Animal products – Animal products should be avoided for several reasons. First of all, when you consume animal products you consume what that particular animal has consumed. If it was fed with grains that have been chemically sprayed you also are eating those chemicals. If the product is in the form of meat, then you have just added stress to the digestive process, stressing the liver, gall bladder, pancreas.
Meat is one of the hardest foods to digest. It can sit in the stomach for 5-7 days and ferment, causing flu like symptoms, gas, bloating, and even more stress.
Caffeine, including colas, chocolate, coffee and teas. A good substitute for coffee is, an antioxidant herbal tea.
Caffeine, of course, is a stimulant. Stimulating the liver can cause stress to the liver. If you are in the habit of drinking caffeinated beverages you need to eliminate them slowly as they are addicting. If you stop too suddenly you can have withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, nausea, and weak shakes.
Tap water – drink distilled water only. No filtered water. Your tap water may contain more than you bargained for, including chlorine, fluoride, inorganic chemicals and compounds that the liver is not able to process. Filtered water is, of course, better than tap water but filters breed bacteria. In order to reduce the stress from the liver you need to give it the purest form of water possible which is distilled water.
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Even the shower you take every day has toxins in it, which are absorbed through the skin and inhaled through the lungs. If you can possibly purchase a water filter you would be doing yourself a great favour.
Junk foods – Our body does not get a good source of nutrition from junk foods and most often they are full of all the things we need to stay away from, fats, sugars, empty calories, chemicals and livers don’t need this added stress.
White flour unless it is organic and unbleached – Bleached white flour has been chemically processed. Lots of vitamins and minerals are lost during the process, about 78 percent. When we consume this chemically altered product our bodies need extra vitamins and minerals in order to process it and utilize it
Hydrogenated oils – (they are refined) oils are another product that is hard for the liver to handle. Any type of oil or fat that hardens when cold. A better choice would be flaxseed oil or virgin olive oil.
Dairy products (animal) – Dairy foods are extremely hard to digest and again you are eating whatever the animal ate. Yogurt is not considered a dairy product but be sure to read the labels as the commercial brands are usually high in sugar content.
Fruit juices – Fruit juices are high in concentrated sugar. Sugar is a shock to the liver, stresses the digestive process, stresses the pancreas, and it feeds the virus.
Processed foods – we all know processed foods contain unnatural substances, preservatives, fillers, and chemically treated substances. Common sense tells us this is not healthy for us.
Foods you can eat
Whole wheat bread
Whole grain cereals
Cheerios!
Malt O Meal
Oatmeal
Cream of Wheat
Brown rice
Vegetables (potatoes in moderation)
Beans, all kinds
Refried beans (cook a small pot of pinto beans and put in blender when done and cool).
Lots of vegetable juices, freshly juiced by you
Fresh fruit in moderation (2-3 pieces per day.)
