Do You Have A Congested Liver?

Learn The Several Signs And Symptoms That Indicate Whether Or Not You Do

Toxins abound in our environment today. They are in your food, air, drugs, products you use to clean our home or clothes. After being exposed regularly to so many toxins, your body is overwhelmed and cannot keep up. Resulting in a higher level of toxins in your body.

The more toxins your body is exposed to, the harder your liver must work to remove them. If the liver struggles to keep up with the demand for detoxification, it may become congested, as its ability to filter toxins diminishes.

If this happens to you, you may begin to see signs that your liver is not functioning optimally. These signs come as reoccurring health issues. They may begin as minor issues, but as the toxic load increases, the health issues can become nagging, chronic complaints.

What are the signs your liver may be congested or sluggish?

1. Poor digestion- one of the functions of the liver is to produce the bile and bile salts necessary for digestion. Bile assists in helping the body to breakdown fats, as well as to absorb fat soluble vitamins such as vitamin A, D, E and K. When the body isn’t producing enough bile and bile salts, digesting fats will become difficult. You can experience nausea, indigestion, abdominal bloating, and an intolerance to fatty foods. Stomach acid production will increase in the stomach in order to assist in breaking down fats, and indigestion may occur. Bile acts as one’s own natural laxative as well.

2. Hormone imbalances- The liver is vital for the breakdown and removal of hormones in the body once they have served their purpose in the body. Without being able to fully remove excess hormones, they can build up in the body. This can lead to symptoms such as high blood pressure, bloating, weight gain, fatigue, sleep problems, low libido, low immune system function, cravings for junk food and mood issues.

3. Weight gain- when toxins build up in the body they can interfere with the livers blood sugar regulation and hormones which can ultimately cause the increased fat production…even if you are eating well and exercising regularly!

4. Skin problems- If toxins are building up in your body because they are not being filtered out by the liver and other detoxification pathways in the body, then you may start to see skin problems such as acne, rosacea, rashes, psoriasis, dermatitis, and eczema.

5. Fatigue- if you are feeling drained and fatigued, even if you are getting plenty of sleep, it may be your body telling you that your liver is not functioning properly.

6. Bad breath or a white coating on your tongue- The tongue is a great indicator of the state of your health and if you have a white coating, it could suggest that your liver is sluggish. The white coating and bad breath are a sign that you are not digesting food well, and as a result, bad gut bacteria such as Candida can grow, and an overgrowth can occur. When food is not digesting well and there is a buildup in the intestines, the fermentation and putrefaction, creates offensive gases, the get into your blood stream and come out in your breath. Keeping your intestines clean and improving your digestion and microbiome will address bad breath.

7. Chemical sensitivities- Do the smell of certain perfumes or cleaning products smell toxic and irritating to you? Are you a lightweight when it comes to drinking alcohol? This is proof that your liver is congested and cannot safely neutralize the toxins from these man made toxic fragrances or alcohol.

8. Cravings- When you begin to crave sweets and highly processed carbohydrates, this may be caused by hormone and blood sugar imbalances that are common when the liver is not working effectively.

9. Pain in the right upper portion of the abdomen- As the liver becomes more congested, inflammation occurs and with inflammation comes pain. The pain caused by an enlarged liver usually can be felt in the area where the ribs end on the right side of your abdomen.[1]

Functions Of The Liver

• Stores Blood
• One half of the lymph formed in the body is formed by the liver
• The Livers Macrophage (white blood cell) system cleanses the blood of bacteria.
• Synthesizes multiple substances that are transported to other areas of the body.
• Stores large amounts of vitamin A & D and vitamin B12.
• Creates blood clotting factors.
• Stores iron in the form of ferritin.
• Removes drugs, hormones, and toxic substances.
• Filters the broken-down red blood cells out in the form of bilirubin.

Carbohydrate Metabolism - The liver is involved in carbohydrate metabolism; 1) Stores glycogen, 2) conversion of galactose and fructose to glucose, 3) gluconeogenesis, and 4) formation of many chemical compounds involved in carbohydrate metabolism. The Liver is involved in maintaining normal blood sugar levels.

Fat Metabolism - 1) A very high rate of oxidation of fatty acids to supply energy for other bodily functions, 2) formation of most of the lipoproteins, 3) synthesis of large quantities of cholesterol and phospholipids, and 4) conversion of large quantities of carbohydrate and proteins to fats.

If you want to succeed on a ketogenic diet you need to have a clean and well-functioning liver.

