How To Make Liver Work Better?

January 7, 2008

I can't afford the liver detox test. I am going on symtoms alone.

No matter what I take...herbs, vitamins, pharmaceuticals...they all

seem to back up like a log jam in about 3 to 4 days, leaving me

feeling weaker, more depressed, and new pains. I first noticed this

a year ago when trying Deprenyl and it turned my finger cigarette

stain a dark almost flourescent orange/brown. It was also

accompanied by a strong putrid odor from the right armpit that would

not wash off. Like I was just overflowing with toxins. It all went

away in 4 days after stopping deprenyl. Anything else does the same

in various degrees...B vitamins, st johns wort, ginkgo, lexapro,

nortriptyline, tyrosine, DMSA, adrenal cortex, you name it. My gut

instincts tell me I am not clearing normal bodily toxins well, not

to mention environmental toxins. Any extra load, such as

supplements, sends it all over the threshold. I can tell when it is

happening because it is 3 to 4 days after starting something and

comes with the putrid odor.

In researching it looks like milk thistle and artichoke are minimum

requirements for liver. How do I manipulate liver phases? I see many

manipulators are contraindicated...taurine, SAMe, cysteine,

glutathione, garlic.

Maybe Phase II is ok and Phase I is way too slow. Don't know.

I could do some trial and error testing, but I need to know what

supplements to use for which purposes. How do I...

Speed up Phase I?

Slow down Phase I?

Speed up Phase II?

Obviously I will not be able to take the needed supplements until

this is dealt with.

Other notes...

Diet...excellent, gluten free, lots of clean water.

Bowel movements...good, healthy, regular.

Candida antibodies...negative.

Current supplements...25mg Zinc, 200mcg Selenium, 500mg Vit C, 100%

RDA molybdenum, manganese, chromium, nightly psyllium husk fiber.

Cannot handle magnesium at all...very depressing stuff...a magnesium

taste test, similar to a zinc tally test, is absolutely repulsive.

So, let's get the liver flowing like a river so I can take stuff!

Please tell me how to manipulate the liver phases, including how to

speed each up and how to slow each down.

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