Dear Anni,
In a fatty liver, the lipid (fat) accumulates when lipoprotein transport is disrupted (bile duct congestion) and when fatty acids accumulate. The lipids can spread throughout the liver and an ultrasound scan can make the liver appear white than the usual black. Alcohol, pharmacological and recreational drugs and obesity are common causes, although they in return are usually precipated by presence of stones in the bile ducts.
A fatty liver is preceeded by an accumlation of large amounts of intrahepatic stones, up to 20,000. It takes a lot more liver cleanses to clear a fatty liver than a "normal" cogested liver. So please, be patient with your body. Positive results, occur with each new successful liver cleanse, but they are not really tangible and noticible unless the fatty liver situation has become reversed. It is a very good sign, though, that your panic attacks have subsided. It means, the body doesn't feel the same suffocation it has felt before. To digest foods properly, the the major bile ducts in the liver must remain open all the time, the emphasis being on "remain."
I would also suggest that you check out my book The Key to Health and Rejuvenation (www.1stbooks.com) to adjust your diet to suit your bodytype requirements. Eating a lot of nuts can be very congesting for both the liver and digestive system, especially if you are a Pitta or Kapha type.
The section on raw foods will give you an idea why drinking a lot of juices can put your body on the defence and actually make your intolerant to foods. Drinking wheatgrass juice can even make you allergic to wheat. The juice contains a large amount of antibodies used by the wheat grass to defend itself against insects, caterpillars, fungi, etc. The immune system considers these highly toxic antibodies "antigens" and try to eliminate them, which intitially has a strong cleansing effect that usually lasts 10 days (+- a few days) People usually feel great, energetic, clear-minded at this stage, since along with the antibodies other waste can be removed as well.
After this phase, however, the immune system becomes increasingly fatigued and eventually loses the ability to detoxify the antibodies present in other natural foods, such as grains, fruit, vegetables, etc. Allergies begin to appear. Liver and digestive functions become weaker, and general energy levels diminish. A relatively healthy liver can cope with these poisons much better, but a weak liver has trouble detoxifying them. There are lot of wonderful healing methods offered out there, and there can a value in each one of them, but you may need to be more discriminating, given your specail situation.
With kind regards,
Andreas
http://ener-chi.com