You need to soften the stones and have good bower movements. Chancapiedra- Malic acid capsules or cranberry juice.   [End]
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Yes, been through that myself. Had to flush for a couple of months before I got rid of the blockage. I discovered that using one of those handheld massagers firmly against the gallbladder running it from under the right breast diagonally to the belly button help release trapped sludge and stones. Also used it over the liver massaging from back to front to help dislodge stuck stones. Malic acid, chanca peidra, and gold coin grass can be helpful if you can deal with one of them.   [End]
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Hi Friends, First 7 flushes was magical , passed lot of pea size and sludge. 8 the flush passed a 2 cm size stones. Following that didn’t pass any stones for the 15 flushes over a span of one year. Health is worse and not much improvement overall. Cannot use stone softener due to intense reaction. SIBO, candida, extreme brain fog, fatigue. Everyday life s affected due to this. Would like to know anyone has similar experience of not passing stones for such a long time. Thanks   [End]
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Thank you so much, you have no idea how much your help is appreciated :)   [End]
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This is very simple. Most western world thinks they are sick because of outside factors, environment, viruses, heredity, etc. But most important thing to know is the disease forms from eating the wrong foods. Of course we get viruses from outside and our own negative thoughts impact our well being, but food is number one. We eat too many junk, processed, sugar laden foods. So first thing you can do is change your diet. Abuse to your body for many years makes your liver and pancreas tired and loaded with toxins. In fact all cells in your body become toxic. But there is hope. Our bodies ...
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Last year this time I had gotten off an Antidepressant called Paxil. I was on it for about 3 months total, gained about 30 lbs and immediately wanted off. For the past year Ive been researching like a mad man for a solution. All my blood tests come back normal, the only potential indication of something wrong was my liver enzymes coming up high. I know that SSRIs can impact your liver enzymes ( Liptin & Insulin) But how do i go about fixing this? Please if anyone has any idea feel free to help. I just want my old life back   [End]
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Hello! My mother (66) has Atrial Fibrillation. She also has a history of Thyroid problems and osteoarthritis. She is taking Statin, Thyroid medication and Beta-Blockers. I have read Iodine Protocol by Dr. Brownstein can be very helpful for her condition. However, I am unaware of the danger of combining iodine with the above mentioned medicines. Any specific information on how to proceed with the Iodine Protocol in such case would be very much appreciate. Also best way to stop taking the medicines while improving her condition naturally would be something she would be grateful to find out a ...
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Sometimes I have trouble falling alseep, if I stay up past 11-12, my tummy area starts to burn (my colon hydrotherapist told me it’s actually my small intestine area lol). It’s like a burning sensation like I’m hungry. I Used to eat whenever it would happen but if I stay up long enough, My stomach will make gurgling noises, and eventually burn again. My naturopath thought it was blood sugar issues so he had me take pancreas supplements, but it hasn’t worked. When my stomach is normal, it’ll make gurgling noises sometimes... And no matter what I do, I can only sleep 7 hours at the most. whe ...
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Is there more info at this forum about thyroid patients and Leptin? ~Susan   [End]
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Click on their number and you will find that this post is in about every forum. I answered this poster elsewhere where s/he posted under ”scaredscaredscared”.   [End]
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I think your swallowing the peel and getting it stuck has damaged your esophagus somewhere. Thus the pain. My Grandma used to get food ’Stuck’ on the little lever that closes off the lungs/stomach (depending on what is coming down the pipe) all the time and would not be able to eat until it cleared out, and it was very painful. If the Peel has cleared as you say then you are in the Heal stage. Your Dr is telling you that you have damaged a part of your esophagus close to a nerve that also carries pain signals from other parts of your body IE your chest pain. So you think it i ...
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Your stomach acid will be able to dissolve the mango skin, and it is unlikely that this will cause an intestinal blockage. Stomach acid is able to break down much tougher foods, than a mango skin. You need to calm down and not panic. Eating will help stimulate the production of more stomach acid, and this will aid the dissolving of the mango skin. If you want to fast, then do so, but being rude to people, because they think this is not a good practice, is not helpful, and will put people off replying to you. Drinking water will dilute the stomach acid, so is not helpful unle ...
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I’ve read Mastering Leptin and The Leptin Diet by Byron Richards. Both are great.  Mastering Leptin is my favorite because it is more technical and even talks about insulin resitance, female hormone balance, and fibromyalgia. The Leptin Diet is really good too. I’d suggest that one for people starting out and who want a shorter read. One of the rules in the book is eating a high protein breakfast. This has made a huge difference for me -- more energy and I’m able to go meal to meal without eating. I think they just came out with a Third Edition of the book:  http://www ...
