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Blood Sugar Imbalances
 Poor blood sugar regulation, causes stress and inflammation in the liver increases the production of cholesterol which concentrates in the bile.  This causes a thicker, slower moving bile.  Poor blood sugar regulation will lead too higher LDL cholesterol, higher triglyceride levels and lower HDL cholesterol.  This triad is not only a risk for heart disease, but also gallstones (6).
Low Fiber Diet
Fiber is critical for the elimination of cholesterol in the body.  Additionally, fiber helps to feed good bacteria that enhance the detoxification processes of the body.  

A low fiber diet cause same thick sluggish bile production.
Low Stomach Acid Production
Stomach acid is necessary to stimulate all the digestive juices – including bile production in the liver.

An anti-inflammatory diet is necessary to inhibit gallstone formation.  Organic fruits & vegetables, grass-fed animal products and healthy fat sources such as avocados, coconut, & grass-fed butter.  Consume all fats in small quantities at a time.


The Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle

Once you incorporate the 12 hour daily detox cycle into your lifestyle you can choose to increase this period of time.  Two to three 16 hour liquid fasts each week and/or a 24 hour liquid fast will keep the liver well flushed.

Tips To Help Reduce GallStones
Lemon Water
Drink 8-16 oz of clean water with lemon each morning.
Vegetable Juices such as spinach, parsley, cilantro, beets, carrots, cucumbers, celery, etc. is highly advised.  The fresh juice and they will help to cleanse the liver and gallbladder.   No more than 4-8 oz of it should be with beets and carrots Be sure to get cucumber as the main juicing base.
Fermented Foods
Small amounts of fermented foods can be very therapeutic for the liver and gall bladder, such as  saeurkraut,  kefir & pickles.  If you tolerate dairy well than grass-fed kefir can be excellent.  If you notice you feel worse and have allergic like reactions (hives, swelling, sneezing, etc) than you may have a histamine intolerance and should avoid fermented foods for a period of time.
Healthy Fiber
 Fiber helps to grab up toxins in the digestive system and feeds the microbiota.  Be sure to get over 30 grams of fiber daily through non-starchy veggies and good seeds.  Nuts and fermented vegetables are also a great source of healthy fiber.  
Drink as many of these as you can –  for 3 days.  You can add a bit of pink salt to the juice or your water.





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People eat more sugar than they realize, mostly from “healthy” sources like fruit. 

Unfortunately, sugars unknowingly feed yeast and unfriendly bacteria in their gut. Diet included copious amounts of these “healthy” sugars, mostly from fruit that contained higher amounts of fructose. Guess what candida loves besides regular sugar? Yup, fructose.

Fruits contain various amounts of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose. While pretty much all your cells can utilize glucose as fuel, only your liver can metabolize fructose. This poses a major problem when it comes to your metabolism.

Large amounts of this sugar—yes, even from “healthy” fruit— get stored as unsightly fat in the middle and result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a growing epidemic.

Research also shows that fructose is lipogenic and behaves more like a fat than a carbohydrate in the body. That includes the usual suspects like soda, which is riddled with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) consisting of 55% fructose, but also fruit juices and sweeteners. 

Agave, which has been marketed as a “healthy” alternative sweetener, is actually worse than HFCS, having anywhere from 55—97% fructose content.
Excessive fructose also creates advanced glycation end-products , which trigger oxidative damage, inflammation, and lots of other health-wrecking chaos that lead to cellular aging, as the name implies.
The most drastic consequences of having too much fructose in your diet is insulin resistance, where your cells can’t “hear” the call of this sugar-storing hormone; and leptin resistance, where your brain doesn’t get this hormone’s message to stop eating before you reach for seconds and thirds.
Your gut bacteria—especially the bad guys—also love fructose, gobbling it up and triggering bad bacterial overgrowth. 

A healthy gut flora that's high in friendly bacteria is essential for overall health.
Here are some tips on how to improve your gut flora:
  • Eat more prebiotic foods --- Eat plenty of foods rich in prebiotic fibers, such as onions, oats and bananas.
  • Consume more probiotics --  Probiotics may increase the abundance of healthy gut bacteria. Foods, such as Kefir & kimchi  are all excellent sources. 

  • Make time for quality sleep
  • Reduce stress --  Regular exercise and deep breathing exercises may help reduce your stress levels

SUMMARY


Your gut bacteria play an important role in your overall health, and disruption to the gut flora has been linked to a number of health problems.


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