The lemonade diet goes by several names including the lemon diet, the lemon cayenne diet and the master cleanse. The diet was first introduced by Stanley Burroughs in the 1940s and was originally intended as a fast for detoxification and a treatment for peptic ulcers. The diet has three distinct phases---the ease-in phase, the fast phase and the ease-out phase---and each phase has different safe foods.
Ease-In Phase Foods
The ease-in phase is a three-day process that prepares your body for the fast. On day one, you remove all processed foods, meat and dairy from your diet and focus solely on what Master Cleanse refers to as "live" foods---specifically fruits and vegetables. All fruits and vegetables are allowed and the Master Cleanse site recommends a combination of 60 percent vegetables to 40 percent fruits. On day two, you incorporate juices into your diet. Homemade juices are best; however, if you do not have a juicer, you can use a blender or drink store-bought 100-percent juice blends. You can also incorporate vegetable soups and broths. In day three of the ease-in phase you drink only fresh-squeezed orange juice mixed with water.
Fast Phase Foods
Stanley Burroughs recommends that you consume no food during the fast phase of the diet. The fast lasts for 10 days and has three elements: the salt-water flush, the lemonade and the laxative tea. In addition to these three liquids, Burroughs also recommends that you consume additional water and mint tea, if desired.
Ease-Out Phase Foods
During the ease-out phase, you slowly incorporate solid foods back into your diet. The ease-out process is the reverse of the ease-in so, on day one, you drink diluted orange juice. On day two you incorporate full-strength juices and vegetable soups and broths, and on day three, you eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
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