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21Apr/110

Liver Cleanse

Today’s post is off-topic from the usual Eastern health, but still deals very much with alternative healing. Please tell me in the comments below if you have any reaction to this post or prefer I stick with Eastern health and medicine topics.

Yesterday was the second time in 15months, I completed the Hulda Clark Liver Cleanse / Gallbladder Flush.

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I did it a little bit different both times, so I’ll compare and contrast them and then give my overall thoughts.  But the short version: I’m not that big of a fan, especially the second time.

Quick summary of the process

  1. Fast with juice or raw food ahead of time. get all metal fillings taken out of your teeth. do a parasite cleanse immediately before. also recommended to do a kidney cleanse.
  2. Drink lots of apple juice in the 2-5 days leading up to the cleanse.
  3. Drink epsom salts mixed in water, twice, 2 hours apart.
  4. Drink ~1/2 cup olive oil mixed with ~1/2 grapefruit (or other juice).
  5. Go immediately to bed, lying on either the back or the liver side (right side).
  6. After 6am the next morning drink 2 more doses of epsom salts, 2 hours apart.
  7. Pass gall and liver stones.
  8. Gradually reintroduce juice, fruits, and other foods back into your diet.
  9. Feel lighter, more energetic, pain free, and allergy free for the first time in (presumably) years.

First time

The first time I did the gallbladder flush was January 2010 to rid myself of stones in my gallbladder that were causing my upset stomach, right side ache, and back soreness, etc. (I’ve never had any allergies). that time I did the parasite cleanse, a very short fast, and drank apple juice, but not the kidney cleanse, and I don’t think I have any metal in my mouth -_^

I used grape juice as I couldn’t find grapefruit juice.  And let me tell you–it was horrible!  The olive oil and grape juice don’t mix so it was this repulsive thick oil with purple juice.  And it did not sit well! I spent about half the night throwing that mixture back up.  Ugh! Don’t use grape juice!  Not to mention the epsom salts taste awful as well and lead to diarrhea during the entire time, and them some.

Second time

This time my motivation was less my gallbladder and more my liver, spleen, stomach, and pancreas; however, I didn’t have any symptoms relating specifically to my liver or gallbladder (except a pinching feeling behind my right shoulder blade). perhaps the lack of direct symptoms should have been my first clue not to do the liver flush again.

I started with a 6-day juice fast, including lots and lots of apple juice. But no parasite or kidney cleanse.  After that, I followed everything to the letter (minus the Ornithine). I used a grapefruit-like fruit (as explained to me in Chinese: a pomelo, but smaller) and lemon juice mixed together.  This juice combination actually did (thankfully!) blend with the olive oil and was much easier to get down and stay down than the grape juice.  Although I didn’t sleep much that night (I don’t know where to get Ornithine capsules and usually don’t take sleeping pills) and had to run to the toilet more than bears repeating due to the epsom salts, the process went as directed.

Reaction

First, if (and that’s a big IF) you’re going to do this, and mix the oil with the juice, absolutely use grapefruit (or at least citrus). Otherwise, chase the oil with the juice and vice-versa.

Second, both times during the process my feeling was these 12-18 hours rank among the worst hours of my life! besides the horrible liquids you’re expected to consume, the pain and soreness in the abdomen nearly makes me want to rip my rib cage off, yet I’m forced to lie absolutely still and only sip water. And the fact that the soreness and diarrhea lingers even after it is supposedly over–not nice.  :(

About the ‘stones’

Some people swear by the need to get stones out and the success of this flush in removing ‘stones.’ other advocates emphasize removing stones isn’t the goal, but rather how you feel afterwards.  Detractors such as QuackWatch and ScienceBasedMedicine (yes, I read the counter viewpoint before both times) state that this flush doesn’t remove stones. But rather, the ‘stones’ people collect are actually clumps of oil and citrus juice created during the night from the drink.

