Episode 184

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20th Aug 2024

184. From Gallstones to Gut Health.

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In this episode of the Elemental Evan podcast, host Evan simplifies the concept of a gallbladder and liver cleanse, sharing his personal experiences and opinions. He delves into the health benefits and controversies surrounding the cleanse, explaining how it impacts digestion and overall liver and gallbladder health. Evan also touches on alternative methods and herbs to support liver and gallbladder function for those who may find the cleanse too extreme. Listen to gain valuable insights into enhancing your digestive health holistically.


00:22 Episode Topic: Gallbladder and Liver Cleanse

00:56 Importance of Liver and Gallbladder in Digestion

01:30 Sponsor Shoutout and Detox Supplements

03:06 Detailed Breakdown of the Cleanse

08:51 Controversies and Personal Opinions

11:58 Alternative Methods for Liver and Gallbladder Health

17:18 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes



DISCLAIMER:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.


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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

simplified and holistic perspective.

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So you can walk away with some tools

in your hand, in your pocket, ready

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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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Before we jump into today's episode.

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Uh, spirulina and chlorella.

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detoxifying heavy metals from the blood.

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They have some awesome products and as

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some of my favorite herbs and supplements

to take for gallbladder and liver health.

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Some of which I have

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They're just awesome products

that I really love as well.

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Uh, and yeah.

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I've of course, I'm here to share,

uh, any of the knowledge that I have.

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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

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Um, if you want to hear more

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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.

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Evan Roberts

Welcome to the Elemental Evan show. My name is Evan Roberts and I'm a certified IIN Health Coach and Yoga Teacher. I love taking a whole approach to health as everything is connected. When you treat one issue in the body, you'll inevitably treat other issues in the body which is why I try to look at things from a big picture perspective. Through this show I'll be bringing you information packed episodes on tangible ways to improve your overall health and wellness. I hope you walk away from each episode feeling empowered and renewed to take on the day and take control of your health!

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and grow with me.

With Gratitude
-Evan Roberts