The liver flushes involving the olive oil, lemon juice and magnesium sulfate do not flush out gallstones. The so called "stones" are an insoluble complex formed from a reaction between the sterols found in the olive oil and cholesterol from food or bile salts in the intestines. This is why these "stones" float instead of sinking like real gallstones.
It is actually impossible to pass most real gallstones since they tend to much larger than the bile ducts, even when dilated with the magnesium sulfate. It would be like trying to fit a golf ball through the eye of a needle. The reason people feel better after this "flush" is because the olive oil helps to stimulate the gallbladder so the bile is not stagnant. And bile stagnation is a common contributor to gallstone formation.
If people really have gallstones then it is best to dissolve them rather than try to pass them. Trying to pass them can cause stones to lodge in the bile ducts, which requires emergency surgery. Most gallstones form as a result of more cholesterol than the bile can dissolve, so the excess cholesterol precipitates out leading to stone formation. Women are more prone to gallstone formation due to their hormones. Estrogen stimulates the release of cholesterol in to the gallbladder, while progesterone is a smooth muscle relaxant which increases stagnation of bile increasing stone formation.
Bile itself is a fat emulsifier, and it is the high lecithin content (about 80% lecithin) that gives bile its emulsification properties. Therefore increasing bile helps to prevent and dissolve gallstones. Bile formation can be improved by getting plenty of fiber in the diet.
Bitters also help. As bitter tasting herbs hit the bitter receptors of the tongue the vagus nerve is stimulated. This in turn kicks up stomach acidity, bile secretion, and pancreatic enzyme release. This is why these are often sold under the name digestive bitters. They also stimulate the liver to flush, so it is very important to drink plenty of water throughout the day when using bitters. This flushing of the liver will also help with hormone regulation as the liver breaks down excess hormones including estrogen and progesterone.
Lecithin granules will also help by providing a building block for the bile. Make sure to use the granules, not the softgels or liquids, which are highly diluted with soy oil. The granules provide more lecithin because they are deoiled concentrating the lecithin. Finally, it is helpful to ingest SMALL amounts of good oils, like olive oil, with each meal to facilitate gallbladder contractions to prevent stagnation of the bile.
But what about people who got cured or relief from liver flush ?
There are several explanations depending on what is feeling better. If they were dealing with issues from stagnant bile then the oil would help by stimulating the gallbladder. Maybe they were deficient in magnesium, which has so many beneficial effects in the body. Maybe it is placebo effect..........
And why do people insist on calling it a "liver flush" when they are really stimulating a contraction of the gallbladder, which is not the liver?
Regardless it is not gallstones people are passing. First of all real gallstones sink, not float like what people are recovering from their stool. And some of the photos I have seen are of these pseudo-stones that are so large that it would be absolutely impossible to pass through the bile ducts even with the dilation from magnesium. The bile ducts can only dilate a few millimeters. Some of the pseudo-stones are 25mm or more in diameter. As we can see it just not possible that these pseudo-stones came from the gallbladder. And we know from experiments that you can create these pseudo-stones through saponification of the olive oil and through sterol-cholesterol complexing.
Here´s even a blog that shows how this guy cured his eczema by flushing his liver multiple times.
http://www.eczemacure.info/home/index.php?page=my-second-stage-cure---gall-bl...
Eczema is an inflammatory condition, and olive oil is an anti-inflammatory. There is the answer. Even if this "gallbladder" flush worked cleansing the gallbladder would not reduce inflammation of the skin.
So this happened only because olive oil stimulated gall bladder ?
No, as pointed out above stimulating the gallbladder had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Shouldn't eating food with lots of olive oil give the same result ?
Olive oil and other anti-inflammatories. Or better yet build up the adrenals, which is the body's anti-inflammatory source and cleanse the liver with bitters to reduce antigen triggers. The bitters also help to really prevent and eliminate true gallstones.
By the way, why is olive oil only good in small amounts ? I used to take it like 2 tsp with every meal.
It does not have to be olive oil. Other food oils also work. The oils stimulate gallbladder contraction to prevent stagnation of bile, which can lead to stone formation especially in women. Although some oils are more more beneficial than others due to lower saturation, vitamins and increased anti-inflammatory action.