The Lemon Juice Diet
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What is an easy way to detoxify your system and lose weight? Not fasting, not liquid or fad diets. The Lemon Juice Diet is a safe and delicious eating plan that goes far beyond the "Master Cleanse" program used by celebrities for quick, short-term fixes. Instead of just suggesting dieters drink a concoction of lemon juice, cayenne, and maple syrup, The Lemon Juice Diet starts there and then integrates lemon juice into a healthier, easy to maintain, long-term plan. Lemon is a natural powerhouse; its great flavor makes it an easy addition to your diet and its low glycemic index provides a steady stream of energy, without the sugar high and subsequent crash we get from high GI foods. The Lemon Juice Diet capitalizes on lemon juice's natural power to lower blood sugar, create a feeling of fullness, provide vitamin C and stimulate the liver for maximum fat-burning. Lemon juice can even boost immunity and brain function, fight cholesterol, and fire up your metabolism. With clear meal plans, delicious recipes and easy exercise tips, The Lemon Juice Diet is a quick and easy way to long-lasting good health.
Theresa Cheung
Theresa Cheung is a Sunday Times bestselling author and dream decoder. She has a degree from Kings College, Cambridge and is the author of numerous titles including The Dream Dictionary from A to Z. Theresa has appeared on ITV This Morning and Capital FM and has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Red, Grazia, Heat, Glamour, Vice and Bustle, as well as many more.
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The Lemon Juice Diet - Theresa Cheung
‘When life gives you a lemon . . . squeeze it,
mix the juice with 1¼ cup of filtered water
and drink twice daily.’
THE LEMON JUICE DIET
THERESA CHEUNG
With a Foreword by Dr. Marilyn Glenville, Ph.D.
St. Martin’s Paperbacks
NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed
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First published in Great Britain by Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House company.
THE LEMON JUICE DIET
Copyright © 2008 by Theresa Cheung.
Cover design by Two Associates.
All rights reserved.
For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
EAN: 978-0-312-37405-1
Printed in the United States of America
St. Martin’s Griffin edition published 2009
St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / May 2010
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Dr. Marilyn Glenville, Ph.D.
Introduction: Lemon Twist
1 Lemons: Your Weight-loss Ally
2 Your Lemon Juice Diet 24-hour Mini ‘Detox’
3 Getting Started on the Lemon Juice Diet
4 The Seven Principles of the Lemon Juice Diet
5 Beyond the First Week
6 The Lemon Juice Diet Recipes
7 The Lemon Juice Diet Exercise Plan for Weight Loss
8 Staying Motivated
9 Lemon Cures
References
Index
If you suffer from heartburn, kidney or gall-bladder problems, or have a citrus allergy, you are strongly advised to consult your doctor before going on this diet, and you may want to avoid eating lemons or lime peel. Although lemon juice can damage the enamel on your teeth, there are two things you can do to help avoid this: firstly, never brush your teeth straight after drinking lemon juice as this is when most damage can occur and, secondly, keep the lemon juice away from your teeth as much as possible by drinking it through a straw.
Rubbing lemon oil or juice into the skin and drinking lemon juice is not suitable for children under the age of four as their skin and digestive system are not strong enough to handle it; care should also be taken in respect of older children. If you are going to use lemon oil bear in mind that it is highly concentrated and should be used sparingly; a few drops are enough. It should never be applied to skin in undiluted forms. For applications that use lemon peel, always try to buy organic lemons to avoid the harmful chemicals with which commercial lemons are treated. Finally, don’t forget that although lemons can prove very effective home remedies for a variety of illnesses by strengthening the immune system, in cases of serious illness you should always consult your doctor first to discuss your medical options.
Acknowledgments
I am extremely grateful to Dr. Marilyn Glenville for reading the manuscript and for writing the foreword, but also for her generous interest and belief in the book.
A big thank you to Clare Hulton for her inspired creative thinking and for helping me see a whole new world in lemons and lemon juice. A heartfelt thank you also to my editor, Julia Kellaway, for her truly inspired direction and insight as well as for her unfailing understanding, help and patience.
Finally, a special tribute to Ray, Robert and Ruth for their love and support as I went into self-imposed exile to complete this project.
Foreword
I have known Theresa for some time now and she has written extensively on many health topics. I am particularly pleased to write a foreword for this book because I know how important it is for people to learn how to lose weight sensibly and healthily.
Some diets make promises like ‘lose 5 pounds in a week’, and it is all too easy to want those quick results by drastically reducing calories or going on a fad diet. But for healthy weight loss, you can’t lose more than one to two pounds a week, and if you are losing more, it is muscle and water. This means that when you go back to your usual way of eating, you will put all that weight back on as fat, and the next diet has to be even stricter. In 2007, the world’s largest study of weight loss at the University of California showed that dieting is damaging because of the tendency to regain the weight, and that the yo-yo dieting effect increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes. The study showed that more than two-thirds of people who go on a diet pile the weight straight back on.
When we talk about losing weight, what we really want is to lose fat. For that fat loss to be permanent you need to lose it slowly, and by following the recommendations in this book you will do so easily and healthily. And not only will you lose weight, you will improve your digestion too because you are not just what you eat, but also what you digest and absorb. The guidelines in this book will, in addition, help improve your general health and by getting your blood sugar in balance you may find that other symptoms will disappear such as mood swings, irritability, depression, fatigue, lack of sex drive, insomnia and PMS.
