 1/2 lemon

• sea salt to taste

• fresh cracked black pepper, to taste

Soup Preparation:

1. Heat a large pot over medium heat.

2. Add the leeks, garlic, and serranos.

3. Sweat over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring often.

4. Add carrots, celery and the rutabagas. Cook for about 3 minutes.

5. Add the water, tomatoes and pinto beans, simmer over low heat for at least 30 minutes.

6. The longer, the better the flavor is.

7. 15 minutes before serving stir in the kale and zucchini

8. Cook for 5 minutes.

9. Stir in lemon juice.

10. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

11. Serve.

12. Eat.

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Cabbage Soup Soup Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 teaspoons coconut oil or olive oil

• 1 sweet onion, diced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 3 cups sliced cremini or white button mushrooms (about 8 ounces)

• 1 cup chopped carrots

• 2 cups of chopped white cabbage

• 2 cups chopped broccoli florets

• Fine-grain sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

• 1 1/2 to 3 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

• 2 teaspoons ground cumin

• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 5 cups vegetable broth

• 2 large nori seaweed sheets, cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) strips (optional)

• 2 cups (500 mL) torn kale leaves

• Fresh lemon juice, for serving (optional)

Soup Preparations:

• In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat.

• Add the onion and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent.

• Add the mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli and stir to combine.

• Season generously with salt and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes more.

• Stir in the ginger, turmeric, cumin, and cinnamon and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.

• Add the broth and stir to combine.

• Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the vegetables are tender, 10 to 20 minutes.

• Just before serving, stir in the nori (if using) and kale and cook until wilted. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, if desired.

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Creamy Radish Soup:

Pending

Radish Leek Soup Recipe Soup Ingredients

• 3/4 lb radishes, halved

• 3 yukon potatoes, peeled and cubed

• 2 leeks

• 32 oz vegetable broth/ optional

• 1-2 tsp Braggs Sea Kelp Seasoning

• Salt and pepper to taste

• If you like the soup to be little more cream, you can add some coconut milk. 1 or 2 table spoons may do the trick.

Soup Preparation:

1. Separate the tops of the leeks. Slice up the stalk. Wash out the leaves well and set aside.

2. Add butter to pot turn up the heat then add everything but the chicken broth, leaves, and milk. Mix it up then add in the chicken broth. Stand the leaves up in the pot. Bring soup to boil and reduce to a simmer

3. Let simmer for one hour or until vegetables are tender. Discard leak tops

4. Cream the soup with a blender

5. Mix in the milk.

6. Salt and pepper to taste

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Super Food Note: Radishes are a good source of iron, calcium, and vitamin C -powerful detoxing agent.

They are known for being able to purify the blood and are a cancer fighting food to boot.

And here’s something awesome I just learned- they produce a compound called Indole-3-Carbinal (I3C), which helps detoxify your body and helps prevent cancers. – See more at: http://www.thumbinplum.com/2013/04/radish- leek-soup.html#sthash.UsI5qGfC.dpuf

References and Resources

1. http://www.yogajournal.com/food-diet/souping-new-juicing-plus-8-recipes-try/
2. http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Detox-Soup-Recipes-30594055?stream_view=1
3. http://www.doctoroz.com/article/dr-ozs-3-day-souping-detox-instructions
4. http://bembu.com/detox-soup-recipes
5. http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/green-detox-soup-recipe-of-the-week/
6. https://www.yahoo.com/food/a-detox-soup-that-wont-remind-you-of-the-cabbage-soup-76222985910.html
7. http://tasty-yummies.com/2013/10/23/fall-detox-soup-gluten-free-vegan/

Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. They are powerful sources of clean protein, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, good fats, essential fatty and amino acids, and other nutrients that offer deep levels of nutrition, healing and wellness.

Yes, it’s true, the word “Superfood” is a marketing term used to describe foods with certain health benefits, and so I feel I must disclaim that fact right up front.

Qualities required to be considered a Super Food.

