184. From Gallstones to Gut Health.

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Yo, what's going on, everybody.

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Welcome to the elemental Evon podcast.

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This is your host as always

Evan Roberts on this podcast.

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I break down health topics from a

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to go, ready to apply them to your

life and hopefully improve your

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health for the better today's episode.

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We're going to be talking a bit about

a gall bladder and liver cleanse that

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I've personally done and is a pretty.

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Um, popular, but maybe a little

bit of an extreme cleanse.

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I'm going to kind of run through, uh,

some of the controversy on it, as well

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as what my personal opinion is on it.

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And as well, this is all kind of leading

up to more episodes that I will be

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doing on the gallbladder and liver.

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Uh, specifically pertaining to

digestion as well as just overall

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gallbladder and liver health.

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Uh, also just on that note, who knew

that the liver and gallbladder play a

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pretty big role in our digestive health.

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Personally not I, um, and I think I

could speak for many people, uh, in

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terms of, you know, just not really

putting those two things together.

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Uh, but they do, they definitely play

a role and they are tied together

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as are most things in the body.

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Right?

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I mean, you do one thing to one part

of the body and it tends to affect

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every other part of the body as well.

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So, uh, this is no different.

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Uh, and yeah.

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That's really the goal of this podcast.

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Is just to provide you with all the

information and let you just kind of,

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uh, go with which way you see best

for yourself, because that's what it's

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all about is your personal experience.

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And that's a lot of what this show

is, is literally literally me.

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Just trying things out on myself and

then I'm doing some research on it and

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coming back to all of you to share it.

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So let's jump in to today's episode.

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So the gallbladder liver cleanse so very

quickly, um, I'm not going to go deep

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into this, but as I mentioned earlier,

the liver does among many other things.

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Uh, it D sorry, not detoxifies,

although it does, but it

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cleanses your blood, right.

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Filters your blood.

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And then on top of that, one of the

big things in terms of digestion

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and as well in connection with

the gallbladder is the liver.

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The liver produces bile.

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Which biol is essentially a liquid

substance that is used to help, uh,

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digest and, you know, aid in the

absorption of, you know, fats, uh,

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and, uh, assimilate them into the body.

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So.

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Bile is very important for any time

you're eating a fatty type of food

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or fat in general, any kind of oil.

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Uh, it is going to provoke the

release of bile into the digestive

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system to help break down those fats.

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So liver creates the bile.

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Gallbladder is the gallbladder

is what stores, the Bible.

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And when you're consuming some kind

of fatty food or some kind of a fat.

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Your gallbladder, we'll go ahead

and contract and release some

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of that bile into your digestive

system to help break down that fat.

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Well, as if you've listened to

this show, you definitely know.

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Uh, one of the common issues

that people have with their

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gallbladder is gall stones.

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And.

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This is a whole topic that please

stay tuned for in future episode,

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because I will go much deeper in on

it, but gallstones can build up in both

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the bile ducts and the gallbladder,

and they can inhibit the release

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of bile to properly digest fat.

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If they're blocking the, uh,

the release pathway of the bile.

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So.

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Gallstones are no fun.

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We don't like them.

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We don't want them.

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Um, they can be made up of, I

believe, cholesterol and bilirubin.

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Uh, those are common.

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Things that make up these gallstones.

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And as well, many people who suffer from,

you know, High amounts of gallstones.

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Uh, they ended up just having

their gallbladder removed, which

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comes with kind of a whole other

set of issues down the road.

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Which we'll definitely get

into in a future episode.

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So by keeping it simple here

for the gallbladder and liver

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cleanse that I'm speaking about.

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What the cleanse is, is it's trying

to help remove those gallstones

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as well as to aid in the health of

your liver and your gallbladder.

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So, Since BYO is released

to break down fat.

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What we do for this.

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Gallbladder slash liver cleanse.

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Is you actually fast for a minimum

of, uh, about 12 to 24 hours.

