Re: My theory on the liver flush….I hope all will read and comment.

So much about our health or lack thereof is such a matter of dispute that I don't think anyone can state ANYTHING with impunity. What works for you may not and probably will not work for me. I know that my personal experience with allopathic medicine was a joke. I went through a battery of tests for months and at the end was told and I quote "You may or may not have gone through early onset menopause. You have functional cysts that are consistant with that finding but the only way to know for sure would be to biopsy your ovaries and even that would not present positive proof" So much for allopathy. This all started when I had gained 36 pounds in less than 30 days without having changed my diet or exercise program, I had never been heavy before. I took this as a sign that something was wrong. When I got to the doctor, I was told by a 300 lb nurse with bags you could pack for a week in under her eyes that they had programs for people who could not control their eating. I should have run far and fast right then. What I had done, though, was quit smoking and go off birth control pills thinking that would be a path to better health. Following the initial weight gain, I began to miss periods. Over a 2 year period, I gained a lot of weight and stopped menstruating althogether. I now know that there were a lot more factors at play here. Liver function being primary.

So much of what we hear, even in the naturopathic community is contradictory. Dr. Schulze says use citrus and a mainly raw foods diet, and according to Julia at sensiblehealth, salads and raw foods may weaken the spleen and she avoided citrus in returning her liver to health. So there you are, no matter who you listen to, it comes down to the fact that what works for you may not work for me.

Then there is the emotional and mental component to take into consideration. Emotional trauma can be stored anywhere in the body and the mental decision to release this trauma can play a bigger part than anything. In that respect, you could consider that when a person is ready to release what past even is stored in their liver, the oil etc. is just a ritual to be used to symbolise the cleansing of these issues and tissues. In which case, no scientific argument for or against is relevant.

We can posturize, analyze and scrutinize these good people's stories of success to death and no amount of theory will be able to discount them. Because for all of them, it is not the theory behind the action but the result which counts and for the most part I see people having good results from cleansing. There is much evidence of our physicality being governed by our mentality and producing results that the scientists say are impossible.

For me, I prefer to believe in the impossible. As Lewis Carrol says:
I can believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

My understanding is that your post was meant to encourage people to use moderation in order to minimize the possible side effects of a flush. And to make people understand that not all of what they were seeing might be what they thought it was. I respect the caring behind it and the notion that moderation is key. I think you are very likely right that SOME of what is seen in the toilet can be a direct result of what was ingested to perform the flush. However, stones have been passed this way which were tested and proven in labs, people have reduced or rid themselves of allergies, pain and other symptoms using this technique and the results are there.

I appreciate all of the people on this list for being passionate in their quests for health and willingness to share what has worked for them. I personally have never performed a flush, and am in process of a bowel cleanse. I fully intend to flush after this cleanse is finished and I know I will feel better for it. The proof as they say is in the pudding. And people here have the proof. I could certainly, and have, abuse my body in worse ways than to drink a little or even a lot of oil.

Thanks for your time,
Laura Tweet