• Nutrient Density: The measurement of how much of any particular
• nutrient the food contains in regards to how much is in one serving.
• These 3 Super Foods melt fat away at up to 2 pounds per day
• Nutrient Diversity: The measurement of how many different nutrients
• are available in this one food.
• Phytonutrient/Phytochemical Content: The amount of healthy chemical compounds, known and unknown, that exist in plants. There are potentially thousands of phytonutrients in plants and any superfood should be a known source.
• Toxin Absence: The goal of consuming superfoods is to load the body with as many nutrients as possible. Superfoods should represent clean, hormone-free, chemical and pesticide-free sources of nutrition.
• Strategic Distribution of Calories: It’s clear that foods can be eaten on their own, but are almost always eaten in gorups, making this factor hard to evaluate. Regardless of that fact, it’s also clear that some foods are naturally “balanced” towards some emerged trends in caloric source distribution models like the 80-10-10 diet.
• High in Fibre: Since fibre is a sign of a natural food, higher fibre foods can be seen as an indicator of the Super Food Score
• Strategic Proportions of Related Nutrients: Many nutrients work in pairs, and the ratio of those materials are just as important as the nutritional value on their own, such as Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Omega-6 Fatty Acids.
• Medicinal Properties: FDA, and legal mandates asside, the medicinal properties of food are undeniable (which is why it’s the FOOD and DRUG administration), and frustratingly obvious in motive, how the FDA will deny the healing power of food
• Acidic or Alkaline PH Balancing: Many diets are built around keeping the body’s PH Balance optimal. Since most toxic foods are acidic, and it’s generally accept that acid bodies degrade, and become diseased, alkalizing foods are of import.

The top 3 “Fast Weight Loss” Super Foods

1. Fresh Lemon Juice
2. Cayenne Pepper
3. Maple Syrup
4. Pure Spring Water

http://themastercleanse.org/can-3-super-foods-help-you-lose-weight-fast/

The daily detox process can be compared to the Wash and Rinse cycles in a washing machine. While your daily dose of lemonade is like the “wash,” helping remove the toxins from your organs, the Salt Water Flush is the rinse. With the Salt Water Flush, all the impurities and toxins are physically removed from your body.

When considering using an Herbal Laxative for The Master Cleanse, one first has to understand some simple body mechanics and what the MC is and how it works. The Master Cleanse is a liquid mono-diet, which means it is a diet of only liquids composed of only the lemonade drink; it does not require or need any other foods. In fact, other foods or supplements only hinder its effectiveness and slow down the cleansing process. However, we still need to have regularity, and that’s where the herbal laxatives come in.

Why Is an Herbal Laxative Necessary?

The cleansing process or autolysis requires enzymatic processes to function properly, the eating of food uses enzymes for digestion rather than the breaking down of dis-eased and unhealthy cells as well as wastes that accumulate in the body. This lack of eating then does not provide adequate amounts of fiber in the diet.

Fiber is absolutely necessary for peristalsis or the wave like contractions that cause food to move through the digestive system and also finally to create the urge for bowel movements. To compensate for this deficiency while on the Master Cleanse one has to take an herbal laxative to ensure the colon functions and causes the waste to be loosened and dislodged from the digestive system.

Herbal Laxative Addictive?

But wait, isn’t a herbal laxative, or any laxative, addictive when taken for more than a week? Yes, but only when you are eating food on a daily basis does this occur. While on The Master Cleanse, if you don’t eliminate, you get sick; in fact, I have talked to many, many people who are on the Master Cleanse and either have misread the instructions and have not taken an herbal laxative or taken a dosage that does not work while cleansing.  The Master Cleanse is a cleansing diet, and regular eliminations are vital to feeling well and having great success. You can only stop taking a herbal laxative if you get diarrhea. Now, because The Master Cleanse is a liquid-mono diet and you only consume liquids your Bowel Movements (BMs) are liquid or runny for almost all eliminations. This is not diarrhea. Only if you are running to the bathroom 7 or more times a day should you stop or at least lower your dosage until your eliminations return to 3 or 4 a day. I myself have done The Master Cleanse over 1200 days in total and I am not dependent on laxatives at all, I was constipated until I started using The Master Cleanse in 1979.