Dr. Marilyn Glenville, Ph.D.
Nutritionist, President of the Food and Health Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine (U.K.), and author of Fat Around the Middle
www.marilynglenville.com
Introduction: Lemon Twist
If you’ve picked up this book thinking it’s a lemon juice detox for drastic weight loss, you’ll be disappointed. A common myth is that you can lose a significant amount of weight by detoxing or starving yourself for days on end with juice and water as your only sustenance. Such detox diets are always based on fantasy instead of science. Most importantly, any eating plan that does not supply an average of 1,200 calories a day is not safe or supportive of optimal health or long-term weight loss. It can lead to intense and unpleasant side effects, including stomach pain, diarrhea, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fever, headaches, blurred vision and fatigue.
Scientists are also confirming what most nutritionists have known all along: severely restricting your food intake, or cutting out certain food groups, to lose weight simply doesn’t work in the long term. Putting yourself on a fad diet, a juice fast or only sipping hot water with lemon for days on end will just slow down your metabolism (fat burning), decrease your blood sugar levels and make you feel moody, tired and sluggish.
In addition, fad diets simply aren’t sustainable because they are so restrictive. Any weight that you lose will mostly be water, and as soon as you eat normally again you will put all the weight back on. You will also be susceptible to saggy skin where you’ve lost muscle and to gaining a few extra pounds because your metabolism has slowed down with the dieting. And fad diets that cut out certain food groups don’t give you the nutrients you need to keep your skin smooth, your belly firm and your breath fresh. Finally, if you cut down on essential nutrients you increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis and even cancer.
WHY THE LEMON JUICE DIET IS DIFFERENT
So, if dieting is a waste of time and energy, why is the Lemon Juice Diet any different? As we have seen, there is no science behind the claim that fasting and detox in the long term can help you lose weight safely and effectively. However, there is scientific evidence for the benefits of short-term nutritional detoxification, when supervised properly. A short fast – for no more than one or two days – can give your digestion, absorption and liver function a nutritional restart. In other words, it can boost your body’s natural detoxification process.
You may not realize it but your body is constantly detoxing itself naturally. Your digestive system is pretty efficient at cleansing itself and ridding your body of toxins. The liver is the major detoxification organ in the body, and the kidneys are the major filtration system. Fasting doesn’t purify your body of toxins; these organs do. If your diet is poor or you aren’t giving your in-house detoxification system the nutrients it needs to function properly, this can lead to poor digestion and toxic build-up. In this case, a one-day semi-fast can help clear those toxins and replenish lost nutrients which your body needs to burn fat.
It’s the strong emphasis on digestion that makes the Lemon Juice Diet different. There is nothing more important to your health and your weight than the function of your digestive system. If your digestion is healthy, ‘good-for-you’ nutrients are broken down and digested and ‘not-so-good-for-you’ substances discarded. However, if your digestive system isn’t functioning optimally, it doesn’t matter how many so-called superfoods you eat, you won’t be getting the nutrients your body needs to be healthy, to detox naturally and to rev up your metabolism.
When it comes to boosting the body’s digestive and detox systems, lemon is a natural powerhouse with an energizing tangy flavor. It is therefore exactly the right food not only to kick-start your weight loss but also to help you keep the weight off for good. Its vitamin C content also gives it powerful immune-boosting properties. It’s not surprising, therefore, that nutritionists tend to recommend it as the first drink of the morning.
To lose weight healthily you need to eat the most nutritious foods possible to boost your metabolism, digestion and your body’s natural detoxification processes. The Lemon Juice Diet is not a ‘diet’ as such but a simple healthy-eating plan based around digestion-boosting foods, such as lemon, that will encourage your body to detox naturally and provide you with the essential nutrients for radiant skin, strong bones and boundless energy. It’s a diet built to last you a lifetime. Your health will improve and you will lose weight. Best of all, you’ll find it so effective and simple to follow that you’ll never pick up another diet book.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
If you’ve got weight to lose, previous diets may not have succeeded because your digestion is poor and, as a result, your metabolism is sluggish. Each chapter in this book is designed to help you tune up your digestion so you can reap the rewards in terms of extra health and energy while the pounds melt away.
Chapter 1 explains the weight-loss benefits of lemons. In Chapter 2 you’ll be encouraged to begin your diet with a one-day lemon juice detox. This isn’t what is commonly known as a ‘detox’. Rather, it is a nutritionally sound, step-by-step, healthy-eating day to boost your digestion, eliminate toxins and kick-start your weight loss. Chapter 3 helps you get started with shopping and cooking guidelines and some helpful motivational advice. But if you want to jump right in you can go straight to Chapter 4, which sets out clearly and simply the seven Lemon Juice Diet principles, encouraging you to implement each principle over a seven-day period. In this way you can begin to feel the energy-boosting benefits of the Lemon Juice Diet within seven days and the weight-loss benefits within 14 days. Chapter 5 suggests menu plans that you can use once you have worked through the seven principles.
Chapter 6 will give you valuable tips on buying, cooking, and storing lemons, as well as providing a selection of mouth-watering lemon-based recipes to help boost weight loss. Chapter 7 is your exercise program. Gentle exercise is a great way to rev up