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While looking for easy lemon recipes on-line yesterday, I came across the recipe for a lemon detox drink containing cayenne pepper, water, lemon juice and maple syrup – the ingredients contained in the famous Master Cleanse or Lemonade Diet Drink.
After a lifetime of dietary struggle, I’ve decided that the best approach for me is more of a middle path of moderation, rather than extreme diets.
I love to cook and bake and eat so the minute I begin to contemplate giving up food, even for a few days, I feel my stress levels increase.
So, while looking for delicious ways – lemon cookies, lemon bars, fresh lemonade, lemon cake, lemon poppy seed muffins – to use up this years crop of lemons falling from the trees, why was I drawn to a recipe containing cayenne pepper, water, lemon and maple syrup?
Is my body craving a cleanse? Does it need a break?
When I start my day with a cup of warm water and lemon, a trick I learned from the delightful book, French Women Don’t Get Fat
Lemons, a rich source of vitamins and minerals, with reported powerful cleansing ability, are plentiful, as we move into Spring, the time of year we seem most inclined to want to fast and cleanse.
Would my body benefit from a ten day break from food, where it’s only nourishment comes from cayenne pepper, water, lemon, maple syrup? Maybe.
My brother has done the Master Cleanse and has only good things to say.
He lost weight, and felt healthier and more energized. And he’s not the only one.
Lots and lots of people swear by this cleanse that has been around for decades. So, maybe I will give it a try this Spring – at least for a day or two.
It’s really very simple as detoxes and cleanses go. You don’t need a blender (affiliate link) or juicer (affiliate link) and there are no long lists of special pills and powders required.
You drink at least 60 ounces of cayenne pepper water lemon maple syrup drink or “lemonade” a day along with as much water as you want.
Here’s the recipe for the magical elixir. Even if you aren’t ready to commit to a ten day cleanse, it seems like a nice healthy drink with which to start the day!
Cayenne Pepper Water Lemon Maple Syrup Drink Recipe
Here’s the recipe for Master Cleanse Lemonade. I’ve provided the amounts for both a single serving and daily supply. Be sure to use fresh, real ingredients – fresh lemon juice and real grade B maple syrup – not pancake syrup.
Single Serving
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice (about 1/2 a large lemon)
- 2 tablespoons of Grade B real maple syrup
- 1/10 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 10 ounces of filtered water
Daily Serving (60 ounces)
- 3/4 cup of fresh lemon juice (about 3-4 large lemons)
- 3/4 cup of Grade B real maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 60 ounces of filtered water
Combine the ingredients in a glass or pitcher and mix until well combined.
For more about The Master Cleanse
You may need this wonderful Lemon Squeezer if you decide to give the Master Cleanse Diet a go or if you are a huge fan of fresh squeezed lemons, like me.
More Homemade Lemonade Recipes
Homemade Lemonade made with fresh lemons and a simple sugar syrup
Homemade Lemonade with sugar, water and fresh lemons
I’m on Day 71 of a Solid food vacation SFV ( check out john rose) Been a very quiet weekend and got a load of cravings and the grape juice isn’t cutting it. This little recipe is a life saver.
Thank you .. just 19 days to go 🙂
ps: the changes in my body healthy wise are really good.
this is the very video that got me started back on the 14th Jan 2023
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKoQHCstBJ/
Tried the diet for 10 days i lost 2 sizes 20 pounds. first 3 days were extremely hard
my secret was chewing sugarless gum.
I used to have the entire print out of the master cleanse diet, I believe there was a recipe for soup and perhaps a few meals after a period of fasting. Am I correct about that? If so can someone give that info and recipes to share. . Thank you
I went on this diet several years ago. I lost 35 pounds. Good idea, I think I will do it again.
I found out about this recipe since 1990, and this much I can tell you, it’s my go to for my sons when they were babies and had a cold. I didn’t want to give them any medication at that young baby/toddler stage. The mixture worked like a charm! To the point it became a household staple they pass on to their children these days. Our version:
8 oz. purified/filtered water – cold or room temp.
1/2 lemon – juiced
2 tblsp 100% pure Maple Syrup (Springtree is my go to brand)
dash of cayenne pepper.
When my sons were younger, I used to mix just the lemon juice, the maple syrup, and the cayenne pepper with just enough water and spoon feed them that mixture and give them the water to drink. Highly recommend to use to minimize cold symptoms.
How many days is required to get a full cleanse without worrying about the weight. Versus wanting to lose weight and doing the cleanse is there a time period for both or either or and do you do nothing but drink the water you don’t eat anything
My brother and sister-in-law turned me on to the lemon, Cayenne, maple syrup cleanse, they swear by it, so I know it’s not BS! And cleansing your body is healthy, all the crap you put in your body is not so healthy, so I’m giving it a try? I started it yesterday and so far so good I love the lemon the Canon and the maple syrup great taste and I also bought lemonade sugarless and just a little bit and it not a lot half a teaspoon just to give it a little more flavor I don’t think it’s going to hurt it’s sugarless, and sugar free candies to suck on? I’ll definitely giving update on how I’m doing in a few days?
I did this cleansing 5 years ago and it works. I’m taking this 30 mins before mealtime and it suppresses my appetite, i feel i am full. But every morning i will only take half of oranges and boiled eggs (white only) then green tea. Good luck to those who wants to try!!
Just remember the egg is a perfect food together not apart the lecithin in the yolk breaks down the protein in the white to assimilate ??
Please let me know if and how much if your going to use it for a kick start fir the day and if will help with weight loss