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*****UPDATE (I am still following a keto diet and occasionally head back to do the cleanse. I am down a total of 28 lbs and would like to lose 20 more). I come back to this book all the time for recipes. In addition, I'm trying some recipes from the new Dairy Free book which follows the cleanse quite a bit. My absolute favorite recipe in this book is the Hot and Sour Soup plus there are many other delicious recipes such as ... Breakfast Chili (I always have this in my freezer). I now only make my own bone broth and I cook from scratch a lot more. I follow Maria on her Facebook page which is related to the book and I've learned so much. I also love the Restaurant Favorites and Comfort Foods book - I never buy cookbooks (I usually just get recpies online) but since purchasing this book, I've now purchased 6 more of Maria's books.**** I purchased this book because I wanted to do a cleanse while on keto. I have been off and on low carb diets for a couple of years and I find that this is the best way of eating for me. I started a keto diet staying below 30 grams of net carbs about 5 weeks before starting this cleanse. During this time I lost 8 lbs. I started the cleanse using this book 1 week ago and I have lost 7 lbs. I was worried about being able to fast and not eat breakfast but I haven't had a problem. My appetite has decreased and I feel much better. The pros: *Beautiful pictures for recipes *Great tasting recipes (haven't found any I haven't liked; however, there are several we tried this week that are going to go in our regular routine) *Great information that is easy for the average person to understand *Shopping lists that take all the guess work out *Meal plans that can easily be changed for someone who needs less prep time, doesn't like certain ingredients, etc *The author keeps a facebook page for support and answers questions asked by people doing the cleanse *The author is obviously well versed on this topic *Started cooking with fresh ingredients and spices. The only thing I haven't prepared yet is my own mayo (there is a recipe in the book) The Cons: *first meal recipes are heavy on the eggs (disclaimer: I haven't had a hard time substituting recipes in their place when I don't want to have to reheat eggs. The egg recipes that I have tried are delicious) *recipes are time consuming In conclusion, I would highly recommend this book and will be giving copies to a couple of people as gifts. Even my husband has started reading it. He hasn't started the Cleanse yet but he is following a LCHF diet with me (not fasting) and he's loving many of the meals. Plus I am home cooking everything from scratch. If you purchase the book, plan to take a couple of days and gather the ingredients that you will need. The first week is the hardest because of all the time needed to prep. The second week is much easier. I started to make meals on the weekend and freeze them. I've included some pictures of some of the meals that I have prepared using the recipes in the book. (The pictures in the book look so much better and I am an average cook not the greatest) : Eggs Fluorentine with Basil Hollandaise Sauce, Reuben Pork Chops, Marinated Mushrooms, Keto Greek Avgolemono, Tom Ka Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken), Hot and Sour Pork Ball Soup, Chicken Neapolitan, Bacon Eggs and Ramon, Mushroom soup, Scotch eggs, Warm Mushrooms and Eggs, Tom Ka Plaa (Coconut Fish Soup), Rosti, Crispy Skin Chicken croutons, Sloppy Joe's, Chocolate Lava Cake, Bone Broth