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And then all the way up to even three

days have 72 hours worth of time.

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Uh, yes.

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And yes, you can fast for

that long period of time.

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Um, some people will do a apple juice

cleanse where they're drinking apple

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juice because, uh, something about the

apple juice helps to supposedly break

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down gallstones, but essentially you're

doing a fast, which in general, fast are.

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T they tend to be good for your liver.

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They tend to give it a

break and allow it to rest.

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Although there are some people who

would say that fasting is actually bad

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for your liver and your gallbladder,

because they say then it gives your

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gallbladder and liver and opportunity to.

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Uh, build up gallstones because you're

not having a frequent release of bile.

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So.

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There's kind of a back and forth

on it in my personal opinion.

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Um, I think fastening is totally fine.

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Um, eventually when you eat.

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You're going to probably have

some fats and you will naturally

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begin to release that bile again.

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So I'm not too worried on all of that.

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Um, of course I could be

wrong, but I don't know.

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My general gut instinct here is that.

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Doing a fast is going to do you much

more benefit than it is going to do harm.

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Uh, Mainly, if you do not have any

kind of, you know, Eating disorders

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or, you know, kind of a specific

relationship with your food.

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Uh, fasting tends to be

really, really beneficial.

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So anyways, back to the fast,

the fast is a anywhere from

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like a one to three day fast.

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And then on the very last day, if

at your going all three days or

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after your 12 to 24 hour fast, You

will then consume a mixture of, I

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think it's like a half cup to a.

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A cup of high quality

olive oil and lemon juice.

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Yeah, I know it sounds delicious.

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It's absolutely not.

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It.

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It does not taste very good.

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Um, and then once you consume that

you then, uh, typically you'll drink

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it in increments and then you will.

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Uh, in between drinking the olive

oil and lemon juice mixture.

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You will go ahead and lay

on a heat pad on your liver.

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To just kind of stimulate it.

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And then you pretty much just go

to bed and wake up the next morning

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and check out what is in the toilet.

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Because a lot of the times you

will see some, uh, gallstones.

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So.

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That is the method or process

of the gallbladder slash liver

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cleanse, which I've done.

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The re times now I want to say.

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And my stance.

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Well, rather, I guess I should say

what the claim is against this.

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So there are people who say that

when you do this cleanse, what

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ends up happening is when you

drink such a large mixture of this.

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Oil and lemon juice.

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It actually forms these little

gallstone lookalikes in your

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digestive tract, and then you end

up releasing them through stool,

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but they're not actually gallstones.

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Apparently is what some

people are claiming.

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Personally, I have never

had my gallbladder scanned.

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That I could see all of the

gallstones I have in it.

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Before, and then after a cleanse.

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So I truly can't.

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You know, Full on say yes, I can prove

that this cleanse absolutely gets rid

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of gallstones, but I will say this.

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When I have done this cleanse,

I have definitely passed.

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These stonelike looking things

that look like gallstones very,

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very much like all stones.

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And as well, I just don't see

how the olive oil and the lemon

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juice would be able to create

these in, you know, less than.

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Literally like eight

to 12 hours in my body.

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Right?

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Like, To me personally, what's happening

is you're not eating for a period of time.

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Therefore you're filling up

your gallbladder, which is

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basically a reserve with biol.

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So you're allowing it

to fill all the way up.

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And then you're releasing a ton of

olive oil, which is a fat into your

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digestive system, which is going to

obviously require a large dumping

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of bile into your digestive system

to break down those fats, which.

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Helps to release the

gallstones essentially.

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Right.

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So that is what is supposed to happen.

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And personally, what I

think is happening because.

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Let me tell you, like, These,

these look like legit gallstones.

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In no way, shape or form.

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Do I think that they are just

randomly made up through the mixture

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of the lemon juice and the olive

oil within my digestive system.

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So anyways, I believe that they are

gallstones once again, I can't prove

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this a hundred percent, but I do

believe that this cleanse does work.

