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Liver Protection Protocol

Please feed your Liver many good things everyday. Alcohol and SUGAR causes 80% of liver disease

“Excessive alcohol consumption is by far the most common cause of impaired liver function in the US.” Life Extension

“Nothing else comes close to SAMe in providing a spectrum of health benefits for the liver.” Life Extension

“Protein deprivation has been shown to decrease the liver content of several of the cytochrome P450 enzymes, the enzyme system the body calls upon to remove toxins.  Mercury also blocks the P450 system. Transfats also interfere with the P450 detoxification enzyme system.”  Doctor Mary Enig

“Grape Seed Extract provided excellent protection against acetaminophen overdose-induced liver and kidney damage.” Bagchi et al

“ALA appears to have a positive effect for cadmium toxicity, providing a protective effect for cadmium induced cell dysfunction and membrane damage in liver cells.” Muller et al

“Silibinin from milk thistle is sold as a drug in Germany to treat liver disorders.”

“When vegetable oils are heated they form a compound called HNE which attacks your arteries, nerves and eye tissue like sulfuric acid etches glass. It’s been implicated in hardening of the arteries, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Huntington’s and liver disease as well as age related  macular degeneration.” Doctor David G. Williams

“SAMe acts as a precursor to glutathione production.” Lieber et al

“HFCS represents an important but not well-appreciated dietary change which has rapidly become an important causative factor in the development of the metabolic syndrome that clearly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Other research suggests that HFCS contributes to obesity and insulin resistance, encourages kidney stone formation, promotes gout and is contributing to an upsurge in cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.” Life Extension

“In Europe where the liver gets more attention and respect and people vigorously guard their livers with tonics and treatments milk thistle is a popular botanical liver medicine supported by solid scientific evidence showing it can prevent and reverse liver damage, regenerate cells and large areas of liver tissue. Most of the research has been done in Germany where milk thistle is government endorsed as a supportive treatment for chronic inflammatory liver conditions and cirrhosis.”  Jean Carper

“More than 200 experimental and clinical studies suggest that milk thistle is effective therapy for various liver diseases, including fatty liver, common in even moderate alcohol consumers, acute and chronic hepatitis, damage from drugs and exposure to toxic chemicals and even advanced cirrhosis.” Jean Carper

“There have been a few studies to investigate the activity of silibinin on heavy metals. This research supports the use of silibinin as an adjunct for liver, kidney, pancreas and other organ support in any heavy metals detoxification program.”  Life Extension

“There is good evidence milk thistle can help speed recovery in cases of hepatitis caused by a virus or alcohol. According to German research milk thistle helped heal hepatitis B and chronic viral hepatitis.” Jean Carper

“In a 1981 study looked at 49 patients who had been poisoned by the deadly mushroom “death cap”. They were all given injections of milk thistle’s active ingredients. The results were called amazing or spectacular. Ordinarily 30 to 40 percent of the 49 patients would have died of liver failure. Milk thistle reduced the deaths to NONE.” Doctor G. Vogel, University of Munich, Note this shows the power of milk thistle

“Remission of chronic persistent hepatitis has been achieved in six months to a year with milk thistle.” Jean Carper

“Doctor Robert Cathcart demonstrated that high doses of vitamin C, 40 to 100 grams, orally or intravenously were able to greatly diminish acute viral hepatitis in two to four days. He showed clearing of jaundice within six days.” Murray & Pizzorno

“Grape seed extract preexposure prior to acetaminophen, amiodarone and doxorubicin provided near complete protection in terms of serum chemistry changes and significantly reduced DNA fragmentation. Moderate to massive damage occurred in the liver, kidney, lung and heart tissue by all three drugs in the absence of grape seed extract.” Ray et al 2000

“Silymarin prevents damage to the liver by acting as an antioxidant. It is much more effective than vitamin E and vitamin C. Numerous research studies have demonstrated its protective effect on the liver. Experimental liver damage in animals is produced by extremely toxic chemicals such as carbon tetrachloride, amanita toxin, galactosamine and praseodymium nitrate. Silymarin has been shown to protect the liver against these toxins. Silymarin also works by preventing the depletion of glutathione. The higher the glutathione content, the greater the liver's capacity to detoxify harmful chemicals. Moreover, silymarin has been shown to increase the level of glutathione by up to 35 percent. In human studies, silymarin has been shown to exhibit positive effects in treating liver diseases of various kinds including cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, fatty infiltration of the liver, and inflammation of the bile duct.”  Doctor Michael Lam MD

“Together with choline, and inositol, methionine belongs to a group of compounds called lipotropics which help the liver to process fat in the body. Once in the liver, methionine is converted into SAM(s-adenosyl methionine) and SAM is therefore the metabolite of the amino acid methionine. As much as 8 grams of SAM is produced in the liver each day when conditions are ideal. However, the amount of SAM produced in the body can be reduced significantly when the liver function is compromised.” Doctor Michael Lam MD

