Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:56:45 GMT — Who doesn't want to feel energized, physically fit and happy? If it could happen in ten days, would you be game or insane? The cleansing craze may be hard to swallow, ...

In his book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, author Peter Glickman advocates the "master cleanse." Stanley Burroughs created this lemonade diet in 1941 as an alternative way to ...

1940s: The Master Cleanse The Master Cleanse diet was a body healing and detoxification plan introduced in a book by naturopath Stanley Burroughs in the 1940s. It consisted of consuming nothing but an ...

For decades, Americans have tried dieting by substituting liquid for food. From the Master Cleanse—a diet of lemonade, maple syrup and cayenne pepper developed in the 1940s—to the juice concoctions du ...