Lemonade Diet

The Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet is very effective when it comes to weight loss because of two reasons: it drastically cuts back on calories and it cleans your system of harmful substances which could be slowing digestion.  While there is no doubt that Master Cleanse causes rapid weight loss, the diet has been criticized because some people will just gain the weight right back.  Here is why weight gain occurs after Master Cleanse and how you can avoid it.

 

Why Weight Gain Occurs after Fasting

When you go on any fast – Master Cleanse included – you are significantly depriving your body of calories and many nutrients.  To compensate, your body goes into a type of survival mode where it slows down functioning.  As a result, your metabolism will go much slower. If you were to suddenly start eating normally again after a fast, your slowed metabolism would not be able to handle the food.  Instead of getting turned into energy, the food will get stored as fat reserves.

 

You Need Less Food after Fasting!

While most people go on a Master Cleanse lemonade diet to lose weight, the real goal of this fast is to clean out your body of toxins – including all of that buildup in your digestive tract.  When your digestive tract is clean, it can absorb and use food much more efficiently.  This means that you will need less food after a fast in order to sustain yourself.

 

Avoiding Weight Gain after Master Cleanse

The key to maintaining weight loss after a fast like the Lemonade Diet is to balance your newly cleansed digestive tract with your slowed metabolism.  If you go back to your old diet habits, you could end up gaining back the weight that you lost. By the time your metabolism gets back up to speed, it could be too late and all or some of that weight may be back on your body.

 

To avoid gaining back weight, it is crucial that you slowly ease off of a fast like the Lemonade Diet.  In the days after the Lemonade Diet, you will want to eat only liquid foods and then work your way up to live foods and then to a vegan diet. As you provide your body with more food and the enzymes found in fresh vegetables and fruits, your metabolism will get up to speed so you don’t gain weight by eating food after the fast.

 

After not eating for 4-12 days, it can be very tempting to gorge yourself on your favorite foods.  You need to be patient though because this will just cause you to gain weight rapidly.  The great thing about fasting on Master Cleanse is that your stomach will be smaller so you will feel full faster. When you combine this effect with your cleaner digestive system, you can eat much less than before and still feel full and energized so you will be able to keep weight off.