80% of the cholesterol synthesized in the liver is converted into bile salts, which in turn are secreted into the bile.

Most of the fat synthesis in the body from carbohydrates and proteins occurs in the liver. After the fat is synthesized in the liver it is transported in the lipoproteins to the fat tissue in the body to be stored. Therefore, it stands to reason that if you want to signal your liver to make less fat, you’ll need to feed it raw fats of all types.

Protein Metabolism - The most important functions of the liver in protein metabolism are 1) deamination of amino acids, 2) formation of urea for removal of ammonia from the body, 3) formation of plasma proteins, and 4) interconversions among the different amino acids and other compounds important to the metabolic processes of the body. Among the most important functions of the liver is its ability to synthesize certain amino acids and also to synthesize other important chemical compounds from amino acids.

For Fantastic Improvements in Your Health & More Assured Recovery from Illness, A Series of Liver Gallbladder Cleanses Is a Must!
 

The body makes a myriad of peptides which orchestrate virtually all healing and repair in the body.  The liver appears to be the controlling organ, in that if it is toxic and congested, then all these peptides and proteins are made in amounts too small to support healing. Therefore, all healing in the body appears to be connected to the liver. The Liver Gall Bladder Flush came from the Lahey Clinic, founded by Frank Howard Lahey in 1923.

The Liver-Gall Bladder Flush in one of the most important procedures for person over 15 years of age dealing with health issues. This procedure can and should be performed repeatedly from 3 to 20 times 5 day to 2 weeks apart.

For a liver gallbladder cleanse to be effective, your intestinal tract must be moving well. If your intestinal tract has been constipated, backed up or contains old fecal matter, then 3 to 7 days before you begin the cleanse you’ll want to take a good intestinal cleanser like Oxy Powder to move and clean out your intestines. You’ll also want to take  Enterogenic Intensive to improve your gut microbiome. For 3 to 7 days prior to and during your cleanse, take 4 capsules of Oxy Powder either upon arising or at bedtime.

If your intestinal tract already moves well then you can proceed with the Liver Gallbladder Cleanse.

Dr. Edward Group is someone very experienced with the liver G/B cleanse, and he said: “I used to believe one liver/gallbladder cleanse was sufficient, but after reviewing thousands of cases, I realized a minimum of 3 and sometimes up to 20 L/G cleanses are required to effectively detoxify the liver and gallbladder and activate the body’s self-healing power. I wait 5 to 10 days before repeating the Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse, but this depends on the individual and how many toxins they possess. Once you feel up to it, you can begin the 2^nd and 3^rd cleanse. I also recommend working with a healthcare practitioner who can monitor your results and assist you in the healing process.”

Ingredients for this Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse are recommended to be all organic:

• 1 gallon of apple juice (ideally fresh pressed organic). The malic acid in the apple juice helps soften stones and dissolves stagnant bile that may be present. You can use distilled water instead of apple juice if you are allergic to apples or need to watch you sugar due to diabetes. If you feel the need to avoid the fruit sugar in apple juice, you can use one gallon of pure water to which you’d add one bottle of Livatrex.
• 2 ounces (1 full bottle) Livatrex: Needed to support a signaling to the liver so it can detoxify itself and rebuild its ability to filter the blood more effectively and produce a healthier bile for the flush.
• Organic ingredients for making the Liver/Gallbladder Soup
• Organic Fruits for breakfast each morning
• 8 oz. Organic Nuts or 3 Organic Avocados with 1 Organic Lime or Lemon for the mid-afternoon snack on day 5. (Choose one or the other)
• 6 oz. of Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, this is needed to trigger the liver the dump accumulated bile from the gallbladder and into the small intestines, resulting in a cleansing of the liver, and potential removal of gallstones.
• Enough organic oranges to make a 6 oz drink of fresh orange juice.
• 1 bottle of Oxy-Powder
• 1 bottle of Enterogenic Intensive: needed to supply the intestinal tract with the probiotics needed to improve your microbiome. Which results in improved intestinal and whole-body health.
• 1 bottle of Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (available and most health food stores)
• Acti-Mag Plus or Epsom salts needed to support a relaxation of the bile ducts allowing smaller gallstones to exit more assuredly and move the bowels gently. Acti-Mag Plus, is an option to Epsom Salts. It is a better absorbed form of magnesium and pleasant tasting.
• 1 - box of  Continual-G: dramatically supports intracellular glutathione production, needed to improve liver health, function and detoxification power of the entire body. Also supports optimal organ and tissue health. This will support a stronger detoxification of the liver on the day of the flush.
• 1 – bottle of AminoGest: supports your energy, detoxification, immunity, blood sugar and mood. This will make the 5^th day much easier to endure. Can be used to optimize your energy on this more spartan diet.
• Homocysteine Resist: 1 capsule daily. The co-enzymatic B vitamins supports your energy, mental clarity, mood, and strength. Works with AminoGest. Can be used to optimize your energy on this more spartan diet.

