TCM, (Traditional Chinese Medicine), suggests an effective liver cleanse that I like to do periodically, to help clean out the excess toxins that can accumulate in the liver and in the body. It is specifically designed to help with liver support. It is VERY EASY to do.
This is a very valid question and I want you to completely understand it.
Your liver is responsible for cleaning your blood and cleaning the toxins out of your system.
Many people stress their liver by having to take OTC's or Prescription medicines on a regular basis. Other people may suffer from being genetically predisposed to certain liver conditions.There is a myriad of reasons that your liver needs help! If you've ever had Hepatitis or HIV, it is essential that you help keep your liver clean, if you want to have any chance for recovery at all!
Even the pollution in the air we breathe is something else the liver has to process out of our bodies! Other common toxins include: Acetate, Alcohol, Benzene, Carbon Monoxide, Cigarette smoke, Dioxin, Herbicides, Insecticides, Paint fumes, Heavy metals, Formaldehyde, Food Preservatives, Asbestos, Artificial Food Coloring, Barbiturates, and MORE.
How does the liver handle toxins? The liver's natural antioxidant enzymes, found in the cells of the liver, corral free radicals, neutralize them, then safely and effectively escort them out of your body through the bile or the urine.
The other function of the liver is to remove heavy metals such as candmium, aluminum, and lead along with other environmental toxins and environmental wastes. Since everything you eat, drink or breathe or even touch eventually passes through your liver, all the external toxins you encounter in daily life end up there as well.
If your liver isn't efficient at handling those toxins, they will accumulate in your fatty tissues, your brain, the covering of the nerve cells and elsewhere in your body, where they could later have disasterous effects on your health!
Everyone needs a liver cleanse periodically. I would suggest doing this about once or twice a month at the very least.
Basic Liver Cleanse –
Mix 1-2 Tablespoons of Cold PressedOlive Oil with the juice and PULP of 1/2 lemon. Mix together vigorously. Drink! That’s it. It only takes a few minutes and it tastes a bit like Italian Salad Dressing, so it is not hard to ingest at all.
Fresh Lemon Juice and Olive Oil are powerful liver cleansers!
Do this once or twice a week or month to help clean the toxins out of your liver! Another benefit is that Cold Pressed Olive Oil helps lower your bad cholesterol, (LDL), over time. I also suggest keeping your levels of Glutathione and other key antioxidants at a maximum, as it helps the liver work more efficiently too!
For Daily Maximum Liver Function You'll Need:
Vitamin C
5000 mg.
Vitamin E
400-800 IU
Beta Carotene
25,000 IU
Glutathione
200 mg.
Selenium
200 mcg.
Alpha Lipoic Acid
200 mg.
NAC
600 mg.
Doing a cleanse is easy to do, inexpensive yet very effective. It is beneficial to incorporate it for your overall health and well being!
There is one precaution I should mention here about doing a liver cleanse.
I recently heard on a news clip that Bill Cosby had been having problems controlling his Cholesterol levels. Bill Cosby must know very well the benefits of Olive Oil, and I believe he might have been doing a Liver Cleanse when the following story happened to him.
It seems that Bill Cosby had an appointment to have his Cholesterol levels checked. Bill Cosby must know that taking Olive Oil regularly helps reduce the bad Cholesterol, LDL, and helps improve the good Cholesterol, HDL.
Apparently, he thought that if he consumed the Olive Oil the night before he went in to have his Cholesterol checked that his Cholesterol levels would be lower. When the numbers came back from his Cholesterol test, the doctor called him frantically and wanted to admit Bill Cosby to the hospital immediately. His cholesterol numbers were through the roof!
Panicking a bit himself, Bill Cosby then told his doctor about consuming the Olive Oil right before the appointment. He informed the doctor, they checked his levels again, and all was well…
What Bill Cosby didn’t know was that although Olive Oil will lower your Cholesterol over time, is that right after you ingest it, your levels will temporarily be higher for a day or so, then become lower.
The moral of the story is this. If you are going in for a Cholesterol level check at your doctor’s office…don’t do a liver cleanse the night before!
You will send your doctor into a panic! (Unless you dislike your doctor or are just looking for a reason to get admitted to the ER!)
So, with everything else in life, you should do your homework first!