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However, to that point,

After doing this three times.

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I will say it is a pretty

intense cleanse, right?

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Like this is, you know, if you're

doing it all the way for three

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days, it's a, three-day fast.

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Then on top of that, you're drinking

this really, you know, not super.

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Tasty lemon juice and olive

oil, olive oil mixture.

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Um, you know, you can

experience some nausea.

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It might make you want to throw up because

obviously it doesn't taste very good.

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And then you've just

consumed all this oil.

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Uh, so, you know, you

have to get past that.

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And then the next day you could

potentially have, you know, some,

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uh, loose stool or just going to the

restroom a lot, whatever it might be.

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So, you know, it's a pretty extreme

cleanse for what a cleanse is worth.

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Uh, and there are other ways

in which you can care for your

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gallbladder and your liver.

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Um, I'm definitely going to

get very deep into those in.

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A future episode, but just for.

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Today's sake of the episode, a

few things that we can touch on.

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Um, that are going to benefit

your gallbladder and your liver.

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And once again, they work together.

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So a lot of the times what benefits

the liver or the gallbladder is

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going to benefit both of them.

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But when it comes to herbs, for example,

you know, things like, uh, milk thistle,

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Uh, artichoke and as well, we have, I

think it's actually artichoke root, sorry.

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Dandelion root.

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Uh, I believe marshmallow

root is in there as well.

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Uh, these are all herbs that are

going to be very good for your liver.

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Uh, as well as your gallbladder.

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Then we have glutathione, which is

also very beneficial for the liver.

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Uh, we also are going to have some

foods like apples and beets and carrots.

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These are all going to be things that

are good for your liver and gallbladder.

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And then as well, fiber fiber

can be very good for the.

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Binding to have these bile acids as

they're being released from your liver,

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which I'm going to get more into that

in a future episode, but essentially

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that's really gonna benefit people

with their, uh, digestive system.

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So.

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Those are just a few things

that you can do to help your

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liver and your gallbladder.

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If you don't want to go down this path

of doing a really extreme cleanse.

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Uh, you can take it much more easy.

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Not go down that route or you could

also use an herb called chunka P ed.

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Which means like Stonebraker basically,

um, and you can buy it in a tea form.

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I believe you can also buy it in

capsule form and yes, a chunk up yet.

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But I think it's C H a N C a

and then space, P I E D R a.

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So that's an herb that you can consume

and it's supposed to help actually

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break down the stones, whether it's

gallstones or kidney stones as well.

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Um, so that is something that you can

also use, of course, uh, you know,

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consult with a medical professional,

like, you know, go through all the correct

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routes before just attempting some of

these things, but in general consuming

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something like, you know, tumeric and,

um, you know, maybe some dandelion

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root, something along those lines.

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They're generally pretty safe

things to consume, but I don't know.

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Maybe you have had issues with

your gallbladder in the past.

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Might be something you want to consult

with a doctor or medical professional.

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And I am not a medical professional,

so, uh, definitely seek out the correct.

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You know, guidance on those.

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I'm just speaking from

my personal experience.

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Um, but yeah, so those are a

few different things you can

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do to help benefit your liver.

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And your gallbladder is to simply,

you know, consume some of these herbs

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or supplements and to eat foods like

apples, carrots, beets, and then as

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well, stay hydrated, staying hydrated can

really help your liver and gallbladder.

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Um, and then.

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In my personal opinion, because

some people don't agree with

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this, but I do believe fasting

has benefits for the liver.

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Um, so.

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In my opinion.

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Doing some fascinating is

good for the liver as well.

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Consuming liver has been shown to

also be beneficial for your livers,

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uh, the health of your liver.

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So there's many things we can do exercise,

all the, you know, losing weight, all

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of these are beneficial for our liver.

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Um, and it's as with most things, right.

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It's like, Drink drink water,

sleep well, exercise, eat well.

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Like these are all the things that are.

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Benefit our bodies anyways, but, uh,

specifically you can just stick with

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the ABC apples, beets and carrots.

