Entries in Category: Liver

So, as you might know, I got my blood work results back last week. My liver enzyme levels have fallen and I’m almost normalised. I should get there in the next couple of months. Additionally, the enzyme that indicated the gluten allergy is elevated, but not nearly as much as it was (less than half of what it was during what I thought was the faulty reading). In fact, it’s less than half that level. And so the …

OK, I’ve been asked on a number of occasions since Saturday how I feel. Truth is I don’t feel that much different, physically. The only noticeable thing is that my digestion seems faster, but I’ll chalk that up to psychological.

There is a behavioural difference, though. What I’m not sure about is whether that’s the result of the liver cleanse or the master cleanse. That is this: I chew my food a lot more now …

Well, I did what I said I’d do last night. I started drinking the epsom salts mixture. Let me warn you, the damned stuff is bitter. Pretty nasty. The only way to do it (you have to drink three-quarters of a cup) is to throw the stuff back. Just chug it. If you sip some water right afterwards, the water tastes sweet. So that’s pretty good, and a sip is enough to remove the taste.

At about 10 …

Well, here it is. We’re at T-minus-zero today. So, I had a breakfast of toast and blueberry preserves (2 pieces of toast, thanks!). And I had as much apple juice as I could before 2pm (14:00). According to the recipes I’ve seen, I’m not allowed to eat or drink after 2 (14:00). So, it’s 6:45 in the evening (18:45) now, and I’m home. I didn’t get to write my entry …

First of all, my apologies to all your RSS reader users out there for filling up your screens with my other two entries for today. But, uh, back to the lecture at hand (Perfection is perfected, so Im a let em understand), the apple juice “fast.” So, with all the bloatiness of yesterday, I was barely able to drink two glasses of apple juice at work. I got home and the bloat started to rid itself off, let’s just …

Yeah, so I’ve discovered something. Unfiltered organic unsweetened apple juice is thick. It bloats me right up. I’m physically unable to ingest a gallon a day. So I’m doing my best to ingest half a gallon, on the theory that some is better than none at all. So, the idea is that the mallic acid (is that what it’s called?) in the apple juice softens the stones. I’m not a biologist, an internist, a physiologist …

Ickness Alert. Skip this entire blog post, is my advice, quite frankly.

True story: When I was an undergraduate in the arctic colds of Rochester, NY, I lived, for a while, in the on-campus housing. Now, a central facet of most dormitory buildings is the shared bathrooms. So each “hall” typically has its own set of bathrooms and showers that is shared with your neighbours. I detested these for anything but showering (and even that because my choices were rather …

Well, I transitioned this morning from the lemon juice to a glass of orange juice. I did the salt water flush, of course. There’s still flushing happening, which is inconceivable to me. Whatever, I’ll be flushing all week anyway.

Right, so I took a half gallon bottle of apple juice to work with me. Sure enough, the apple juice takes care of your hunger. People, I’m at the point where I can watch someone eat and smell …