Tomorrow I am attempting a ten day liquid cleanse. Aaron doubts that I’ll finish it, but I enjoy the nay saying for it’s encouraging qualities. And furthermore, to boost my incentive, I’m blogging about it so that the Internet can hold me accountable. Who or what better?
I was out at a jazz club this weekend with friends and I brought up my master cleanse plan. After explaining all the details, I began to realize how ridiculous the whole thing sounds. Even still, it was hard for me to find too many negative reports on the Internet. In short, for ten days, all you drink is water with fresh lemon juice, grade B maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. To boost the elimination process, you drink a quart of sea salt water in the morning, and take a laxative tea at night. Sounds yummy, huh?
I’ve actually made this tea back in my college days. During a visit to New Mexico, I drank this lemonade all day and then did a two hour sweat in a traditional cedar sauna with pure-blood Native American women. But that was almost ten years ago.
Why am I doing this now? Is it Hong Kong pollution that’s getting the best of me? Is it all the MSG that I’ve been eating? Is is my eternal love of lemons? You guess.
I’ll update tomorrow with my first day of lemonade madness. And, just so you don’t think I’m completely off my rocker, I actually know two people who’ve lived through the ten day cleanse with successful results. One of them is my own mother.
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