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Check out this information from the author of ”Mastering Leptin” and ”The Leptin Diet”, Byron Richards. Richards was the first to explain the leptin hormone in a book, and continues to be a leading expert. Also, his books are GREAT! He explains the connections between leptin, thyroid, adrenals, female hormones, and weight loss. Anyway, here are just some of Byron Richards’ articles on leptin. He actually has a weekly newsletter and podcast too. What is Leptin? http://www.wellnessresources.com/weight/articles/what_is_leptin/ The Mastering Leptin Lifestyle: http://www.wellness ...
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Just read an article about the hormone leptin causing psoriasis. I would like to ask any experts on curezone about how to lower levels enough to stop the psoriasis. Any thoughts on this????   [End]
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http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1310496#i   [End]
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Fungifactor8 linked this article in the Bed-Wetting forum, and elsewhere, a couple of years ago. http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=775537#i My eyebrows went up when I read it for the first time today. You may want to read a bit of my story, which I posted beneath a very different link posted by Fungifactor8, in the same thread. http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1317508#i I particularly like the very last line I posted... ”Isn’t the idea that the body produces extra fat to contain additional toxins, amazing?!” Does any of this cause any bells o ...
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I love this book. You can get it cheap at overstock.com It is a lot cheaper than anyother place and sometimes$ has free shipping or $1 shipping.   [End]
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I have been usining The Fat Resisance Diet and it is really an anti-inflammatory diet. It has worked wonders on my migraines. I used to be on 3 migraine meds but no longer take any! YEA! This is the first time that I have been migraine free since the age of 16. I usually had anywhere from 15 to 20 migraines a month and sometimes more. I have been migraine free for almost three months. It is a wonderful feeling not to wake up in the middle of the night and need to go throw up because of a migraine. I have read the Rosedale Diet and did not agree with a lot of his. He requires way to ...
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Friends.....(If you want to ’butter them up’)! End quote. I truly hate passing on bad news. What good does it do to make people feel bad? I would far rather talk about what is better, and hope that it pulls people into happier, more wholesome ways. But this may be connected to brain chemistry...especially when we consider all the false and substandard fats used in the ’food’ industry today. I was 11 years old when the margarine industry gave in to the dairy industry, and put the coloring into a little ball inside a kneadable plastic bag...so we shouldn’t forget it isn’t b ...
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Last night I read about a substance that forms in the hypothalmus region of the the brain when one over-eats...that causes the body to ignore leptin...and to eat more. Great big ’formula’ for its name...discovered by scientists. The link to a media page given in the F.Y.I. forum, I think. Right away quick I wonder why any body would over-eat. Here are some guesses... ...Poor quality food...even that grown on soil short on the living micro organisms that carry nutrients to plant roots...therefore, lack of minerals. ...Excitotoxins, like pretending sugars, flavor enhancers, M ...
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thanks for posting this here :-) grz-   [End]
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...NOT the fructose found in fruits, but that found in white sugar and in corn syrup...additives to many processed foods. Here is Grzbear’s post which contains and links to the original article... http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1279101#i The article contains a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of Leptin Resistance, which seems to be a reason for weight gain. I think it would be very nice if the public could ask the scientists questions...and sponsor/fund further studies. Fledgling   [End]
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http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1214811#i It mentions that big long word Alisaun took the trouble to write for us. Since this question shows up in the Glyconutrients & Phytonutrients forum, I thought maybe there is something to basic nutrition that affects infections in the body. .................... So, I did a lot of reading in the two books from the library, returned the books, and promptly forgot most of what I’d read. Do I have it right...Leptin Resistance is caused by (low grade or other?) infections in the body? And, is the immune system built on the balan ...
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Hi, I’m new here. I just got my leptin test results and they seem quite high at 97.8. The normals even for obese people is no higher than 29. I have lyme disease and I think I may have biotoxin illness as well which is typically marked by high leptin and low msh. Do others high this high of values here? I’ve read some information that indicates that the high values can be part of a protective measure. Has anyone here been able to decrease their numbers and if so how? Thanks! Terry   [End]
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By my third potful...my troubles were back! And I couldn’t drink anymore. At first, I thought it was because I am ’sensitive’ to plants of the Nightshade family...white potatoes, tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplant, and tobacco. Then I wondered about the extra water consumption. I’ve read to increase water consumption slowly. Lots of other things crossed my mind, too. Then I read this book’s recommendations for a 12-hour emergency remedy... http://curezone.com/ig/f.asp?f=788 There are a number of ingredients used that I hadn’t had...and some things to eliminate.. ...
