Liver-Gallbladder Flush

The liver-gallbladder drink first thing in the morning

Cut into pieces, one lemon and blend with 10 ounces of water.  Free ripe organic lemons are available to registered participants, by coming to our house and picking them, or picking them up from the office in Del Mar.
Strain the lemon pulp from the juice.  Combine the lemon juice with 8-10 ounces of orange juice, preferably, fresh organic, and some fresh ginger (optional, but tastes good and soothes the stomach) or ginger extract powder (about 1 1/2 tsp powder or 1 1/2 thumb sized chunk). 
Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, or walnut oil (use cold pressed).  Use 1 tablespoon the first day.  Increase the oil daily until you are using 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) oil per drink 
Addition of garlic (up to 3 cloves) is beneficial for helping prevent infections as old stones are passed. 
Blend and drink on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, followed by a couple cups of herbal tea or water.
Continue the above routine first thing upon rising, for seven days, layoff for seven days, and on for another seven days.  This second 7 days, you don't have to ramp up on the oil, but start at 4 tablespoons and continue there for the week.


Why clean the liver and gallbladder?


This completes the basic liver-gallbladder flush.  This should not be done until after a colon cleanse.  This is an easy cleanse-no special diet.  The value of quality oil in your diet should not be overlooked.  As you use CRONOMETER to track your diet, look for the amount of mono-saturated fats, as well as omega 3 oils.  After the cleanse, keep these high in your daily diet.  This cleanse can be repeated frequently, but the first week of ramping up on the oil is no longer needed.  


The liver is our major system for removing toxins from the blood and digestive tract.  Tylenol is deadly to the liver 70% of the people waiting for a liver transplant are suffering because of Tylenol poisoning.  Environmental toxins increase this toxic load.  Short changing yourself on oils because of calorie control results in congesting the gall bladder, which can become overloaded with stones.  After age 35 or so, our liver converts a certain amount of our testosterone to estradiol and dht, by the liver, in a process known as aromatase.  This also needs cleaning out.  


There are more extreme gallbladder flushes, but usually this done does the trick.  There are teas and supplements that can help with the cleansing, but should be more supervised-and probably unnecessary.  

What could be a result of this cleanse?

You could find your breath becoming sweet, sudden weight loss, increased energy, a new abdominal profile, and you may see stones in the toilet as you pass them.  Digestion can improve and bloating lessened.  Some people put a colander in the toilet, so all the feces are strained to reveal the gall-liver stones.  This is unnecessary but interesting-and can help if you don't know if the cleanse is working.


You could enjoy this beverage every other week forever, if you like it;  though two to four rounds should be sufficient.