I met with my naturalpathic doctor today and here is what he said....

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I got to see my naturalpathic doctor today. I told him about my

major attack last week, all the stress I have been under, the (bad)

changes in my diet and my hormonal changes now that my 26 month old

has weaned.

He looked at my lab results. My liver is OK and my ultrasound shows

my gallbladder is fine, ducts are fine. I just have gallstones (so

don't a lot of people). I admitted to my horrendous eating

habits

this summer following the death of my father and a mild depression,

the stress of an unemployed husband and to also have stopped taking

my fish oil supplements. I told him my sugar cravings are as fierce

as ever. And I also asked about coral calcium promoted by Bob

Barefoot (on all these late night infomercials that I have been

seeing while up all night with gallbladder pain). Knowing that my

husband is not working he recommended the following diet and

supplements to get my bile to thin out.

First, he asked if I am exercising and I told him I had just

started. As far as diet, he said high Omega three foods (fish). I

asked about grass fed beef and he said that is fine but not grain fed

beef. Chicken is fine. I should be eating foods high in complex

carbohydrates. No white flour and no sugars at all -- no white,

brown nor honey (sniff, boo-hoo). I have hypoglycemia (which my

regular doctor says does not exist) and he said the sugars hyper

saturate with cholesterol which makes it easy to crystallize with

calcium and make gallstones.

Because of my intense sugar cravings he wants me to try

5HTP " Lipopure Carbocurb " by Moss Nutrition before each meal.

It is

a sublingual (under the tongue) form of triptophan which he hopes

will help curb my cravings – but right now since I have not eaten

much in the last week my cravings have not been as bad so I will wait

on that (I don't have the money).

To get my bile to thin, he wants me to get up to 6000 mg/ day of fish

oil (six 1000 mg capsules 3x a day), milk thistle (3x a day),

lethicin (2x a day) and taurine (3 x a day). I printed out Dr.

Mercola's comment about Beta TCP (which is taurine and beet) and

he

said that was fine.

As far as the coral calcium he tested my saliva and it was between 7

and 8, which is already alkaline so he did not recommend coral

calcium for me.

He also recommended that I continue to take my colon capsules which

is psyllium and other fiber with peppermint, which will help remove

the cholesterol from my body.

I also asked about the Livatone which is mentioned in Dr. Cabot's

book and he looked at the ingredients and said that would be a good

maintenance product for me but to stick with the above supplements

until my gallbladder goes into remission. I asked if this is

something that I will have to continue for the rest of my life and he

said " Yes. But, you can probably get by with three months on the

supplements, one month off "

I hope that is helpful for you folks. It is someplace for me to

start. I am going to continue on Dr. Cabots 8 week liver diet (I

just got her " Healthy Liver and Bowel Book " and will take a

look at

it this weekend) and exercise and see where it gets me. I am really

looking forward to making changes in my life and becoming thin!

But, I had another attack in the middle of the night last night after

having a boneless chicken breast with soy sauce for dinner and an

apple drizzled with honey for dessert. I was actually so tired I

woke up a few times but despite the pain was able to sleep several

hours. But, I am just not going to let the pain get to me!

Wish me luck!

Naomi ;o)

[Guest guest]

Dear Naomi,

You are on the right track.I can feel for you. Last year I went

through a similar experience. Diet and exercise are very imp.

Also stress relievers are good. Try Camomile tea; or St 's wort

tea or lemon balm tea. these can be bought in bulk at a natural

foods store. (cheaper)

On a limited budget, (I am too) you may want to try some of the

supplements in a natural form. ex. yesterday I dug up all the

dandylion roots in my garden. These will make a good liver tonic.

And my favorite drink is beet juice + lemon juice and a clove of

garlic. (I make the beet juice in my cheap $24 hamilton beach juicer.

Good luck!

~Suzanne

>But, I had another attack in the middle of the night last night

after

> having a boneless chicken breast with soy sauce for dinner and an

> apple drizzled with honey for dessert. I was actually so tired I

> woke up a few times but despite the pain was able to sleep several

> hours. But, I am just not going to let the pain get to me!

>

> Wish me luck!

>

> Naomi ;o)