Yes, you should. If you do decide to do the Master Cleanse, you should do the salt water flush - every day. That's basically why this is called a cleanse. This is the actual part that "cleanses" you. My sister has a good analogy: Doing the Master Cleanse without the salt water flush is like brushing your teeth and not spitting.
More questions you may have been thinking...
Can you drink? Smoke?
No, that negates the whole process! If you're doing this to detox, then no.
So you really can't eat ANYTHING?
Yes, you just drink what I wrote in my last post - the spicy lemonade diet, laxative tea, lots of water and the salt water flush. No foods, no other drinks, just that. Snacking or drinking anything different will cause you to be even more hungry. Remember, eventually, the hunger stops, usually after day three.
Can you exercise?
Last time I did this, I tried running and that was a bad idea - I felt very sick afterward. I've heard that some people have exercised but the best thing to do is listen to your body. Most physical work I'll do in the next few days will probably be brisk walks.
Are you tired?
For the first few days, I'll be tired. My body is in shock right now. But eventually I expect that to go away and I'll have energy throughout the day and sleep well at night. The theory here is that your body usually takes up a lot of energy to digest food. I mean, think about it. Think about all the organs that are involved in just breaking down your food and how much work it takes to do so. Now that your body isn't using that energy to digest food, you'll have this unused energy...
You're surprisingly in an OK mood. How come you're not in a worse mood?
I went into this understanding that I'd be hungry and I was prepared to not feel good for the first few days. I believe that a big part of succeeding and finishing this cleanse is all in your head. If you believe you can do it, you will. If I had too many doubts, I probably would have quit yesterday.
Got any more questions? Let me know.