While I have no scientific method of verifying what is actually being passed, and of course it may be different for different people, here is my assessment. Most of what people see and count as ‘stones’ are actually clumps of oil and old food matter being propelled out by the epsom salts. But yes, some (of the smaller ones) are actually gallstones (if you have stones that need to be passed). And the chaff that comes with the ‘stones’ may come from the gallbladder, but most likely comes from the intestines. Read online, believe what you want, but that’s what I see happening.

Conclusion

But obviously the point is, the ‘after,’ and how you feel when its done.  Have you alleviated gallbladder pain? flushed gallstones? eliminated allergies? relieved shoulder and back soreness? Brightened your eyes and eliminated under-eye circles? do you feel great? more energetic? lighter?

After the first time, I reflected on it and I was glad that I did it.  Within a day it did eliminate my gallbladder pain and back soreness, and brightened my under-eye circles.  I didn’t feel great, more energetic or lighter afterward. But I was still satisfied I did it.  HOWEVER, I swore to myself not to do it again, except in extreme need from my gallbladder.

What possessed me to do it this time, I’m not sure.  This time, I’m not glad I did it. I received no such benefits. My abdomen area is still being finicky and I still have a sore place behind my shoulder blade (hmm, must be time for a more intense massage). And I would say I’m even more against it now than I was before.

Would I recommend it to someone else?

Haven’t yet. And probably won’t. Except: if the only other alternative is surgery to have your gallbladder removed, then yes, this is better than surgery. (But don’t say I said so)

And unfortunately, Chinese medicine doesn’t have a cure for gallbladder attack (gallstones) either. So the best plan is just to watch your diet, drink alcohol sparingly, and avoid getting to this point in the first place.

Have you tried the liver cleanse / gallbladder flush? What was your experience? Would you do it again? Recommend it to someone else?

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10Apr/110

Do You Need A Liver Cleanse « .

Do You need A Liver Cleanse?

The liver is your most important organ of detoxification.  Your life depends on your liver.  to a large extent, the health of your liver determines the health of your entire body.  the liver is really a wonderful chemical plant, that converts everything we eat, breathe and absorb through the skin, into life-sustaining substances.  the liver is a major blood reservoir, forming and storing red blood cells, and filtering toxins at a rate of a quart of blood per minute.  it manufactures natural antihistamines to keep immune response high.

More than any other organ, the liver enables us to benefit from the food we eat.  Without the liver, digestion would be impossible, and the conversion of food into living energy nonexistent.  it is the primary metabolic organ for proteins, fats and carbohydrates.  it synthesizes and secretes bile, a substance that not only ensures good food assimilation, but also is critical to the excretion of toxic material from the gastrointestinal tract.  Blood flows directly from the gastrointestinal tract to the liver, where it deals with toxic substances from our food before they are distributed through our blood.  Blood also keeps returning to the liver, processing toxins again and again through the lymph system, until they are excreted by the bile or kidneys.

Abuse and Rejuvenation

Liver congestion and exhaustion, interferes with these vital functions.  unfortunately, since the common American diet is high in calories, fats, sugars and alcohol, with unkown amounts of toxins from preservatives, pesticides and nitrates, almost everybody has liver malfunction to some extent.  Health problems occur after many years of abuse, when the liver is so exhausted, it loses the ability to detoxify itself.  Still, your liver also has amazing rejuvenating powers, continuing to function when as many as 80% of its cells are damaged.  Even more remarkable, the liver can regenerate its own damaged tissue, so that even life-threatening situations, such as cirrhosis, hepatitis, acute gallstone attacks, mononucleosis, pernicious anemia, and even major surgery or death can be averted.

You can help your liver, by taking 5 deep, slow, cleansing breaths every hour.  Inhale slowly and as deep as you can, and exhaule slowly and fully, also as slow as you can.