Herbal Laxative Dosage

Dosage of the Herbal Laxative is an issue that has to be taken into consideration, the right amount is dependent on many factors including your weight, state of health, and type of laxative that you are using. There are herbal teas, encapsulated herbs and herbal tablets that can be used for The Master Cleanse but I prefer tablets as the dosage is easy to adjust to your own specific needs. My rule of thumb is to not follow the instructions on the packaging as they are for people that are already eating not cleansing. This means the dosage will be less than necessary for someone on a liquid diet, so instead of 1 tablet I take 4 and this provides enough stimulation to generally have 1 to 2 eliminations from 1 dosage. This maybe too much for some but most require this amount or more for productive BM’s. The herbal laxative should be used every morning and evening, when using salt water flush in the morning then only laxative at night.

One last note, psyllium husks are not a laxative but a high fiber food that causes peristalsis and is not recommended on The Master Cleanse.

Do you use the laxative in your Master Cleanse routine? Which Laxative do you use? Please leave a comment below to let us know your experience.

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cleanses, cleansing, list of cleanses, best cleanses, popular cleanses, fad cleanses, colon cleanse

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Affiliations: Each main cleanse?

When we set out to make a List of Cleanses, we thought it would be simple. Cleanses (also called Detox Diets), are becoming more popular everyday. There are hundreds of cleansing techniques, and thousands of cleansing products on the market today. Here at TheMasterCleanse.org, we are interested in how each of the cleanses can work with, both during and after, or independently of The Master Cleanse (our favourite Cleansing Diet or Detox Diet). But the more we googled “Cleanses”, and “Detox Diets” the more variations we got. Hundreds, no thousands of cleanses.

You might ask, what is the difference between a cleanse and a detox?.  For many people the words cleanse or detox the word is synonymous. But for others there is a distinct difference. For me, a cleanse has a purpose of general cleaning, while a detox might have a specific target substance to be detoxed, like alcohol or cocaine detox for example.

So we built a list of cleanses We started researching every single cleanse that google would expose to our insightful queries. While we aimed high, targeting any cleanses that anyone has ever done, is doing or will ever do, but that is a tall task.

Deciding of what to include in the Cleanse List

So we set 2 parameters for inclusion on the cleanse list: They key is it must be some sort of routine that people do, either by diet, or by product, or by process that is intended to cleanse the body and organ or system in some way. Second, in order to be included on this list of cleanses, there must be significant search traffic on the cleanse. I realize this might leave out some of the best cleanses quietly known to man, but that is what the comments are for, so make sure you leave a comment below

Now some cleanses are more popular than others. Popular cleanses have their own section below. Other cleanses are fad cleanses and still others are long lost or just emerging. Some we will even regard as “good cleanses” in our “Best Cleanses” list. We will do our best to compile a list of the best cleanses the world has ever know. Even the idea of a “Good Cleanse” makes for heated discussion.

For our purposes, we will define a good cleans as on that is natural, simple, effective and has at least a 75% favourable reputation from our sources found online. The problem then becomes how to identify and judge reputations. Fortunately there are tools for this, and more coming each day. I will be certain to update this post over time when I have full evaluations of the cleanse/product/manufacturer.

Hype and Disinformation on Popular and Fad Cleanses and Detox

There are so many products found online, or even in whole foods, that look or sound the same, but particularly online. It is so easy to produce a nondescript herbal supplement that might have some cleansing qualities, quickly brand, package and market in a generic way. This leads to a great deal of confusion; a sort of paralysis by analysis where there is so much information, it becomes nearly impossible to make an informed decision. I believe, this fact is well taken advantage of by these very companies.

What’s more, many manufacturers hide behind their product and the army of affiliates promoting it. If they were only at “arms length” we might be able to find out who is responsible for the product at the end of the day. Who are these manufacturers? What else do they promote? What is their reputation? This list of cleanses is intended to be more than just a run-down of the latest greatest or oldie goldies. It is intended to be a resource for understanding leading and emerging products and manufacturers so that you can make an informed decision about what cleanse is right for you. Furthermore

Cleanse Varieties: A problem to categorize.

There are few different ways to cleanse. First, you can do a cleansing diet. There are cleansing products sold in kits. There are also home cleansing recipes that include teas, or certain mixtures taken as supplements to a regular diet. Finally there are also cleansing techniques that aren’t exactly cleansing diets. All of these Cleanse Types are categorized into the following sections:

1. General Cleansing Terms
2. Cleansing by Specific Organs
3. Cleansing by Specific Conditions
4. Cleansing by Food
5. Cleansing by Procedure

This list of cleanses is not exhaustive, although compiling the list was exhausting. We will try to list as many as we can, that are relevant, and not complete obscure. We will also continue to update this page, so watch for that!

