Well seeing as we are right off the topic I introduced let me add this small nugget....

When I was 16 I had the oppurtunity to move to the US as my mom and stepfather were moving there. I stayed here with my dad because of an article I had seen in the newspaper and this essentially this is how I saw the US at that time. A woman had fallen on her own front step and broke her hip. By the time she had her hip fixed with all the hospital costs she was bankrupt and the bank was going to take her house (obviously she had no insurance). She committed suicide. When I was 16 I thought to myself that I didn't want to live in a country where something like this was probably a common everyday experience. Say what you will about socialized medicine at least I know that if anything happens to me I can go into any hospital in Canada and receive care without worrying about a bill in my mailbox. Yes there are a lot of negatives about the whole systgem but if I break my hip I won't have to worry about the bank taking my house because of my hospital bill.

Also back to the cleanser topic, redeemed....my understanding is that some people have to take laxatives during the process or they will get constipated. Maybe that is what happened to your cousin.

Dana, you've brought up an interesting ethical question about drugs keeping us alive until we are 95. If I could be that age and still in charge of all my faculties and able to get around then yeah that would probably be okay. I'm very cynical though because as a RN I see a lot of elderly people who are confused, aggressive, bedbound or barely able to move, incontinent and needing to be completely cared for 24/7 and that includes having to be fed. You would have no idea how some of these people are completely humiliated by being cared for as if they are babies again. They need to be fed, cleaned and changed. I have heard so many of them say that they never thought their lives would be like this. Yet I know there are tons of elderly people that who have wonderful lives. It's a crap shoot, you never know what is going to happen with your life. On the whole though, for the elderly people I see most of them would have just as soon died before things started to go downhill. Tell me what to say to a patient that they wish they were dead because they are stuck in a bed for the rest of their life, having to be cleaned, changed and fed like a baby? In that instance I don't agree with you about paying for research for drugs that will keep us alive until we are 95. If the drugs are going to give us a wonderful quality of life as well for all that time...

The people I know who have done the cleanse would drink a tea called Smooth Move along with the Cleanse.

Also, there is a certain way that you have to come off of the cleanse. You can't just starting eating any old thing the next day.

If anyone is going to try this, I highly recommend that you read and research all you can. There is an ebook available. Just google Master Cleanser.

Was it this cleanse thread or the other where we talked about who profits and someone said "no one, water's free"?

With the Master Cleanser you are supposed to drink a salt/water drink in the morning thats supposed to get things moving. They also suggest teas that get things moving - they don't suggest any certain brands. If you aren't taking those things, the cleanse isn't going to work.

The medical thing is a big thing that my brother (who lives in the USA) and I talk about. I can't imagine having to pay to see a doctor, when I was in college with zero income I got REALLY sick - I saw 4 different doctors, including a specialist who probably would have cost my entire college fund. There is no such thing as the perfect health care system - they all have their flaws. But I wouldn't want to go into debt from being sick. The poor always seen to get poorer. Sad.

-Aimee

Smooth Move is not specifically made for the Master Cleanse, and it is not a requirement of the cleanse. It is an herbal (senna) laxative tea that people drink instead of taking Correctol or other laxative products. It is helpful when used in conjunction with the cleanse, but some people opt for the salt water flush, or both. I think it's maybe $5 a box.

The rest of the cleanse involves organic lemons, grade B maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water.

I seriously doubt if anyone is getting rich off of these products, which total less than $20 at any health store.

That's the horror of it.

There are web sites selling stuff (teas etc) that you can drink along with the cleanse but to the best of my knowledge you don't have to take anything other than the drink we already talked about. It is recommended to take a laxative as there is no fiber in this drink and you might get constipated from the stool that is still in your bowels. You can take any laxative and like Tiffany said they are really cheap. I had to buy a box for my husband when he was doing his colonoscopy prep and it was $3 for 12 tabs. He is borrowing a book from his co-worker that is all about this stuff so I'll post more after I read it if anyone is interested.

Wow, this thread has gone so offtopic.

I've never done the full ten days of the clense. I did do it for a few days but I added some food because I couldn't handle it.

I do believe some fasting is very good for the body. :-)

DAY ONE:

I am trying the master cleanse. Today is my first day. My goal is 10 days. I am doing it to kick start a healthier way of life and not just for weight loss. I'll keep you posted.

Good luck Cassia!

Not sure how starving is a good start to any healthier way of life. But I admit to being biased about this issue, lots of people think fasts are good. Good luck!

Well, scientifically speaking, when you fast you are NOT starving. If you fast, without the use of protein, your body goes into a state of "autolysis". Instead of being in the continual digestion mode, digestion stops. Your body goes into a mode of breaking down and eliminating waste, diseased or damaged cells, and releasing toxins stored in various wonderful places.

The only other time your body goes into a similiar mode is when you're sleeping (but not if you ate right before bed). That is why it's important to give yourself time to digest before sleeping. Your body needs to go into the cleansing cycle or it'll just continue down the "run-down" path.

If fasting were starving, I'd be dead and so would many others. My longest fast was 145 days.

cassia- Great start to health. Stay focused and positive, follow the well advised instructions and document everything. It's great to have a journal to go back and read. It'll be tough, but you can do it.

Just got the books tonight if anyone is interested. There is a lot of very interesting stuff in these books and I have really revised my opinion of cleansing. The books are The Master Cleanser by Stanley Burroughs and Lose Weight, Have more energy Be happier in 10 days by Peter Glickman. And to those people thinking that these people are frauds looking to make a quick buck, together these 2 books cost less than $25 and everything that you need can be bought at your local grocery or health food store.

Glory87 - With the amount of maple syrup that is being used anyone doing this cleanse will be getting several hundred calories everyday. It is 2 T per 10-12 oz glass and 4T has 210 calories, as the minimum number of glasses required is at least 6 and probably most people are going to drink more I think you can see that the body will be getting enough carbohydrates to keep working. I won't talk about anybody else but at 100lbs overweight I could go more than 10 days taking this drink and not even think about worrying that I am starving to death. There are other nutritional concerns in the book, believe me they have thought of all this stuff already.

cassia - good luck with your cleanse. Did you buy both these books? I have been reading them all night. If you don't have them and have any questions that I might be able to answer please feel free to PM me.