People that have been on this diet have noticed the changes in blood-pressure, blood-sugar / insulin levels, they could have depression. They also had to change the normal dose of their medication when these conditions occurred.
The dangers for your health
If you decide to follow this diet you must hold all recommendations and consult your physician. You should listen to the signals of your body when it is necessary to turn back to eating. It is beneficial to follow this diet for 10 days. However, it may require more days if you are under a physician’s care and if you get used to shorter-term fast.
You should consume the minimum amount of the lemonade per day. It is advised by Burroughs and Glickman to drink 6 to 12 glasses of the lemonade a day. With 100 calories per 2 tablespoons of Grade B maple syrup, and 8 calories per 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and 1 calories per 1/6 teaspoon of cayenne pepper you will get approximately 109 calories from each drink. So in order to consume at least 1200 calories you should drink 11-12 glasses daily.
In order to prevent dehydration you should drink a lot of water throughout the period. Most cleansers include a glass of water between the glasses of lemonade.
If you want to use this program more than once a year you should wait 3-6 months. The longer the time on the diet, the longer one should wait before it will be repeated. You should wait minimum three months between 10-day stints.
Nutrition facts
The drawback of the Lemonade diet is that it provides lack of nutrition. As it has been mentioned before this diet consists of only lemon juice, water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It is possible to replace dietary fiber by taking laxatives, but their form is not preferred by your body. The other fact is that any eating plan that provides 1200 calories per day in not safe and useful for your health.
Also this diet influences greatly on the intestinal system. But you can choose other ways of cleansing your body and avoid stomach pain and diarrhea reported on this program. The most dangerous side effect is dehydration, that’s why you should constantly monitor your body. The main symptoms of dehydration are: dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fever, headaches, blurred vision and fatigue.
Probably almost any medical specialist won’t recommend you follow this diet program. Also this diet hasn’t been created in order to lose weight. You should use it only for detoxification purposes. The experts also advise you follow this diet for a short period of time. It is restricted to be on the Lemonade diet more than 40 days.
Conclusion
The lemonade diet can be called the Master Cleanse. In fact this diet is not a great way to lose excess weight. It may lead to the muscle and fat stores breakdown for sustaining the highly active bodily systems, as well as the depletion of our water stores.
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