During the first 5 days of cleansing, I recommend the following dietary instructions:

1. Upon arising drink only water or eat only fruit until 12 p.m. or lunchtime. Eat liver and gallbladder supporting organic fruits for breakfast each morning. These include melons, and fresh fruits of all types. For lunch and dinner, eat fresh vegetables, homemade vegetable soups, or salads containing liver and gallbladder detoxifying vegetables such as artichoke, asparagus, carrots, beets, broccoli, cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts, garlic, spinach, romaine lettuce, onions, and cauliflower. Snack should consist of organic raw seed or nuts such as sunflower, walnuts, brazil nuts or almonds.

2. Avoid consuming any substance that is toxic to the body, such as coffee, pasteurized milk, alcohol, or soft drinks during this cleanse. These liquids will stress your liver and therefore may decrease the effectiveness of the liver and gallbladder cleanse. For optimal results drink only distilled water in addition to your cleansing mixture during the day.

It is best to begin the Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse on a Tuesday or Wednesday so on Day 5 (Saturday or Sunday) you will be at home in a relaxing setting and near a bathroom.

If your digestive tract operates at such a speed that eating 4 times per day is more than you need, then do not bother with the mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, instead eat only 2 meals per day.

Examples of meals to eat on days 1 through 4

Meal #1 of the Day: Breakfast

Have breakfast between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. Eat organic fresh fruit or drink freshly squeezed fruit juice. Eat or drink only fruit. Eat what you crave and digests well. Remember, with fresh fruit we are supporting the body’s elimination abilities.
 

Meal #2 of the day: MID-MORNING SNACK

(Should be eaten halfway between breakfast and lunch)

For a nice brunch, you can snack on one of the following items: Choose A, B, or C. (For example, you might eat A on Mondays, B on Tuesdays, C on Wednesdays, and so on).

A – Raw Nuts or Seeds: Nuts and Seeds to Choose From: Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, pumpkin seeds, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, and walnuts. I personally purchase most of my nuts and seeds from sunorganicfarm.com.

B – Organic Super Green Food Supplement: supplement with high-quality green powder mix such as Greens First. Add one scoop to 10 to 16 ounces of distilled or purified water. This is fast and easy and provides your body with more nutritional value than several pounds of vegetables.

C – Organic Avocado: Cut your avocado and add some Himalayan or Celtic salt with pepper with some fresh lime juice over it before eating. One avocado has 4.15mg of vitamin E alpha-tocopherol, making it the highest vitamin E source of any fruit. Avocados also contain four times more beta-sitosterol than any other fruit. Beta-sitosterol may support prostate and cholesterol health.

Meal #3 of the day: Lunch – Vegetables + Starch

Have lunch between 11:30a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Steam the vegetables you like or have salad of either fresh mixed baby lettuce greens, romaine, or iceberg lettuce. Use avocado, flax oil or olive oil with balsamic vinegar and some Celtic Salt, Braggs Liquid Aminos or Coconut Aminos for a dressing.

CHOOSE A STARCHY FOOD FROM BELOW TO ACCOMPANY YOUR STEAMED VEGETABLES OR   SALAD: Potatoes (baked or steamed), cooked whole grains of any kind that you prefer and tolerate, squashes, sprouted grain breads, soaked sprouted and cooked legumes/beans.

MEAL #4 OF THE DAY: DINNER – Vegetable + protein + fat

It’s best to have dinner between 6 and 8 p.m. Animal derived proteins are the best proteins to supply the body with all the amino acids in sufficient amounts to support whole body health.

How you prepare your animal proteins is going to determine how health giving they are for you. In their fresh raw state, meats contain bioregulator peptides, immune factors, thymic hormones, hormones, antioxidants, RNA, DNA, peptides, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids and more. According to the Max Plank Instituted, cooking destroys 50% or more of all the protein structures, rendering the animal protein full of toxic and inflammatory chemicals. Consuming meats in their fresh and raw state is the most regenerative food known.

