Ashanti said she went on the Master Cleanser detox this past Summer to drop some weight to promote her new movie "Resident Evil: Extinction."

She said she did it for a week and lost about 8lbs.

"I did the lemon-pepper-maple syrup diet for seven days. "When I got really hungry, I ate fruit. I lost eight pounds and kept it off."

Basically, the Master Cleanser consists of drinking this lemon, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water mixture all day. You can drink it hot or cold, but you can't eat any solid food. You also speed shit up (literally) by drinking a salt water mixture and laxative tea in the morning and night.

Source: Contact Music