A note on semantics. Some words have dual meanings such as cleanse, flush, detox, purify etc. We try to identify important differences in the meanings of words if they are relevant, otherwise you can assume that a Liver Cleanse is the same as a Liver Flush.

All the cleanses listed below (the good ones anyway), tend to be natural cleanses that rely on juices and fasting. Juice Cleanses, and Cleansing Fasts are natural, time tested and not subject to marketing hype –although many companies simply box up the natural ingredients and hype ensues.

Be sure to click through on each cleanse type to read more about them from either our site or from our recommended resource. As always, don’t let your research stop here. Go out and do your due diligence. Your health is your responsibility alone. Take it and run with it.

1 – General Cleansing Terms

1. Cleansing DIet: A specific diet designed to produce cleansing effects. The Lemonade Diet (Master Cleanse) would fall into this category
2. Detox Cleanse: A specific cleanse that is used to rid the body of some specific substance or dependancy on that substance IE. Alcohol and Nicotine.
3. Weight Loss Cleanse: A cleanse that produces weight loss either as a primary objective or a natural side effect (Master Cleanse)
4. Natural Cleanse: A generic term used to describe a cleanse that has only natural ingredients or processes. (The Lemonade Diet would count, but perhaps not the Salt Water Flush)
5. Homemade Cleanse: A homemade cleanse is one that can be made out of household ingredients, often the same as a natural cleanse.

2 – Cleansing by Body Organs

1. Body Cleanse: A whole body cleanse aims to rid the body of waste and toxins from the body as a whole. The Master Cleanse is a whole body cleanse.
2. Colon Cleanse: Often aimed directly at the colon, colon cleanses also can cleanse the whole body when done as a part of a regime like The Master Cleanse (which is also a colon cleanser.
3. Liver Cleanse: Liver Cleanse or Liver Flush is often combined with Gallbladder and Kidney Cleanses. Parasite Cleanses should be done first. It is a natural cleanse that uses Olive Oil and citrus juice like Fresh Lemon Juice. The process takes a full day and rids the liver of Gallstones.
4. Gallbladder Cleanse: Basically the same as a Liver Cleanse.
5. Kidney Cleanse: A day fast designed to rejuvenate the Kidney using a natural cleanse made from juices, herbs and other minerals. There are several variations.
6. Lung Cleanse: Smokers can help efforts to quit, ex-smokers and non-smokers can also cleanse their lungs. Natural lung cleanses usually include Lotus Root.
7. Stomach Cleanse: Usually refers to cleansing the whole digestive system or a Colon Cleanse. There is a product called the Flat-Stomach Cleanse which is just a Colon Cleanse. There are some dangerous ideas about putting strips of cotton in your mouth and pulling them out. Don’t do this!
8. Digestive Cleanse: Just a whole body cleanse by another name. Will aim to rest the digestive system, usually through a fast.
9. Blood Cleanse: The Master Cleanse is a good Blood Cleanse (there is a reason why it’s called The Master Cleanse –because it cleanses your whole body). Sometimes combined with Liver Cleanses. Juice cleanses, particularly Fresh Lemon Juice are best.
10. Lymph Cleanse: Similar to Blood Cleanses, Lymph is the fluid that moves throughout your body transporting waste. It is also part of the defence mechanism fighting illness by isolating disease agents into lymph nodes. Herbal Teas and Juice Fasts are most common for cleansing the lymphs.

3 – Cleansing by Specific Conditions

1. Parasite Cleanse: Intestinal Parasites are probably the most destructive. We all have parasites. Symptoms of Parasites include long food transit times (time from eating to pooping).
2. Candida Cleanse: Candida diets become necessary when Candida symptoms are present such as:
3. Mucus Cleanse: Just another name for a colon cleanse as it cleanses Mucoid Plaque, but also other deposits of mucous where disease agents are often caught and stored.
4. Constipation Cleanse: Clogged colons create constipation. Your whole body cleanse starts with getting regular. Eating more fiber is a long-time simple cleanse diet. Colon Cleanses or Whole Body Cleanse such as The Master Cleanse will get you started towards regular movements.

