Re: Interesting conflict of ideas

[Guest guest]

I was reading the web page about Chanca Piedra that someone posted a

link for recently.

The conflict of ideas that I saw while reading it was this:

If Chanca Piedra was found being used commonly among natives of Peru,

and it's been used among them for a long time, then there must have

been a need for it for a long time. Gallstones and liver problems

must be a common problem among them.

But then the article goes on to say that our modern lifestyle, with

all the refined carbs that we eat, etc., is the cause of our

gallstones, etc.

Now, I'm no expert on the lifestyle of natives of Peru, but they

would be the last people I would expect to be consuming lots of

refined, " modern " foods.

I'm 47. I've never had any concern about my liver or gallbladder.

But I switched to whole milk (from 2% milk) in January. I think it

was in February that I had what I imagine was what this group calls

a " gallbladder attack " ...sharp pain just below my ribs on the right

side. Before long, after having a BM, I noticed a single, white ball

floating in the water. I figured out later that it must have been a

gallstone. That's the only one I've ever seen, and it was not after

any type of " cleanse. " The only thing I could connect with it was

the change from 2% milk to whole milk. So I was getting a bit more

fat in my diet, things must have been adjusting.

I have read a lot of the web site in the link below.

Regarding the impact of diet on the development of gallstones, would

it be true to say that eating a more carb-rich diet (such as

described in the Food Pyramid) would be more

likely to cause one to develop stones than eating the " optimal diet "

described on homodiet.netfirms.com?

This really puzzles me. Most of the conventional advice about diet

tends to place the blame on gallstone development on the consumption

of a " fatty diet " . Yet I have to wonder whether their definition of

a " fatty diet " is not one that is full of industrially-processed

fats, not natural fats.

Does anyone have an idea?

I'd just as soon manage my diet so I don't have to " cleanse " every

few months, yet still keep all my organs intact...and not have to

consume hard-to-find teas all the time, either.

I think my mother had her gallbladder removed while she was in her

mid-50s or so. I can't ask her about the details now because she got

cancer and died at 58. I never saw her use butter. She always used

margarine and vegetable oil and vegetable shortening.

I've been studying the writing of Dr. Weston A. Price this year. It

seems to me that he would not have defined a people group as healthy

if he had seen the symptoms of liver problems among them. So I think

it must be possible to avoid liver problems without having to

supplement everyone's diet with a special tea all the time.

I'm still new to these concepts. Forgive me if I am being dense.

What do you all think?

Jolene,

> If you want to lose weight you have to change your diet.

> Please have a look at http://homodiet.netfirms.com

> On that diet you will get rid the problem with your liver as well.

>

> Stan