The Future
Thomas Edison was a remarkable man. He imagined recording a performance and being able to hear it again later. Then he invented the phonograph. He imagined being able to create light in the darkness. Then he invented the electric light and all the other necessary items to provide electricity to cities. He imagined being able to record pictures that moved. Then he invented the motion picture camera. Edison observed the medical system of his day, drawing the following conclusion (as reported in articles from late 1902 and early 190346):
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
Thomas Edison
The future is here. Use what you know about nutrition to extend your life and health.
Part III:
How to Do the Master Cleanse
Shopping List
IMPORTANT NOTE: These quantities are based on six glasses of lemonade per day for the minimum of ten days. You should drink six to twelve glasses of lemonade per day. So, you may have to multiply these quantities if you drink more glasses per day or go longer than ten days.
• Books: Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days by Peter Glickman and/or The Master Cleanser by Stanley Burroughs
• 30 large lemons, 60 limes or small lemons, or a combination. Only buy half this amount and the other half later, if you buy organic, which is preferred. Organic spoils faster than conventional fruit.
• 64 fluid ounces organic Grade B maple syrup or the darkest organic maple syrup you can find
• At least four ounces of sea salt that does not say “iodized” or “iodine added”
• At least six teaspoons (about one half ounce) of cayenne pepper powder, not capsules. Regular cayenne is about 30,000 heat units. You can use hotter if you like.
• A box of at least ten herbal laxative tea bags. I recommend those teas with 50 percent senna rather than pure senna leaf tea.
• At least eight gallons of spring, purified or distilled water without added fluoride or chlorine for the lemonade, salt water flush and a cup of laxative tea each evening. Fluoride was used for decades as rat poison. It is very injurious to human health and studies have shown it to increase the risk of cancer and hip fractures.
• One box or bottle of probiotics to be taken per the directions on the bottle or box after you return to eating solid food.
• These ingredients should be easy to find at any health food store, not grocery store. If you cannot find these easily, you can order them either at www.TheRawFoodSite.com/store, or if you have Peter Glickman’s Master Cleanse Coach iPhone app, use the Supplies link on the first or second page.
• Do not buy cayenne in capsules. According to Dr. Richard Schulze, a master herbalist, people who take cayenne capsules do not receive much of the benefit of the cayenne. The nerve endings in the mouth respond almost instantly to send blood throughout the body. This whole process is missed if you take capsules. People who “hate” it or “can’t stand it” have simply used too much for their first taste. It is a learned taste. The way to handle “hating” it is to start by adding only a sprinkle and then gradually build up the amount as you can tolerate it.
• Do not buy pre-mixed powders or ingredients. They must be pasteurized by law, which kills most of the enzymes in the lemon/ lime juice. I know from the personal experience of coaching someone who was using bottled lemon juice that it did not produce very good results until she switched to fresh squeezed lemon juice. Likewise, avoid all powders and pills for the same reason: dehydrated powders do not have the same effectiveness as fresh enzymes.
• Do not buy additional vitamins or supplements. Burroughs says three times in his book, The Master Cleanser, not to take any other supplements. Fasting has been a powerful and natural way to heal and rejuvenate the body for thousands of years. Animals instinctively fast when they are ill. The Master Cleanse is a juice fast. Adding anything to it merely reduces the power of the fast.
• Do not buy kits that contain less than 64 ounces of organic maple syrup. Some providers try to lower their price by shorting the amount of maple syrup because maple syrup is the most expensive item in the cleanse.
Quick Start
They say you cannot please everyone, but I am going to try. There are those people who like to have all the information before they start. I understand you because I am like that most of the time. However, sometimes I just want to jump in and start. If I need the details, I will get them when I need them. For you, I have created this Quick Start.
Just begin here and consult the index or alphabetical table of contents for whatever details you need when you need them.
Read the Shopping List before this section, if you have not already done so.
• The night before and every night of the cleanse, drink one cup of herbal laxative tea before bed.
• Before drinking any lemonade, each day of the cleanse, drink thirty-two ounces of spring, purified or distilled water with two TEASPOONS of sea salt.
• During each day of the cleanse, drink 6 to 12 glasses of lemonade:
2 tablespoons (1 fluid ounce) of fresh-squeezed lemon/lime juice
2 tablespoons (1 fluid ounce) of organic, Grade B maple syrup
1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper or to taste
8 ounce of medium-hot (or cold if you prefer) spring, purified or distilled water.
• As much herbal mint tea and/or water as you wish.
• Do not eat anything else; no solid food. The only exception is prescribed medications. Do not discontinue prescriptions without consulting a licensed health care practitioner.
• Breaking the cleanse: First day after the cleanse, slowly drink several glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice. If you experience any digestive problems, dilute the orange juice with water. Second day, freshly squeezed orange juice all day for vegetarians. Others should make a homemade vegetable soup in the afternoon from several different vegetables, such as carrots, celery, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, zucchini, beans, peas, lentils, brown rice, and dehydrated veggies or spices. Use sea salt sparingly. No meat or meat stock. Drink mostly the broth for dinner. Third day, freshly squeezed orange juice in the morning for vegetarians, followed by fresh fruit for lunch and a fruit or raw vegetable salad for dinner. Others drink orange juice in the morning, have the rest of the soup for lunch and eat a vegetarian dinner limited to fruit, salad or vegetables.
• I recommend on the third day after the cleanse, you begin to take probiotics per the instructions on the box or bottle to replace any good bacteria that may have been flushed out of you.
More Details
1. Length of Time, and Frequency
The Master Cleanse should be done for at least ten days. Burroughs says it can