4 – Cleansing by Food

1. Juice Cleanse: Juice cleanses involve 1 or more juices that aid in a particular function like Apple Juice for Kidney Cleansing or Lemon Juice for Master Cleansing. Often combined with a fasting diet of some kind where juice is the only food consumed (Mono-Diet).
2. Herbal Cleanse: A herbal regimen designed for a particular result. Most Colon Cleanse products are herbal mixes.
3. Lemon Cleanse: Lemon Juice is a staple of cleansing –even in the kitchen. Why do you think our dish soap first used lemon. It cuts through gunk.
4. Acai Cleanse: Probably more hype than anything since just 1 food item can do little buy itself. If the product comes with a full regimen of fasting with juices or other herbs, or a detox/cleansing it might be sound. If it’s just a Acai pill you are likely being duped by the dozens of super aggressive billing practices of these scam companies. It’s a shame really, they are branding the word Acai as negative, when it is just they (marketing companies) who are negative.

5 – Cleansing by Procedure

1. Fasting Cleanse: A fasting cleanse promotes the restriction of diet to a few or only 1 type of food, usually juices.
2. Colonic Cleanse: A procedure that involves flowing water into the rectum and colon. Often herbs are added to the water to aid in cleansing. See also Enemas.
3. Foot Bath Cleanse: Many believe that toxins accumulate in our feet. These cleanses involve a bath and foot pads that aid in drawing out the toxins into the water.

Specific and Featured Cleanses

1. Free Cleanses and Homemade Cleanses
2. Popular Cleanses
3. Cleansing Products
4. Good, Fad, and Ugly Cleanses

Free Cleanses and Homemade Cleanses

Who says that you need to buy a product to do a cleanse. We certainly don’t.

Of course, that only go so far. There are items we need to purchase, so the term Free Cleanses doesn’t really hold up. All cleanses cost money, even Water Fasts (water isn’t free you know). Every cleanse has ingredients such as Fresh Lemon, Cayenne Pepper and Rich Maple Syrup in the Master Cleanse. Others are herbal tea combination such as a Parasite Cleanse.

Master Cleanse

Of course, this website is all about The Master Cleanse, but in case you came here from somewhere where you wouldn’t immediately know that, here’s a quick run down.

The Master Cleanse is a “free” cleanse that is a very effective detox diet for weight loss. Many people choose to do it for the weight loss, and that’s OK because the health benefits come along for the ride.

The Master Cleanse, also know as the Lemonade Diet is a Homemade Cleanse that is made from very simple ingredients: Fresh Lemon Juice, Rich Maple Syrup, Cayenne Pepper (The Master Herb), and Pure Water. You can check out details on directions and ingredients throughout this website.

Popular Cleanse List

OK, so popularity doesn’t mean everything, just ask all the outcasts in high-school who are now some of our bosses. But, it does mean something. Maybe that something is just who has the best marketing (but that could mean they have put time and money into the product –but often it just means they spent lots of money on marketing). Sometimes that something is because the product is so good that it sells (and then someone goes out and spends lots of money on marketing –or they should).

Colon Cleanse

Because Colon Cleaning is a big business there are many products available. When you are looking for a colon cleanser, the first thing you want to look for is the ingredients. Common ingredients include: roots of dandelion, black radish, rhubarb, and marshmallow. Aloe is also a good ingredientThis will help you understand the next thing to determine: Is it safe?

You want to understand the long term effects, and Short term effects, as well as the “Side Effects”. A Proper Colon Cleansing Program Removes the Mucoid Plaque From the Colon. This plaque is putrified waste inside your colon that didn’t make it out of the pipes. Pieces over time get stuck along the folds of our intestines. This is natural (especially in our modern carnivore/omnivore culture.

This should be both your short and long term target effects, with an emphasis on long term. If the product doesn’t claim long term effects it probably doesn’t have any.

“Colon cleanse” or “Bowel Cleanse” or “Intestinal Cleanse” or “Intestinal Therapy” are terms referring to a procedure (or a therapy) which has as its main goal having a clean bowel. A real “bowel cleanse” can take from 3 to 4 weeks up to a few months, depending on the person. But don’t get discouraged, it’s worth it!

