Naturo-Lu December 2009

LIVER FLUSH

The holiday season is upon us, and by the time you read this it might already be in the past and well into the New Year. Because the holidays are a time when we indulge in the extra serving of buttered yam or eggnog, feeling sluggish is a sign that your liver most probably can’t detoxify properly. Cleansing your liver would give you back your energy; it is something we should all do for maintenance, even if we have done a regimen before. It's not a "one and done" deal.

This article will explain how to do a liver cleanse (flush). Liver cleansing cleanses both our livers and our gallbladders. It also applies even if your gallbladder was removed.

The health of our liver is extremely crucial to long-term health. A congested liver is the root reason behind many modern diseases such as acne, yeast infection, leaky gut, etc. A congested liver is ultimately caused by an overload of toxins. As a result, the toxins eventually circulate back into your bloodstream, where it can end up anywhere - your joints, brain, heart, or other organs. Your kidneys become burdened by the extra workload, which contributes to the vicious cycle. If your colon is clogged as well, the liver has an even tougher time eliminating your toxins.


A congested liver, like a clogged colon is caused by these factors:
- A poor diet consisting of foods that kill: refined carbs, hydrogenated fats, preservatives, and foods with hormones.
- Toxins found in the environment such as pollution.
- The over-use of antibiotics and drugs.
- Our lifestyle and stress.


To start a simple liver cleanse, this is what you will need:
- Apple juice
- 4 tablespoons of Epsom Salts
- 1/2 cup of Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 big grapefruit or 3 lemons


Directions:
Choose a day like Saturday for the flush, since you will be able to rest the next day. Do not take medication, vitamins, or pills that you can do without; they could prevent success.

- For 4-5 days before your liver flush, eat as many apples or drink as much apple juice as you can. In the last 2 days, drink 8 oz of apple juice every 2-3 hours. Doing this will ensure the success of the liver flush.

- On day 6, eat a light breakfast with no fat. This enables the bile in your liver to accumulate, putting pressure in your liver. This pressure will eliminate more stones in your liver.

- At 2:00 PM, the same day, mix 4 tablespoons of Epsom Salt in 3 cups of water ; pouring all this into some jar. DO NOT drink or consume anything after 2 PM. This is extremely important! Put this jar in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

- At 6:00 PM, drink 3/4 cups of this mixture. It will taste very bad but you can add 1/8 tablespoon of powdered Vitamin C to make it taste better.

- At 8 PM, drink another 3/4 cup of this mixture. Get all your errands done and prepare for the liver flush. You shouldn't be doing ANYTHING after a liver flush except lying down and sleeping.

- At 9:45 PM, pour 1/2 cup of virgin olive oil into a jar. Squeeze the entire grapefruit into the mix, removing the pulp with a fork or chopsticks. You should have 1/2 to 3/4 cup of grapefruit juice mixed with the virgin olive oil in the jar. Close the jar and shake it very hard until it is all liquid.

- At 10 PM, drink this mixture. You may drink it through some large straw if it is easier for you. Try to drink it all within 5 minutes.

- Lay down in your bed as soon as you are done. This is crucial and most people do this wrong. Don't do any work; don't even bother brushing your teeth! Just lay down immediately! Lay on your right side with your right knee up towards your chin for 20 minutes. Stay still and try not to move at all. Try to sleep.

- The next morning, when you wake up, drink a 3rd dose of your 3/4 cup Epsom Salt. You can go back to sleep afterwards.

- Two hours later, drink the last dose of Epsom Salt.

- Only after 2 more hours can you eat anything. But do not eat solid fruits just yet. Start with liquids and slowly move to fruits.


What can you expect?
The next morning, you can expect some sort of diarrhea. This is caused by the Epsom Salt. You will or will not see some gallstones afterwards. Some people just eliminate regular wastes but others eliminate hundreds of gallstones. Look for green, round things that float - these are gallstones.

You might fail to get stones out. If that is the case:

Most people don't even get gallstones in their first liver flush. Be patient! Our poor liver wasn't caused by 1 day of poor dietary habits; we can't expect it to be solved by just 1 day of liver flushing.
Getting the bile out (precipitated into a green "stone") should not be the main goal. It has been shown that many of the stones are composed of bile, created inside intestines during the liver flush, during the night. The main goal should be getting rid of symptoms, whatever they may be. In other words, it may be irrelevant if you get some visible stones out or not. Your health should be the only valid indicator of the success of the liver flush.

Without a clean and unclogged colon, these gallstones will simply remain constipated and stuck in your system; a Colon Cleansing regimen would have to be considered. Make sure you are advised by a certified Naturopath for a professional follow up.


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