Re: Starting my liver health journey

[Guest guest]

Lucinda,

Thanks for your email. I have added it to my file. It's growing to be a

little unruly, but I still know where everything is, for future reference.

My liver tonic is supposed to address parasites as well. If I don't see many

bugs packing up and moving out within 2 months, I will address the parasites

more intensely.

I have been taking about 1000 mg.Vit. C a day for over 20 years, so I think

I'm okay there. I also had a small kidney stone identified along with my

enlarged gall-bladder when I had the ultrasound done. I had heard many years

ago that vit. C can contribute to kidney stones and have been cautious not

to overdo vit. C supplements. I do not suspect my vit. C intake contributed

to the kidney stone. I am more suspicious of the added calcium in the

bottled water which I took for 2 years.

Thanks again,

Jeanne

> Message: 10

> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:28:35 -0000

> From: " Lucinda " <jlsuther@...>

> Subject: Re: Starting my liver health journey.

>

> I can tell that you are obvioulsy making a lot of changes for the

> betterment of your health. You are to be applauded for taking such

> good care of yourself!

>

> Y'know, I would have taken the word of the great guy down at my

> health food store, too, back before I saw the horrible photos at

> CureZone. Since then, I'm taking parasite cleansing herbs -- just to

> play it safe. My favorite is cayenne capsules, because it also

> helps my aching knees and it works as an internal bug spray -- as

> long as there are others around who don't eat cayenne, the

> mosquitoes will go eat their blood, not mine! From what I read, a

> mixture of black walnut, cayenne, and cloves should kill off just

> about every known parasite. I take prepared parasite cleanse

> capsules as well as the cayenne to get all that -- and I don't take

> them all the time -- after the initial cleanse I probably take them

> one week every other month or so, just to be on the safe side. I've

> been thinking about just mixing my own herbs and stuffing my own

> capsules, but for now I'm too lazy to go to all that bother.

>

> I also try to get more garlic and onions in my diet, as well as

> rosemary and basil and sage... and anything else I find in my

> cupboard. Parsites aren't something I want to mess with. In our

> journey as parents so far we've had lice (that was our welcome to

> living in England!) and pin-worms (welcome to Texas) and fleas (more

> of Texas) -- which is how I learned about the cayenne not being

> popular with bugs! I just don't want to mess with those things any

> more! It's not that hard to take a capsule or two a day and be free

> of the worry of parasites.

>

> The other thing I do for my gallbladder and my general health is

> take lots of vitamin C. The more I read about vitamin C online the

> more of it I take. I'd like to hear from Will and how much

> vitamin C they take and how much they'd recommend for others to

> take. My gallbladder has been blessedly quiet since I started taking

> about 4,000mg of vitamin C and 500mg of magnesium oxide before bed

> along with some flax oil capsules.

>

> That said, I don't have much pain with my gallbladder anyway. The

> only way I knew I had gallstones was because I had an ultra-sound to

> check my uterus and the technician told be about the gallstones

> while she was touring my abdominal cavity. The doctor told me that

> as long as I wasn't having any pain that he wouldn't insist I had my

> gallbladder removed yet.

>

> I hope your health continues to improve and that you find a

> naturopath that you can trust to help you through your journey.

>

> Lucinda

>

>

> > ============================================

> >

> > I did read quite a bit about parasites as a possible cause for my

> > gallbladder and intestinal problems. My health food store owner

> told me I

> > didn't need a parasite cleanse, since I wasn't experiencing

> unusual weight

> > loss. I am pretty much maintaining my 145 lbs.( about ideal for my

> age,

> > height and bone mass).

> >

> > I have done 3 Dr. Saul liver cleanses in 8 months. In the past 3

> weeks, I

> > have done a small number of epsom salts solutions and about 4 days

> of

> > homozon for colon cleanse. Last week, I tried to add acidopholus,

> biphidus

> > to my diet. I had to stop that, as it seems have severely

> constipated me. I

> > tried the epsom salts again to get my bowel movements going. It's

> not

> > working as well as it did before Acid. Bifid. Now I have just

> taken a

> > teaspoon of psyllium fiber in the form of of Metamucil.

> >

> > I have incresed my activity level from a fairly sedentary

> lifestyle, other

> > than a little gardening and housework - to adding 20 minute walks

> 2 or 3

> > times a week, occasional 20 minute swim.

> >

> > I am reading Dr. Cabot's Liver Cleanse bestseller, started taking

> her

> > Livatone tonic capsules( for about a week so far). and have added

> more EFA's

> > to my diet and am gradually adding more fiber and have increased

> my water

> > intake to 8-10 glasses a day. I am still experiencing bloating and

> > intestinal discomfort.

> >

> > I have high pain tolerance so can't really use that as an

> indicator. If I

> > start to experience pain, I suspect I will have really gone to far

> with my

> > self healing journey. I am trying awfully hard not to be

> discouraged, since

> > stress adds to liver discomfort, but I feel like I am fighting a

> losing

> > battle.

> >

> > I have not been very regimented in cutting out bad fats

> altogether, but have

> > reduced significantly..especially no more potato chips, candies,

> soda pop,

> > cheese, ice cream (previously pretty regular snack foods). I

> should have

> > dropped a ton of weight just from this alone, never mind

> parasites - but I

> > haven't noticed any significant weight change.

> >

> > I have done just about all the reading I can digest. Does anyone

> have any

> > suggestions? I don't know of, or can't afford to spend a ton of

> money on, a

> > homeopath and/or naturopath doctor. I'm thinking I will have to

> figure out a

> > way to find and afford one verrry soon.

> >

> > Or am I expecting results too quickly? I sure do like the soft

> feel of my

> > skin with all the EFA's, but can do without the extra acne I am

> seeing.

> >

> > Thanks in advance and God Bless,

> > Jeanne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi. If you want to learn about alot of amazing things about

Vitamin C go to

> DoctorYourself.com real good stuff there.

Great web site! Thanks so much for the link -- I've already spent

several hours there reading and chuckling and reading some aloud to

my daughter!

Lucinda

[Guest guest]

, thanks for taking the time to respond. I've been trying to

take vitamin C up to bowel tolerance... looks like I'm needing a lot

of it just now because I can barely get that much taken, must be

because there are so many allergens in the air right now. I'm

surprised how much vitamin C that is turning out to be, but I do

have quite a problem with allergies and also seem to be trying to

develop arthritis in my knees. I'm hoping the vitamin C will be

helpful in fighting this off, but it's only one of the prongs of my

attack to protect my knees.

Lucinda

>

> > > The other thing I do for my gallbladder and my

> > general health is

> > > take lots of vitamin C. The more I read about

> > vitamin C online the

> > > more of it I take. I'd like to hear from Will and

> > how much

> > > vitamin C they take and how much they'd recommend

> > for others to

>

> Catching up on old email...I take Vitamin C as

> part of my vitamin supplement, but also take

> additional Ester C, a couple of 500 mg. a day,

> so not quite what you take. I've heard that you

> can take vitamin C up to " bowel tolerance " , in

> other words, it gives you diarrhea if you take

> more than you need, increase the dosage daily

> until you get to that point, then cut back.

> Does that makes sense? I'm not sure Ester C

> works the same way, haven't tried it yet, but

> do know it is less acid on the stomach, etc.

> http://nutritionist.tripod.com/gallbladder.html

>

>

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