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Lessons from the Miracle Doctors:Chapter 13 CLEANSING YOUR LIVER AND BLOOD
Lessons from the Miracle Doctors
Chapter 13
CLEANSING YOUR LIVER AND BLOOD
Detoxifying Your Liver
Our liver is the primary filter of our body. Good health is impossible without proper function
of the liver. Unfortunately, over time, we so abuse it and so overtax it that illness is the inevitable
result. As part of a program to rebuild and repair the liver, we must:
>Remove all the excess fat from the liver
>Get bile flowing freely again
>Eliminate toxic waste that our livers have filtered out
>Dissolve and pass out the accumulated gall stones that are stored in our livers.
>Regenerate the damaged and destroyed cells of the liver.
Next to the skin, the liver is the largest organ in the body. In many ways, it is the most important organ in the body, and the last to be considered when it comes to health. In addition to being large, the liver is also a complicated organ involved in at least 200 separate functions. Generally speaking, the liver performs a vital role in regulating, synthesizing, storing, secreting, transforming,
and breaking down many different substances in the body. Specifically, some of these include:
>Regulation of fat stores
>Cleansing the blood and discharging waste products
>Neutralizing and destroying poisons
>Protein metabolism,including manufacturing of new body proteins
>Metabolizing alcohol
>Managing chemicals and drugs in the blood
>Aiding the digestive process by the production of bile
>Helping the body resist infections by producing immune factors and by removing bacteria from the blood stream
>Storing vitamins, minerals, and sugars
>Production of quick energy when needed
>Controlling the production and excretion of cholesterol
>Maintaining hormone balance
>Regenerating its own damaged tissue
The liver is so important to our well-being that many healers maintain that most diseases cannot develop in the body (that, in fact, no form of cell degeneration can occur) if the liver is functioning in an efficient, healthy manner. Conversely, an unhealthy liver is very likely at the root of most serious health problems.
So What Harms the Liver?
>Too much protein in the diet. Protein metabolism is especially taxing on the liver since it is the liver which must metabolize complex proteins into simple compounds. The greater the consumption of protein, the greater the stress on the liver.
>Too many simple carbohydrates in the diet. The body converts excess simple carbohydrates into triglycerides, which are then stored in the liver as fat. The more fat stored in the liver, the harder it is for the liver to perform its full range of normal functions.
>Overeating. Too much enzyme deficient food stresses the liver.
>Drug residues. Virtually all of the drugs that we take (medicinal, recreational, chemotherapy, whatever) are processed, purified, and refined in the liver—in preparation for elimination from the body.
>Alcohol causes inflammation of the liver's tissue. Once the liver is inflamed, it can nolonger filter, which causes it to plug up with fat and become even more inflamed. If we consume enough alcohol, we overwhelm the liver's ability to regenerate itself, and the net result is cirrhosis (or hardening) of the liver.
>Toxins, heavy metals, and pesticides. Everything we breathe, eat, and absorb through our skin is purified and refined in the liver.
>Lack of exercise forces the liver to do the elimination work that should be done by the lungs and the skin.
>And of course, there's always liver disease such as chronic Hepatitis C.
What Are the Symptoms of Liver Dysfunction?
>Digestive problems
>Constipation
>Low energy output
>Allergies and hay fever
>Arthritis
>Diabetes
>Hypertension
>Obesity
>Infertility
So What Can Be Done About It?
Fortunately, your liver has an astounding ability to regenerate itself—if you give it a chance.
Giving it a chance means two things:
>The Don'ts
In Chapter 6, we discussed the elements of proper diet. Well, they particularly apply in terms of the liver. You need to eliminate (or at least cut back) the liver stressors in your diet. The sicker you are, the more cleaned up your diet needs to be. If you're suffering from serious liver problems, a raw juice diet may be required to give your liver time to regenerate.
>The Do's
Several times a year, you need to do an herbal detox/flush of your liver. A low level cleanse using betaine hydrochloride and pancreatic enzymes is also helpful.
You need to regularly include nutritional support for the liver. Look for formulas that contain milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb Picrorhiza kurooa,[1]and artichoke or beet leaf.
And Finally, a Word About the Gallbladder
The poor gallbladder. Guilty by being found at the scene of the crime, it is the frequent target of the surgeon's knife. Gallbladder removal is one of the most frequently performed operations in
America.[2]
Understand, the gallbladder is not responsible for the production of gallstones. The liver is the culprit—or rather what we do to the liver. The gallbladder is merely a holding area for bile to be used in the digestion of fats and oils. But if our diets are too high in the wrong kind of oils, if we have allergies to dairy and eggs, low levels of stomach acid, too little fiber in our diets, stress, if the liver is not functioning properly, etc., etc., etc., why then the bile produced in the liver (a mixture of cholesterol, minerals, bile salts, pigment, and lecithin) is of a type and consistency that tends to quickly harden into "stones" before it can be passed out of the gallbladder.[3]
Removing the gallbladder does not remove the problem; it merely removes the symptoms. Yes, it's true that after gallbladder removal you're unlikely to suffer from further gallstones. But on the other hand, you've now traded one problem for two new ones:
1. Since you never corrected the underlying problem of imbalances in the liver, these problems will just continue to get worse—eventually compromising the liver itself.
2. By removing the gallbladder, you also remove its regulating effect on bile. That means that bile is continually dumping into your intestinal tract when it is not needed, and is available in only minimal amounts when it is needed. The net result is chronic digestive problems and probable long-term nutritional deficiencies.
Far better than removing the gallbladder is a seasonal liver/gallbladder flush combined with a periodic liver rebuilding program.
Liver/Gallbladder Flush
By cleansing the liver, we're talking about inducing the liver to purge all of the fats, old cholesterol deposits, gallstones, poisons, drug residues, and toxic waste stored therein. Probably nothing else you do (including even the bowel cleanse and detox) will make a greater difference in your overall health.
[1 Picrorhiza has been shown to protect liver cells from the many degenerative changes that would normally becaused by a variety of liver toxins. It appears to be particularly useful in treating both alcoholic liver damage and chronic viral hepatitis.]
[2 Over a half-million gallbladders are removed each year in the United States.]
[3 Women, incidentally, are four times more likely than men to get gallstones.]
Note: It is vital that you do a colon cleanse before doing the liver cleanse. When the liver dumps, it dumps through the bile duct and out into the colon. If the colon (the drain pipe if you will) is plugged, the waste backs up into the blood stream and can make you feel extremely ill. This is the reason that the "Miracle Doctors" always start with the colon detox. It's the prerequisite for all the other cleanses in the body—and, of course, can also produce dramatic healings in its own right.
The 5-Day Cleanse
This is the Liver/Gallbladder flush recommended by Dr. Richard Schulze—and is the one most people should opt for. It is done in the morning on an empty stomach for 5 days.
First thing on rising, drink 8 ounces of pure water to flush your digestive tract.
An hour later, in a blender, mix up 8 ounces of any fresh squeezed citrus juice (fresh squeezed apple juice or grape juice with all the sediment will work too), one lemon, 1 clove of garlic (increase by 1 clove each day), 1 tablespoon of olive oil (increase by 1 tablespoon each day), and a piece of ginger (about 1-inch long) along with 8- ounces of pure water.
Drink it down and follow with a fresh juice chaser to clear your mouth.
Fifteen minutes after consuming this drink, follow with 2 cups of the liver/detox tea. It is also important to take 2 droppersful of the liver/detox tincture 3-6 times a day while on the 5-day cleanse—and continuing after until the bottle is gone.
The Detox Diet
It is extremely beneficial to incorporate a 2-day raw food and 3-day juice fast into your 5-day cleanse.
> Day 1
During the morning (after your cleansing drink and stopping one hour before lunch), eat all the live fresh fruit or vegetable juice you want. Beet juice is especially good. Do not mix your fruit and vegetable juices together, and feel free to dilute your juices.
For lunch you can have more diluted juice, or a raw vegetable or sprout salad. Absolutely do not use bottled dressing. Make your own dressing from fresh olive oil and lemon or apple cider vinegar and any fresh herbs and spices you of your choice. If you are hungry throughout the day, feel free to snack on fresh vegetables or juices.
For dinner eat fresh fruit or fruit juice or fruit smoothies.
> Days 2-4
After your morning flush, drink diluted juices and herbal tea throughout the day—as much as you can drink. Try to consume 128 ounces during the day.
Also recommended throughout the day is to consume cups of potassium broth. Potassium broth takes advantage of the fact that the outside of a potato is one of the highest plant sources of potassium. Take the peelings (1/4" to 1/2" including the skin) of several potatoes. Do NOT use the inside. Add other well chopped vegetables to taste including carrots (with skin), celery , whole beets (including greens), fresh parsley, and lots of onion and garlic (up to 50 cloves).
Simmer for 40-60 minutes in a covered pot using clean filtered water. Strain out the vegetables, cool and drink the broth. Refrigerate leftover broth in glass containers in the refrigerator for use over the next 2 days.
> Day 5
Same as Day 1
30-Day Cleanse
Eat 1 cup of freshly grated beets mixed with olive oil and lemon for 30 days straight.
Daily use of the liver/detox tea and tincture is also required.
What Can You Expect?
If you are so inclined (and you should be) you should examine what you deposit in the toilet.
Look for "stones." The bile from the liver gives some stones their pea green color. But also look for black stones and red ones and brown ones. And look for stones with blood inside them.
During the course of a cleanse, it's not uncommon to pass some 2,000 of these stones. Be glad. The more you pass, the healthier you become. You may also find untold numbers of tiny
white cholesterol "crystals" mixed in with the waste.
The Liver/Detox Tea & Tincture
The use of an herbal tea and tincture along with the flush is essential.
The Tea
The tea helps with the flushing process itself, but also helps minimize any discomfort or nausea. The key herb in the tea is dandelion root, one of the strongest herbal lipotropics known. That
is to say, it flushes fat deposits from the liver. Other herbs that you will find in a good detox tea include things like ginger, clove, cinnamon, burdock root, and horsetail.
