*warning: slightly disgusting potty talk ahead
So today was day 3 of the Master Cleanse. . if you don't know what this is then you can google it or wikipedia but basically it's a detox that helps cleanse your body. You drink 100% Grade B Maple Syrup ( 2 tbls), Lemons (2 tbls), and Red Pepper/ kayan (to taste). The lemon, maple syrup, and red pepper are high in vitamins and what not and the red pepper helps to break up the mucus in your system . . .anyways. . .if you want to know more google it or find the little book at a Whole Foods near you. :)
Day 3 started out like any other day EXCEPT we'd finally found non-iodized salt/ sea salt which we needed to do a salt bath/ flush your insides. since the iodine in salt helps with absorbtion if you use enough non iodized salt then it flushes right through you and your body thinks it's a solid and it flushes all the waste your carrying around inside you. You have to take it in the morning on an empty stomach so I woke up an hour early like I'd read to do because it takes an hour to pass the salt water. Well, I did so but I had NO idea how AWFUL it would be. Not only does it taste like an ocean. . . 1 L almost killed me. I drank about 3/4ths of a liter. .my roomate couldn't even drink 1/2 of 16oz. It was really bad. I felt SOOOOOO sick. I felt like I was coming down with the flu where you can't walk, weak all over, headache, nausea. ..etc. (oh, I put in two full tbls of salt. ..too much) Well, about an hour and 15 minutes later I had the desired effect except at first and for most of it. . .I felt like I was peeing out my bum. YES! I was peeing out my bum! It definetly flushed the system. I was like that from9:30am-3am. . . by noon I could control it though. . .but from like 9:30- 12 I was always running to the toilet. It wasn't fun but I did feel better after I went.
Here is my advice for you. . . if you do the Master Cleanse. . .I would recommend doing it at least once. . they say every morning or take Senna tea morning and night. . . i am doing the tea mostly from now on because I can' t do the salt water every morning. . . bathroom. . .time. . etc. But it was interesting. I won't take 2 tbls but maybe 1 or so. . . I'll let you know.
My roommate, Bernice, and I will be doing this for at least 10 days but I'm looking more like 14 or so. She's looking at less. hahahhah. But so far it's been great. BESIDES the salt cleanse it hasn't been hard at all. A few cravings but nothing serious. . . nothing tempting enough.
