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A**R
3 liver cleanses: lowered cholesterol, liver spot gone, and better health
October 2020:I’m writing this review because so many reviews discuss before and afters (health) but like everyone who wants to do this... we all have no idea what is normal to experience during the liver flush.Why I wrote this:I have had a crappy digestion since teen years when my periods began, my periods were the worst ever, and I had to work really hard to feel okay to do anything. I eventually stopped consuming all allergens and most protein and fats. This helped me keep my health somewhat balanced, but truth be told I was still very stressed over food. After pregnancy I started having the worst health ever... I went to the hospital several times. They never could find anything wrong despite high fevers indicative of infection, and other problems. I only recently discovered my family has a problem being able to break down cholesterol. After persistence, I found a doctor who would investigate. I was then told I had bile reflux that was causing problems through a hernia. My Bravo PH test came back clean, and I had no acid reflux, just bile.I was 107 lbs, size 0 and eat super healthy, like no allergens and no dairy with all my diet consisting of fresh food and small amounts of animal protein. I have been eating this way for ten years. I was stumped. How could I be sick? Well, I tried everything that modern medicine provides. I even got my gall bladder tested and it came out clear of any problems in both the sonogram and nuclear test to determine functioning. I then had hiatal hernia surgery as I had been told my hiatal hernia was causing the bile reflux. I still was getting sick after my surgery.So, after reaching the end of my rope with modern medicine, I decided that despite what the doctors told me I would try cleaning out my gall bladder. I had previously read this book and was truthfully very afraid of the cleanse. I didn’t want to drink E salt or anything that would make me nauseated. But I had been nauseated my whole life... I finally felt ready.The CleanseOct. 24, 2020: Two days ago, after days of drinking apple juice and some nights of taking Chanca Piedra I did the cleanse. I followed the program perfectly with the exception of waking up at 8 am the next day and drinking the remaining mixtures at 8 am and 10 am.My experience with the drinks: the first solution of E salt and water wasn’t too bad... but it got worse with every serving. By my fourth I was dreading drinking it. I was lucky that I had never had it previously because I was more open to trying it out. The olive oil I used was one of my favorites that I can drink like water... if you select a good tasting olive oil it will help. Drinking the mixture with lemon felt like drinking a salad dressing, I loved it! But if I had to do it with a different olive oil I would have hated it. I felt like the E salt mixture really dried me out.How my body reacted: Everyone is different, so my experience is not necessarily what you will experience, but it is definitely within the spectrum. Okay, so after every E. Salt solution I drank, I felt a little queasy. It was definitely a weird sensation. Like I didn’t feel well enough to move around, but was agitated and a bit energetic laying down. I used the bathroom about three times between 6-9:30 pm. At 10 pm I drank the oil and lemon mixture layed down immediately after and gosh, my stomach was making noise! Like so much noise that my husband who hardly notices anything was looking over at me concerned. I wasn’t in pain nor sick. However, around 11:30 pm I started feeling very sick. I tossed and turned in a queasy state until 3 am when I forced myself to try and use the bathroom. I successfully relieved myself, but no gallstones! My bum did burn a lot. During this entire time my body temperature skyrocketed and I felt very dizzy like I was going to faint. I peeled off my clothes and layed on my bathroom floor waiting for my body temperature to go down and my nausea to stop. I was regretting this cleanse at that time, upset that I had done it... I was miserable! Then I showered and crawled back into bed with the same problems of nausea and heat. I went to the guest bed in the house so I could suffer with more space. I had a terrible head ache, felt awful all over. Then finally fell back to sleep and woke up at 8 am unwillingly but with the objective of drinking my 3rd solution of E salt. I suffered a bit more of a splitting headache and nausea. Drank my last dose at 10 am. Up to this point not a single gallstone came out. I felt miserable, and even more miserable because I had no results to show for it. So, I went to the kitchen