Incidentally, some of the other herbs used in a good liver/detox tea (such as uva ursi, parsley root, and juniper berries) are also extremely beneficial to the kidneys.
Two cups of the tea should be consumed fifteen minutes after drinking your citrus and olive flush. But several cups can and should be consumed throughout the day. In fact, consuming the
liver/detox tea as a regular part of your diet is a pleasant and tasty way to continually optimize your health. (Feel free to sweeten the tea with honey or real maple syrup as desired.)
The Tincture
The tincture is crucial in that it contains herbs that help the liver to rebuild and regenerate itself. A secondary benefit is that it will significantly reduce the liver's release of LDL cholesterol. The key herbs include milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb picrorhiza kurooa (sometimes called kutkin, or "Indian milk
thistle"), and artichoke or beet leaf.
The liver/detox tincture is also a good place to include the antiparasitic herbs such as wormwood and black walnut. Along with the garlic that you are taking with the liver flush, this will
drive virtually any parasite from your body.
Take 2 droppersful 3-6 times a day (depending on your level of illness and your level of discomfort) until the entire bottle is gone.
The Blood
Our blood is filled with many impurities including everything from an overabundance of fats and cholesterol, to toxic heavy metals. These must be removed from the blood for optimum health.
The idea of blood cleansing goes back to the middle ages; and, when you think about it, the concept of "cleaning" the blood probably resonates with today's medical establishment about as
well as bloodletting and philosopher's stones. Nevertheless, it works—and what's more, it even makes sense.
The concept that we eventually overwhelm our body's ability to remove all of the toxins from our blood is not really too hard to imagine, especially if we actually think about what it is we eat
and drink. Does anyone really believe that the body is capable of removing the waste created in a life of eating high-fat fast-food burgers, french fries cooked in beef fat, countless large colas containing 32 teaspoons of sugar, and cream-filled donuts boiled in lard and packed with hydrogenated oil and sugar filling. Then, to top it all off at the end of the day, a half pound of beef jerky
and a bag of pork rinds, accompanied by a six pack of beer just to teach the liver a lesson?
Okay, so maybe you don't do all that. But remember, what you do do, you do day after day, year after year. Eventually:
>Your blood can no longer remove everything you throw at it. It becomes "toxic" and thick—burbling like sludge through your arteries.
>The quality of your blood (cells and plasma) is compromised by the quality of the food you eat. Your blood totally replaces itself every 120 days. How can you possibly expect to be building high-quality blood on a diet of pepperoni pizza, beer, and twinkies?
Eventually, you need to correct the problem on multiple levels, or face long term degenerative illness.
>You have to do a general cleaning of the blood
>You have to remove all of the heavy metals and excess cholesterol
>You have to address the issue of blood pH
>You have to eat the right kinds of food and supplements so that your body can beginproducing, once again, healthy blood.
CLEANSING THE BLOOD
There is no secret as to which herbs cleanse the blood. Despite what medical doctors may think, the efficacy of these herbs has been proved over several hundred years. Just because medical
science doesn't yet know why these herbs work as blood cleansers, doesn't mean that they don't. They do. Any good blood cleansing formula will contain some, or all, of the following
herbs: Red clover blossoms, Burdock root, Chaparral, Periwinkle, and Goldenseal.[1]
The Chelators
Over 300,000 bypasses a year are now performed in US hospitals, at well over $40,000 each. It works out to something like $15 billion dollars a year spent on coronary bypasses. At least 5%
of the patients die from the procedure; even more die not long after from complications such as stroke. But what the heck, it's a small risk and a small price to pay since there's no alternative. Right?
Well, not exactly. As it turns out, there is an alternative that's so effective that in countries such as New Zealand, it's against the law to perform a bypass unless this alternative has been tried first. This treatment is called chelation therapy, and it could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year. Unfortunately, it costs just a fraction of what a coronary bypass or angioplasty costs. In other words, since chelation therapy would cost the medical establishment billions of dollars a year, it's not surprising they don't use it.
Chelation therapy has two pronounced effects on the body.
1. It chelates (or claws) onto heavy metals such as aluminum, lead, and mercury (particularly those located in the cardiovascular system) and pulls them out of your body.
2. By removing heavy metals from the body, chelation therapy significantly reduces the production of free radicals in the blood stream and the consequent scarring of the arterial walls.
The net result for most people is a dramatic improvement in the health and condition of their cardiovascular system. If you're in an advanced state of coronary disease, you should seriously
consider tracking down a doctor who specializes in EDTA chelation therapy.
Note: chelation therapy is not for everyone. It involves going to a doctor's office for a series of approximately 30 four-hour intravenous "drip" sessions. In addition, although it costs a fraction
of what bypass surgery costs, it is not inexpensive—usually running a little over $2,000 for the complete set of 30 sessions. On the other hand, if you are not in an "advanced state," there is an
even easier alternative.
[1 Poke root is one of the greatest blood cleansers, but the FDA has made it difficult to find any formulas that actually incorporate poke root.]
Oral Chelation
Oral chelation is not as quick as chelation therapy, Nevertheless, given a little time, it can do an extremely effective job at cleaning out the blood. Oral chelation formulas are usually based on one of two key ingredients:
> Most formulas are based on EDTA. EDTA works great when administered directly into the blood stream through standard chelation therapy, but it's usefulness when taken orally is open to question. There are some studies that indicate that there may be
less than 5% absorption when taken orally.
> There's really only one oral chelator that's "proven." It's relatively expensive and difficult to handle, which is why you rarely find it (at adequate dosages) in oral chelation formulas. It's cysteine. Oral chelation formulas based on cysteine need to provide a
good 750 mg of cysteine[1] in a day's dosage. The tablets also need to be protected from the air since cysteine oxidizes easily and turns black and smelly when exposed to air. Keep in mind, however, that oral chelation formulas with cysteine have a couple of problems that need to be addressed.
High doses of cysteine can cause kidney stones to form; therefore, the chelation formula must include adequate amounts of vitamin C (about 4,000-5,000 mgs a day) to prevent the formation of kidney stones.
> Also, there is a risk when high levels of cysteine are used that the body will convert it to homocysteine—not good for the heart. High levels of the B vitamins (particularly folic acid), however, will prevent conversion of the cysteine to homocysteine.
Two Low-Cost Chelation Alternatives
> An interesting low-cost alternative may have recently emerged. Initial studies indicate that fresh cilantro may be extremely effective in helping flush heavy metals out of the blood. Taking 400 mg of cilantro a day can pretty much clean heavy metals out of the
body in just 2-3 weeks.[2] Dr. David Williams has a great recipe for cilantro pesto in his June '98 Alternatives newsletter.
Process one cup packed fresh cilantro and six tablespoons of olive oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add one clove garlic; a half cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts, and two tablespoons lemon juice. Blend to a lumpy paste. (Add a little hot water if necessary.) Eat a couple of teaspoons a day for three weeks to
clean out the heavy metals. Repeat 2 or 3 times a year. Be careful; it tastes incredible and is addictive. (Note: the pesto freezes nicely, so you can make several batches at once.)
> The other chelator is malic acid. Malic acid is found in fresh apples and apple cider vinegar. Malic acid is particularly useful in removing aluminum from the body.
[1 As a comparison, the yolk of one egg contains about 250 milligrams of cysteine. But in an egg the cysteine is offset by all the other essential amino acids in the egg.]
[2 This can be determined by tracking the rise and fall of heavy metal levels found in the urine when fresh cilantro is consumed over a 3-week period.]
Balancing pH
Our bodies function in a very narrow range of acid/alkaline balance (pH). Our blood in particular is very sensitive to these changes. Ideally, blood pH should be slightly alkaline at about
7.45. If it varies by even as little as a few tenths of a point, severe illness and death may result. Unfortunately, most of the food we eat is highly acidic (meat, dairy, sodas, alcohol, cooked grains). In the end, it becomes too much for our bodies to handle. If we don't correct the problem by "alkalinizing" the body, disease, sickness, and death are the inevitable result.
What is pH? It's simply the measurement of the acid/alkaline balance of anything.
>On the pH scale, water is neutral and rates a 7.0 on the scale.
>Acids (such as hydrochloric acid and citric acid) are rated as numbers less than 7.0. The further away from 7.0 the number is, the stronger the acid. Cow's milk at 6.5 is slightly acidic; Soft drinks at 3.0 are strongly acidic; and stomach acid at 1.5 is highly acidic.
>Alkaline substances include everything that rates above 7.0 on the pH scale. Again, as with acids, the further away from 7.0 the number, the more alkaline the substance. Blood at 7.45 is slightly alkaline; pancreatic juice in your intestines is strongly alkaline at 8.8, and baking soda at 12.0 is highly alkaline.
Your body has a whole bunch of different pHs that it has to maintain. Your saliva is slightly alkaline. Your stomach is strongly acidic. Your intestines are strongly alkaline. Your urine is acid.
But of all the pHs in your body, the most crucial is your blood. If your blood pH deviates even 5/10ths of a point from its normal pH of 7.45, death is likely. Considering the importance
of pH to the body, it's well worth discussing a little further how it affects the body, and how we can help maintain the proper pH levels in our own bodies.
The importance of pH really boils down to two things:
1. Enzymes. We've already discussed the importance of enzymes. They control every single metabolic function in our bodies, and they are integral to our immune system. As it says in Anatomy and Physiology by Anthony and Thibodeau, "Enzymes function optimally at a specific pH and become inactive if this deviates beyond narrow limits."
2. Oxygen. Every cell in our body requires oxygen for life—and to maintain optimum health. To put it simply, the more acid the blood, the less oxygen is available for use by the cells. Without going into a discussion of the chemistry involved, just understand that it's the same mechanism involved when acid rain "kills" a lake. The fish literally suffocate to death because the acid in the lake "binds up" all of the available oxygen. It's not that the oxygen has gone anywhere; it's just no longer available. Conversely, if you raise the pH of the lake, oxygen is now available and the lake comes back to life. Incidentally, it's worth noting that cancer is related to an acid environment (lack of oxygen). The higher the pH (the more oxygen present in the cells of the body), the harder it is for cancer to thrive.
