Originally Posted by efface

If your interested in taking steps in improving your overall health I'd suggest to eat a ton of vegetables and a moderate amount of fruit. These contain antioxidants which stop the process of oxidization in your body, preserving the vitality of your organs. Also I strongly believe that foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids are the best things you could ever eat. oily fish such as tuna, salmon herring mackeral sardines, trout and sablefish are loaded with omega 3s. Omega 3s have been proven to reduce cancer growth, increase memory and improve brain function, prevent heart disease or at least lower the risk by a ton, prevent arthritis. This alone might be enough to get you to start eating more omega 3 enriched foods. Studies shown that people living in japan are 60-70% less likely to get depression as oppose to people in other countries such as usa or germany, this is directly due to the amount of fish the japanese consume

good post, and the above is a much more healthy path to trying to "detoxify" your system than the master cleanse or anything related to it.

 

Originally Posted by dpottz

all while being unable to tell whether it was 10 or 13 days. hmmm dpottz 1 master cleanse 0

But master cleanse makes you pee out your butt.

dpottz 1 master cleanse 2 imo

No way I'm ever fasting in this lifetime. I don't even think there is really any benefits from doing it. I mean what is fasting really supposed to accomplish? No good nutritionist would recommend to somebody that they abstain from eating food for a long period of time.

There are some youtube videos about the master cleanse. You can really notice the people have lost a shit ton of weight. The weight is just gonna fly back on when you start to eat normal again. This just seems retarded. I'd be worried about long term health risks this could cause me.

 

Originally Posted by efface

 

Originally Posted by LVpokerdealer

I don't see what the big deal is...once people realize this is just a cleanse, not a diet. If you are using it to lose weight, you fail. If you are using it to cleanse yourself, it is good. I have a bunch of friends at work who have done it after they quit smoking, and it has seemed to make them feel a lot better. It is basically just water weight anyways. But it is a cleansing, not a diet.

There is no evidence that maple syrup + lemons = body cleanse. There is more evidence that it does harm to your body. Your friends probably felt better because they just quit smoking.

edit: I will say one good thing about this cleanse and other cleanses is that it does take a certain amount of dedication and willpower to only drink lemonade for a few days or however long. That combined with the fact that these people genuinely believe they are being cleansed of toxins might convince their mind that they are doing something healthy and in return might provide some feelings of well-being and self fulfillment. "thought, backed by strong DESIRE, has the tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent."" - napoleon hill

Show me the evidence that this does more harm for your body. I just want to see it. I worked for a nutritionist in Vegas, corner of Wigwam and Pecos for anyone out there, and he put plenty of his clients on this before changing their diet. The products are all highly alkaline, anyone who knows anything about nutrition understands your body runs better on an alkaline diet. Lemons (organic), Grade B maple syrup, and cayenne pepper are some of the most alkaline foods you eat. People seem to think that they're drinking the lemonade they get out the fountain machine at mcdonalds, the stuff with added sugar. If you do this cleanse correctly for 10 days the products alone will run you 200+ and I hope none of you guys are using Aunt Jemima's maple syrup.

FTR I have spoke with a lot of people about this and everybody said they felt good and recommended it, except one lady who just said it wasnt necessary. I talked to a guy about 25-30 that said the cleanse got him off his meth addiction. It's true the cleanse puts your body in a catabolic state where muscles wont grow, so if you like your physique don't do it, but I am pretty sure call it 99.9% that it does detox. After the cleanse you will gain weight back fast, but the creator of the cleanse recommends people become vegetarian when finished cleansing.

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01-20-2009 10:33 PM - In reply to </td><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> </td><td align="right">Edit </td></tr></tbody></table> </h4> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>btw, the original thread is here: http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-for..._2900_-3211765

to summarize:

1. this isn't good for you. your body isn't getting the nutrition it needs.

2. your body doesn't get rid of toxins within the digestive tract. you do get rid of some toxins, but those toxins are the ones stored in your fat and, by releasing them too quickly, hurting yourself.

3. any effects of euphoria and the like are identical to those you would feel by fasting.

4. the whole idea of "cleansing your colon" is bogus; your colon doesn't absorb nutrients (that's a function of the upper GI tract, including the small intestine), so the idea that your colon isn't absorbing all the nutrients it could because of this supposed waste that builds up is bogus.

5. you're killing the helpful bacteria in your colon with the salt water flush.

6. you already have organs in your body dedicated to cleansing your system of toxins. you're not going to outperform them by drinking maple syrup, water, and lemon juice.

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