March 12, 2008 by Kavit Haria
The popular liver cleanse
This is part five of the detox series.
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The liver is the largest gland in the human body and is responsible for producing bile, metabolizing and performing other functions that keep us in good health. Other functions of the liver include glycogen storage, red blood cells decomposition and some protein synthesis.
The liver cleanse is all about cleaning up the site of major body detoxification so that it can perform its functions as best as possible. Eating healthy foods, drinking lots of water and eating water-rich foods is the best way for keeping your liver healthy. Unfortunately most people don’t do this and so a liver cleanse is a great way to remove as many toxins as possible from the body.
Although there are many programs, supplements and items to help you in your cleanse, you can also do it naturally and author Arvind Devalia writes about how he followed a plan from a book called “Sunfood Diet Success System” by David Wolfe.
I’ve taken his points and reproduced the five steps here:
- Freshly squeezed apple juice 3 or 4 times a day, using slightly sour green apples.
- Cassia bark sticks – to be sucked on in the evening of day 3 and 4. There is often confusion between cinnamon and cassia with even their packaging getting their names switched. Cinnamon is normally sold in powered form or in cigar like stems. Cassia bark is just that - it looks like the bark of a tree which is just what it is.
- On the 4th afternoon, at least 2 hours since the previous apple juice drink, drink 250ml of olive oil (organic, cold-pressed and stone pressed) followed by 250ml freshly squeezed juice made from fresh organic lemons. This sounds like quite a concoction but is key to the detoxing process. Sip slowly if it helps.
- After taking the olive oil and lemon juice, rest for the remainder of the day. Lie down on your right side with a hot water bottle against your belly just under the rib cage where the liver is.
- On the 5th day, resume “normal” eating but very gently and lightly. Continue to rest as much possible.
You can read Arvind’s learnings here.
This isn’t the only way to do a liver cleanse but it’s also how I do mine.
If you are interested in doing a liver cleanse, the best way is to select a method that works for you. Read a few books and find out the best one to suit you. If you have done a liver cleanse before, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment box below.
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