In the books We Want To Live and The Recipe For Living Without Disease, you will learn of how Aajonus Vonderplanitz miraculously recovered his health on raw meats, raw dairy, raw eggs, raw vegetable juice and unheated honey. People around the world have heard his story and embraced this diet. In virtually every case the persons health improves, or they heal completely. This diet is called the Primal Diet and has been the diet that I have primarily adhered to from 1997 to now. All animal proteins should come from pasture raised animals that are hormone and antibiotic free and raised on organic or non-GMO crops.

If you are not willing to eat meats in their raw state, then the next best method of cooking your animal proteins, is with boiling or steaming. Boiling or steaming reaches the temperature of 212 degrees, which is far less than the 350 to 450 temperatures of the oven, stove, or barbeque.  This means there is far less damage to the amino acids that make up the meat and far less oxidation of the fat. Less Advanced Glycation End Products. The less you cook your meats the better. The best way to cook your meats would be to drop your meat into boiling water and let cook long enough to cook the outside only and leaving the inside 80% raw. This will give you a lot of the benefits while improving the palatability.

If you see the wisdom of eating animal meats in their raw state, then it is best to eat only small amounts of vegetables with your raw meat meal. Such as those vegetables that confer spice heat and flavor like onions, jalapeno, ginger, garlic, etc. If you are going to cook your animal meats, then you are welcome to either eat a fresh vegetable salad or steamed vegetables with your meat meal as you will need the fiber from the vegetables to help eliminated the cooked fiberless meat. Mix 1-2 tablespoons of Flax Oil or cold-pressed olive oil into your salad or poured over your cooled down steamed vegetables.

SOURCES OF HEALTHY PROTEIN

• Cold-water fish (wild salmon or Whole Foods Farmed Salmon, cod, halibut, sole, haddock), preferably consumed sushi style, with ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce. For those with weak digestion and unable to palatably eat raw fish, the in the alternative, steam your fish.
• Raw cheese from grass pastured cows. Go to realmilk.com to find a supplier in your state.
• Pastured Eggs – soft boiled or blended up raw with fruit or fruit juice
• Legumes & grains should be soaked, then pressure or crock pot cooked.
• Grass pastured, beef, bison, pork, lamb, goat, mutton, and emu
• Pasture raised chicken, turkey, and rabbit
• Green Meadow Whey protein powder – found at bestwheyprotein.net

I like the following seasonings, Celtic Salt, Spike, Black or White Pepper, Jalapeno Sauce, Garlic or Onion powder, Tamari, Nama Shoyu, Braggs Liquid Aminos, Coconut Aminos and any herb or spice that appeals to my senses. Frontier Cooperative has many herbal seasonings.

When it comes to eating healthy raw meats, top sirloin steak is tender and delicious with minimal seasoning. However, adding salt, pepper, cut up tomatoes or cut up purple onions can enhance how delicious a raw steak meal can be.

When it comes to the less palatable meats in their raw state, like chicken, turkey, pork, or lamb, I marinate these in a small amount of balsamic vinegar for 8 or more hour, which gives them a partially cooked texture. Then I season them as I would my top sirloin steak and eat. Also, much like using wasabi to eat sushi, using spices that confer heat to your raw meat meals makes all the difference. Such as fresh jalapeno or organic Jalapeno sauce, ginger sauce, cayenne pepper, garlic, and onions, should be used in each raw meat meal.

If you want to live to 125 years of age, free of all disease, with a keen functioning brain, then use the power of raw meats and raw animal fats in your diet. To overcome your bias against eating raw meats that we all have, please get the books We Want To Live & The Recipe For Living Without Disease, both by the late Aajonus Vonderplanitz.

This procedure is not recommended if you have large gallstones. If you have or suspect you have large gallstones and it is “flushed” into the common bile duct, you may block the duct and have a medical emergency. If you are not sure, then get an ultrasound to confirm the size of your gallstones! If large gallstones exist, then first get an ultrasound, then perform 3 months of drinking a combination of Apple Juice and Super Phos at a rate of 90 drops of Super Phos to each quart of Apple Juice. Drink 3 to 4 cups of this Apple Juice and Super Phos combination daily for 3 months. Additionally, you should add 3 capsules of Ox Bile with each meal that has fat in it. After three months of this combination, you should then do another ultrasound to see if the stones are small enough to safely perform the flush.

Instructions for Performing the Liver & Gallbladder Cleanse

Days 1 through 4 do the following – Create your 1 gallon of Apple Juice & Livatrex Drink. Which consists of adding 1 – 2oz bottle of Livatrex to one gallon of organic apple juice or distilled water. Shake and refrigerate. Drink 1 quart of this per day for the next 4 days. Upon arising and on an empty stomach consume 1 capsule of Enterogenic Intensivewith water. If bowels are working well, then exclude Enterogenic Intensive.

