Re: Liver Info.

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Source: Naturally Speaking (booklet)

An Informative Guide to Choosing and

Ordering Vitamins, Minerals,

Herbs, Books and Videos

Published by the Hepatitis C Foundation

Who Is At Risk for Liver Dysfunction?

01. People routinely consuming large amounts of

overheated,hydrogenated, " junk

food " fats--for example, french fries, fried chicken,

doughnuts,chips, etc.

These heated " junk foods " are a major source of

liver-toxic lipidperoxides

(rancid fats)

and trans-fatty acids (abnormal structure fats).

Lipid peroxides are

powerfully immune suppressive, and damage liver cell

membranes. Trans-fatty

acids suppress production of PGE1, a major

liver-protectinganti-inflammatory

prostaglandin.

02. Coffee drinkers. Carcinogenic hydrocarbons are

produced during

roasting, and dark roasts are the worst offenders.

Also, coffee isgrown

entirely outside the US and is often therefore sprayed

with high levelsof

pesticides that are not even allowed to be used inside

the US. Only atiny

fraction of coffee imported is checked for even some

of the pesticidesit is

commonly sprayed with.

03. Regular alcohol users. The liver converts

alcohol into toxic

acetaldehyde during its alcohol detoxification

process. Acetaldehydeinhibits

PGE1 production, is a powerful free radical inducer,

and is largely

responsible for the liver, brain, heart, kidney, skin

and blood vessels

lining damage associated with chronic alcoholism.

04. Smokers. While many people are aware of

smoking's negativeeffect on

the lungs, less consideration is usually given to its

effects on theliver.

Tobacco and marijuana smoke are rich airborne stews of

toxicbenzpyrene,

polycyclic aromatic

hydrocarbons, cyanide, acetaldehyde, tars, acrolein,

etc. Since theseget

into the bloodstream through the lungs, the liver must

detoxify them. And

virually all the

constituents of smoke are known to be at least mildly

liver-damaging.

05. People regularly driving on crowded,

exhaust-filled roads andhighways.

Autos and diesel exhaust contain dozens of liver

damaging poisons theliver

is forced to detoxify including lead, sulfur, and

nitrogen oxides,

acetaldehyde, cadmium, peroxyacetylnitrile,and more.

06. Women using birth-control pills. In some cases,

even as littleas two

or three weeks of use have been documented to ruin

the ability of the liver to

detoxify naturally produced estrogen. The livers of

women on B

vitamin/protein deficient diets may have difficulty

metabolizingestrogen to

non-toxic estriol, leaving it instead in the form of

liver toxicestradiol.

Estradiol is the form associated with hyper emotional

states including

explosive temper and obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

07. Candida patients. Candida yeast ferments sugars

into liver-toxic

acetaldehyde in the process of turning sugar into

energy. Candida alsoseems

to increase gut and urinary levels of ammonia, another

liver toxin.

08. Farm workers, produce handlers, and pest control

workers areroutinely

exposed to higher than normal levels of pesticides.

Pesticides such asDDT,

Aldrin, chlordane, lindane, 2,4.5T dioxin and

toxaphene can causechronic

liver damage, even at body levels measured in parts

per billion, andtend to

accumulate in body fat over time.

09. Industrial and service workers rountinely

exposed to heavy metals

(lead, cadmium, mercury), radioactive chemicals,

hydrocarbon solventssuch as

sulfuric acid and mixes like piranha, TCE, paint

sprays and beautyproducts.

10. Gas station workers and auto mechanics.

Gasoline, diesel fuel,motor

oil, degreasing agents, etc, are all liver toxic and

may be absorbedthrought

the skin or by inhaling them. Naturally Speaking

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Elena AIH

San Diego, CA