The bottom line is that a balanced pH is vital. An extended pH imbalance of any kind threatens our well-being—threatens, in fact, our very lives. Managing the pH balance of all of our bodily fluids is so important that our bodies have developed systems to monitor and balance acid-alkaline levels in every cell and bio-system.
What Affects pH in Our Bodies
As I just mentioned, our bodies have developed a system for maintaining pH balance in all of our body fluids. To understand this system better, we need to take a look at what changes pH (usually making us more acid), and how our bodies respond to that change.
> When they are metabolized, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats produce various acids in our bodies. Proteins produce sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. Carbohydrates and fats produce acetic acid and lactic acid. Since these acids are poisonous to the body, they must be eliminated. Unfortunately, they can't be eliminated through the kidneys or large intestine as they would damage these organs.
Acid-Forming Foods
All meats, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy, cooked grains, and refined sugars. (Note: probably at the top of the list in the human diet is soda pop. Not only is it high in refined sugar, which is highly acid forming in and of itself, but most soda pop contains a large amount of phosphoric acid—not to mention carbon dioxide (an end product of the acid neutralization process).
Alkaline-Forming Foods
Only fresh fruits and vegetables are alkaline-forming and help your body maintain a proper pH. (Note: even though citrus fruits are highly acidic, your body treats them as alkaline so that they are highly effective alkalinizers.)
> Since the body cannot eliminate acids through the kidneys, the way it handles them is to neutralize them with the minerals sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Of these, calcium is the most important. Now, here's the key to the whole deal. Your body makes use of a priority system if there are not enough available minerals
to neutralize all of the acids present.
Blood is at the top of the pack. Your body will steal minerals from anywhere and everywhere before it will let your blood go too acidic. Remember, even a slight deviation in blood pH results in death.
Saliva is at the bottom of the pack. Saliva is the first place your body steals minerals from to balance the blood. That's why pH testing saliva provides an early warning system for when you are becoming too acidic. At optimum health, your saliva will test at 7.45. At 6.5-7.0, you'll find yourself frequently succumbing to colds and sickness. At 5.5 and lower, you can pretty much count on the fact that major disease has already taken hold. Virtually, all cancer patients test strongly acidic on a saliva pH test.
Unfortunately, your saliva just doesn't contain that big a reserve of minerals so you soon run out. That places your bones next on the priority list. Surprise, your bones are your body's prime mineral reserve. That's right, if your diet is too acid forming (too much meat, dairy, carbohydrates, and sugars), your body will begin
leaching calcium from your bones to balance the pH and avoid death. In effect, your body says osteoporosis is preferable to death.
How Can We Help?
> Change your diet. Follow the guideline laid out in Chapter 6
>In addition, there are several special alkalinizing agents available.
Your health food store has alkalinizing teas or drops available.
There is a machine from Japan that will "micronize" your water. What it actually does is take your tap water and divide it in two. One stream is acidic and can be used for washing and cleaning. The other steam is alkaline and is used for drinking. It works really well. Unfortunately, it's really expensive—about $1,200.
One of the best alternatives is to simply magnetize your water. Applying a magnetic field to a pitcher of water for a short period of time will make it more alkaline. It also offers the added advantage of lessening the surface tension, which makes the water wetter and more usable by the cells of your body.
General Recommendations
Liver
> LIVER/GALLBLADDER FLUSH. A liver/gallbladder flush 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill)to eliminate any accumulation of liver fat, toxins, and incipient gallstones ismandatory .
> LIVER REBUILDING TONIC. In addition to flushing, you need to regularly partake of a liver rebuilding tonic. Such a tonic does three things. Herbs such as milk thistle stimulate the liver to rebuild itself. Picrorhiza kurooa serves to protect the liver. And herbs such as dandelion root, barberry, artichoke, and beet leaf are lipotropics that help to clean the fat out of the liver.
> Regular consumption of fresh apple/beet juice is profoundly beneficial to the liver.
> Note: never do a liver cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the liver.
Blood
> CLEANSING. 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill) you need to go on an herbal cleansing of the blood.
- Note: never do a blood cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the blood.
> Oral Chelation. 3-4 times a year for a period of 2-3 weeks at a time, use either:
-Cilantro pesto as described earlier in the chapter.
-Malic acid tablets.
-If you want, you can also use one of the low-level oral chelators on the market.
>Alkalinize or Die.
-Cut way back on acid-producing foods such as meat, dairy, sugar, soda pop, refined grains, etc. Add alkalinizing foods to your diet.
-Drink water that has been magnetized. Magnetizing raises the pH by almost one full point.
-One final thought on pH. It really makes sense to test the pH of your saliva on a regular basis as a touchstone of your overall health. You can pick up pH paper specifically designed for this purpose at most health food stores. Make sure you test in the morning before brushing or eating as these things can temporarily alter the pH in your mouth. Just spit out a couple of times into the sink, then onto the pH paper. Ideally, your pH should be about 7.45. If it tests below 7.0, you should get aggressive in terms of alkalinizing your body.
> Fasting. There are any number of books on fasting to help guide you through the process. The principles of fasting are simple.
-First, when you deprive your body of food, your body begins to consume itself to survive. Being geared to self-survival, your body chooses to consume damaged cells and toxic cells first, saving the healthiest for later.
-It takes a tremendous amount of energy, and puts a tremendous strain on your body's organs, to process food. (Check your heart rate after eating a large meal and observe how exhausted you feel.) When you fast, your body diverts that energy to repair and rebuilding.
-No matter what medical doctors may say, the process works. In fact, a simple thought that should clue you in to the necessity for periodic fasting is the fact that human beings are the only animals that eat when they're sick. Think about that for a moment. Have you ever observed how dogs or cats, for example, stop eating while they're recovering. They intuitively understand the healing power of fasting. There are three levels of fasting worth considering.
- The pure water fast. This is the most powerful, but also produces the most toxic side effects. I do not recommend it unless you have a great deal of experience in fasting or are working directly with a qualified healer.
- Juice fasting. Fasting on fresh juices helps smooth out many of the negatives of fasting.
- Spirulina or Chlorella fasting. Even gentler is supplementing your juice fast with spirulina or chlorella throughout the day.
The one thing you need to be careful of while fasting is the build up of ketones in the body. Make sure you drink large amounts of water to flush the ketones from your body.
One final note on fasting. In Chapter 3, we discussed the herbal colon-activator formula that provides both cleansing and healing to the entire gastrointestinal system. It's highly recommended that you use such a formula while fasting to accelerate removal of toxins from the colon. If not, you will have to take a colonic or an enema every day.
Next Post on Chapter 14
OPTIMIZING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 13
CLEANSING YOUR LIVER AND BLOOD
Detoxifying Your Liver
Our liver is the primary filter of our body. Good health is impossible without proper function
of the liver. Unfortunately, over time, we so abuse it and so overtax it that illness is the inevitable
result. As part of a program to rebuild and repair the liver, we must:
>Remove all the excess fat from the liver
>Get bile flowing freely again
>Eliminate toxic waste that our livers have filtered out
>Dissolve and pass out the accumulated gall stones that are stored in our livers.
>Regenerate the damaged and destroyed cells of the liver.
Next to the skin, the liver is the largest organ in the body. In many ways, it is the most important organ in the body, and the last to be considered when it comes to health. In addition to being large, the liver is also a complicated organ involved in at least 200 separate functions. Generally speaking, the liver performs a vital role in regulating, synthesizing, storing, secreting, transforming,
and breaking down many different substances in the body. Specifically, some of these include:
>Regulation of fat stores
>Cleansing the blood and discharging waste products
>Neutralizing and destroying poisons
>Protein metabolism,including manufacturing of new body proteins
>Metabolizing alcohol
>Managing chemicals and drugs in the blood
>Aiding the digestive process by the production of bile
>Helping the body resist infections by producing immune factors and by removing bacteria from the blood stream
>Storing vitamins, minerals, and sugars
>Production of quick energy when needed
>Controlling the production and excretion of cholesterol
>Maintaining hormone balance
>Regenerating its own damaged tissue
The liver is so important to our well-being that many healers maintain that most diseases cannot develop in the body (that, in fact, no form of cell degeneration can occur) if the liver is functioning in an efficient, healthy manner. Conversely, an unhealthy liver is very likely at the root of most serious health problems.
So What Harms the Liver?
>Too much protein in the diet. Protein metabolism is especially taxing on the liver since it is the liver which must metabolize complex proteins into simple compounds. The greater the consumption of protein, the greater the stress on the liver.
>Too many simple carbohydrates in the diet. The body converts excess simple carbohydrates into triglycerides, which are then stored in the liver as fat. The more fat stored in the liver, the harder it is for the liver to perform its full range of normal functions.
>Overeating. Too much enzyme deficient food stresses the liver.
>Drug residues. Virtually all of the drugs that we take (medicinal, recreational, chemotherapy, whatever) are processed, purified, and refined in the liver—in preparation for elimination from the body.
>Alcohol causes inflammation of the liver's tissue. Once the liver is inflamed, it can nolonger filter, which causes it to plug up with fat and become even more inflamed. If we consume enough alcohol, we overwhelm the liver's ability to regenerate itself, and the net result is cirrhosis (or hardening) of the liver.
>Toxins, heavy metals, and pesticides. Everything we breathe, eat, and absorb through our skin is purified and refined in the liver.
>Lack of exercise forces the liver to do the elimination work that should be done by the lungs and the skin.
>And of course, there's always liver disease such as chronic Hepatitis C.
What Are the Symptoms of Liver Dysfunction?
>Digestive problems
>Constipation
>Low energy output
>Allergies and hay fever
>Arthritis
>Diabetes
>Hypertension
>Obesity
>Infertility
So What Can Be Done About It?
Fortunately, your liver has an astounding ability to regenerate itself—if you give it a chance.
Giving it a chance means two things:
>The Don'ts
In Chapter 6, we discussed the elements of proper diet. Well, they particularly apply in terms of the liver. You need to eliminate (or at least cut back) the liver stressors in your diet. The sicker you are, the more cleaned up your diet needs to be. If you're suffering from serious liver problems, a raw juice diet may be required to give your liver time to regenerate.