Apple Juice & Livatrex Drinking schedule Example: In the morning drink one 8-ounce glass with 1 sachet of Continual-G, and if energy or blood sugar stability are required, then also swallow down 5 caps of AminoGest and 1 capsule of Homocysteine Resist. Then drink only the Apple juice and Livatrex combination at12 pm, 3 pm and 6 pm. Make sure you drink the mixture 1 hour before or after your meals.

If constipated then BEFORE BED: Take 4 capsules of Oxy Powder.

On Day 5 Do The Following: Eat only fruit in the morning. For lunch to maximize the liver’s ability to detoxify, choose a combination of foods which are high in naturally occurring sulphur to promote glutathione production. The ingredients in the liver gallbladder soup include onion carrot, garlic, beet, turmeric, and oregano. The combination of these foods will help your liver purge toxins during the cleansing process. Other liver and gallbladder detoxifying foods ar artichoke, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts, cand cauliflower which may also be added to the soup if you wish.

Due to your restricted intake of food on day five low blood sugar issues may arise. If you are prone to this, then at lunch time and at 6 p.m. you take 5 capsules of AminoGest and 1 capsule of Homocysteine Resist. Together these will contribute greatly to keeping your blood sugar normal and your energy up.

Dr. Group’s Organic Liver/Gallbladder Soup

• 1 Organic Beet – chopped
• 2 Organic Carrots – chopped
• 10 Organic Garlic Cloves – Minced
• ½ Organic Onion – chopped
• 1 Teaspoon Himalayan or Celtic Salt
• ½ Teaspoon Organic Turmeric
• ½ Teaspoon Organic Oregano

Pour 32 ounces of purified water into a soup pot. Add all the ingredients to the water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and then simmer on low heat for one hour. Eat this soup for your lunch. After your meal, refrigerate and save the remaining portion of your soup for tomorrow’s lunch meal.

Lunch Option 2: (Water Meal) – If you are not hungry of you feel that you can fast through lunch, drink as much pure water as is comfortable. For every 32 ounces of water, you drink you can add 2 tsp. of Organic Apple Cider Vinegar.

5 PM: Acti-Mag Plus- Mix 3 scoops of Acti-Mag Plus or 1.5 tbsp. of Epsom Salts into 8 ounces of warm water. It is advisable to be near a bathroom when drinking Acti-Mag Plus or Epsom Salts as some people experience loose stools within 30 minutes after ingestion.

7 PM: Acti-Mag Plus- Mix 3 scoops of Acti-Mag Plus or 1.5 tbsp. of Epsom Salts into 8 ounces of warm water. It is advisable to be near a bathroom when drinking Acti-Mag Plus or Epsom Salts as some people experience loose stools within 30 minutes after ingestion.

9 PM to 10 PM: Olive Oil + Juice - Drink ¾ cup (6 ounces) of organic extra virgin olive oil, mixed with 6 ounces of fresh squeezed orange juice. Immediately after drinking the oil & citrus juice drink, go to bed and lie on your right side with your knees drawn up to your stomach.

After 30 minutes, you can stretch out and go to sleep. If you experience cramping, walk around for ten minutes, or so and then go back to bed. You may also feel nauseated during the night. This is due to the release of stored toxins from the liver and gallbladder. This is normal and a sign the Cleanse is working.

If you feel the need to vomit, do so as this will help release toxins. If you vomit, this is a sign your body is extremely toxic, and you should consider repeating the L/G Cleanse after a five-day break. Do not take any other supplements this night.

Congratulations! You have just completed your first Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse. Green pea size balls may appear in your stool over the next one to two days. You can fish these out of the toilet with a strainer and put a few on a plate. Cut through them with a knife. If they are green, and soft as butter, then this is congealed olive oil. If they are brown or are hard and have concentric rings inside, then these are gallstones. Either way this procedure helps cleanse the liver, even if you do not have stones.
 

A Big Thanks goes to a man I consider a spiritual brother, Dr. Edward Group who created this cleanse and for getting the word out there about the health benefits realized from doing a series of 3 to 20 cleanses, spaced 5 to 10 days apart. I Stephen Heuer, BS Nutripath have only slightly modified this cleanse based upon my education and experience for the purpose of potentially improving its therapeutic results and making it easier to follow.

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