Transform Your Body in 10 Days! Days 1-4

Have you ever wanted to physically and mentally rid your body of toxins and boost your energy level? Those are just a couple things that the ONO Master Cleanse has done for me.

What is the Master Cleanse?

     * The "Master Cleanse" was published by Stanley Burroughs in 1976. It can help you look younger, cleanse your body of internal waste, boost your energy levels, ease chronic pain, and even help you lose up to 20 pounds, but most people do NOT last for more than 1 day. The Master Cleanse concoction consists of water, fresh lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup and you drink at least six glasses of it a day. As it is necessary to bathe the outside of our bodies, so it is with the inside. Therefore, you should also do a salt water flush every morning. A salt water flush consists of drinking 32 ounces of water combined with 2 tsp of sea salt. You are not allowed to have food BUT, according to page 83 of Stanley Burrough's "Master Cleanse," you can have herbal teas.  Which leads me to....

What is the ONO Master Cleanse?

     * When I found out that I was allowed to incorporate herbal teas into the Master Cleanse, I was super excited to create a program for myself. The ONO teas I've selected for the cleanse, Holy Detox, Immunity Booster, and Throat Revival,  helped flush more toxins from my body, boost my immune system, and kept my taste buds from getting bored. Seriously, a person can only go so long without food and only lemonade and cayenne pepper. Here are the ingredients and their benefits in aiding with the cleanse:

* Cayenne Pepper - the inclusion of cayenne pepper in the cleanse recipe is to break up and cleanse mucus, increase warmth and provide vitamins.  Cayenne also acts as a catalyst, increasing the effectiveness of other herbs. It dilates blood vessels and accelerates circulation, it helps to rebuild stomach tissue, aids digestion and assimilation and stimulates peristalsis in the intestine, improving elimination.

* Lemons - Long known for their cleansing abilities, Lemons are high in vitamin C and potassium, and also contain limonene, a compound shown to have anti-cancer properties in laboratory animals. Lemons are also astringent, which causes tissue in your body to contract, squeezing out toxins stored deep within.

* Sea Salt -  Raw, unrefined sea salts and salt from sea deposits can contain over 80 individual nutrients and minerals! Needed for the salt water flush.



* Water - Water is the universal solvent which washes toxins out and mobilises them for cleansing throughout your body.



* Maple Syrup - Maple syrup is one of the few unprocessed good sugars that provide micronutrients as well as calories to the body. It is high in minerals including zinc and manganese. For the Master Cleanse, Burroughs recommends grade B because it contains more minerals than the lighter grades of maple syrup.

* Fiber pills - helps loosen your stool for an easier BM.




* Holy Detox: This tea is a natural and gentle way to detox your body. The main ingredient in this tea is Tulsi Basil - it helps protect the physiology from environmental toxins and pollution. Tulsi Basil helps to detoxify any toxin that might be circulating through our body via blood thereby it has the property to purify blood.

* Immunity Booster: The main ingredient in this tea is Echinacea  - it is believed to stimulate the immune system to help fight infections. This helped me keep my immune system strong while I was doing the cleanse.


* Throat Revival: The main ingredient in this tea is Licorice Root - its antioxidant, antiviral, and antibody-stimulating properties make it a liver protectant and detoxifier.


What did the cleanse do for Me, Beyonce, and Jared Leto?

I did this cleanse last year and never had so much natural energy in my life! It's amazing how getting rid of years of toxins and pollutants can change your body and your mind.  It helped detoxify my body, I dropped about 5 pounds (one of my guy friends dropped 15 lbs), it made me more focused and restored my energy and sense of wellbeing. After the ONO Master Cleanse, I felt more refreshed and more in tune with my body. It definitely showed me how much discipline I had and gave me a whole new outlook on life. I love food and no one thought I could stop eating for 10 days.  I found my journal and finally had the chance to share with you my experience. I'm doing a 14 day cleanse in a couple weeks and will blog about my experience again. This cleanse has become fairly popular in the last few years due to celebrities trying it, but it's been around for over 50 years now. Jared Leto did the Master Cleanse in order to drop the 60 lbs he gained to play Mark David Chapman for the movie Chapter 27. And Beyonce shared with Oprah that she had used the Master Cleanse to quickly drop 20 lbs so she could play Deena Jones at two different ages in the movie, Dreamgirls.

