The Cayenne Pepper Diet is a ten-day fast in which you drink a lemonade drink made of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water. Also know widely as the Master Cleanse, this (surprisingly tasty) drink will detoxify your body, help you lose pounds of accumulated waste in your colon, and help with losing unwanted weight.
Many people just starting the Cayenne Pepper Diet make a crucial mistake. It’s a simple enough one, but it can render the cleanse almost worthless. This is the number # mistake cleansers make:
Attempting the cleanse using ingredients that are not of sufficient quality.
I know the lemonade seems simple enough, and many people will save money or time by settling for cheap substitutes, but the quality of the cayenne pepper diet recipe is incredibly important.
The quality of the maple syrup is vital. You must use Grade B maple syrup, preferably organic. You can also use Grade A syrup. The grades roughly correspond to the season when the sap was harvested from the maple tree. Grade B syrup is later in the season and is very dark with a strong maple flavor and a hint of caramel. It’s chock full of essential nutrients. Try to find that if you can. Please don’t substitute table syrup (also known as pancake syrup) … it’s just refined sugar with maple flavoring. Absolutely worthless for your cleanse.
You can purchase good maple syrup locally at a health food store or check your supermarket. Many markets offer the organic 100% pure maple syrup in the same aisle as the table syrup. You can expect to pay $8 – $10 per 32 ounces, which will last you four days on the cleanse. Buy several bottles. While this might seem pricey, consider that you won’t be eating food for ten days and will be saving money on that.
Buy fresh lemons only – do not purchase concentrated lemon juice! If you can find it, organic is the best. Fresh squeezed lemon juice is also far more tasty than bottled. I have found that the lemonade keeps for a couple of days but I prefer making mine daily as it tastes better. Consider buying a juice extractor if you can afford it. You will be juicing a lot of lemons. If you don’t have one and don’t want to buy one, you can just use a wooden juicer.
Last, but certainly not least, is the quality of the water. Please use only FILTERED water for your cleanse. You do not need to buy bottled water, and in many cases bottled water is just tap water. Buy a Brita filter, or use the filter system you may already have in your water supply or fridge. Fresh, pure, clean water is vital to your health and well being. Remember … you are planning on ridding your body of toxins and impurities. You want to replace the water in your body with only the best.
By taking care with your ingredients and buying the best quality for the Cayenne Pepper Diet, you can have a successful cleanse that will leave you feeling like a brand new person. If you have never cleansed before, then you should realize that the cleanse is great for you because the lemonade drink gives your body the proper nutrients and calories to function, yet still purifies the body at the same time.
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