Colon cleansing is a procedure which may include the use of many different supplements, and few days of FASTING. A good intestinal cleanse will also often include a parasite cleanse (which is the subject of our next section).

1. The Master Cleanse is also a great free homemade colon cleanser. The are a few keys to colon cleansing and choosing the best colon cleanse product (http://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification.htm)

Long term use of most colon cleansing products can be harmful so make sure you know what you are doing before getting started.

Parasite Cleanse

Parasites create disease and they also love to live in diseased states. They can really get established if a disease state is not combated. This is why cleansing, and parasite cleansing should be done together. What’s more, parasites create a diseased state so that they enjoy their living conditions better.

There are a large variety of parasites. They can be as small as a single cell, organisms such as yeasts, molds or fungus, and even as complex as a 50 ft tape worm. These parasitic worms live in our bodies causing disease. Some say that as much as 2 pounds of parasites might be living in ones body at a time.

Like most living things they need to eat to survive. They eat what we eat, dinning on our glucose, fat, and proteins. They live off the cells in our bodies, robbing us of vitality. One of there most favourite, and readily available sources of food is our blood.

There are thousands of types of parasites, maybe tens of thousands. The wikipedia page has over 50 listed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parasites_%28human%29)

1. Intestinal Parasites
2. Skin Parasites
3. Body Parasites
4. Brain Parasites
5. Colon Parasites
6. Stomach Parasites
7. Blood Parasites

Internal Parasites (http://www.drnatura.com/parasites.php)

1. Tapeworm
2. Candida (Yeast)
3. Hookworm

Testing for parasites commonly includes the following procedures Biopsies, Stool Sample, Urine Sample, Blood Test, Skin Sample, CT Scan

Each brand of Herbal Parasite Cleanse is a little different, but most contain Clove, Black Walnut, and Wormwood. A good idea is to alternate various brands/combos to get the broadest spectrum of coverage. The parasites might also become immune to the toxins if the same dosage of the same herbs is consistently delivered (just like I became immune to rattle snakes by letting myself get bitten a little at a time over the course of time ;).

List of Cleansing Products

Listed by popularity determined by google searches. Full disclosure, I am going to provide links to each product. It is possible that I will be paid a referral fee if you click through and make a purchase. Please don’t take this to mean I “RECOMMEND” these products. I am simply providing the link, and hoping to earn a living if you chose for yourself if you like the product.

1. Dual Action Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.dualactioncleansenow.com/)
2. Total Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.solaray.co.uk/) – Solaray Total Cleanse comes in several different variations to target different parts of the body, including lymph nodes, colon and liver. It is a generic term used by many producers. More research needed here
3. Ever Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING- (http://www.evercleanse.com/)
4. Pure Cleanse REVIEW PENDING – (http://purecleansepro.org/)
5. Colonix: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.drnatura.com/)
6. Nature Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.mynaturecleanseonline.com)
7. Super cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.naturessecret.com/)
8. Ultimate Cleanse REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.naturessecret.com/)
9. Life Cleanse REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.sybervision.com)
10. Almighty cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.globalent.itv.com) – Almighty cleanse reviews are mostly biased because the reviewer are affiliates. Comes is several variations that target different body parts including kidneys, baldder and blood. Made by ITV Global, an TV production company and Developed by Danny Vierra . Couldn’t find a parent website, just various affiliates
11. Ion Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.amajordifference.com/)Foot Bath Detox
12. Smart Cleanse: REVIEW PENDING – (http://www.renewlife.com/products/cleansesmart.aspx) – Known as Cleanse Smart, a colon cleanse. A two step herbal routine that has had been claimed to be less effective than other products.

The Good, Fad and Ugly Cleanses

This is a feature we are working on that will outline all of the above and other specific cleanses that are either Good (popular, and recommended), Fad (passing, hype driven), and Ugly (dangerous, or disgusting). You can start this list. Please leave comments below.

What is Missing from our Cleanse List?

So that is what we have so far. As always we will update over time. But we need your feedback. What are we missing? Is there a cleanse you do that you love and isn’t popular? We would love to hear from you. Let your wisdom shine!