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http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1127211#i Hope there is something good for you in this report! My best, Fledgling   [End]
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..I’m not sure why. I went to sleep at 1 a.m., still stiff and sore in my legs from a few days ago, bending over and picking up from the ground for a few hours. I slept for a while, then got up to pee, once. I then fell asleep immediately...until 8 a.m.!!! That’s seven hours abed, with only one interuption! This is so unusual for me that I’m wondering what I did differently yesterday. Was it that, yesterday morning, I first entertained the idea that I might have urinary infections? Or, maybe it was that I had a lot of store-bought mild salsa yesterday, with good corn chips ...
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I apologize for being so slow. Those two library books sat on my table for weeks. I did look into them, and saw a bit of the ’how to’ in both. One, as far as I saw, did have lists of foods, but I didn’t get much of the actual plans. [Do you do that, too...skip the ’scientific explanations’ and look for the ’meat and potatoes’ basic plan?] I had hoped to compare the recommendations, book to book, to see how they differ. My main problem, I have decided, is lack of sleep. I am tired so often, because I get up to pee every hour, hour and a half, two hours...all night long... ...
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http://www.americanscientist.org/template/Newsletter?memberid=null&issueid=2661 The article is about ’Hormone Leptin influences diet’. I don’t know what it means, but I found it interesting. F.   [End]
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You may like to read the whole thread on how this new attitude came about... http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1086619#i F.   [End]
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Ordered the one Leo Galland book available, and the Rosedale diet. They should be in soon. I’m afraid that the article (above) and all the ’science’ behind it is far too much for me...though, at a glance, this article seems to oppose Leo Galland’s article (at the top of the first thread posted in this forum), to some degree. Even when we get the ’diet’ lists, we will have to be sure that the fruits and veggies, etc., we buy actually contain the nutrients we hope for. F.   [End]
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...A friend got a leak in their brake fluid line yesterday... So, while hubby is out early this a.m., I’m poking around Googling ’leptin’, and found this... http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/L/Leptin.html ”In addition to its effect on the hypothalamus, leptin acts directly on -- -- The cells of the liver and skeletal muscle where it stimulates the oxidation of fatty acids in the mitochondria. This reduces the storage of fat in those tissues (but not in adipose tissue). -- T cells where it enhances the production of Th1 cells promoting inflammation. Mi ...
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...Just in case you thought I was sitting on my thumbs. :D http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1084166#i And read my post above that, please, to see where I’m coming from. Going to play ’Chickenfoot’ with family today. Maybe the library is open on Sundays. Monday is just too long to wait! F. for Progress   [End]
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I so agree with you, Alison! And I appreciate you posting here, both then and now. I feel I have found treasure! Reading your first post in the Leptin Resistance forum, I was astonished that I have been going in this direction, without knowing why, since I first came to the CureZone. That was an Aha! moment, I must say. The little ’researching’ I’ve done so far has confirmed both the logic of this approach and the obstacles we all share...such as assurance of the quality of the produce available...because we oversee the gardening. One point hit home last night... ...Perh ...
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Hi Fledgling, I knew your name looked familiar from the Humaworm forum! I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts. :) I’m on my second round right now -- great stuff. I was pretty blown away by the whole Leptin thing too - it answered a lot of questions, particularly about the weight gain/inflammation. When I got sick with Lyme, my weight ballooned up 60 pounds in just a few months and in retrospect I think that had a lot to do with Leptin resistance. I wish I had a great success story for you. I’ve had a hard time sticking to the Leptin diet, to be honest. When I was on it tho ...
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My, you are quick, Alison! I seem to remember you responding very quickly once before. This morning I found the Leptin forum by chance, and was blown out of my chair! I know I need to learn more...what have people experienced? ...Were there discoveries since then? ...Are there remarkable success stories to prove the soundness of any plan? I see that Oprah is/was deeply interested...and I know that she was recently advocating against parasites. May I copy and paste your first post in that forum? I feel strongly that there is something valuable for me in this, but I don’t ...
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Thanks you guys. I will read up on this as it looks very interesting. And I wonder what else in the body Leptin intertwines with, or has to do with? I’m always learning something new here at curezone!   [End]
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Back-paddling like mad here, Megabite. I have only read the few articles in the Leptin Resistance forum once, this morning. I thought at least one thread there was cross-posted with the Lyme forum...but I was wrong...and I feel somewhat embarrassed. Although I know that Lyme was mentioned in the text of at least one of the articles. Here is the first post made to the Leptin Resistance forum by Alisaun... http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=346927#i   [End]
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Hi there, One of the Best books I’ve read that goes into how Leptin works and how to overcome it is called Mastering Leptin by Byron J. Richards. It’s a little heavy on the science but also written very clearly with steps to balance Leptin. For those with Lyme, I specifically recommend reading the chapter on ”Fibromyalgia”, since they don’t discuss Lyme (and as we know the Fibro diagnosis is often given to people with Lyme and co-infections). If you just substitute ”Lyme” with Fibromyalgia” when you read it, it’s actually quite helpful. I just started taking one of the supplemen ...