Benefits of Cleansing the Liver

A liver detox is often the first vital step, for the body to begin to heal itself.  Gland function and digestion often improve right away.  You will notice this in terms of fewer instances of swollen glands during cold and flu season, and less lower back fatigue (which is adrenal often swelling).  Weight and cellulite control difficulties may be solved, especially if you currently notice unusual stomach distention, which is a clear sign of a swollen liver.  both gallstone and kidney stone accretions lessen.  Drug and alcohol cravings reduce.  most women notice that PMS and other menstrual difficulties like endometriosis are far less severe.  Seemingly unrelated problems like breast and uterine fibroids or infertility, and even osteoporosis may be corrected.  Male impotence is normally improved.  Inflammatory conditions like shingles flare-ups, neuritis pain and herpes outbreaks are helped.  Brown skin spots and spots before the eyes (signs that the liver is congested) begin to fade.

Signs You need A Liver Cleanse

* Unexplained fatigue, listlessness, depression, lethargy, or lack of energy.

* Numerous allergy reactions.

* A distended stomach, even if the rest of the body is thin.

* Mental confusion, spaciness.

* Sluggish elimination, general constipation alternating to dirrhea.

* Food and chemical sensitivities, accompanied by poor digestion and sometimes unexplained nausea.

* PMS, headaches and other menstrual difficulties.

* Bags under the eyes.

* Yellowish tint and/or liver spots on the skin, poor hair texture, slow hair growth, itching skin.

* Anemia and large bruise patches indicate severe liver exhaustion.

The truth is, everybody can always benefit from periodic liver cleansing.  if your diet is poor, you have high exposure to external and internal toxins, you’re frequently sick, or have any of the above signs, you need to take serious consideration into doing a full-blown liver cleanse.  There are many liver cleanse protocols and liver cleanse kits to choose from.  Do take note, that you will almost always go through a period of feeling worse when you start your cleanse.  These “ill feelings”, are due to your body pulling and retrieving all those toxins from their deeply imbedded tissue spaces, and transporting them from your body.  it is especially important to drink plenty of fresh, filtered water during this time, as well as to NOT be redepositing these same toxins into your body, by continuing to eat poorly and exposing yourself to the very same chemicals and harmful substances you are trying to rid yourself of.  in other words, make sure you “clean up your act”.

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6Apr/110

Cleanse your liver with a Liver Detox 

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Liver Detox Diet Tips

Liver Detox Diet Tips

The are people that may think of liver as meal served with onions and gravy, but the human liver is one of the most vital organs in the body besides being the largest glandular organ you will need to take care of it. a proper functioning liver provides us with on going good health. One of the main functions of the liver is to produce substances that break down fat and most importantly serves as a filter for harmful substances that could enter the blood stream. If the liver destocks process is interrupted, because the liver has so many other substances to deal with, the intermediate toxic compounds can circulate in the blood causing damage.

A well functioning liver will assure you of the proper elimination of certain toxins that maybe stored in the liver. there are many given reasons to perform a liver detox, one of the main reasons is a better working digestion system, more energy, enhance memory, create healthy, glowing skin, improve cell regeneration and reduce food sensitivity.

Today there are couple of main reasons for liver dysfunction and overload is a poor diet full of processed foods, also a low-carbohydrate diets encourage the eating of excess meat and discourage the eating of fiber-rich foods, and excessive alcohol intake. you can stop the damage before it gets out of control, a consideration at this point is to note that before you start any new diet or detoxification routine, it is wise to seek medical advice. there are some simple lifestyle and dietary changes to experiment with and that is drinking herbal teas like chamomile, dandelion is also a helpful beneficial or a daily shot of a wheat grass drink.

Ensure you drink plenty of water daily to help eliminate impurities, and are a very natural and effective liver cleanses process. you want to aim for 8 glasses of filtered water per day. One of the liver detoxifier methods involves the use of beets. it only requires you to chop the beets and mix it with flax oil and lemon juice to taste.

About 40 – 60 percent of your diet should be raw fruits and vegetables. Eat avocados, bananas, mangos, papayas, pineapples and sprouts. They contain helpful enzymes. Eat foods that contain antioxidants to fight off free radicals that kill cells. Antioxidant rich foods are, dandelion greens, kelp, garlic, shitake mushrooms, citrus fruits, apples, kiwis, pears, carrots and celery, don’t forget broccoli.

