One Diet Trend You Should Avoid - Master Cleanse

In southern California, this is a big trend. Dieters are trying the "cleanse" by drinking a concoction of squeezed lemons, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper several times a day for 10 days. Then they down an herbal laxative tea at night and a quart of salt water first thing in the morning, supposedly to clean out the GI tract and bowels.

Needless to say, you can experience a natural body cleanse (or detox) by simply drinking 1/2 to 1 oz. of Kangen Alkaline Water per pound of body weight each day. No crazy concoctions needed.

The Master Cleanse diet allots only 650–1,300 calories daily, and it lacks key nutrients like protein, calcium, iron, and zinc—so no dietitian recommends doing it for more than a day or two. Campbell also adds this warning: "Dieters who try it end up losing lean body mass, and then when they are 'cleansed' and go back to their old ways, they gain fat. They end up being a fatter version of their old selves."

As most of you know, we focus on reducing body fat percentage and increasing muscle mass, to encourage relying on BODY COMPOSITION as your measurement of health. This is a key component with heart health. This is exactly why a Master Cleanse is NOT a good choice. One tool that we use to manage a healthy, balanced meal program, is a DigiWeigh Nutritional Scale - to always manage correct portion sizes.

This particular scale is really great! It has a stainless steel look (very stylish on your counter top), is very compact, very simple to use and it has the ability to measure contents of calories, salt, protein, fat, carbohydrate, cholesterol, and fiber for over 900 food items.

And if you hurry, you can snap it up on sale - they are going fast, and the sale ends February 28th.