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Sorry, it’s actually the first time I’ve ever heard of Leptin Resistance. How can anyone overcome it?   [End]
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Just beginning to read the Lyme forum and I see that you folks are likely far ahead of the Leptin Resistance forum I just read. Please excuse my cross-posting if it seems my questions and interest doesn’t ’fit’ with your discussions. I wish everyone the very best success in their journeys to well-being. Fledgling   [End]
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...Just beginning my reading in this forum...seeing myself and everything I’ve concluded, all over it...and then I find that the Rosedale name has been corrupted on the Internet. For example, the earliest Google hit I found that showed promise of original information (not selling a book, or something)... http://www.rosedalemetabolics.com/ ...Leads to a site offering home renovations! I read one review, supposedly by a woman who had followed the Rosedale ’plan’ and lost 33 pounds, and she came to two conclusions... ...The Rosedale ’diet’ works, and, ...The Rosedale di ...
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THANK YOU- THIS WAS A VERY HELPFUL MESSAGE All the diets and HGh, Omega Three, Cortisol, Insulin resistance articles I have read (as so often the case with allopathic writers/experts) never put the whole picture in such a way that the whole series of cascading events/hormones have been explained such a succient and related manner Even this forum is named after only one issue in the cascade of hormonal problems I am so glad my curiosity about Leptin had me read this article   [End]
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Alison, I was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism after showing all the symptoms of fatigue, fogginess in thought, and low body temperature (97.7 on average). All of my thyroid hormone bloodwork came back in the normal range, with TSH at 3. Unable to do a clinical trial, I found an article from Bastyr that describes what they are finding to be a lower threshold for TSH levels to indicate hypothyroid or sub-clinical hypothyroidism. The article is at: http://bastyrcenter.org/content/view/881/ After working with Bastyr, they did some more bloodwork and found the antigens for Hashymo ...
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that has put his Type I Diabetes in check with alternative therapy - this included Qi Gong {Chi Kung} and tea from Blueberry leaves as the biggies.   [End]
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I am so glad this forum is here! I have been interested in the leptin stuff in hopes of it helping my type 1 diabetes, and other health problems. (I just recently recieved the Rosedale diet book as well). I hope to get started soon, but its difficult since I cannot afford to buy seperate groceries for everyone, so am having to go into it slowly. How are things working for you on it? (I haven’t read your other posts yet, so don’t know if they answer this question) Jen   [End]
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Hello, Here are links to a bunch of articles about Leptin. Articles are short, easy to read, and very informative. Mysterious Hormone’s Role in Successful Weight Loss http://www.mercola.com/2004/apr/24/hormones_weight.htm What You Don’t Know About Leptin Can Make You Fat http://www.mercola.com/2004/dec/1/leptin1.htm Leptin May Control ”Sweet Tooth” http://www.mercola.com/2000/oct/1/leptin_sugar.htm Leptin: How Diabetes and Obesity Are Linked http://www.mercola.com/2005/apr/2/leptin_diabetes.htm Protein Possible Key to Obesity Hormone’s Effect on Brain http://ww ...
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What I find interesting is that people test *normal* for thyroid hormone but still have low body temp and other problems related to low thyroid...this now starts to mnake more sense to me why coconut oil works so well with raising body temp - it is a good fat that helps against leptin resistance possibly? . . . ”Interestingly, leptin also controls thyroid hormone. Thus, leptin problems enforce low-thyroid symptoms by turning off the activation of thyroid hormone at the cellular level. The thyroid gland may still make thyroid hormone, making lab tests appear normal. However, a person ...
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Hello, I also posted this in the Lyme Disease forum, but it deals directly with Leptin resistance, which I find fascinating. Could it be that hormone signalling is at the root of our weight regulation problems? And who knew that fat tissue was so closely related to the immune system! And that fat basically acts as part of the endocrine system because it produces hormones (like leptin!) For anyone who has, say, an inflammatory disease (Lyme), and who has, say, Leptin resistance (i.e. gained a ton of weight)... ...Like me (not that I’m bitter or anything)! While on my mission to ...
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