Eating organic foods is also important. Many foods contain pesticides and herbicides.

Limited dairy, avoid alcohol, caffeine, red meat and saturated fats. Weight gain, poor metabolism, bloating, food intolerance, depression or mood swings, poor memory, extreme fatigue and bad breath are sign of a poor functioning liver.  For your health sake if you experience any of the above symptoms consider a liver detox is highly recommended.

bodydetoxdietplans.com The Liver is a strong organ in our body as it works as a natural purifier for our system, thus cleansing our body. But then, there are many reasons affecting the proper performance of the liver like, harmful toxins released in our blood due to harmful eating habits, hormones stimulated in liver because of external and mental stress etc.. The liver helps to absorb these by breaking them into minor units that are soluble in water and are thrown out as unwanted products in form of stool and urine. In reality, a person can take concern of this important organ easily. This practice is dependent on the usual health of a person, her eating habits, emotional strength and regular exercise. another option available is to have a healthy liver is by practicing a liver detox diet, which helps to cleanse and expel the unwanted waste collected in the organ. Toxins get collected because of improper eating habits like consuming processed and preserved food, drinking polluted and impure water and breathing unclean air all of which gets collected in the body, especially the liver.

therawfoodsite.com The Master Cleanse also known as the Lemonade Diet is a complete body detox diet if you will, that has been brought into the lime light by Peter Glickmans book Lose Weight, have More Energy which is first new book since Stanley Burroughs released The Master Cleanser decades ago. The most successful of any diet, or detox of its kind known for more than just a liver detox diet but as a full body cleanse. More recently quite a few celebrities have made well known this once quite little yellow book. Gwyneth Paltrow, Vince Vaughn, and Toby Mcguire are the most recent celebs to join the list but brought on by Beyonce Knowles, Robin Quivers, and Isaac Hayes originally. The lemon detox diet as it is called now, was first used to treat ulcers and later discovered to be a successful treatment of many other diseases, even better a trend emerged that the Master Cleanse was a disease preventative tool, and a contributor to maintaining overall good health. I want to help you regain your vibrant good health and think this is a great easy and low cost way to do it. For more info we have the original and largest website to help you with your goals of a healthier you. so give a rest to your digestive organs, allow your body to rejuvenate and get healthy! Peter Glickman of TheMasterCleanse.comVideo Rating: 4 / 5

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6Apr/110

Detox Diet And How Assist You Lose Weight

Body system detoxifies through the liver, intestinal tract, skin, and kidneys.The unwanted metals are removed from the body by urinating.Lungs help in clearing away the poisonous gases out of your body.The food plan or detoxification food remedy may include spices, vegetables and fruits as recommended. The chief toxic substance that harms our body is the pesticides and additives included in our food. Detoxification diet for instance the liver cleanse diet is not purification only, but also to retain the levels of nutritional supplements in the body. during detoxification regime when toxic chemicals are removed from the system you may lose weight.

a great detoxification regime works on main body systems such as the gastro-intestinal system, urinary tract system, and circulatory system. Detoxification should include ample nutrients which reinforces the regeneration procedure for cells and defend other major organs. For efficient cleansing procedures, natural foods are needed due to the synthetic chemicals’ free nature like pesticides and fungicides. This regime enhances the immune system and results in desired weight loss. Green veggies, lemon diet, low fiber and also liquid food plans helps enhancing the metabolism and functioning level of enzymes that boosts the function of kidney and liver.

Lemonade included in a lemon detox diet should contain cayenne and maple syrup, water with sodium and lemon juice for the purification plan. The liquid regime will offer vitamins, minerals, and particular effective phytochemicals through the veggie juices with helpful detoxification and fat loss properties.The veggie diets has low fat content and are fibrous having vitamins and enzyme substances. This regime such as raw veggies subsequently improves the work of the liver which in turn grows lipids and fat metabolism therefore triggering weight loss.

