Fw: A Natural Solution 4 You - 02/13/03 ( I am passing a section of this newsletter to this group as it refers to gallbladders and cleansing)

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> GALL BLADDER QUESTION

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> I received this question and wanted to share the answer with all of you:

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> Question: I enjoy receiving your newsletter and wondered if I could pose a

> question? I have had several friends who had their gallbladder's

removed

> within this past year due to gallstones, and I wondered what exactly does

> the gallbladder do? Is there something we can do to keep it healthy and

> avoid gallstones? My mother had hers removed years ago and after seeing

> what she and my friends went through I would like to avoid it. I have

heard

> of " flushes " for the liver, to remove toxins and tone it, is there one for

> the gallbladder? - RE

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> Answer: The gall bladder is merely a container to store bile that the

liver

> has created. This bile is used to emulsify fats that are in our dietary

> intake. The liver makes bile throughout the day and without the gall

> bladder would have no place to store the bile it creates.

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> Without the gall bladder, most dietary fat is not properly emulsified.

This

> is due to the fact there isn't enough bile to digest our dietary fats.

Some

> people that have had the gall bladder removed will choose to take some

> digestive support in the form of digestive aids that contain bile. This

> provides the bile that the gall bladder would normally have to supply to

the

> body when large dietary fat amounts are present.

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> There are many herbs to help the gall bladder and liver. Often if we keep

> the liver healthy the gall bladder will benefit too. Many people have

> indicated cleansing the intestinal system will help with keeping the liver

> and gall bladder healthy. Also, avoiding heavy dietary fat intakes and

> reducing the consumption of alcohol.

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> Regarding the flushes,you might use the search on our site to find more

> information. I know many folks that have taken them and really liked

them.

> Others, have indicated they couldn't tell they helped. When I took it I

> really couldn't tell a big difference either way.

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> A good resource to check out would be

> http://www.theherbsplace.com/cleansing.html <a

> href= " http://www.theherbsplace.com/cleansing.html " > Cleansing </a>

hope this link may turn out to be useful !

Best wishes anne