>The Do's
Several times a year, you need to do an herbal detox/flush of your liver. A low level cleanse using betaine hydrochloride and pancreatic enzymes is also helpful.
You need to regularly include nutritional support for the liver. Look for formulas that contain milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb Picrorhiza kurooa,[1]and artichoke or beet leaf.
And Finally, a Word About the Gallbladder
The poor gallbladder. Guilty by being found at the scene of the crime, it is the frequent target of the surgeon's knife. Gallbladder removal is one of the most frequently performed operations in
America.[2]
Understand, the gallbladder is not responsible for the production of gallstones. The liver is the culprit—or rather what we do to the liver. The gallbladder is merely a holding area for bile to be used in the digestion of fats and oils. But if our diets are too high in the wrong kind of oils, if we have allergies to dairy and eggs, low levels of stomach acid, too little fiber in our diets, stress, if the liver is not functioning properly, etc., etc., etc., why then the bile produced in the liver (a mixture of cholesterol, minerals, bile salts, pigment, and lecithin) is of a type and consistency that tends to quickly harden into "stones" before it can be passed out of the gallbladder.[3]
Removing the gallbladder does not remove the problem; it merely removes the symptoms. Yes, it's true that after gallbladder removal you're unlikely to suffer from further gallstones. But on the other hand, you've now traded one problem for two new ones:
1. Since you never corrected the underlying problem of imbalances in the liver, these problems will just continue to get worse—eventually compromising the liver itself.
2. By removing the gallbladder, you also remove its regulating effect on bile. That means that bile is continually dumping into your intestinal tract when it is not needed, and is available in only minimal amounts when it is needed. The net result is chronic digestive problems and probable long-term nutritional deficiencies.
Far better than removing the gallbladder is a seasonal liver/gallbladder flush combined with a periodic liver rebuilding program.
Liver/Gallbladder Flush
By cleansing the liver, we're talking about inducing the liver to purge all of the fats, old cholesterol deposits, gallstones, poisons, drug residues, and toxic waste stored therein. Probably nothing else you do (including even the bowel cleanse and detox) will make a greater difference in your overall health.
[1 Picrorhiza has been shown to protect liver cells from the many degenerative changes that would normally becaused by a variety of liver toxins. It appears to be particularly useful in treating both alcoholic liver damage and chronic viral hepatitis.]
[2 Over a half-million gallbladders are removed each year in the United States.]
[3 Women, incidentally, are four times more likely than men to get gallstones.]
Note: It is vital that you do a colon cleanse before doing the liver cleanse. When the liver dumps, it dumps through the bile duct and out into the colon. If the colon (the drain pipe if you will) is plugged, the waste backs up into the blood stream and can make you feel extremely ill. This is the reason that the "Miracle Doctors" always start with the colon detox. It's the prerequisite for all the other cleanses in the body—and, of course, can also produce dramatic healings in its own right.
The 5-Day Cleanse
This is the Liver/Gallbladder flush recommended by Dr. Richard Schulze—and is the one most people should opt for. It is done in the morning on an empty stomach for 5 days.
First thing on rising, drink 8 ounces of pure water to flush your digestive tract.
An hour later, in a blender, mix up 8 ounces of any fresh squeezed citrus juice (fresh squeezed apple juice or grape juice with all the sediment will work too), one lemon, 1 clove of garlic (increase by 1 clove each day), 1 tablespoon of olive oil (increase by 1 tablespoon each day), and a piece of ginger (about 1-inch long) along with 8- ounces of pure water.
Drink it down and follow with a fresh juice chaser to clear your mouth.
Fifteen minutes after consuming this drink, follow with 2 cups of the liver/detox tea. It is also important to take 2 droppersful of the liver/detox tincture 3-6 times a day while on the 5-day cleanse—and continuing after until the bottle is gone.
The Detox Diet
It is extremely beneficial to incorporate a 2-day raw food and 3-day juice fast into your 5-day cleanse.
> Day 1
During the morning (after your cleansing drink and stopping one hour before lunch), eat all the live fresh fruit or vegetable juice you want. Beet juice is especially good. Do not mix your fruit and vegetable juices together, and feel free to dilute your juices.
For lunch you can have more diluted juice, or a raw vegetable or sprout salad. Absolutely do not use bottled dressing. Make your own dressing from fresh olive oil and lemon or apple cider vinegar and any fresh herbs and spices you of your choice. If you are hungry throughout the day, feel free to snack on fresh vegetables or juices.
For dinner eat fresh fruit or fruit juice or fruit smoothies.
> Days 2-4
After your morning flush, drink diluted juices and herbal tea throughout the day—as much as you can drink. Try to consume 128 ounces during the day.
Also recommended throughout the day is to consume cups of potassium broth. Potassium broth takes advantage of the fact that the outside of a potato is one of the highest plant sources of potassium. Take the peelings (1/4" to 1/2" including the skin) of several potatoes. Do NOT use the inside. Add other well chopped vegetables to taste including carrots (with skin), celery , whole beets (including greens), fresh parsley, and lots of onion and garlic (up to 50 cloves).
Simmer for 40-60 minutes in a covered pot using clean filtered water. Strain out the vegetables, cool and drink the broth. Refrigerate leftover broth in glass containers in the refrigerator for use over the next 2 days.
> Day 5
Same as Day 1
30-Day Cleanse
Eat 1 cup of freshly grated beets mixed with olive oil and lemon for 30 days straight.
Daily use of the liver/detox tea and tincture is also required.
What Can You Expect?
If you are so inclined (and you should be) you should examine what you deposit in the toilet.
Look for "stones." The bile from the liver gives some stones their pea green color. But also look for black stones and red ones and brown ones. And look for stones with blood inside them.
During the course of a cleanse, it's not uncommon to pass some 2,000 of these stones. Be glad. The more you pass, the healthier you become. You may also find untold numbers of tiny
white cholesterol "crystals" mixed in with the waste.
The Liver/Detox Tea & Tincture
The use of an herbal tea and tincture along with the flush is essential.
The Tea
The tea helps with the flushing process itself, but also helps minimize any discomfort or nausea. The key herb in the tea is dandelion root, one of the strongest herbal lipotropics known. That
is to say, it flushes fat deposits from the liver. Other herbs that you will find in a good detox tea include things like ginger, clove, cinnamon, burdock root, and horsetail.
Incidentally, some of the other herbs used in a good liver/detox tea (such as uva ursi, parsley root, and juniper berries) are also extremely beneficial to the kidneys.
Two cups of the tea should be consumed fifteen minutes after drinking your citrus and olive flush. But several cups can and should be consumed throughout the day. In fact, consuming the
liver/detox tea as a regular part of your diet is a pleasant and tasty way to continually optimize your health. (Feel free to sweeten the tea with honey or real maple syrup as desired.)
The Tincture
The tincture is crucial in that it contains herbs that help the liver to rebuild and regenerate itself. A secondary benefit is that it will significantly reduce the liver's release of LDL cholesterol. The key herbs include milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb picrorhiza kurooa (sometimes called kutkin, or "Indian milk
thistle"), and artichoke or beet leaf.
The liver/detox tincture is also a good place to include the antiparasitic herbs such as wormwood and black walnut. Along with the garlic that you are taking with the liver flush, this will
drive virtually any parasite from your body.
Take 2 droppersful 3-6 times a day (depending on your level of illness and your level of discomfort) until the entire bottle is gone.
The Blood
Our blood is filled with many impurities including everything from an overabundance of fats and cholesterol, to toxic heavy metals. These must be removed from the blood for optimum health.
The idea of blood cleansing goes back to the middle ages; and, when you think about it, the concept of "cleaning" the blood probably resonates with today's medical establishment about as
well as bloodletting and philosopher's stones. Nevertheless, it works—and what's more, it even makes sense.
The concept that we eventually overwhelm our body's ability to remove all of the toxins from our blood is not really too hard to imagine, especially if we actually think about what it is we eat
and drink. Does anyone really believe that the body is capable of removing the waste created in a life of eating high-fat fast-food burgers, french fries cooked in beef fat, countless large colas containing 32 teaspoons of sugar, and cream-filled donuts boiled in lard and packed with hydrogenated oil and sugar filling. Then, to top it all off at the end of the day, a half pound of beef jerky
and a bag of pork rinds, accompanied by a six pack of beer just to teach the liver a lesson?
Okay, so maybe you don't do all that. But remember, what you do do, you do day after day, year after year. Eventually:
>Your blood can no longer remove everything you throw at it. It becomes "toxic" and thick—burbling like sludge through your arteries.
>The quality of your blood (cells and plasma) is compromised by the quality of the food you eat. Your blood totally replaces itself every 120 days. How can you possibly expect to be building high-quality blood on a diet of pepperoni pizza, beer, and twinkies?
Eventually, you need to correct the problem on multiple levels, or face long term degenerative illness.
>You have to do a general cleaning of the blood
>You have to remove all of the heavy metals and excess cholesterol
>You have to address the issue of blood pH
>You have to eat the right kinds of food and supplements so that your body can beginproducing, once again, healthy blood.
CLEANSING THE BLOOD
There is no secret as to which herbs cleanse the blood. Despite what medical doctors may think, the efficacy of these herbs has been proved over several hundred years. Just because medical
science doesn't yet know why these herbs work as blood cleansers, doesn't mean that they don't. They do. Any good blood cleansing formula will contain some, or all, of the following
herbs: Red clover blossoms, Burdock root, Chaparral, Periwinkle, and Goldenseal.[1]
The Chelators
Over 300,000 bypasses a year are now performed in US hospitals, at well over $40,000 each. It works out to something like $15 billion dollars a year spent on coronary bypasses. At least 5%
of the patients die from the procedure; even more die not long after from complications such as stroke. But what the heck, it's a small risk and a small price to pay since there's no alternative. Right?
Well, not exactly. As it turns out, there is an alternative that's so effective that in countries such as New Zealand, it's against the law to perform a bypass unless this alternative has been tried first. This treatment is called chelation therapy, and it could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year. Unfortunately, it costs just a fraction of what a coronary bypass or angioplasty costs. In other words, since chelation therapy would cost the medical establishment billions of dollars a year, it's not surprising they don't use it.