Additionally, fresh foods are recommended during the healthy detoxification regime consist of but not restricted to fruits and veggies, seaweeds, nuts, whole grains, legumes, and coconut milk. This restricts the consumption of saturated fats and trans-fatty acids contained in the foods. usually in the diet procedure, fresh foods has to be accounted for a minimum of eighty percent of the meals and generally big amounts of water should be taken in. The energy regimes must usually be followed by top dynamic persons such as athletes and sports individuals. This regime is a key constituent of fresh veggie juices or soups, lemon juices and fresh food intake. This detoxification therapy should have major quantity of fresh foods. The diet regime involves flax seeds, brown rice, veggies, spirulina, fish oil, amaranth, among other fresh foods..

Eventually, you can plan a healthy detoxification diet somewhere between three days and one week. one week purification with three days water fasting and remaining days with breakfast, lunch and dinner has proved good results on lots of people. as soon as the diet is over, your body will become more stimulating emotionally and physically. your body may also be able to fight over various kinds of infections without the need of medications at all.

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5Apr/110

Master Cleanse as well as liver detox diet

A lot of cleanse meal plans enjoy a few of the exact same principles. The idea should be to reduce foods as well as liquids that give rise to the accumulation within your method, that will also trigger you to put on weight. first, you will have to get rid of the rubbish and also take out. Highly processed foodstuff usually consist of substance ingredients and other so-called compounds, which can be quite challenging for your body to cope with, all of which will bring about ailments or even illnesses later on in life. if your detoxification diet program doesn’t call for certain foodstuff, in that case build muscle on fresh fruits plus greens, whole-grain carbs, along with low fat meats, every single day.

The particular master cleanse diet is right now savoring a surge within desire as a consequence of curvaceous seem involving Beyonce, while it ‘s been around more than Half a century undoubtedly. Beyonce evidently dropped excess weight on her role in “Dreamgirls” in the brief time as a result of master cleansing diet eating plan. Studies as well later on revealed that other personalities obtained furthermore acquired the diet plan to get maximum the particular amount that a great many clamor for. a master cleansing diet diet is also referred to as the particular lemonade diet plan, the maple syrup eating plan or even the cayenne pepper eating habits depending on the components.

The actual master cleanse detox diet is essentially a new cleansing diet plan. in truth, it can be a lot more like a timely. this master cleansing diet diet is described around wonderful element within the e-book The Learn Cleanser, through Stanley Burroughs, it is author. you could need to find it it provides information regarding particularly in fulfilling the actual lemonade eating habits.

A master cleanse is actually specifically made that will help you cleansing your body of toxins but not directly diet method. Nevertheless, by simply taking away harmful toxins, happened just lose weight but could as well alleviate other long-term signs which you have recently been having.

If you have been feeling distressed, a lot more worn out than normal, use an oily liver or maybe will be obese you may take advantage of a Natural liver Detoxification Diet.

A person’s liver is just about the most significant aspects of the body. It’s as necessary as your own cardiovascular or perhaps voice. this liver has a thousands of performs although one of the most crucial can be detoxification. Devoid of good liver operate your system could not performance.

So many people are cognizant of this reality, yet they may not be of which troubled. in excess of 40% of persons older than 60 experience illnesses with the liver then one of the most extremely popular health conditions is definitely greasy liver.

What exactly is furthermore amazing is there are also some more advantages from some sort of liver cleansing diet program. as it won’t often be the truth, we have witnessed documented instances of persons that have possibly experienced all about asthma getting disappeared from a diet program. using the liver remaining the thing that detoxifies the body from harmful toxins, one can possibly conveniently infer such a liver cleanse eating habits are able to do for the liver. if something, an individual may suppose that it will enhance on the this liver effortlessly will, propelling it to be something truly helpful.

There are quite a few points an try to increase their health. One of the least difficult should be to choose a liver as well as colon cleanse diet plan. a lot of us eat a few pretty poor items, as well as if you do not, there’s no-one to often be also balanced.

Some sort of cleaning representative is sufficient undertake a pristine entire body, one that makes you come to feel better regarding staying a person.

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