What to expect during the cleanse. (This is kind of gross)

               * It's common to pass pounds of waste in just 10 days on the Master Cleanse, and not the normal kind of waste. It's often black as tar -- The hardened phlegm and mucus comes out like long chunks of rubber -- The waste comes out holding the shape of the inside of your intestine because it's been inside you for years.  I know this is gross, but yes, it did happen to me.

                  * Several eliminations will likely occur within an hour after the salt water flush. When you first feel the rumble in your belly and your bowels, don't go running off to the bathroom. Give it a while. Yeah that is weird to think about, but you should let it build up. You are going to have 3-7 movements or even more. Generally speaking, you will end up pushing out what you put in. The entire liter of sea salt water will be immediately expelled along with wastes and toxins. This is because the solution is indigestible.

                 * Your tongue will be really gross.  Toxins will be coming out of every dark corner in your body, and all that garbage is floating up to the surface... your tongue being one of those places. You are supposed to do the cleanse until your tongue is pink again but if you have a lot of toxins, that may take longer than 10 days. I recommend staying 5 feet away from your loved ones till then.

Am I starving myself?

     No. Maple syrup provides for the body's caloric needs even as the lemon, cayenne, and high water intake encourage toxins and buildup to leave the body. Minerals and vitamins are provided by the mineral-rich maple syrup and lemon juice (which is high in vitamin C and other nutrients). Here is the journal from my cleanse last year.

Please be aware that this is my personal experience and I will be documenting some things that will be more than you would like to know about me.  :)

The Night Before (August 3) - I went to the local specialty market and bought everything I needed for the ONO Master Cleanse.  Here is the list of must haves:

* fresh lemons

* Grade B Maple Syrup (Grade B tastes better than Grade A)

* Cayenne pepper

* Sea Salt

* Bottled Water

* ONO Holy Detox, Immunity Booster, and Throat Revival.

* fiber pills - 3 before bed every night.

I came home and Mom had my last meal prepared. She was so cute tonight. She said, "I don't know how you, out of all people, can live without food. I'm afraid you are going to suffer and pass out. I'll stay here with you everyday if you need anything."  Awww...Mom was so cute. So after a delicious meal (it was one of her signature dishes with sauted shrimp and veggies), I drank two cups of Holy Detox and took my fiber pills. I decided to not use a harsh laxative and gently remove toxins with the herbal tea and fiber instead.  After a couple cups of Holy detox and the fiber pills, I decided to go ahead and prepare 60 ounces (6 servings) of the cleanse drink ahead of time so I wouldn't have to worry about it in the morning. Here is the recipe per serving and you should have 6-12 servings a day. I made 6 servings because I knew I would be drinking the teas in between.

               * 2 Tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice

               * 2 Tablespoons of  grade B maple syrup

               * 1/10 Teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

               * 10 oz of filtered water

Ok, now it's sleepy time. I hope the Holy Detox and fiber pills don't work too fast overnight. :)  Wish me luck!

Day 1 (August 4th): Every morning you should drink 32 oz of salt water on an empty stomach. This is called the salt water flush, a mixture of 32 oz filtered water and 2 tsp of sea salt. I really thought this was going to be easy. Salt water, big deal right? Well, I took the first sip and wanted to throw up. Bad start. So, I warmed the salt water on the stove, put it in my favorite bowl and pretended it was a hot bowl of delicious soup. That worked for the first cup....3 more to go. I seriously had to lay on the couch and take a break after the first two cups. It was pretty gross. Mom saw how disgusted I was and all she could do was shake her head. I knew what she was thinking, "Poor Phuong. There is no way she is going to be able to do this. She loves food way too much." Well, it took me 20 min to drink all the salt water and 20 min after that, I had to run to the bathroom. I was on the toilet for 15 minutes. The salt and water does not separate but stays intact and quickly and thoroughly washes the entire tract in about one hour. Several eliminations occurred. The salt water has the same specific gravity as blood, hence the kidneys cannot pick up the water and the blood cannot pick up the salt.  I recommend being close to a bathroom for 1.5 hours after drinking the salt water. Why? Trust me or you will be brought back to your infant diaper days and it could get embarrassing. Especially day 1, you just don't know how your body will react to the salt water. Seriously, within 1.5 hour I ran to the bathroom 3 times.....yes ran. The tea, fiber, and salt water really works. I learned that once you can go 15 minutes without a serious movement, you are safe to go about your day.  After an hour of the salt water flush, I started drinking the lemonade mixture. I had 2 servings and it actually tasted great! I like lemonade and a like a little spice in my food/drinks so the cayenne pepper was actually a tasty addition. I was happy to find out that the lemonade mix actually curbed my appetite.  Well that didn't last for long. Every 3 hours I had a food craving. I specifically craved a filet. I overcame my craving by watching a slaughterhouse video and put that up next to it an image of a juicy steak. I knew a lot of my craving was in my mind. I knew I could surpass it. The video instantly turned me off to red meat. Whew.....the craving for meat or anything solid was gone. I had a cup of Immunity Booster and another serving of the lemonade. Around 7 I had another craving and it was very very difficult. I decided to have a cup of lemonade and waited an hour before I had a cup Holy Detox with the fiber pills. I was feeling really tired at this point and went to bed around 9pm. This was a tough day.