Chelation therapy has two pronounced effects on the body.
1. It chelates (or claws) onto heavy metals such as aluminum, lead, and mercury (particularly those located in the cardiovascular system) and pulls them out of your body.
2. By removing heavy metals from the body, chelation therapy significantly reduces the production of free radicals in the blood stream and the consequent scarring of the arterial walls.
The net result for most people is a dramatic improvement in the health and condition of their cardiovascular system. If you're in an advanced state of coronary disease, you should seriously
consider tracking down a doctor who specializes in EDTA chelation therapy.
Note: chelation therapy is not for everyone. It involves going to a doctor's office for a series of approximately 30 four-hour intravenous "drip" sessions. In addition, although it costs a fraction
of what bypass surgery costs, it is not inexpensive—usually running a little over $2,000 for the complete set of 30 sessions. On the other hand, if you are not in an "advanced state," there is an
even easier alternative.
[1 Poke root is one of the greatest blood cleansers, but the FDA has made it difficult to find any formulas that actually incorporate poke root.]
Oral Chelation
Oral chelation is not as quick as chelation therapy, Nevertheless, given a little time, it can do an extremely effective job at cleaning out the blood. Oral chelation formulas are usually based on one of two key ingredients:
> Most formulas are based on EDTA. EDTA works great when administered directly into the blood stream through standard chelation therapy, but it's usefulness when taken orally is open to question. There are some studies that indicate that there may be
less than 5% absorption when taken orally.
> There's really only one oral chelator that's "proven." It's relatively expensive and difficult to handle, which is why you rarely find it (at adequate dosages) in oral chelation formulas. It's cysteine. Oral chelation formulas based on cysteine need to provide a
good 750 mg of cysteine[1] in a day's dosage. The tablets also need to be protected from the air since cysteine oxidizes easily and turns black and smelly when exposed to air. Keep in mind, however, that oral chelation formulas with cysteine have a couple of problems that need to be addressed.
High doses of cysteine can cause kidney stones to form; therefore, the chelation formula must include adequate amounts of vitamin C (about 4,000-5,000 mgs a day) to prevent the formation of kidney stones.
> Also, there is a risk when high levels of cysteine are used that the body will convert it to homocysteine—not good for the heart. High levels of the B vitamins (particularly folic acid), however, will prevent conversion of the cysteine to homocysteine.
Two Low-Cost Chelation Alternatives
> An interesting low-cost alternative may have recently emerged. Initial studies indicate that fresh cilantro may be extremely effective in helping flush heavy metals out of the blood. Taking 400 mg of cilantro a day can pretty much clean heavy metals out of the
body in just 2-3 weeks.[2] Dr. David Williams has a great recipe for cilantro pesto in his June '98 Alternatives newsletter.
Process one cup packed fresh cilantro and six tablespoons of olive oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add one clove garlic; a half cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts, and two tablespoons lemon juice. Blend to a lumpy paste. (Add a little hot water if necessary.) Eat a couple of teaspoons a day for three weeks to
clean out the heavy metals. Repeat 2 or 3 times a year. Be careful; it tastes incredible and is addictive. (Note: the pesto freezes nicely, so you can make several batches at once.)
> The other chelator is malic acid. Malic acid is found in fresh apples and apple cider vinegar. Malic acid is particularly useful in removing aluminum from the body.
[1 As a comparison, the yolk of one egg contains about 250 milligrams of cysteine. But in an egg the cysteine is offset by all the other essential amino acids in the egg.]
[2 This can be determined by tracking the rise and fall of heavy metal levels found in the urine when fresh cilantro is consumed over a 3-week period.]
Balancing pH
Our bodies function in a very narrow range of acid/alkaline balance (pH). Our blood in particular is very sensitive to these changes. Ideally, blood pH should be slightly alkaline at about
7.45. If it varies by even as little as a few tenths of a point, severe illness and death may result. Unfortunately, most of the food we eat is highly acidic (meat, dairy, sodas, alcohol, cooked grains). In the end, it becomes too much for our bodies to handle. If we don't correct the problem by "alkalinizing" the body, disease, sickness, and death are the inevitable result.
What is pH? It's simply the measurement of the acid/alkaline balance of anything.
>On the pH scale, water is neutral and rates a 7.0 on the scale.
>Acids (such as hydrochloric acid and citric acid) are rated as numbers less than 7.0. The further away from 7.0 the number is, the stronger the acid. Cow's milk at 6.5 is slightly acidic; Soft drinks at 3.0 are strongly acidic; and stomach acid at 1.5 is highly acidic.
>Alkaline substances include everything that rates above 7.0 on the pH scale. Again, as with acids, the further away from 7.0 the number, the more alkaline the substance. Blood at 7.45 is slightly alkaline; pancreatic juice in your intestines is strongly alkaline at 8.8, and baking soda at 12.0 is highly alkaline.
Your body has a whole bunch of different pHs that it has to maintain. Your saliva is slightly alkaline. Your stomach is strongly acidic. Your intestines are strongly alkaline. Your urine is acid.
But of all the pHs in your body, the most crucial is your blood. If your blood pH deviates even 5/10ths of a point from its normal pH of 7.45, death is likely. Considering the importance
of pH to the body, it's well worth discussing a little further how it affects the body, and how we can help maintain the proper pH levels in our own bodies.
The importance of pH really boils down to two things:
1. Enzymes. We've already discussed the importance of enzymes. They control every single metabolic function in our bodies, and they are integral to our immune system. As it says in Anatomy and Physiology by Anthony and Thibodeau, "Enzymes function optimally at a specific pH and become inactive if this deviates beyond narrow limits."
2. Oxygen. Every cell in our body requires oxygen for life—and to maintain optimum health. To put it simply, the more acid the blood, the less oxygen is available for use by the cells. Without going into a discussion of the chemistry involved, just understand that it's the same mechanism involved when acid rain "kills" a lake. The fish literally suffocate to death because the acid in the lake "binds up" all of the available oxygen. It's not that the oxygen has gone anywhere; it's just no longer available. Conversely, if you raise the pH of the lake, oxygen is now available and the lake comes back to life. Incidentally, it's worth noting that cancer is related to an acid environment (lack of oxygen). The higher the pH (the more oxygen present in the cells of the body), the harder it is for cancer to thrive.
The bottom line is that a balanced pH is vital. An extended pH imbalance of any kind threatens our well-being—threatens, in fact, our very lives. Managing the pH balance of all of our bodily fluids is so important that our bodies have developed systems to monitor and balance acid-alkaline levels in every cell and bio-system.
What Affects pH in Our Bodies
As I just mentioned, our bodies have developed a system for maintaining pH balance in all of our body fluids. To understand this system better, we need to take a look at what changes pH (usually making us more acid), and how our bodies respond to that change.
> When they are metabolized, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats produce various acids in our bodies. Proteins produce sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. Carbohydrates and fats produce acetic acid and lactic acid. Since these acids are poisonous to the body, they must be eliminated. Unfortunately, they can't be eliminated through the kidneys or large intestine as they would damage these organs.
Acid-Forming Foods
All meats, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy, cooked grains, and refined sugars. (Note: probably at the top of the list in the human diet is soda pop. Not only is it high in refined sugar, which is highly acid forming in and of itself, but most soda pop contains a large amount of phosphoric acid—not to mention carbon dioxide (an end product of the acid neutralization process).
Alkaline-Forming Foods
Only fresh fruits and vegetables are alkaline-forming and help your body maintain a proper pH. (Note: even though citrus fruits are highly acidic, your body treats them as alkaline so that they are highly effective alkalinizers.)
> Since the body cannot eliminate acids through the kidneys, the way it handles them is to neutralize them with the minerals sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Of these, calcium is the most important. Now, here's the key to the whole deal. Your body makes use of a priority system if there are not enough available minerals
to neutralize all of the acids present.
Blood is at the top of the pack. Your body will steal minerals from anywhere and everywhere before it will let your blood go too acidic. Remember, even a slight deviation in blood pH results in death.
Saliva is at the bottom of the pack. Saliva is the first place your body steals minerals from to balance the blood. That's why pH testing saliva provides an early warning system for when you are becoming too acidic. At optimum health, your saliva will test at 7.45. At 6.5-7.0, you'll find yourself frequently succumbing to colds and sickness. At 5.5 and lower, you can pretty much count on the fact that major disease has already taken hold. Virtually, all cancer patients test strongly acidic on a saliva pH test.
Unfortunately, your saliva just doesn't contain that big a reserve of minerals so you soon run out. That places your bones next on the priority list. Surprise, your bones are your body's prime mineral reserve. That's right, if your diet is too acid forming (too much meat, dairy, carbohydrates, and sugars), your body will begin
leaching calcium from your bones to balance the pH and avoid death. In effect, your body says osteoporosis is preferable to death.
How Can We Help?
> Change your diet. Follow the guideline laid out in Chapter 6
>In addition, there are several special alkalinizing agents available.
Your health food store has alkalinizing teas or drops available.
There is a machine from Japan that will "micronize" your water. What it actually does is take your tap water and divide it in two. One stream is acidic and can be used for washing and cleaning. The other steam is alkaline and is used for drinking. It works really well. Unfortunately, it's really expensive—about $1,200.
One of the best alternatives is to simply magnetize your water. Applying a magnetic field to a pitcher of water for a short period of time will make it more alkaline. It also offers the added advantage of lessening the surface tension, which makes the water wetter and more usable by the cells of your body.
General Recommendations
Liver
> LIVER/GALLBLADDER FLUSH. A liver/gallbladder flush 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill)to eliminate any accumulation of liver fat, toxins, and incipient gallstones ismandatory .
> LIVER REBUILDING TONIC. In addition to flushing, you need to regularly partake of a liver rebuilding tonic. Such a tonic does three things. Herbs such as milk thistle stimulate the liver to rebuild itself. Picrorhiza kurooa serves to protect the liver. And herbs such as dandelion root, barberry, artichoke, and beet leaf are lipotropics that help to clean the fat out of the liver.
