One minor correction to my previous post. I've been on the
vegetarian 75% raw diet since 12/2004, not 12/2005. Also, I hope
with 85 members enough are still around to comment on my post, or ask
me questions.

Frank


--- In MasterCleanseFast@yahoogroups.com, "frankshtn" <frankshtn@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm on my 12th day of the Master Cleanser. This'll probably be my
> last day.
>
> From observing my stools, I think my GI tract is completely
cleansed.
> I know a lot of cleansing took place, because I could see the
> results.
>
> I did the salt water flush, as recommended by Peter Glickman. The
> other reason why I think my cleanse has been completed has to do
> with the transit time before elimination of the salt water begins
to
> happen. The first day it took nearly two hours. Today it only
took
> 30 minutes. I assume the explanation for this is that my
intestines
> were clogged to begin with, and now they aren't, which allows the
> water to pass through more quickly.
>
> I also did the herbal laxative tea twice a day. Midway into the
> cleanse I started drinking a cup of mint tea to cleanse my breath.
> I found that drinking the tea right before bedtime caused me a
> problem with having to get up at night to pee. I rearranged my
> schedule to make my last liquid intake no later than 9 PM. This
> helped.
>
> I lost about 7 pounds. I'm 6'2" and weighed 187 pounds at the
> start. I think this is probably normal weight loss for someone my
> height and weight.
>
> I took size measurements before starting the cleanse, and will take
> them again tommorow when it's officially over, except for the
> refeeding period. I've already checked my waist and it's gone from
> 39" to 38". In the mirror I look noticably thinner.
>
> My major concern is whether a "diet" like this results in burning
> lean muscle tissue or not. I understand why a low carb diet like
> Atkins, or water only fasting is "protein sparing". But the
lemonade
> diet is 98% carb, 1% protein, and 1% fat, and only 105 calories per
> 10 oz glass (I only drank 6 glasses per day). I didn't have any
> food cravings at all which is typical of someone "in ketosis", but
> surely this diet doesn't lead to ketosis. I guess an extemely low
> intake of both fat and sodium, as this diet is, may also result in
> no food cravings.
>
> Has anyone seen any research or scientific explanations on why a
> diet like this shouldn't result in lean body mass being burned to
> supply sufficient glucose to the brain?
>
> All in all, the cleanse was quite pleasant, without even a hint of
> a "healing crisis". I should mention that I've been eating
> vegetarian, 75% raw since 12/2005 and did a 15 day water only fast
> last fall, followed by fasting one day per week since then. So
> perhaps I'm not as toxic as I would've been without doing those
> things beforehand.
>
> Also, until now I was definitely biased toward water only fasting
> because it made sense to me. Now, having done both, I wonder how
> much bowel cleansing the fasting does, since I had no BM's while I
> was doing the water only fast. I started out doing the cleanse as
a
> prep for being able to do another extended water only fast, without
> medical supervision. Now I think I'm going to plan to do each type
> at least once a year, and continue with my weekly water only
fasts.
> I may try to get to 100% raw before the year's over.
>
> Frank
>