Day 2 (August 5): Salt water flush again! This time I used a little less salt and I was able to drink everything in 5 min. It was still hard but a little easier this time. This may sound crazy but knowing that toxins and wastes would be eliminated so quickly after the flush motivated me to drink it faster. As expected, I ran to the bathroom within 30 min. A lot more waste was eliminated with the salt water this time. During the first 2 days you will be moving out remaining solid matter in the digestive track from the days previous. After several BMs,  I had 2 cups of the lemonade and went back to my office to work. I highly recommend being very close to a bathroom because the salt water works very fast and will not wait for when you are ready. You know what I mean? You do not want to have to change your pants at work.  If you don't work from home, I recommend doing the salt water flush in the evening when you get home. Privacy is very important because you will have no control over what happens. I finished my 6 servings of the lemonade and around 8 pm I was really tired. I decided to have my Holy Detox tea and fiber pills and go to bed. I've never been to bed that early but I was just exhausted and felt weak.

Day 3 (August 5):  I woke up around 5 am and to my surprise, I had so much energy! I was actually looking forward to my salt water flush. I seriously think it was because I knew what would happen after. My Mom woke up around 7am and was shocked to see that I was already up. I told her I had so much energy and she thought I lost my mind. She just couldn't understand how it was possible that I haven't had anything to eat for 2 days and had so much energy. I think my body was starting to flush out a lot of poisons and toxins that have been draining my energy. That energy boost lasted for a few hours then I had to take a nap after my 2nd serving of the lemonade.  My cravings weren't so bad today. Every time I started craving food, I would have the lemonade and Immunity Booster tea. Around 8pm I was tired again and had ONO Holy Detox with the fiber pills. I made it past day 3. Yay!  I heard the first 3 days was the hardest.

Day 4 (August 6): I woke up early again and full of energy but my throat was a little sore. I decided to have my salt water flush then had 2 cups of Throat Revival before my lemonade. I think my body is starting to excrete more poison and waste and it's taking a toll on me. I was warned of this and well, it looks like I may be coming down with something. I decided to drink more Immunity Booster and Throat Revival throughout the day. I took a look at my throat in the mirror and my tongue had a white coating. Gross!  It's happening, the toxins are being excreted though my tongue. Ewwww.... but at the same time it was so rewarding to see more wastes being eliminated.  Today I am starting to really crave food. I love food, but I have never thought about food this much. I'm starting to obsess over it. I swear my senses are on overdrive too! I miss sushi and would love a big piece of chocolate cake right now too. That only means one thing - time to curb that hunger with lemonade. This is the hardest day for me because I feel like I can smell everything!  Ahhh! Well, I decided to take a walk outside with my tumbler of Throat Revival instead. I came back around 4 pm and had 2 cups of the lemonade and everything feels a little better. I just can't get over how well I feel for not having eaten any food in 4 days.  I can't stop thinking about food though. Of course as I was thinking about a plate of sashimi and cup of green tea, Mom came back from dinner and gave me a huge hug. I think she just wanted to make sure I was still alive. She still couldn't believe that I could go that long without food. I totally guessed what she had for dinner too. I've always had pretty good senses, but this was amazing. Everything seemed magnified and my senses have never been that awake! My Mom thought I was losing it....lol. She told me that she could already tell that I was losing a little bit of weight. I didn't need to lose weight but I was very happy that the toxins were being eliminated. Yay!  It's 9pm and time for my fiber pills and 2 cups of Holy Detox.  Good night. Check tomorrow for Day 5-10.


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Disclaimer: Although this worked for me, I am not saying it will work for you or should be construed as any type of medical advice or treatment instructions.  If you start any type of cleanse or treatment you should always ask your primary care physician.