> Regular consumption of fresh apple/beet juice is profoundly beneficial to the liver.
> Note: never do a liver cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the liver.
Blood
> CLEANSING. 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill) you need to go on an herbal cleansing of the blood.
- Note: never do a blood cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the blood.
> Oral Chelation. 3-4 times a year for a period of 2-3 weeks at a time, use either:
-Cilantro pesto as described earlier in the chapter.
-Malic acid tablets.
-If you want, you can also use one of the low-level oral chelators on the market.
>Alkalinize or Die.
-Cut way back on acid-producing foods such as meat, dairy, sugar, soda pop, refined grains, etc. Add alkalinizing foods to your diet.
-Drink water that has been magnetized. Magnetizing raises the pH by almost one full point.
-One final thought on pH. It really makes sense to test the pH of your saliva on a regular basis as a touchstone of your overall health. You can pick up pH paper specifically designed for this purpose at most health food stores. Make sure you test in the morning before brushing or eating as these things can temporarily alter the pH in your mouth. Just spit out a couple of times into the sink, then onto the pH paper. Ideally, your pH should be about 7.45. If it tests below 7.0, you should get aggressive in terms of alkalinizing your body.
> Fasting. There are any number of books on fasting to help guide you through the process. The principles of fasting are simple.
-First, when you deprive your body of food, your body begins to consume itself to survive. Being geared to self-survival, your body chooses to consume damaged cells and toxic cells first, saving the healthiest for later.
-It takes a tremendous amount of energy, and puts a tremendous strain on your body's organs, to process food. (Check your heart rate after eating a large meal and observe how exhausted you feel.) When you fast, your body diverts that energy to repair and rebuilding.
-No matter what medical doctors may say, the process works. In fact, a simple thought that should clue you in to the necessity for periodic fasting is the fact that human beings are the only animals that eat when they're sick. Think about that for a moment. Have you ever observed how dogs or cats, for example, stop eating while they're recovering. They intuitively understand the healing power of fasting. There are three levels of fasting worth considering.
- The pure water fast. This is the most powerful, but also produces the most toxic side effects. I do not recommend it unless you have a great deal of experience in fasting or are working directly with a qualified healer.
- Juice fasting. Fasting on fresh juices helps smooth out many of the negatives of fasting.
- Spirulina or Chlorella fasting. Even gentler is supplementing your juice fast with spirulina or chlorella throughout the day.
The one thing you need to be careful of while fasting is the build up of ketones in the body. Make sure you drink large amounts of water to flush the ketones from your body.
One final note on fasting. In Chapter 3, we discussed the herbal colon-activator formula that provides both cleansing and healing to the entire gastrointestinal system. It's highly recommended that you use such a formula while fasting to accelerate removal of toxins from the colon. If not, you will have to take a colonic or an enema every day.
Next Post on Chapter 14
OPTIMIZING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Are you drinking too much water?
Are you drinking too much water?
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Wait… don’t you mean “are you getting enough water?” Nope. I really mean: Are you drinking too much water? Didn’t think drinking too much water was even possible, did you? That’s not surprising in a world that tells us water is king. But did you know that the whole “8 glasses a day” thing is a myth? And did you know that you can be drinking too much water AND doing some major damage to your body if you over do the H20?
Are you drinking too much water?
- Do you carry around a water bottle to drink throughout the day?
- Do you think drinking a tall glass of water will help curb your appetite?
- Do you pee frequently, including during the night?
- Is your pee clear as the day is long?
- Do you think that’s a good thing?
If you said “yes” to any of the above questions, chances are you are drinking too much water.
But water is essential for life!
I know. I know. Water is good. It’s essential, even. So please don’t take this as a “water is bad” post. Water is good… if it’s in the right amount. And it can be bad if it’s not. Really bad.
Drinking too much water: Water Intoxication
Rapid intake of too much water floods the inside of cells when sodium is depleted. This sodium depletion, called hyponatremia, can rupture the cells, either from extra pressure on the cells from without, or from pressure within flooded cells. As cells rupture in various parts of the body, certain symptoms emerge, and usually quickly.
What kind of symptoms? Well, things like vomiting, headaches, confusion and disorientation. If things progress this can lead to more serious things like seizures and coma. Untreated cases have resulted in death.
Of course these are extreme situations of water intoxication. Generally speaking, we hit the danger zone when we drink too much water and take in more than what our kidneys can process in a hour. And for someone with extremely healthy kidneys that is about 30 oz. of water in a hour (please don’t drink that much!). Drinking too much water in rapid succession can prove fatal and should definitely be avoided.
But you don’t drink THAT much so you’re okay, right?
I’m hoping that anyone reading this blog isn’t doing anything extreme in the name of health. Extreme diets are probably more dangerous than sitting on your butt all day and eating junk (not that I recommend doing that). So even though you’re probably not in danger of dying from water intoxication doesn’t mean you can’t improve your health by getting the right amount of water instead of just more.
Drinking too much water: How much is too much?
Like most health conscious folks I was diligent with my water intake. I carried a water bottle with me almost everywhere. I always had a tall glass next to me as I worked at the computer. I never drank soda, punch, coffee or alcohol (still don’t). Other than a glass of milk at breakfast, every other meal was washed down with good ol’ H20.
My world was rocked when I finally realized that I was drinking too much water. I also learned that drinking too much water can do some damage long before you ever enter the danger zone of death by water intoxication.
Drinking too much water can lead to:
- Decreased metabolism
- Decreased mental clarity
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Cold hands/feet
- Decreased emotional well being So you know… too much water can basically put a major wrench in your day… not to mention your health.For me, drinking too much water meant I as up once or twice a night to pee… that I dealt with insomnia… and that I was always SO COLD. Once I figured I was drinking too much water I was able to make some awesome changes that made me feel so much better. More on that in a bit.But, first, what about dehydration?Water is important, but most of us probably don’t need 8 glasses a day. In fact, scientifically speaking, there is no real evidence that suggests this number has any real benefit.
“Drink your weight in water” and other lies.
A few years ago Heinz Valtin, a kidney specialist from Dartmouth Medical School, wanted to know if the common advice to drink eight, eight-ounce glasses of water per day could hold up to scientific scrutiny.After scouring the peer-reviewed literature, Valtin concluded that no scientific studies support the “eight x eight” dictum (for healthy adults living in temperate climates and doing mild exercise).In fact, he found that drinking this much or more “could be harmful, both in precipitating potentially dangerous hyponatremia and exposure to pollutants, and also in making many people feel guilty for not drinking enough. Not a single scientific report published in a peer-reviewed publication has proven the contrary.” (American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2002).Dr. Margaret McCartney in the British Medical Journal discusses research which reveals how drinking when not thirsty can impair concentration, rather than boost it.Glasgow-based GP Margaret McCartney says the NHS Choices website’s advice that people should drink six to eight glasses a day is ‘not only nonsense, but thoroughly debunked nonsense’. She adds that the benefits of the drink are often exaggerated by ‘organisations with vested interests’ such as bottled water brands.And while we’re debunking the 8 glasses a day myth, let’s talk about two other water-related falsehood:
Myth 1. Thirst is a sign you’re already dehydrated.- It is often stated that by the time people are thirsty, they are too late. But according to Valtin, thirst begins when the concentration of blood (an accurate indicator of our state of hydration) has risen by less than two percent, whereas most experts would define dehydration as beginning when that concentration has risen by at least five percent. In other words: Thirst is a good sign to start drinking water. No need to guzzle before you feel the need.Myth 2. Dark urine means you’re dehydrated.Lately I’ve seen a “pee guide” going around the social media outlets. Seems most people are aiming for clear pee. But at normal urinary volume and color (meaning, there IS color), the concentration of the blood is within the normal range and nowhere near the values that are seen in meaningful dehydration. As Valtin explains,“the warning that dark urine reflects dehydration is alarmist and false in most instances.”
So how much water should I drink?
That’s actually not an easy question to answer (and I’m not a doctor, so please don’t ask me how much water you should be drinking). So many factors affect our needs from what we eat to the weather. Obviously there are times when more water is appropriate, like after/before intense exercise or if you are in extreme heat. In other words: If you body is losing water (like sweating), then replenishing those fluids is essential. .. But unless you are an extreme athlete or spend a lot of time in a hot climates you probably need less than what you’ve been previously told.Listen to your body. This is my “go to” advice for most health practices because our body is packed full of useful signals to help us keep it happy… with one little snag: The problem with over-hydration is that a symptom of drinking too much is dry mouth and excessive thirst. So there may be a period of “challenging your body’s signals” while it gets back to a more balanced state.I like Matt Stone’s advice for this one:If you have very clear urine and some health problems like anxiety, chronic fatigue, migraines, yada yada, you should work hard to get some color back into your urine – in effect increasing the glucose and electrolyte concentration of your cells. I’m not talking about dehydration, just ideal hydration.If you are peeing a lot, make sure you’re getting adequate salt into your diet, too (as over-hydration means we have an imbalance of our salt to water ratio). Don’t skimp on the real salt, people. And don’t feel like you have to “wash down” everything you eat.I’d also recommend reading The Nourished Metabolism** if you want some practical advice on getting your body and fluids at the optimal level.I improved my health by drinking LESS water
As someone who has always had extremely low blood pressure (something our medical world doesn’t pay much attention to because there’s no drug for it), chronic insomnia, frequent night pees, and a water fetish… I started putting the puzzle pieces together. I was definitely drinking too much water. And it’s been a gradual process to find what works for my body. I’m getting better at listening and responding to my body’s signals and hydrating more appropriately. And guess what?- I sleep WAY better
- I don’t get up to pee throughout the night (Hallelujah!)
- I get fewer headaches
- I have more energy
- I think clearer
- My ridiculously low blood pressure has come into a normal range!
So yeah, I was drinking too much water, but then I started listening to my body and found a much more balanced place.IMPORTANT NOTE: Excessive thirst is a cardinal sign of dangerously high blood glucose levels that REQUIRE medical attention. An undiagnosed diabetic may have a blood sugar level of 600 and not know it, and their body’s way of diluting the sugar is excessive water consumption. It’s always best to talk to a health care professional if you have any doubts.
