Cayenne Pepper

[Peter]

Hi Evon,

Welcome to the MC and the bulletin board.

The itchy "rush" feeling you got from taking niacin and drinking the lemonade was sunburn and other radiation appearing and then burning off. Eventually, that itchy "rush" feeling will disappear. It's actually a type of healing crisis where the symptom appears briefly before being completely handled by the body.

As regards high blood pressure and the salt water, if you've been ordered not to ingest any salt by your licensed health care practitioner, I would follow his orders.

However, if you're just avoiding salt because you've read that salt raises blood pressure, you might be interested to know that I don't know of anyone whose blood pressure has increased with the Master Cleanse, but I am aware of a couple people who specifically mentioned their blood pressure went down as a result of the Master Cleanse and kept their blood pressure low by eating a predominantly raw vegan diet.

Peter

[Carol]

Can anyone tell me how you measure 1/10 of a teaspoon?

[Peter]

Hi Carol,

Welcome to the bulletin board.

Use the tip of a knife held horizontally rather than vertically as you would to cut. Put a little in and taste it. If you can't taste it, it's too small. If it's too strong, it's too much. You want to put in as much as you can (cayenne increases the speed of the cleanse) without making it unpleasant.

Peter

[Guest]

Hi!
I have just today started the cleanse. A friend of mine did it before and what he said he did was mixed the cayenne pepper with a table spoon of maple syrup and ate it that way then chased it down with the lemonade.

Is that an ok way to do it?

Thanks for your response. Tera

[Peter]

Hi and welcome to your first Master Cleanse.

Your friend didn't mention whether he'd sweetened the lemonade already did he?

I suppose, any way you want to take 1 oz. of lemon juice, 1 oz. of organic maple syrup, about 1/10 of a tsp of cayenne and 8 oz. of purified or spring water would work, but why mess with the original directions that Stanley Burroughs gave. I know those will give you great results.

Peter

[aaron]

I noticed what looks like Cayenne Pepper in my BM. I'm on my 3rd day. I'm taking 1/10 of a teaspoon as mentioned in the book per 10oz drink. Does this mean, its too much for my body, or that my body is just rejecting it?

[Peter]

Hi Aaron, welcome to the cleanse and the bulletin board.

I would guess that the cayenne pepper is beginning to work at dissolving the waste in your intestines, which is what it's supposed to do.

Peter

[arubiana]

How many HU should my Cayenne have? Or will any Cayenne be ok?

Thanks!

[Guest]

Hi, I would like to know if you can still perform the master cleanse diet if you are pregnant? I know majority of doctors will say not do it, but I was curious because I have a fear of gain too much weight and I want my skin to continue to be clear. I have to say that I haven't started the diet and I did make it a promise to start next as my new years' resolution. I am also happy to say that I am not addicted to any prcoessed foods and I decided to not eat meat anymore. It was easy to stop eating red meat but I was eating poultry and fish for a while when I decided that these animals are poisned with chemicals and dangerous.

[Peter]

How many HU should my Cayenne have? Or will any Cayenne be ok?

For those not in the know, HU means heat units. It's a means of comparing the degree of heat from different kinds of peppers like jalapenos, habeneros, thai chilis, etc.

Any cayenne will do. The more heat, the faster the cleanse will work as cayenne dilates blood vessels and dissolves old waste. Some people like it very hot. Others not at all. Make it as hot as you can while still not being turned off by the heat. It won't do a person any good to make it so hot they don't want to drink the lemonade.

Peter