and had some juice. I had some water throughout the night, but felt dry and I was starving. I even ate eggs. After drinking some more, around 11:45 am, I urgently ran to the bathroom and began expelling stones, bright green and brown. They were mostly pretty small, no bigger than a dime. The more I drank, the more I expelled. Insane. I still was exhausted and fatigued. I spent most of the day in bed with a heating pad. This was yesterday. I am still expelling stones today. It’s hard to determine how many stones I have expelled, they are so small. I know it’s in the range of a couple to few hundred. I need to do a water enema today.My results: No more bile reflux. I am eating fried food and butter. It’s amazing. I love it. I know this is only a brief moment of relief and I’ll have to do this again in a couple of weeks, but wow. My energy level is high and my mood is ridiculously happy. I feel invigorated and excited for what the day brings.I laugh because even though I was suffering for about 24 hours during the process, I feel amazing. My husband is so impressed with my improvement he is also going to do this!I know this was my first go, so I will update with more results in the future.November 2020 Update:I was feeling euphoric and was literally able to eat anything I wanted the last two weeks. I have been taking Colosan at night since my first cleanse to make sure my body was clean. I decided to do my second liver cleanse two weeks after my last. I know the book says to wait, but I knew that I needed it. So, this weekend I did it. Yikes, it was not as bad as last time but I definitely had pretty bad nausea and dry heaving throughout. I think I get this sick because my body is full of gallstones. Either way, this cleanse produced many larger gallstones than last time. I also started eliminating gallstones sooner than last time (at 2 am instead of the next day). The gallstones I first eliminated where mostly green, but after the first few trips I started seeing darker stones. Towards the last trips the next day, my stones were black and sinking to the bottom of the toilet. I had a terrible headache and body aches while I was releasing stones. I believe it must have been all the toxic material coming out. I could feel gravel come out and saw it at the bottom of the toilet. It was disgusting. I have done a water enema to try and clean out my system so I don’t reabsorb waste. I felt much better after the enema. Though I do not think I got out as many stones as last time, the stones this time were larger and more diverse in color. I think I definitely will wait three weeks for my next liver cleanse because it really is overwhelming on the body. I cannot say I feel much better right now, but I think I am still healing from the cleanse. Nonetheless, I know I got a lot out of my system and know this cleanse works. I have faith that with more liver cleanses my health will continue to improve.December Update (3rd liver flush)I decided to do my third liver flush right after Thanksgiving. I ate a lot of gravy and two entire pecan pies that I do not regret, but my body was punishing me for.... What to say that hasn’t been said before? My second flush required lots of detoxing. I had metal and black sand come out of me. I was suffering for a week and was doing enemas daily. Ultimately, the 2nd cleanse was so intense I made myself wait three weeks before this one, my third one. This past weekend during a full moon, I did the cleanse. Results were a tad larger and paler stones, but fewer. I did eat meat the day of, and I hardly prepped for the cleanse, which makes me think is the reason I had not so much success. However, unlike the first two cleanses, I slept throughout the night without as much nausea or detox symptoms! The day of, I released at most 100-200 gallstones. Like I said, they were a tad bigger, but I wasn’t feeling as euphoric as the first time. Since my second cleanse I have been feeling slight pressure and pain from my pancreas which makes me think something may have gotten stuck there during the second cleanse. During my next cleanse, I’m going to actually prep and follow the instructions to a “t” like the first two times and I’ll report back if more successful.Results so far: I have wonderful results that show my cholesterol after two cleanses went into normal ranges! My hair is getting fuller, color is restored, my eyes are clearer and to be honest, I do have a lot more energy. A liver spot I couldn’t get rid of that happened when I was pregnant 3 yrs ago or so- finally faded! However, the enemas or colon cleanses really help me a lot to get rid of those toxins that are expelled by my liver and gallbladder.
K**E
The most important thing you can do.