Top Tips from our Master Cleanser Community over 100,000 strong:

1. Aid your detox with light exercise. Exercise is more than cardio to “burn fat”. It’s the literal meaning of the word “Move Your Body”. The process of moving your body stimulates every aspect of your body from digestion, elimination, lymph movement, breathing etc. –all of which contributes to the effectiveness of your body’s “repair” mode, eliminate waste and fat, quite literally with every breath.

2. Women tend to lose less weight than men. Just go with that. Don’t try to push the statistics in your favour. What you lose is what you lose. Fasting is cyclical, and sometimes you’ll lose more than others, because there is more at play than just weight loss, including cellular repair, and toxin mobilization.

3. This is a hard one, but do not weigh yourself (and especially no every day). Feedback is great, especially when visualizing your desired outcome, but too much of it leads to obsessive desire which can psychological and emotionally interrupt your detox. These obsessive thoughts are rooted in lack, and are as toxic as the physical body your cleansing. Practice the art of allowance, letting go and abundance and the weight will fall of faster.

4. Super-F.A.S.T.  by using intervals in your fast routine. The Ease-In is a 3 day period of gradual removal of complex foods. You can make that 5 days or even 10. Likewise, the Ease-Out can linger on the “Juicing” segment, focusing on a 3 day Green Juice Fast. You can do 1 Short-Term Fast, then a Long-Term Fast, followed by a series of intermittent fasts. Each fast is just a period of conscious food selection

5. Don’t Starve Yourself. Unless your doing a pure water fast you’ll be consuming calories likely in liquid only form as is the case with the Juice Fast called The Master Cleanse. This is as much calorie restriction as it is fasting and the key is to find the balance where your body switches to “repair” mode which is usually around 1,000 calories give or take for men and women of all sizes.

6. Fast Frequently. Even Intermittently…. Fasting types. Fasting tools…

If you’re going to use a pre-bundled kit, make sure you get one with enough ingredients to last. Most are under-sized to consider the minimum servings of “food” each day, when in truth, you need to be closer to the average to find your perfect “repair” mode.

Founder of TheMasterCleanse.org Mike Olaski says more is less when it comes to serving size. His new line or kits are configured to the average serving size for maximum weight loss.

Is there anyone who doesn’t think by eating less you might lose more weight. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

The whole idea of “more is less” means that fa fasters shouldn’t think “less is more”. said Mike Olaski, author of Lose Weight “F.A.S.T.” –how to shed pounds quickly with fasting, who’s helped thousands of people lose on average 1 pound per day, and sometimes up to 2 pounds per day, all while using a method scientifically proven to be health and wellness supporting. The new line of Master Cleanse Kits provide enough ingredients for 10-21 Days.

The line is not just for Cleansers like Wayne. “Where as when you fast and your cells discover that you’re not giving them anything to eat they learn to be wiser and more economical and more active in order to survive on their reserves. When this is the case permutation is no longer the problem. If you never fast, you’re heading for a dangerous situation in the future; for your cells will become passive and lazy and weak.”

Its every commercial and you study these commercials and your sub-conscious mind is being programmed Im supposed to be eating greasy cheeseburgers with bacon. Then you wonder why we have an obesity crisis.

“There is this pressure in the media to constantly eat

But its a continuous message of getting us to collectively get us to become hypochondriacs and to get us to go to our doctors. The number of prescription drugs we’ve increased by like quadrupling it every couple of years because theres a lot of people making a lot of money off convincing us theres something wrong with us instead of looking within and saying “I came from perfect health. Im going to live a life of perfect health. Im going to get rid of the toxins in my body, Im going to exercise on a regular basis, Im going to eat foods that I know are healthy for me and I’ll be damned if Im going to allow a bunch of people making profits off of getting me to go to a doctor and ask for some more drugs and some more drugs and some more drugs.” End of rant.

The first day or two I though oh my God, I’ve got to have something to eat. Then I realized how much, because I’ve been watching the basketball playoffs and the TV is on, collectively I don’t know if we’ve thought about this Diane; the messages on our television screen and what they’re doing to us.

Theres so many pictures; when you don’t eat solid food for 10 days you start noticing all of things you’ll show you. The meat sizzling away and the cheese over the top and someone take a bite of this burrito and on and on. Its every commercial and you study these commercials and your sub-conscious mind is being programmed Im supposed to be eating greasy cheeseburgers with bacon. Then you wonder why we have an obesity crisis.

