Re: gcg--asking a favor

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Hi , this is the reply I got from :

Dear Donna,

I sincerely apologize for the delay in replying to your email. I

receive far more emails than I can answer during the very limited

" spare time " I have in the evening. For more details, please phone me

during my business hours (10 am to 5:30 pm EST).

The liver detoxifies water-insoluble toxins. Therefore water is a

poor solvent and poor carrier in the liver. Herbs in tea form, tablet

or capsules depend on water to transport through the liver. Alcohol

is a better solvent and carrier in the liver than water. Therefore

herbs in alcoholic tincture are carried through the liver more

efficiently.

Actually alcohol in the tincture serves 3 main purposes:

(1) It is a better solvent for extracting organic ingredents in the

herbs many of which are not water soluble;

(2) It is a natural preservative;

(3) It is a better carrier than water in the liver.

We typically use 20% pure grain alcohol in the cold extraction

manufacturing process for the tinctures. Please note that the amount

of alcohol contained in a teaspoonful or tablespoonful of tincture (a

typical dosage) is very small. A small amount of alcohol taken daily

is actually beneficial. For example, in the January 22, 1996 issue of

Newsweek magazine, it is stated that " study after study shows that

regular wine drinking cuts your risk of heart trouble by up to

50%........R. Curtis Ellison, who conduct research on wine and heart

disease at Boston University, said that abstaining from alcohol is a

major risk factor for coronary heart disease " .

Of course, heavy alcohol drinking is certainly detrimental to the

liver, but light drinking is like having cleansing solvent for the

liver. I recall an earlier study in the UK (unfortunately I do not

have the reference) which showed that moderate drinkers live longer

than non-drinkers.

Chang

Prime Health Products

Tel: 416-248-2930

Email: jchang@...

Home page: http://www.sensiblehealth.com

Products page: http://www.sensiblehealth.com/prime.html

Properties of herbs used: http://www.sensiblehealth.com/herbs.html

-----Original Message-----

From: Donna Dixon-Manios <ddm_rhn@...>

jchang@... <jchang@...>

Date: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:47 PM

Subject: the biochemical processes

>Hi ,

>

>It was great to meet you the other day!

>

>I have a question that came up on the gallbladder e-group and I

should be

>able to explain it, but we all agreed that you could do a better job!

>Below is the post that was sent to me...Thanks in advance. Sincerely,

Donna

>Manios

>------------------------------------------------------

><snip> The tincture has alcohol in it to ensure

>that it passes through the liver/gallbladder for

>gallstone crushing. <snip>

>

>Could you, or someone/anyone else, please

>explain how (by what biochemical means) alcohol

>ensures the passage through the liver/gallbladder?

>Or could someone who is using Chang's

>products, please e-mail her to get an answer to

>this question--she's a biochemist, after all, and

>should be able to explain it from the full and

>complete biochemical standpoint.