Re: Gall bladder supplementation

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I take EFA which comes from fish oil, borage and flax. Is that good enough?

Tell me more about plant-based digestive enzymes - what they are, how are they sold?

Thanks

From: "Kathy L"

since I had my gall bladder out my body cannot handle the bile any more and I have straight diarhea......

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If you’ve have your gall bladder out, high-quality fats - especially omega 3 fats from whole foods – are essential for good health, and if you don't have a gallbladder you will have an impaired ability to absorb them. Trying to digest fat without bile is like trying to wash greasy dishes without soap - it doesn’t work very well. If your gallbladder is removed then you need to compensate by providing an increased level of plant-based digestive enzymes to compensate for this. Unless you receive a gallbladder transplant, which is unlikely, then you’ll need to continue taking

the enzymes for the rest of your life to ensure that fats can be absorbed and used by the body for their many important functions.

Carol

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Isa 50:7__________________________________________________

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There are several articles in the article files . also several posts in the message archives.

Suzi Reilly <setlikeflint@...> wrote:

I take EFA which comes from fish oil, borage and flax. Is that good enough?

Tell me more about plant-based digestive enzymes - what they are, how are they sold?

Thanks

From: "Kathy L"

since I had my gall bladder out my body cannot handle the bile any more and I have straight diarhea......

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If you’ve have your gall bladder out, high-quality fats - especially omega 3 fats from whole foods – are essential for good health, and if you don't have a gallbladder you will have an impaired ability to absorb them. Trying to digest fat without bile is like trying to wash greasy dishes without soap - it doesn’t work very well. If your gallbladder is removed then you need to compensate by providing an increased level of plant-based digestive enzymes to compensate for this. Unless you receive a gallbladder transplant, which is unlikely, then you’ll need to continue taking

the enzymes for the rest of your life to ensure that fats can be absorbed and used by the body for their many important functions.

Carol

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Isa 50:7

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From: Reilly

<setlikeflint@...>

Tell

me more about plant-based digestive enzymes - what they are, how are they sold?

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Enzymes are the catalyst, or the spark so to speak,

that makes all the chemical processes in the body work. Without enzymes your

body ceases to function and you would be dead. There are in fact over 20,000

different enzymes in the body. Science has been able to classify and identify

between 5,000 and 6,000. When you

digest living foods that are replete with enzymes, your pancreas does not need

to manufacture digestive enzymes to digest your food. Eating cooked food puts a

strain on the body. Now there is a lack of enzymatic action, and the body must

work to produce enzymes to digest the food. Couple that with the extreme acid

producing foods that most people eat (white flour, excess meat, sugar, etc), and

you get a terrible strain on the digestive system.

There are three classes of enzymes. These include (1) plant or food enzymes, foundin all raw foods, which start food digestion; (2) digestive enzymes, which are secreted by the pancreas to digest our food; and (3) metabolic enzymes, produced inthe cells to run all body processes. However, only plant enzymes initiatedigestion in the stomach, which is why when you take plant enzymes it spares thepancreas from doing all of your digestion. Unlike conventional drugs thatcontrol body chemistry, plant enzymes enhance nourishment, so that the body cancontrol itself. Your body cannot make plant enzymes – they come from only raw foods. Any time you cook a food above 115 degrees, you kill the enzymes in that food. Raw foods contain protease (breaks down protein found in meat, nuts, eggs and cheese), amylase (breaks down starch, sugars and carbohydrates), lipase (breaks down fats), and cellulase (breaks down fiber). To purchase plant enzymes, make sure they have those listed on the label. And do the pudding test to make sure they are active, and not over-processed and dead. If they don’t liquefy pudding in a minute or two, they are dead and will not work in your body. The kind I use and recommend have natural food enzymes to help the body break down fats, carbohydrates, protein, and fiber. Each capsule is microblended with blue green algae which adds specific vitamins and minerals that enzymes need for optimum ability to function. Plant enzymes are responsible for 3 classes of work: pre-digestion, nutritionalsupport, and acute or chronic support. Pre-digestion – They can eliminate digestive problems leading to food allergiesby increasing the supply of deficient enzyme during this pre-digestive process.The pancreas was never meant to be totally responsible for digestion… (earlyhumans used to eat primarily raw foods.) Nutritional support - Plant enzymes help the delivery of nutrients get to wherethey need to go. Acute or Chronic Support - Plant enzymes taken as a supplement on an emptystomach enter the bloodstream where they assist the immune system by digestingand disposing of toxins (substances that do not belong in the blood) and “eat”the protein coating on certain viruses enabling the immune system to then destroy them… Taking enzymes in this way can help reverse inflammation. Plantenzymes digest toxins rather than killing them off (as antibiotics do in thecase of bacterial infection). The process involves no side effects if theingested toxins can be properly eliminated through the urinary tract, colon,skin, and lungs. Supplemental plant enzymes can be used as therapy in 3 ways, depending on theparticular health condition and needs of the individual – to optimize digestion,absorption, and assimilation of the food which in turn keeps a healthy PHbalance in the blood; to reverse nutritional deficiencies; and asanti-inflammatory and detoxifying agents. Carol

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Adding digestive enzymes and possibly probiotics to your routine is probably a good idea for total digestive health. But lets get back to the problem... your liver is dumping bile, probably too much. I have had the same problem until I started taking milk thistle and ginger root. There are many herbs that assist the liver to function properly, research them. It is not that expensive, or believe me I wouldn't be able to afford it. Fresh organic pineapple and papaya contain a lot of readily available plant enzymes (papain and bromelain). Also, you could probably out right replace the powder you are currently using with bentonite clay (same stuff used in the IC#2) for absorbing excess bile. Just some ideas to get you going ;-)

Janet

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From: Reilly

health

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:41 PM

Subject: Re: Gall bladder supplementation

I take EFA which comes from fish oil, borage and flax. Is that good enough?

Tell me more about plant-based digestive enzymes - what they are, how are they sold?

Thanks

From: "Kathy L"

since I had my gall bladder out my body cannot handle the bile any more and I have straight diarhea......

====================================

If you’ve have your gall bladder out, high-quality fats - especially omega 3 fats from whole foods – are essential for good health, and if you don't have a gallbladder you will have an impaired ability to absorb them. Trying to digest fat without bile is like trying to wash greasy dishes without soap - it doesn’t work very well. If your gallbladder is removed then you need to compensate by providing an increased level of plant-based digestive enzymes to compensate for this. Unless you receive a gallbladder transplant, which is unlikely, then you’ll need to continue taking the enzymes for the rest of your life to ensure that fats can be absorbed and used by the body for their many important functions.

Carol

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Isa 50:7

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I started taking Milk Thistle recently - I don't know what dosage I have and I do take ginger regularly. Thanks for telling me also about the pineapple and papaya.

mary

Adding digestive enzymes and possibly probiotics to your routine is probably a good idea for total digestive health. But lets get back to the problem... your liver is dumping bile, probably too much. I have had the same problem until I started taking milk thistle and ginger root. There are many herbs that assist the liver to function properly, research them. It is not that expensive, or believe me I wouldn't be able to afford it. Fresh organic pineapple and papaya contain a lot of readily available plant enzymes (papain and bromelain). Also, you could probably out right replace the powder you are currently using with bentonite clay (same stuff used in the IC#2) for absorbing excess bile. Just some ideas to get you going ;-)

Janet

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Isa 50:7__________________________________________________