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Breaking the Master Cleanse diet correctly is very important! I have heard one second-hand story of someone coming off a long water fast, then going straight to overeating ribs and dessert, who then had serious medical problems. I do not know if this story is true, but I know personally that diving immediately back into a bad diet will make you feel very sick for a few hours. Correctly breaking the Master Cleanse is VERY important. I did it wrong once and had nausea and stomach pains for more than an hour. The longer your Master Cleanse is, the more important is how you break it.

I advise that you take one box or bottle of probiotics (following the directions on the bottle or box) after every cleanse to replace the good bacteria in your intestines that was eliminated on the cleanse. I discovered this after my third cleanse when I suddenly had intense cravings for “bad” food and taking probiotics eliminated the cravings for me. Probiotics make up 30 percent of the volume of your solid eliminations and so help to bring you back to regularity after the cleanse. They also produce vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B12, and K; kill some of the disease-causing germs in your intestines; prevent bad bacteria (the bacteria that cause candida, for example) from getting out of control; and—some recent studies report—lower cholesterol and help in cases of irritable bowel syndrome (diarrhea, pain, and heightened food sensitivities). Antibiotics, while they are good for curing infections, destroy both good and bad bacteria. People, after taking antibiotics, should take probiotics to re-establish the good bacteria so necessary to health

If you usually eat meat, Burroughs says to break the fast slowly by drinking several glasses of orange juice for the first day and through the afternoon of the second. You may dilute the juice if you like or if you have any digestive problems. For dinner on the second day, drink mostly the broth of a homemade vegetable soup you make that afternoon from several different vegetables, beans and grains, such as carrots, celery, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, zucchini, beans, peas, lentils, etc. No meat or meat stock. You may add brown rice and dehydrated veggies or spices, but use sea salt sparingly. The less you cook the soup, the better. You may have rye wafers with the soup, but not bread or crackers. Make enough for lunch the next day.

On the third day, drink orange juice in the morning. Have the rest of the soup for lunch. For dinner, eat whatever vegetarian salads, vegetables or fruit you wish. Begin eating your usual food the fourth day, although Burroughs recommends lemonade or fruit juice for breakfast on a continuing basis and a vegetarian diet as the best means of preserving life-long health.

If you are a vegetarian, drink fresh orange juice the first, second and morning of the third day. For lunch on the third day have raw fruit, with a raw fruit or vegetable salad for dinner. After that, eat normally. I used to find the orange juice too rich for me and chose to drink grapefruit juice instead when coming off the Master Cleanse.

If you have gas or digestive upset when breaking the fast, continue the Master Cleanse a few more days.