Celebrities and Cleansing : Beyonce,Gwyneth Paltrow,Megan Fox,Anne Hathaway,Britney Spears

Beyonce

This beautiful singer used the Master Cleanse to get in shape for her starring role in the movie Dreamgirls. The Master Cleanse is a great detoxifier, but its also a fantastic tool for losing a few pounds fast when you really need to.

This is sometimes called the Lemonade Diet, because of the mixture of lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper that you drink during each day. This is combined with a saltwater flush each morning and some herbal laxative tea each evening.

The Master Cleanse is not an easy detox plan, in fact its more of a fast regimen. However if you stick to it you can get some great results.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth likes to do a fast or cleanse a couple of times a year. She's tried the Master Cleanse and found it worked well for her but, together with her detox doctor, she has also created some cleansing diets of her own.

Here is a sample day of a detox diet that Gwyneth created as a post-Christmas cleanse ...

7am: Glass of lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am: Blueberry and Almond Smoothie
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm: Salad with Carrot and Ginger Dressing
4pm: A handful of mixed pumpkin and sunflower seeds
6pm: Broccoli and Arugula Soup

... and a brief list of foods that you should avoid if you want to follow Gwyneth's diet:

Dairy, grains with gluten, meat, shellfish, processed food (including soy products), fatty nuts, nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant), condiments, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, soda

Megan Fox

One of Hollywood's hottest rising stars, Megan Fox doesn't use any of the fad diets to stay in trim. Instead she follows a low calorie diet and supplements it with apple cider vinegar to cleanse her system.

Apple cider vinegar can increase your metabolism and aid with weight loss, but it can also remove toxins from your body and help with problems such as acne, indigestion and high blood pressure.

This is not really a detox diet, but taking a little apple cider vinegar every day is a great tip for improving your health and losing a little weight.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway is a devotee of the 48-Hour Detox, created by celebrity fitness trainer David Hirsch.

Its a shortened version of the Master Cleanse, except the ingredients have been pre-prepared. You just drink the juice four times a day, for two days, and don't eat anything else.

This is a great diet if you need to get in shape quick, so celebrities love to do it before awards shows. To be honest 48 hours is not enough to cleanse your system though, so I wouldn't recommend it for serious detoxers, but a little healthy weight loss is never a bad thing!

Britney Spears

You might not think that Britney is the ideal role model when it comes to detox diets, but she has turned to colon cleansing to help transform her lifestyle.

Britney loves the way that colon cleansing makes her feel more energetic, helps her lose weight and improves her complexion.

Apparently the popstar uses a clinic in Beverley Hills, but you can now find a colonic irrigation clinic to do your own detox in most major cities.