Question: I heard about a lemonade cleanse recipe on the news that many of the stars use. Do you happen to know what this recipe is?

Answer: The cleanse recipe you are probably thinking about is the lemonade diet first made popular by Stanley Burroughs and recently adopted by many starlets interested in cleansing the toxins from their body as well as losing some weight.

The recipe itself is fairly straightforward:

• 2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 Tablespoons of Pure Maple Syrup (not pancake syrup)
• 1/10th of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• 8-10 ounces of water

Followers of this diet recommend drinking eight to ten glasses of this concoction per day. In addition to this you should drink one quart of salt water each morning and a cup of laxative tea before bedtime.

By following this diet you will increase your daily bowel movements considerably. This is the detoxification property of the diet. The lemon juice beverage will provide most people with enough energy for the day, but will also create a caloric deficit in most people.

The caloric deficit will result in weight loss. This is an added benefit to this specific diet. It is recommended you follow this regiment for ten to forty days and that when you resume eating regular food that you introduce it very slowly over a period of days.

Before using this cleanse recipe be sure to discuss it with your doctor. We hope this helped and wish you luck.