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 ...

When it comes to weight loss, we need motivation to get the ball rolling. It’s similar to our strategy for going to the gym — if we put a cute workout outfit on, we’re much more likely to actually end ...

I came to the Charlotte Observer in June as a Kaiser Media Fellow to report on healthcare for the summer. I quickly found myself covering topics like de-stressing breathing techniques, whole foods ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Created by Stanley Burroughs in 1941, the Master Cleanse is a liquid diet used to promote weight loss and overall detoxification. The diet was particularly common in the 70s and has most recently seen ...

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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 ...