dear marli,
liver metabolizes all steorid hormones (except maybe one) and syntetic hormones is almost impossible to neutralize for liver! It creates an amok in all delicate hormones balance and agressive estradiol takes over the less agressive progesterone. And the disbalance of progesterone/estradiol increases and the liver automatically little by little becomes overstressed and when you add a gazillion other stressors for liver (anger, pesticides, acetaminophen, hydrogenated oils et cetera) you got a real problem.

Estrogen does not fix acne! Murderous birth control pills do not contrl acne! Estrogen excess puffs up the face or/and attracts water under the skin, spreads out toxins a bit and here you go- Acne is gone! Nothing could be farther from the truth! Did you notice middle aged men for example who have a spare tire around them and their face is kind of shining? (artificially) It is estrogen excess shines up their skin. Untill some cancer appears, stroke hits or impotence seaks in. My point is that syntetic estrogen (even natural), too much of it wrecks our bodies.

Of course when liver is not metabolizing steroid hormones properly it also can't deal with cholesterol properly either. Add killer oxidized cholesterol (cholesterol oxidizes very easily), Sugar (hopefully that's not the case) and no wonder cholestrol level shoots up. Which, even more, might be the lifesaver for you trying to patch up damaged arteries.

If I was a woman I would do anything in a world to avoid birth control pills and proceed with series of liver/gallbladder flushes. Problems is the with the liver however gallbladder as yuo know is storage palce for bile which is used to as a transporter through GI tract to carry out neutralized excess estrogens; not enough bile = insufficient removal of excess estrogens.

By the way, not eating animal fats does not equal healthy eating! Animal fats are not "unhealthy". Just eat unadulterated animal fats like fresh raw organic chicken egg yolks, raw butter and you will benefit your body many many times over. I checked my cholesterol in a lab two months ago, ate plenty of animal fat and my HDL/LDL ratio was the best in my life.

Besides Liver-Flush you might talk to a real doc (not an AMA "specialist") about using topical natural progesteron which is natural estrogen antagonist.

Anyway, take care of the liver and it will take care of you!

Good luck!

Hi Marli

Sorry to hear about your elevated cholesterol levels and Acne problems.

First, Acne is most likely caused by Candida yeast infection (it should be retained in the gut and held in check by friendly bacteria), but if it gets past the gut wall all manner of ill health problems arise ( Acne being the least of them). Candida thrives in an acid pH environment, so you can effectively combat the yeast by driving your body to the alkaine side. Next yeast loves sugar, in most folks this comes from sugar, sugary foods and drinks, but also carbohydrates and alcohol (yes a form of carbohydrate).

Avoiding acid foods and all Sugar sources leads to a vegetarian diet, heavy duty vegetables and their juices, good balance of omega 3 and 6 oils, olive oil for cooking, limited meat (acid) and if you are serious about beating the yeast NO carbohydrates. Check out the book 'the pH miricle' by Robert Young on Amazon for details.

High cholesterol can happen for a number of reasons, but choked up Liver with blocked / partly block liver ducts is a real possibility. Plenty of folks have done before and after Liver Flush blood cholesterol tests and found a useful step down reduction. Liver Flush definietely worth a go.

Finally, it might be an idea to research dietary fats, (check out book 'fats that heal, fats that kill' by Udo Erasmus, then you can then be properly directed towards 'good' fats away from 'bad' fats, and get some balance back into your diet (low fat diets definitely NOT good).

Hope this helps

Cambridge