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Um, as some foods that you can consider.

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Beneficial for your

gallbladder and your liver.

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And then as well, the fiber,

which lately I've been eating,

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uh, more chia seeds than normal.

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I've been eating a pretty

good amount of chia seeds, and

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that's kind of been one of my.

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Uh, big sources of fiber beans

are another great source of fiber.

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Um, I've done a whole episode talking

about different foods that you can

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eat that have high levels of fiber.

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But overall.

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What I would say about this

liver slash gallbladder cleanse.

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I personally think that

there's nothing wrong with it.

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I do think that it does remove

gallstones from your gallbladder.

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If you have them.

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Um, but I do feel that it's

a pretty intense or extreme.

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Uh, cleanse and I think that

there's other routes to go.

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Before choosing to go down that route,

you could do a lot of different things,

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you know, consume different herbs, change

your diet up, take different supplements.

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And, um, you know, you can really

benefit your liver in that way.

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Instead of having to go down this path of

a pretty extreme cleanse, which, like I

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said, In my opinion definitely does remove

gallstones, but, um, I'm no professional

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and I have not obviously gotten a

scan done before and after a cleanse.

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So I can't truly honestly say it, but,

um, from what I've seen, exit my body.

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I can tell you it's pretty convincing.

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So anyways, y'all, um, that's pretty much

it for today's gallbladder liver cleanse.

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Um, this is kind of a little taste into

the episodes we're going to get into

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with, uh, liver and gallbladder health.

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Uh, so you can expect to hear more of

this, but a little bit more with the

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emphasis on digestion and in what ways,

um, You know, the liver and gallbladder

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are connected with our digestive system.

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Uh, and then we're also going to get into.

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Some things like malabsorption of bile

acids and, you know, kind of down a path

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that I've been going, especially someone

who has dealt with, uh, digestive issues.

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So.

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Please stay tuned for those.

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I think it's going to be a really,

uh, some awesome episodes are covering

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gallbladder and liver health and their

connection with the digestive system.

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And yeah, so hopefully

this was beneficial.

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If you have ever been.

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You know, curious in doing a

liver or gallbladder cleanse.

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Um, like I said, this one

is a little bit extreme.

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I would recommend reading

up on a few others.

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People have very specific diets that

are good for the liver and gallbladder.

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Uh, one of the foods that I forgot

to mention as well was bitter greens.

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Uh, so when you have some kind of

a leafy green that's bitter, that

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typically is good for the liver

and gallbladder, it tends to, um,

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incite the production of bile.

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Uh, so it will, you know, create more

bile and help that kind of flow happen.

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But, yeah, so I would recommend

looking into some of these other liver

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cleanses that are a little bit more

gentle, or maybe even just looking

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into what herbs or supplements that

you could take or foods that you could

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eat, that would be more beneficial

for your liver and your gallbladder.

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Anyhow, that is going to

do it for today's episode.

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I hope you all enjoyed it.

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Um, I think that the gallbladder

is truly an unsung Oregon.

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Like hero kind of, uh, as well

as the liver, the liver is

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definitely gotten more hype.

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Especially here recently.

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Um, in the last few years, I think liver

health has been more, uh, spoken about.

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Bye anyways.

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I hope you guys enjoyed.

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And I know this is something maybe

you didn't think about with digestive

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health and all that, but, um, we're

definitely going to travel down this path.

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So anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed.

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Thank you all for tuning in.

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It's always a pleasure to hop on

here and speak with all of you.

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Uh, please reach out any time on

Instagram to elemental Evan with any

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questions that you might have concerns.

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Um, if you want to hear more

about a certain topic as well,

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please reach out on there.

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And, uh, I'm always all

ears and happy to connect.

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So feel free to, uh, become

friends and reach out.

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RD all have a beautiful rest of your day.

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Thank you so much for tuning in and I

will see you on next week's episode.

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Thank you all peace.