Almost everyone wants to feel skinny and “detoxified” — the idea of ridding your body of built up toxins is the cornerstone of most fad diets and “skinny teas”. But, what is the “master cleanse” (or ...

If you haven’t tried the Master Cleanse, chances are you’ve heard of it. Celebrities such as Beyoncé, Jared Leto, and Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher (who tweeted about it) have all played a part in ...

In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it. Deciding to go on the master cleanse in December was either inspired or idiotic. Since ...

I was flipping through a celebrity magazine the other day at the spa while getting a much-needed pedicure when I read about all the celebs who have put themselves through the "lemonade" diet/cleanse.

New year, new you! Nothing tastes as good as thin feels! Pound that treadmill, shed those pounds! And so on. January is the month diet resolutions are made, and as such, the mania for detox diets gets ...

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"The Master Cleanse," aka the Lemonade Diet, has been reportedly used by celebrities such as Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow. The detox is based on snake-oil science from the 1940s, but it remains one of ...

In 2006, Beyonce dropped 20 pounds in two weeks after participating in the “Master Cleanse/ Lemonade Diet” for her role as Deena Jones in the screen adaptation of “Dreamgirls.” The “Master Cleanse” is ...

"I have a huge problem with any cleanse that doesn't allow you to have food. People want to eat food," celebrity fitness expert Latreal Mitchell told me. "I do get where they're coming from—lemon is ...

Maple syrup, this year's trendy . . . diet food? Just remember to hold the pancakes. Odd as it seems, the sugary standby of the belly-buster breakfast finds itself tapped into a weight-loss fad. Maple ...

Ready to bust out that cute Summer bikini, but regret skipping your latest workouts? The Master Cleanse, also known as "the lemonade diet," may be the answer to shedding pounds fast. But is the ...