Hi! I have recently completed the lemon maple syrup diet (for 5 days only) and would like to give my thoughts. On the plus side it worked, I lost a total of 4 kilos in 5 days - I have never been overweight but wanted to get rid of unnecessary body fat. Needless to say, people noticed it straight away saying I look noticeably skinnier, especially in my arms. I also lost few centimetres of my waist. It is all about self-control and I found it not too difficult to not eat proper food and just have the drink. I also did the salt water flush a couple of times. Now... the huge minus side. This diet completely messed up my defense system and I have pretty much been ill for nearly the 3 weeks that I have been off the diet. The next day after stopping eating I got a food poisoning of some sort (have never had one in my life before), although my friends had the same food they didn't contract the poisoning, I got it as of course my body's defense system was down. Straight after food poisoning followed an infection in my tooth, again I don't usually get this problem, and a week after being treated with antibiotics, I got a ridiculously sore throat for few days with scary looking stuff in my throat. Once I got rid of that, the infection in my tooth has now come back and I will get another set of antibiotics. Overall a diet that really works, but it has not been worth messing up my health over it. I am generally a very healthy person and it is overwhelming to have one illness after another since this diet. Unfortunately I cannot recommend the diet for this reason :( I would not advise my friends to do it. If you have a holiday coming up and want to shed some kilos quickly please do another form of diet, where you can still eat fruit etc and consume a lot of drinks. This one is too drastic and you may not end up making it to your holiday at the end. I really hope it helps xx