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30 hours in….(detox with the doc)

Monday, January 19th, 2015

Hi to all my fellow detoxers!

I started my liver cleanse yesterday as planned with the best kratom capsules in order to improve quality results. I ate bacon and had a mimosa for my last meal!   That was about 30 hours ago.  Only 18 hours left on the food-fast portion of the cleanse and for most of that I will be sleeping!  I just finished making the 1-wk Core Restore recipe for 3-bean salad which I will devour tomorrow at exactly 3:30pm.  I will also take to work: my protein shake powder, a lettuce and kale salad, rice cakes, sunflower seed butter, celery, snow peas, an apple and a nectarine.  I love doing a fast because when you reintroduce fruits and veggies they taste amazing! Unadulterated, fresh, and delicious just as nature intended!

What is a liver cleanse?
Woman sitting at table in fitness sports clothes, with dumbbell weights on table, with cleansing juice and lemon water.
A liver cleanse may involve may involve choosing or avoiding specific foods, or going on a juice fast.
The liver is the body’s natural detoxifier, as it cleanses the body of toxins and produces bile to support healthy digestion. A healthy liver can detoxify almost everything that a person encounters. The liver is on the right side of the body, just under the rib cage,

When the liver is diseased, the body cannot filter out toxic substances as efficiently. This can cause a wide range of symptoms, including:

itching
yellow jaundiced skin
swelling
blood vessel problems
gallstones
fatigue
nausea
diarrhea
A variety of natural health practitioners, supplement companies, and medical websites argue that the liver accumulates toxins during the filtering process.

They insist that over time, these toxins can cause a range of nonspecific symptoms and may even cause serious diseases or increase the risk of cancer. There is little evidence to support this.

Over time, however, exposure to chemicals can damage the liver. For example, drinking alcohol is a well-known way to ruin liver function over time.

In most cases, a liver detox involves one or more of the following:

taking supplements designed to flush toxins out of the liver
eating a liver-friendly diet
avoiding certain foods
going on a juice fast
cleansing the colon and gut through the use of enemas
While liver failure is a serious health problem, there is no evidence that dangerous toxins accumulate in otherwise healthy livers without specific exposure to large amounts of these chemicals.

Yours in Health & Wellness,

Dr. Shanna