Re: Raw Fats Remove Toxins?

[Guest guest]

> As I understand it, we are not able to lose fat-soluble toxins such as

> those from pesticides,

>dioxins, and so on, but that they remain stored in the body fat more or

>less forever.

I think there are two possible mechanisms for removing them from the

body. The method I'm pretty sure of is to lose fat weight (if you have

extra) in which case some of the pollutants stored in that fat will be

released and some of the released pollutants will be excreted from the

body. The method which I'd regard as speculative involves eating a lot of

unpolluted (or less polluted, anyway) fat, particularly raw fat, on the

theory that over time all cells and tissues in the body are replaced, and

by supplying the body with clean, unpolluted fat to replace the polluted

fat you're storing, you can gradually reduce the amount of stored

pesticides and whatnot in your body provided you're not still absorbing a

high level of pollution. The reason I suspect raw fat is more effective

for this purpose is that being uncooked, it's in a form more closely

resembling fat in your body and might possibly be more amenable to

replacing your fat stores. But that second method is basically blind

speculation.

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[Guest guest]

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>Anyhow--fat soluble toxins will

>redistribute if we lose or gain weight, but there is no mechanism to get

>rid of them. (If anyone

>knows of one, let me know!)

The liver is certainly capable of eliminating things that are fat-soluble,

but it is probably true that in most Americans, the liver is not nearly at

100%. Still, I'd be surprised if there were no meaningful toxin excretion

at all in someone who loses a lot of fat weight. Its pollutant excretion

that's supposed to account for some of the secondary symptoms associated

with losing fat, so if not that, what?

>What else are all these healthy animal fats supposed to do?

That's an entire book by itself! <g> Mineralize bones, help shed excess

weight, maintain metabolism, aid in vitamin absorption -- the list goes on

and on. There's a great deal of information about the functions of fats on

the WAP site.

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[Guest guest]

<Still, I'd be surprised if there were no meaningful toxin

excretion at all in someone who loses a lot of fat weight. Its

pollutant excretion that's supposed to account for some of the

secondary symptoms associated with losing fat, so if not that, what?>

Perhaps one of the medical people here can advise us on this.

It is my clear understanding that the body cannot eliminate

fat-soluble toxins, only store them, and that these toxins build up

over a life-time.

Perhaps the toxic flood caused by fasting or losing weight is taken up

by the liver and stored there until weight stabilizes, at which point

it is re-distributed in the body. Just speculation.

I was thinking about something I read from " The Liver Cleansing Diet " ,

and that is that cholesterol is passed from the liver to the intestine

through bile, and that if we eat fibrous foods it may be absorbed

into the non-soluble fiber in the intestine, leading to lower blood

levels of cholesterol. Wheat is a good source of non-soluble fiber.

*Maybe* if the liver picks up the released toxins from the toxic

flood, they may also be passed like cholesterol via the bile into the

intestine, become locked by fibrous foods, and pass out via stool.

Just a thought.

son

[Guest guest]

> As I understand it, we are not able to lose fat-soluble toxins such as

> those from pesticides,

>dioxins, and so on, but that they remain stored in the body fat more or

>less forever.

< I think there are two possible mechanisms for removing them from the

body. The method I'm pretty sure of is to lose fat weight (if you have

extra) in which case some of the pollutants stored in that fat will be

released and some of the released pollutants will be excreted from the

body. >

,

Apparently not. The toxins are merely redistributed within the lesser number

of fat cells. I have

this from a detailed discussion among lactation consultants from the Lactnet

archives--in this area

there is an understandably great concern fat-soluble toxins. Anyhow--fat soluble

toxins will

redistribute if we lose or gain weight, but there is no mechanism to get rid of

them. (If anyone

knows of one, let me know!)

< The method which I'd regard as speculative involves eating a lot of

unpolluted (or less polluted, anyway) fat, particularly raw fat, on the

theory that over time all cells and tissues in the body are replaced, and

by supplying the body with clean, unpolluted fat to replace the polluted

fat you're storing, you can gradually reduce the amount of stored

pesticides and whatnot in your body provided you're not still absorbing a

high level of pollution. The reason I suspect raw fat is more effective

for this purpose is that being uncooked, it's in a form more closely

resembling fat in your body and might possibly be more amenable to

replacing your fat stores. But that second method is basically blind

speculation. >

It also works on the assumption that the body can get rid of those toxins,

rather than just store

them in the new fat.

What else are all these healthy animal fats supposed to do?

Thanks,

son