Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 Can anyone tell me what bile salts are and when you'd use them/where to find them? Is there a site where you can learn about them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 >Can anyone tell me what bile salts are and when you'd use them/where >to find them? http://curezone.com/forums/message.asp?F=73 & I=163 Bile salts http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/courses/stfunmac/glossary/bile.html cholate - > glycocholate cholate - > taurocholate deoxycholate henodeoxycholate Bile salts are steroids with detergent properties which are used to emulsify lipids in foodstuff passing through the intestine to enable fat digestion and absorption through the intestinal wall. They are secreted from the liver stored in the gall bladder and passed through the bile duct into the intestine when food is passing through. Biosynthesis represents the major metabolic fate of cholesterol, accounting for more than half of the 800mg/day of cholesterol that the average adult uses up in metabolic processes. By comparison, steroid hormone biosynthesis consumes only about 50 mg of cholesterol per day. Much more that 400 mg of bile salts is required and secreted into the intestine per day, and this is achieved by re-cycling the bile salts. Most of the bile salts secreted into the upper region of the small intestine are absorbed along with the dietary lipids that they emulsified at the lower end of the small intestine. They are separated from the dietary lipid and returned to the liver for re-use. Re-cycling thus enables 20-30g of bile salts to be secreted into the small intestine each day. The most abundant of the bile salts in humans are cholate and deoxycholate, and they are normally conjugated with either glycine or taurine to give glycocholate or taurocholate respectively. The conjugation is important in identifying the bile salt for re-cycling back to the liver. ==================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Now I am constipated since I started a candida cleanse. I have no idea why. Anyone .....why would this happen to me? How would the bile salts work? Pearl, please read. I copied from Dr. Mercola's website comment about something else, but he goes into bile salts and GBs. DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:It is encouraging to find some evidence (although not yet published) that shows that low cholesterol is a problem. I believe the optimum cholesterol is about 200. Levels below 180 appear to be a problem. Levels under 150 are a major dilemma. I am an expert in low cholesterol as my levels have been as low as 85.I was trained in the " low fat " craze and I am sure I did some serious damage to my body trying to stay healthy. However, for the last seven years I had tried to raise it and was unable to get it above 135.Two weeks ago I was able to get it up to 175! For the last two months I have been using a supplement by Biotics that called Beta TCP that has whole beet concentrate and Taurine. These items are very effective at thinning the bile in the gallbladder. Once the bile is thinned it can flow out and not remain in the gallbladder as sludge so it can emulsify the fat so we can absorb it. Trying to absorb fat without bile is like trying to wash greasy dishes without soap. It does not work very well at all. I am fairly convinced that most people with low cholesterol levels are due to a dysfunctional gallbladder. Folks it took me SEVEN years to find someone who could teach me that piece of information. It is one of the best things I learned last year. Traditional medicine has no clue about how to treat this problem. There solution is to remove ONE MILLION gallbladders a year. I believe this is criminal malpractice. If a person is treated early enough, this operation is RARELY needed. Pearl, important>>>>>>>>>To add insult to injury, the surgeon does not even suggest that these patients take bile salts to help them digest their fats. If you know anyone who has had their gallbladder removed, you could greatly benefit them by telling them they need bile salts with EVERY meal for the rest of their life.This will contribute greatly to their long term health. I use a product called Beta Plus from Biotics for this, but there are others that will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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