"It is critical for a healthy body that we keep the colon clean and free of debris. The stress on the body is incalculable when toxins are reabsorbed into the overburdened bloodstream and taken to the already over worked liver." Doctor Anthony Cichoke

"Evidence suggests that alcohol contributes to only 6% of liver damage. The much higher risk factor for liver damage is obesity. It alone contributes to 52% of liver disease. And when an overweight person drinks, the chances of liver damage are dramatically increased. If you’re overweight, you have a twofold increased risk. If you’re obese (body mass index over 30), you’re four times more likely to develop liver damage than a normal-weight individual. “   Doctor Al Sears MD

"Milk thistle is a safe natural compound that has a long history as a traditional therapy for liver and kidney conditions."   Life Extension

"Silymarin's ability to protect against oxidative stress produced by potent drugs suggests it may be useful in protecting against more subtle chronic injury by free radicals, particularly those generated by chronic blood glucose elevations."   Life Extension, Note Silymarin is found in Milk Thistle   

Meet your Workhorse Liver

Your liver performs over 500 functions for you. It is a remarkable organ and quite durable too but it can be provided with a few nutrients to insure it outlives you. Don’t be discouraged if you have let your liver get in bad shape. Just resolve to treat it like a King from now on. Your liver is the one organ which can completely regenerate itself given good treatment.

Keep External Toxins away from your Liver

"You probably already know that most over-the-counter and prescription pain pills have serious side effects. Tylenol (as well as Advil, Motrin, and the other readily available pain pills) causes liver disease.”   Doctor Robert Rowen MD

The environment external to your body is the chief source of liver toxins. Try to avoid them. Of course this includes all the known toxins we can buy in our supermarket , the known toxins in our “Medical System”, the known toxins “mandated” by our Politico-Medical-Corporate System and many other toxins.

Suppose you are walking and about to pass a chemical plant. Turn around. If you smell a toxic substance, hold your breath, turn around and walk the other way. If you go into a store and smell pesticides leave the store. Think about what you are taking into your body and what is attempting to force its way into your body and how you can avoid the bad stuff. Since the prime cause of Parkinson’s is known to be pesticides, IMO people who have their lawn sprayed weekly are INSANE or ignorant. Don’t want the food crop dandelion (See Dandelion Protocol) growing in your yard? Hire a kid to pull em. That’s what I did as a kid.

Drugs and your Liver

"Silymarin's ability to protect against oxidative stress produced by potent drugs suggests it may be useful in protecting against more subtle chronic injury by free radicals, particularly those generated by chronic blood glucose elevations."   Life Extension, Note Silymarin is found in Milk Thistle 

"ALA has been comprehensively studied world wide for it's power to prevent or mitigate drug-induced kidney damage. ALA lowers protein loss in urine and improves kidney structure and function in diabetes laboratory animals by reducing oxidative stress."   Life Extension, Note this also holds for liver damage

"When acetaminophen is ingested a rapid depletion of glutathione in the liver occurs. The result is free radical destruction of liver cells."   Life Extension, IMO it is criminal to allow this please don't allow it in your body

Please never forget pharmaceutical drugs are designed to be toxic. Pharmaceutical drugs cannot be natural substances. Therefore your liver and kidneys remove the toxins as quickly as possible. Give your liver a break learn to live WITHOUT drugs as much as is possible.

Your Liver produces a lot of Free Radicals Itself

To do its job of detoxifying the toxins inside your body your liver produces as a by product LOTS of free radicals. To clean up those free radicals your liver also produces a superb antioxidant, glutathione (See glutathione Protocol). IMO we MUST help our liver produce sufficient glutathione to do its job.

Being Overweight is the Biggest Threat to Your Liver

"If you’re overweight, you have a 200 percent greater risk of liver damage. If you’re obese (body mass index over 30), you’re 400 percent more likely to develop liver damage than a normal-weight individual.1 Most of my patients figure as long as they don’t overuse alcohol or drugs, their liver is safe. But alcohol isn’t your biggest worry. Evidence suggests that alcohol contributes to only 6% of liver damage. But obesity alone contributes to 52% of liver disease."   Doctor Al Sears MD

"So how do we treat inflammation in the liver when it's caused by fat? The most obvious answer is to lose weight, but for many people this is difficult. Thus, scientists have looked for ways to reduce inflammation in the liver before scarring sets in. A recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that high-dose vitamin E might be one answer.”   Weight Loss And Vitamin E Two Liver-disease Fighters

"NAFLD is now widely recognized as the liver's manifestation of metabolic syndrome. It begins with accumulation of excessive amounts of liver fat in the form of triglycerides. Fat is highly vulnerable to oxidative damage and massive oxidative stress is the next step in development of NAFLD."   Life Extension, Note all the liver fat results from excess SUGAR and simple carb consumption NOT fat consumption

Your liver is heavily taxed by an overweight body such that when problems come along your liver may not be able to quickly resolve the issues.

Continuation of  Liver Protection Protocol (See Liver Protection Protocol Continuation)

This site was last updated on: 16 May 2012 09:51 AM

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