Re: For Detoxing- Patty

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Good info Kenda, this is great! Leads to more questions, if you

don't mind! : )

What was the genetic testing that showed that detoxification was a

weak area? This might be a good place for all of us to start. I am

assuming that it somehow tested the efficiency of your Phase I and

Phase II detox pathways?

I'd be interested in getting that done myself to see where I stand

after all my coffee enemas!

As for the specific liver supplements that you will be taking for

life, is that the AdvaClear by Metagenics, and Liver Guard? Do you

still take pancreatic enzymes?

I think enzymes are vital to all of us. I use Garden of Life

OmegaZyme, but I remember that the Gerson therapy (which focuses on

the liver) used pancreatic enzymes in their protocol.

I think the key here for all of us is paying close attention to the

liver, keeping those bile ducts free from sludge and getting our

livers in tip top shape. Our livers do ALL the work to help us

detoxify environmental chemicals--that alone is a huge job, but when

you throw all those hormones in there too, it's amazing that we can

come through this mess alive! One more question....what were the

bile salts you took?

Patty

--- In , Kenda Skaggs <kdskaggs@c...>

wrote:

> Hi Patty,

>

> Yes, hormones are cleared by the liver so bad liver, screwy

hormones.

>

> I had a pancreatitis attack two years ago and that was when my

liver started

> to improve. My theory is that I had microscopic sludge that was

keeping my

> liver enzymes elevated all the time. Of course the attack was no

fun at

> all, three days in the hospital with morphine, but it was

necessary to get

> everything moving again. My gastro wanted to pull out my

gallbladder and I

> agreed if he could prove to me that it was diseased. He couldn¹t

but said

> it was the only treatment he could offer me and said that it might

help.

> Many hours on the internet and I found my own treatments. I

started a

> regimen of high levels of antioxidants, bile salts and pancreatic

enzymes.

> The gastro was surprised when he announced that I was cured a few

months

> later.

>

> Dr. Leu prescribed Adva Clear by Metagenics and Liver Guard on his

personal

> label of supplements. Both work on clearing the liver but clear

different

> pathways. I also took calcium d-glucarate to help bring my sky

high

> progesterone back down and EstroFactors also by Metagenics to help

balance

> estrogen and reduce menopausal symptoms. My last hormone panel

showed that

> my DHEA was slightly low but everything else was perfect.

>

> I have been on liver supplements for three years and will likely

be on them

> for life. I think the liver supplements are what lead to my

pancreatitis

> attack, they forced my liver to finally dump. I had genetic

testing done

> and detoxification is a weak area for my body so we know that even

if I feel

> good, I really need to continue with the supplements.

>

> Kenda

>

>

> > Kenda,

> > This is exactly my thinking. If I ever get any symptoms of

illness

> > back at all, (which is rare), it is the brain fog, and it only

comes

> > right before my period when my hormones are all skewing this way

and

> > that....I've always thought my liver played a part in this, as

the

> > hormones are cleared by the liver.

> >

> > What exactly did you do to work on your sluggish liver?

> >

> > Did you use specific supplements to support the liver, or do

> > specific therapies that targeted the liver, or a combination of

both?

> >

> > Do you still have to do certain therapies to keep your liver in

top

> > shape?

> > I've used coffee enemas and they seem to clear things out well,

> > acting as a mild liver flush. I'm interested in what you've

done.

> > Thanks Kenda!

> > Patty