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Spring Liver Cleanse — 17 Comments

    • Liver cleansing is not one specific “diet.” You can eat in a liver cleansing way all year by including lots of leafy greens, drinking citrus in water in the mornings, taking dandelion-milk thistle and other liver herbs and purging your diet of vegetable oils, sugar, alcohol and most flour. Nightshades can, in some, increase or cause pain, calcify joints and deplete tissues of minerals (they can!), so it’s ideal to take a break from them when not their season.

      • Thank you, Linda! Do you recommend taking Dandelion Milk thistle come in capsule form?

        I just did a very comprehensive blood test panel ordered by a Naturapath. All of my numbers were excellent. The only issue was my ferritin levels, hence arriving at the conclusion that I am anemic. I continue to experience for most of the days, puffy hands and swollen feet. It is the feeling I get when I eat too much salt. (I used to be affected by eating too much salt years ago, that went away and is now back again.) It is nagging and a bit uncomfortable. Just not sure what that could be.

        The things that I eat that ‘contain’ salt are mac nuts and almonds (roasted (not in oils) and with sea salt) and sunflower seed butter-no sugar, but with salt.

        So annoying!

        Thank you for your insight:)
        A

        • Years ago I would try to sleuth out where the excess salt was coming from to address this. Not now! Now I suggest a homeopathic remedy for the swelling, especially since I believe it was also an issue with summer heat for you, no? We NEED sodium and the trace minerals in sea salt. Be sure you are getting sea salt, not processed. On ferritin, yes, you want to correct this. If you are unable to work in more beef and lamb, which I recommend, consider taking ferrum phos and calc phos, both cell salts (take each one twice a day, at least 15 minutes apart) to increase your assimilation of iron.

      • Ok thank you. I felt so awesome after the flush. Trying to figure out what I took out of my diet during the flush that made me feel so great. I want to do it again!

  1. Hi Linda! You continue to inspire. If anyone has never worked with Linda in the past, I highly recommend her. She is not a fad diet nutritionist. Her insight and advice will stick with you well beyond the ‘time’ you spend with her. I have been a client of hers for 15 years:)

    I feel that credit is due to those who truly deserve it.
    …just my two cents:)

    Anyway, my question is…..i know that most cleaners at the supermarket are harmful. Can you advise on any brands that are ok to use? thank you!!

    • Thank you for the kind words Andria. I clean my whole house with distilled white vinegar, orange essential oil and baking soda. Research shows vinegar kills germs as effectively as antimicrobial cleaners (the toxic kind!). Baking soda is also anti-microbial and works like a powdered-type cleanser. You can mix rubbing alcohol and vinegar for a window cleaner (google recipes), or just use dishsoap and water. A pumice stone works on toilet bowl rings. For laundry, I use unscented products like Planet or Ecover. Hope that helps!

      • Thank you! I will try a mixture of that!
        I have been off if wheat for almost two months and I feel great in terms of energy & clear-mindedness.
        Although I have been feeling heavy in the leg/thigh area.
        I may hit you up for help if I can not take care of it on my own:)

        • I do think wheat is a particular problem for you. It is “damp” according to Chinese medicine, so can leave you feeling sluggish, and with brain fog. Keep up the clean eating! I’m here. You could do a liver cleanse to speed things up and feel lighter.

          • Thank you! Wheat is not tantalizing at all. I don’t miss it and I know how it makes me feel so deep down I am turned off by the sight and taste.
            I’m tempted for your liver cleanse. Accountability works for me and definitely helps me to tighten the reins:) Hawaii vacation in a little less than 3 weeks:)….

  2. I am interested in doing this, and I am also unsure of how well I could manage a fast. How long does one actually fast?
    thanks!
    Eliza

    • This is not a fast. I do not recommend a fast, which can cause release of too many toxins into the body at one time. Plus if you have overeating or craving issues, a fast can make that worse. This is a cleanse. You eat! I modify things a bit depending one’s health issues. If you email me, I will send you a questionnaire to help me customize this a bit.

  3. I am interested in the liver cleanse. I did a bowel cleanse since I am getting a colonoscopy today – would you recommend a liver cleanse soon afterward?

    • I suggest you wait until bowel movements return to normal, which shouldn’t be long. I will make sure guidelines are appropriate for your situation. The good news is stimulating the colon to cleanse helps the liver.

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