The other thing is you wonder why we’ve become such a nation of hypochondriacs. Virtually all day and all evening long during all of the commercial breaks we’re all being told what to think. How sick we are, to think that this is wrong, we have this blood disease, we’re impotent, we can’t see well, we have acid indigestion, we’ve got rheumatoid arthritis, go to your doctor.

If you understand the simple message that we become what we think about all day long and if were being conditioned all day long and being exposed to messages telling us how sick you are and whats wrong with you and you need to go to a doctor and you need to take a pill and this and have something else done for you. Its almost like theres a conspiracy out there of people who are making a fortune of convincing people that they’re hypochondriacs, that they have to be overweight, that they have to be sick. And theres no messages out there that say you can do anything, no one needs to take any pills; but they’re rare when they come out.

People need to be careful about what kind of conditioning you’re being exposed to on a regular basis, especially when you have that television set blaring away. And think about what it does to your children as well. I mentioned last week the USA Today story that by the year 2030 42% of Americans will be obese and 1 out of 3 will have diabetes. Thats the prediction for 2030, which is the year I turn 90.

The biggest problem with fasting and cleanses like The Master Cleanse is often the prep, and managing your lifestyle, at work, travel etc. Many people end up making large batches of lemonade, or juices at a time, which is a good idea on the surface, until you realize that the lifespan of the active ingredients like enzymes in these juices are extremely short.

That’s where these little jars come in handy. They come in various sizes, so you can make 1-shot/glass at a time, or make a concentration batch for the whole day. What makes these jars so important? Their ultraviolet light filtering, air-tight (the two biggest enzyme enemies which make them leak proof while preserving freshness, so you can chuck them in your gym bag, your work bag or the seat of your car when you’re in a hurry in the morning.

Best of all, all our Master Cleanse kits come with 1 shot size jar absolutely free. Need more? Don’t worry, you can get them in several sizes.

The jars come in identical ultraviolet dark glass that blocks visible light rays while selectively ALLOWING infrared and UV-A rays. They range from small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, to large enough to sit on your counter top and come with various shapes and lids to fit your needs.
The products come in identical chubby silver tubes that fit in the palm of your hand. There’s a sheer berry for cheeks, brow bone, eyes, lips, forehead and neck; a sheer iridescent champagne for the inner corner of the eye, cheekbones, shoulders, decollete; and an olive oil and beeswax moisturizer for lips, cuticles and around the eyes. They are $27 each and sold only on her website.

Judging by the photos and videos, Joseph, who recently turned 60, needs no makeup at all. She’s one of those Emmylou Harris beauties with lovely features, luminous skin and long silver hair, who spends just a few minutes a day on her face before she’s out the door.As women age, she says, looking fresh, rather than made up, is the key.

“The biggest makeup mistake that middle-aged women make is putting on too much under eye concealer,” she said. “At home, it might look OK, but in the daylight, it just looks like a bunch of gunk under your eyes. The older you get, the less makeup you should wear. It’s not a blank canvas anymore.”

After growing up in the Bay Area – Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, class of ’69 – she moved to Paris in the early ’80s and later to New York.

“I was a classic California flower child,” she says. “I went to Haight Ashbury on the weekends, the Fillmore West, the Avalon Ballroom. I was at the center of it all. People still ask me to this day: ‘Are you from San Francisco?’ ”

Joseph married young, had two kids and began her makeup artist career in San Francisco in the late ’70s, working for Macy’s, Esprit de Corp and others.

“I always had the smallest kit and the fewest products of any of my colleagues,” she remembers. She let her hair go gray in her late 40s, and just like that, she was spotted on a New York sidewalk by a scout for the fashion photographer Steven Miesel and has been a model ever since, featured in ads for Target, L.L. Bean, Dolce & Gabbana, DKNY, Olay, Nivea and others.

About a year ago, she went into the cosmetics business herself. “I’d done makeup for two decades and when I created this line, I created what I would want in my own kit,” she says. “I wanted to do a line that was not about hiding, but was about revealing.” The overall effect, she says, is a dewy, glowing face.