Want to eat healthier, but confused by all the information out there? You’re not alone!
It took me years to figure out this whole “healthy” eating thing, and that’s because the world is full of confusing information. Every “expert” is telling us something different, and it seems our lists of “shoulds” and “should not” eats are changing faster than we can keep up with.If you’re like me and wish there was a simple, stress-free approach to healthy living then you’re in the right place.- My blogsite Healthy Wealth will help you easily navigate real food no matter where you are on your path to healthier living.So… are you brave enough to go against the most popular health advice ever given? Your body just might thank you, if you do.
**NOTE: " The Nourished Metabolism.
About this Book.
My name is Elizabeth Walling, and I’ve been where you are now. Whether
you’re just starting to research health and are confused by the mixed
messages, or on the heels of yet another failed attempt at dieting, or at your
wit’s end wondering what in the world is safe to eat anymore, or exhausted
by how complicated healthy living has become… at one time or another, I’ve
definitely been there!
I’ve been a health blogger since 2009, but my journey in researching health
and wellness started several years earlier when I had my first child in 2004.
During the past nine years, I’ve read countless books, articles and blogs on
eating, exercise, stress, wellness, and everything in between. And I spent a
few years pretty confused by all the restrictive diet plans, extreme lifestyles,
and conflicting advice.
It wasn’t long before it hit me that all the restriction and obsession wasn’t for
me. Instead, I needed to approach eating and wellness from a balanced
perspective. And I realized it had to fit into the needs of my individual body,
health, life and personality.
That’s why I wanted to write this book. Not only to help you find the
information about health that I wish I had found at the beginning of my
journey, but to let you know that it’s okay to be flexible. It’s okay to listen to
your body. It’s okay to choose what works for you. It’s okay to make the plan
fit you, instead of trying to make you fit the plan.
Well, it’s not just okay—it’s actually the key to becoming a healthy, balanced
person!
So as you read this book, keep in mind that all the ideas and information you
find here are meant to be flexible and adaptable to your life. Always listen to
your body and choose what works best for you as the unique and incredible
individual that you most definitely are!"
Elizabeth
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Prolactin And Depression and Stress.
Let me explain how the chemistry of depression at its onset can ultimately result in increased prolactin secretion and possible formation of cancer of the breast in women. Under normal conditions, all hormonal secretions have many checks and balances. Prolactin secretion in the human body is a finely regulated process, until and unless outside factors negatively influence this fine regulation. I just explained its direct connection to stress.
However, its indirect connection is to the excess stress-induced destruction of the amino acid tyrosine and reduced production of dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that prevents you from getting depression. It strongly inhibits prolactin secretion. When brain dopamine levels fall off in depression, the drive for prolactin secretion continues unchecked, a catastrophic situation if the early stages of cancer cell development are present. Natural remedy should be re-hydration -- drink enough water daily.
The artificial sweetener aspartame, << (click to learn more about aspartame) used in more than 10,000 food products, worldwide , is a major driver of prolactin secretion in the human body. Aspartame breaks up into the amino acids aspartate, phenylalanine, and methyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol is a very strong nerve poison and is being blamed for many eye problems, such as macular degeneration. Phenylalanine is a bona fide amino acid the body can use, but aspartate is something to be concerned about. Aspartate traverses the blood barriers of the brain and directly influences the brain parts that deal with the reproductive organs. The breast is one of these organs. This is how seemingly innocuos aspartame intake can drive prolactin production in the human body.
You now have some idea of how the immune-suppressive effects of dehydration can cause cancer in the human body. I hope you better understand the cancer-preventive effects of proper hydration (ie. drink enough water for your present body weight periodically, daily basis) of the body, and also how some cancers can be reversed. It is never too late or too early to revise and be wise again for the rest of our journey.......
Use Water-cure. Rather be thankful for the timely warning, and do something about it.
Drink at least 10% of your own daily water-quota (31.42 ml multiply by your present body weight(kg), every 90 minutes. Use 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt in your daily diet, for every 1250 ml water drank.
Pain is a sign/signal produced by dehydration in the human body. Pain may be common but it is not normal. Pain is produced to alert your conscious mind that the affected area of organ/tissue is undergoing dehydration and need water replenishing attention.
However, its indirect connection is to the excess stress-induced destruction of the amino acid tyrosine and reduced production of dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that prevents you from getting depression. It strongly inhibits prolactin secretion. When brain dopamine levels fall off in depression, the drive for prolactin secretion continues unchecked, a catastrophic situation if the early stages of cancer cell development are present. Natural remedy should be re-hydration -- drink enough water daily.
The artificial sweetener aspartame, << (click to learn more about aspartame) used in more than 10,000 food products, worldwide , is a major driver of prolactin secretion in the human body. Aspartame breaks up into the amino acids aspartate, phenylalanine, and methyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol is a very strong nerve poison and is being blamed for many eye problems, such as macular degeneration. Phenylalanine is a bona fide amino acid the body can use, but aspartate is something to be concerned about. Aspartate traverses the blood barriers of the brain and directly influences the brain parts that deal with the reproductive organs. The breast is one of these organs. This is how seemingly innocuos aspartame intake can drive prolactin production in the human body.
You now have some idea of how the immune-suppressive effects of dehydration can cause cancer in the human body. I hope you better understand the cancer-preventive effects of proper hydration (ie. drink enough water for your present body weight periodically, daily basis) of the body, and also how some cancers can be reversed. It is never too late or too early to revise and be wise again for the rest of our journey.......
Use Water-cure. Rather be thankful for the timely warning, and do something about it.
Drink at least 10% of your own daily water-quota (31.42 ml multiply by your present body weight(kg), every 90 minutes. Use 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt in your daily diet, for every 1250 ml water drank.
Pain is a sign/signal produced by dehydration in the human body. Pain may be common but it is not normal. Pain is produced to alert your conscious mind that the affected area of organ/tissue is undergoing dehydration and need water replenishing attention.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Use WaterCure testimonies
WATERCURE TRIUMPS OVER DRUGS AND ALCOHOL !!!
These testimonials are all from the Natural Healing Center - Wichita, Kansas. email: Kevinnatural@aol.com
I was a recovering drug addict and alcoholic for twenty-five years. I was a long-term member of AA, and still suffered from drug and alcohol cravings – anxiety, shakes, and general out-of-control feelings. Within twenty-four hours of starting the watercure, all of the symptoms began to subside. My high blood pressure dropped to 110/70. This is the best I have felt in years.
Gloria, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
I was an active alcoholic. Within twenty-four hours, the alcoholic cravings began to subside. The watercure has relieved the compulsive craving for alcohol.
Keith, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
I was an alcohol and drug user for many years. Hydration relieved withdrawal side effects within twenty-four hours. I am now using the watercure, and I am a strong believer and supporter of this program.
Christy, Wichita, Kansas
***********************************
I am a dry alcoholic. I attended several programs (i.e. anger management and codependent programs, AA) with little or no relief. Within minutes of starting the watercure program, I relaxed and felt a calm come over my body like I have never felt in my life. The obsessive and compulsive behavior is going away. Nothing has helped me like the watercure.
Don, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
My father gave me the watercure book, and I grasped at what I saw as an unexpected deliverance. I had been an alcoholic since my twenties. I was gratified to discover the power of water to still the cravings of an alcoholic. The extra weight I had put on literally just disappeared. My complexion changed back to a wonderful, youthful glow – thanks to Dr. B’s book which was decisive in my redemption.
Mission Viejo, CA
*****************************************************
Medicine has traditionally divided the human body study-logy into so many specialties and subspecialities based on the different body organs ' way of revealing their water shortages. Each of these groups has its own rituals for investigating within its "fiefdom." The pharmaceutical industry has accommodated physicians and has designed medications that are used in that particular "domain" of medicine. This is why, when dehydration manifest itself in more than one organ or domain of the human body, the patient is forced to see many different specialists to address his or her organ-specific symptoms. Hence the use of so many different pills and treatment procedures, in the same person, for the same underlying cause - dehydration.Here is demonstrate how water alone naturally reverses multiple health concerns.
It is never too late or too early to revise and be wise again for the rest of our journey.......
Use Water-cure. Rather be thankful for the timely warning, and do something about it.
Drink at least 10% of your own daily water-quota (32.53 ml multiply by your present body weight(kg), every 90 minutes. Use 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt in your daily diet, for every 1250 ml water drank.
Pain is a sign/signal produced by dehydration in the human body. Pain may be common but it is not normal.
To simplify complications is the FIRST essential of success.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: November 10, 1997
From: D. E.
To: Dr. F. Batmanghelidj
Global Health Solutions
P.O. Box 3189
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
info@watercure.com.
My father introduced me to your water discoveries at a very critical time for me and my infant son. I am 35 years old and had been alcoholic since my twenties. As with most people so afflicted, my personal relationships were rocky and impermanent, and I had a broken marriage behind me. I had also just reached the end of a follow-on relationship, in a fashion that was both shocking and stressful, since I was without resources to continue my life in a city strange to me.
I got into Alcoholics Anonymous determined to prevent any repetition of my agonies. At this point, my father gave me your book and urged me to act on its content with full resolve. I did so, grasping at what I saw as an unexpected deliverance -- like the hand of God. I was gratified to discover the power of water to still the cravings of an alcoholic. Soon I realized that alcoholism was really a THIRST SIGNAL that I was habituated to respond to with alcohol, which is a powerful dehydrating agent. One became like a dog chasing' its own tail. Dehydration through alcohol is self-perpetuating, unless the thirst sensations are answered with water. Persevering with adequate daily water intake, and eliminating dehydrating caffeinated drinks, I found myself able to deal effectively with my personal vocational crisis. I was able to got my belongings and furniture together, rent a truck and load it, and drive myself and my son back to California from Las Vegas. My former, alcoholic self could not have done this. I resettled myself in California, went back successfully into my work as a beautician, and buckled down to raising my son.
