Re: Starting my liver health journey.

[Guest guest]

Lucinda or anyone,

Lucinda wrote:

Also, you didn't mention any parasite cleanses, and parasites are

something anyone eating a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables has to

consider. Curezone covers parasites in great detail, so I'm sure

you've at least thought about them as a potential cause of your

gallstones.

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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]

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

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>

> 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