while she strongly cautions that it may be too harsh for very ill people, she is clear that they do flush the liver of toxins...

http://www.drfostersessentials.com/store/liver_cleanse.php#warning


she is also an excellent herbalist who actually went to med school. in other words she is a real medical doctor unlike some err umm wannabees here.

Let's look at some of her misconceptions:

"Only foods and herbs (and positive thoughts) can help repair a damaged liver and/or gallbladder. This is because they are recognized as foods. They are not toxic, and therefore they do not cause the liver to work in order to detoxify them. All synthetic chemicals are recognized as foreign and toxic to the body. Therefore, when the liver sees a chemical, it automatically goes into action producing enzymes to neutralize it and get rid of it."

Yet she recommends tinctures, with man-made alcohols that are toxic to the liver.

At least she was smart enough to know that ingesting magnesium sulfate is not a good idea.  That is one of the few things that she got right.

"This weakening eventually leads to all kinds of liver conditions, including hepatitis, which is now so common that it is becoming an epidemic. Viruses merely function to clean up filth and decay in the body. The hepatitis virus should not be considered to be the enemy, but the toxins in the liver that the virus feeds on should be. "

First of all she apparently does not understand the fact that there are many causes of hepatitis. Hepatitis viruses, herpes viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, chemicals including many pharmaceuticals, trauma and autoimmunity.

Secondly her claim that viruses feed on the filth and decay of the body is right up there with Moritz's outrageous claim that cancer is a survival mechanism.  Apparently she is confusing viruses with white blood cells.  That would be enough for me to run as fast as I could if she offered help.

"Medical doctors admit that Interferon, the conventional treatment for hepatitis, is only effective 30% of the time. My clients describe the treatment as feeling like a bad case of the flu every day without a break. The muscles and joints ache and hurt. There may also be fevers. After a while, they have told me that they would rather do anything else than continue this treatment. Yet, in the minority of cases, even though the virus may be defeated by interferon therapy, the toxicity that the virus feeds on is still there. "

There are two reasons that interferon therapy fails so frequently.  First reason is that interferons tend to be tissue specific.  So they work best for the same tissues they were derived from.  Bu there is NO liver interferon on the market.  Second reason is that interferon would only work for viral hepatitis. But as I pointed out, but the good doctor seems unaware of, there are many causes of hepatitis.  And most will not respond to interferon therapy.

"Peanuts are commonly stored in silos for years before they are ever sold in stores. In the silos, they begin to accumulate mold. This mold releases a highly toxic substance called Aflatoxin B - a substance known by medical doctors to lead to liver damage and liver cancer. Because many nuts are stored for years before being sold in stores, they commonly go rancid. To cover up the rancid taste, manufacturers roast and salt the nuts."

Again several mistakes.  First of all aflatoxins are produced by a soil fungus called Asperillus niger, which is why they are found in so many foods such as peanuts, grapes, corn, onions, carrots, etc.  It has NOTHING to do with being stored in silos.  Secondly, cooking including roasting destroys aflatoxins.  I have presented all these facts in earlier posts.  

"The bile that the liver normally produces should be thin and flow easily. Yet, when the liver is overloaded with chemicals, the bile becomes abnormally thick."

It is not "toxins" that thicken the bile.  Bile is thickened by the excess secretion of cholesterol in to the bile.  Same reason cholesterol gallstones form as well as sludge.  Cholesterol is essential to the body, it is not a toxin.