Of course I still have normal problems like everyone else, but alcohol is not one of them. water has lifted this curse from my life. As I write, I have been ten months "dry," and I have been able to reorganize my life rationally.
Adequate daily water intake is the bedrock on which to rebuild a life deranged by alcohol, and to help others do the same. There are other benefits that will have great appeal to all alcoholic women, in particular.
As an alcoholic, I had begun to lose my youthful looks. Steady self-poisoning and dehydration with alcohol dulled and aged my complexion. In recent years, my weight had steadily increased for the reasons you outline so clearly in your book. I began to look puffy and pallid. Therefore I was elated – absolutely "stoked" -- when rehydration caused my excess weight to just disappear. I could not believe it, and nor could my friends, as I regained the perfect figure I had enjoyed as a young woman. I did not have to "sweat" this, it -just happened. My complexion began to change back to a wonderful, youthful glow that everyone remarks on, and which has delighted my father. My regained radiance is a big asset in my professional work as a beautician. The weight loss and adequate daily water intake invigorated my whole being. I began running on what you call -"hydro-electric power," in your book.
With these changes came an overall renewal of life and outlook. I continue to help others through AA. I began attracting lift positive gentlemen of purpose and substance, instead of the lesser follows who would tolerate an alcoholic woman. Church attendance brought me comfort, and I wanted to attend. I plan and work for an ever-improving life. Reviewing my post from my normalized perspective, I apologized to my father for my many years of outrages, and for the suffering I had caused him because of his love for me. Dad had almost given up on me, but his provision of your book was decisive in my redemption. my father tells everyone that you are one of the greatest physicians In the history of thhe world. I think he is right.
Thank you, Dr. Batmanghelidj, for all you have done, not alone for me with my turnaround in life, but for all mankind. The weight loss and adequate daily water intake invigorated my whole being. I began running on what you call -"hydro-electric power," in your book. With these changes came an overall renewal of life and outlook. I continue to help others through AA. I began attracting lift positive gentlemen of purpose and substance, instead of the lesser follows who would tolerate an alcoholic woman. Church attendance brought me comfort, and I wanted to attend. I plan and work for an ever-improving life.
Reviewing my post from my normalized perspective, I apologized to my father for my many years of outrages, and for the suffering I had caused him because of his love for me. Dad had almost given up on me, but his provision of your book was decisive in my redemption. my father tells everyone that you are one of the greatest physicians In the history of the world. I think he is right.
Thank you, Dr. Batmanghelidj, for have done, not alone for me with my turnaround in life, but for all mankind.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
Almost every time I got drunk, I would get in a fight. I had no control of myself whatsoever. I ended up in jail too many times. I eventually went on the watercure and was amazed that I was able to rid myself of the alcohol cravings that were wrecking my life in a few days. That was the last time I had any violent behavior. Everything in my life got better, especially relationships.
Just sign me,
“Freedom at Last”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
I was extremely difficult to live with. My wife threatened to leave me because of my often bad moods. I had no patience with anyone until I tried the watercure for my asthma. I became the happy-go-lucky person I always knew I could be. Best of all, my marriage is great.
Thanks,
Mike
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These testimonials are all from the Natural Healing Center - Wichita, Kansas. email: Kevinnatural@aol.com
I was a recovering drug addict and alcoholic for twenty-five years. I was a long-term member of AA, and still suffered from drug and alcohol cravings – anxiety, shakes, and general out-of-control feelings. Within twenty-four hours of starting the watercure, all of the symptoms began to subside. My high blood pressure dropped to 110/70. This is the best I have felt in years.
Gloria, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
I was an active alcoholic. Within twenty-four hours, the alcoholic cravings began to subside. The watercure has relieved the compulsive craving for alcohol.
Keith, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
I was an alcohol and drug user for many years. Hydration relieved withdrawal side effects within twenty-four hours. I am now using the watercure, and I am a strong believer and supporter of this program.
Christy, Wichita, Kansas
***********************************
I am a dry alcoholic. I attended several programs (i.e. anger management and codependent programs, AA) with little or no relief. Within minutes of starting the watercure program, I relaxed and felt a calm come over my body like I have never felt in my life. The obsessive and compulsive behavior is going away. Nothing has helped me like the watercure.
Don, Wichita, Kansas
************************************
My father gave me the watercure book, and I grasped at what I saw as an unexpected deliverance. I had been an alcoholic since my twenties. I was gratified to discover the power of water to still the cravings of an alcoholic. The extra weight I had put on literally just disappeared. My complexion changed back to a wonderful, youthful glow – thanks to Dr. B’s book which was decisive in my redemption.
Mission Viejo, CA
*****************************************************
Medicine has traditionally divided the human body study-logy into so many specialties and subspecialities based on the different body organs ' way of revealing their water shortages. Each of these groups has its own rituals for investigating within its "fiefdom." The pharmaceutical industry has accommodated physicians and has designed medications that are used in that particular "domain" of medicine. This is why, when dehydration manifest itself in more than one organ or domain of the human body, the patient is forced to see many different specialists to address his or her organ-specific symptoms. Hence the use of so many different pills and treatment procedures, in the same person, for the same underlying cause - dehydration.Here is demonstrate how water alone naturally reverses multiple health concerns.
It is never too late or too early to revise and be wise again for the rest of our journey.......
Use Water-cure. Rather be thankful for the timely warning, and do something about it.
Drink at least 10% of your own daily water-quota (32.53 ml multiply by your present body weight(kg), every 90 minutes. Use 1/4 teaspoon of sea-salt in your daily diet, for every 1250 ml water drank.
Pain is a sign/signal produced by dehydration in the human body. Pain may be common but it is not normal.
To simplify complications is the FIRST essential of success.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: November 10, 1997
From: D. E.
To: Dr. F. Batmanghelidj
Global Health Solutions
P.O. Box 3189
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
info@watercure.com.
My father introduced me to your water discoveries at a very critical time for me and my infant son. I am 35 years old and had been alcoholic since my twenties. As with most people so afflicted, my personal relationships were rocky and impermanent, and I had a broken marriage behind me. I had also just reached the end of a follow-on relationship, in a fashion that was both shocking and stressful, since I was without resources to continue my life in a city strange to me.
I got into Alcoholics Anonymous determined to prevent any repetition of my agonies. At this point, my father gave me your book and urged me to act on its content with full resolve. I did so, grasping at what I saw as an unexpected deliverance -- like the hand of God. I was gratified to discover the power of water to still the cravings of an alcoholic. Soon I realized that alcoholism was really a THIRST SIGNAL that I was habituated to respond to with alcohol, which is a powerful dehydrating agent. One became like a dog chasing' its own tail. Dehydration through alcohol is self-perpetuating, unless the thirst sensations are answered with water. Persevering with adequate daily water intake, and eliminating dehydrating caffeinated drinks, I found myself able to deal effectively with my personal vocational crisis. I was able to got my belongings and furniture together, rent a truck and load it, and drive myself and my son back to California from Las Vegas. My former, alcoholic self could not have done this. I resettled myself in California, went back successfully into my work as a beautician, and buckled down to raising my son.
Of course I still have normal problems like everyone else, but alcohol is not one of them. water has lifted this curse from my life. As I write, I have been ten months "dry," and I have been able to reorganize my life rationally.
Adequate daily water intake is the bedrock on which to rebuild a life deranged by alcohol, and to help others do the same. There are other benefits that will have great appeal to all alcoholic women, in particular.
As an alcoholic, I had begun to lose my youthful looks. Steady self-poisoning and dehydration with alcohol dulled and aged my complexion. In recent years, my weight had steadily increased for the reasons you outline so clearly in your book. I began to look puffy and pallid. Therefore I was elated – absolutely "stoked" -- when rehydration caused my excess weight to just disappear. I could not believe it, and nor could my friends, as I regained the perfect figure I had enjoyed as a young woman. I did not have to "sweat" this, it -just happened. My complexion began to change back to a wonderful, youthful glow that everyone remarks on, and which has delighted my father. My regained radiance is a big asset in my professional work as a beautician. The weight loss and adequate daily water intake invigorated my whole being. I began running on what you call -"hydro-electric power," in your book.
With these changes came an overall renewal of life and outlook. I continue to help others through AA. I began attracting lift positive gentlemen of purpose and substance, instead of the lesser follows who would tolerate an alcoholic woman. Church attendance brought me comfort, and I wanted to attend. I plan and work for an ever-improving life. Reviewing my post from my normalized perspective, I apologized to my father for my many years of outrages, and for the suffering I had caused him because of his love for me. Dad had almost given up on me, but his provision of your book was decisive in my redemption. my father tells everyone that you are one of the greatest physicians In the history of thhe world. I think he is right.
Thank you, Dr. Batmanghelidj, for all you have done, not alone for me with my turnaround in life, but for all mankind. The weight loss and adequate daily water intake invigorated my whole being. I began running on what you call -"hydro-electric power," in your book. With these changes came an overall renewal of life and outlook. I continue to help others through AA. I began attracting lift positive gentlemen of purpose and substance, instead of the lesser follows who would tolerate an alcoholic woman. Church attendance brought me comfort, and I wanted to attend. I plan and work for an ever-improving life.
Reviewing my post from my normalized perspective, I apologized to my father for my many years of outrages, and for the suffering I had caused him because of his love for me. Dad had almost given up on me, but his provision of your book was decisive in my redemption. my father tells everyone that you are one of the greatest physicians In the history of the world. I think he is right.
Thank you, Dr. Batmanghelidj, for have done, not alone for me with my turnaround in life, but for all mankind.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
Almost every time I got drunk, I would get in a fight. I had no control of myself whatsoever. I ended up in jail too many times. I eventually went on the watercure and was amazed that I was able to rid myself of the alcohol cravings that were wrecking my life in a few days. That was the last time I had any violent behavior. Everything in my life got better, especially relationships.
Just sign me,
“Freedom at Last”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
I was extremely difficult to live with. My wife threatened to leave me because of my often bad moods. I had no patience with anyone until I tried the watercure for my asthma. I became the happy-go-lucky person I always knew I could be. Best of all, my marriage is great.
Thanks,
Mike
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