I would like to add this review in the hope it clarifies the flush process for current and future liver flushers.I just completed my 17th liver flush after a year and a half of abdominal pain and a diagnosis of cholestasis and gallstones. I also had a variety of secondary symptoms, including brain fog, worsening vision, skin problems, and so forth. At this point my symptoms are greatly improved, although I still have a ways to go to regain my health.Andreas Moritz’ book is an excellent resource. The liver/gallbladder flush he describes is an updated version of an older procedure that has been around for at least a hundred years, if not longer. Andreas added a preparatory week involving a vegetarian diet and malic acid supplementation. Other than that, the flush is basically the same as the previous version. Andreas also describes the reasons for doing the flush, and how liver/gallbladder congestion creates health problems. Important reading for first time flushers.Things I have learned after 17 flushes:-The flush is absolutely real and it is high time this “soap stone” nonsense be abandoned. I won’t waste time explaining all the reasons why.-The malic acid and vegetarian diet described in Andreas Moritz’s book are unnecessary and prohibitive. Just eat reasonably the week prior and don’t worry about “softening the stones” which isn’t actually a thing. If you are worried about the composition of gallstones, I’d recommend taking TUDCA and/or stone breakers (both can be purchased on Amazon) but these are not necessary. What is necessary is a shift in overall health, including a whole foods diet, which should optimally include grass-fed organic protein, eggs, and sustainable seafood. Keep in mind that the gallbladder literally evolved to help digest animal foods, and that bile is composed of substances most readily found in meat, seafood, and eggs (taurine, glycine, choline, etc). Do your research. If you want to go vegetarian, be careful to supplement with bile precursors, especially taurine and choline, and eat plenty of plant-based fats to help contract the gallbladder. In saying these things I am not making an ethical statement about diet. I am simply telling you how the body works and what you should focus on if you want your liver and gallbladder to function optimally.-Do follow the basic day-of flushing protocol described in the Moritz book, at least initially. This is identical to the older protocol (see curezone) and good practice for beginners.-Epsom salts produce a strong osmotic removal of the body’s water into the digestive tract, resulting in dehydration and loss of electrolytes. For people who wish to avoid the negative effects of epsom salts, replace them with an equal amount of magnesium citrate (Natural Calm brand is good) taken with a capsule or two of turmeric powder. Like epsom salts, magnesium citrate dilates the biliary system, allowing for the safe passage of gallstones. Turmeric contracts the gallbladder (clinically proven to do so) the same way epsom salts contract the gallbladder. This is a safer method, not to mention far more palatable.-The basic combination of olive oil and citrus juice cannot be improved upon. Increasing the amount of oil to 6 ounces is not harmful, and may help to facilitate the process for certain individuals. Decreasing the amount of oil may result in an unsuccessful flush.-If you have decent motility (you poop easily once a day) enemas and colonics are not necessary. There is an unnecessary amount of fear around gallstones getting stuck in the intestinal tract. If you are worried, a simple water enema will help to clear the colon before and/or after the flush. Otherwise, normal bowel activity will move the stones out within a day or two. Note: do not do a coffee enema before the flush, as this will deplete your bile reserve, possibly ruining the flush. Afterwards is fine.-Expect some flushes to go more smoothly than others. Expect some to fail, even though you followed the instructions.-Although Andreas Moritz suggests maybe 12 flushes to clear the liver and gallbladder of gallstones, the real life experience of the flushing community has been far different. Most people flush between 15 and 30 times before experiencing significant health improvements, and some continue flushing up to 50 times or more, before feeling satisfied that they are “free” of stones. Furthermore, the gallbladder may only begin to expel stones after 15 or more flushes, due to its unique physiology (it’s an inverted sack with muscles that weaken due to cholestasis, and must be exercised to regain its contractility). These gallbladder stones are often harder and tend to be calcified, or in some cases, like white putty or old chewing gum. Their calcium content is what allows them to be seen on X-rays and ultrasounds. Stones from the liver are almost always cholesterol stones, in shades of yellow and green, and are like hardened wax (they cannot be seen using imaging technology). Regardless of the composition, all of these stones must be removed, sometimes requiring years of effort. This is not to dissuade anyone from trying, but please understand this is a long-term but PERMANENT life saving journey. Be prepared to flush the liver/gallbladder at least once a month for 2-3 years. Seasoned flushers may increase the frequency to twice a month, after becoming familiar with the process.-Please disregard anyone who claims the liver flush doesn’t work or is a hoax. This includes such esteemed authors as Anthony William. He’s right about many things, but wrong about the liver flush. If you want to fast track your health, I’d liver flush while following a sensible (not extreme or faddish) whole foods diet.Good luck, and happy flushing!Adendum:The attached photo shows two kinds of gallstones expelled in the same flush. The small green one is made of cholesterol, most common and found in the liver. The other three are compacted material with a consistency of putty, opaque, white, most likely from the gallbladder. Notice that the green stone is smooth and round, while the others are faceted, rough, and furrowed, as if compacted together. I believe we are way beyond any discussion of "soap stones" when we begin to see stones that cannot come from olive oil and citrus juice.
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