Date: August 10th 2001

Online Health & Nutrition Newsletter Vol. 5 Issue 8b
Spirit of Health

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WHY CLEANSE? - PART 3

This is the One Hundredth and Thirteenth issue of our online Newsletter,
"Spirit of Health." We bring you articles which are always beyond the
mainstream medical school of thought, and may be educational to the
alternative minded, as well.

An online version of this Newsletter, plus records of all
of the back issues of the Newsletters, can be viewed by clicking -
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concern you have given me. I am awestruck with your sincere
desire to help people like me... L.V."

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WHY CLEANSE THE LIVER
WITH HERBAL PREPARATIONS?


"The secret to controlling weight: It may surprise you.

Evidence suggests that we have gone about losing weight
the wrong way."
-Excerpts from an article by Joan Amtoft-Nielsen, M.D.

"Researchers say that, to lose extra pounds, you should focus
on getting your liver in shape. Like a conductor, the "master
organ" orchestrates more than 500 functions, including the
transformation of everything you put in your mouth into a form
you body can use. This amazing structure also has an awesome
internal "intelligence"; it actually decides whether to store or
release vitamins, minerals, proteins and fat.

In addition, the liver continually cleanses the body of toxins
and is critically involved in determining the metabolic rate, the
calories burned by the body for energy and the speed at
which they're burned - one of the keys to weight loss. Your
liver is as integral to your metabolism as your heart is to
your circulation; so deficiencies in liver function can quickly
lead to obesity and overwhelming fatigue."

HOW LIVER FUNCTION AFFECTS WEIGHT GAIN

It's easy to see the connection between weight control
and the liver when you understand how the liver operates.
Former Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop explains
that the liver performs many functions in addition
to filtering two quarts of blood per minute, and removing
toxins that pass through the body:

METABOLIC BURNER -

The liver converts the major thyroid hormone into its active
form, which balances metabolism throughout the body.
Inadequate conversion of this hormone leads to weight
gain, incessant fatigue and memory loss.

MUSCLE ENHANCER -

The liver is the chief of protein metabolism. It transforms
amino acids into any of the 50 forms most needed by the
body. When too few amino acids are converted, muscles
waste away.

BLOOD SUGAR BALANCER -

The liver creates glucose tolerance factor (GTF), a substance
that helps control the concentration of sugar in the blood -
this is why rehabilitation of the liver must occur along with the
pancreas in handling Diabetes.

ENERGIZER -

The liver stores nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and iron,
for release as needed. If this function is impaired, the body
becomes extremely fatigued.

CHOLESTEROL EQUALIZER -

The liver packages cholesterol and other blood fats for
transport out of the body. Poorly processed cholesterol
becomes fatty blobs that plug arteries.

The small intestine is where the majority of food
absorption takes place. The villi extending out from the
inner wall contain capillary networks which introduce
the digested food nutrients into your bloodstream. The
portal vein transports these nutrients from the small
intestine into the liver and then if the liver decides
it is okay, onward into your entire circulatory system
to nourish every cell in your body.

Even what you breath is taken into your bloodstream
and then dealt with by your liver. If it is polluted, then
your liver creates particular chemicals, like enzymes,
that actually neutralize the poison. That is, if it is
uncongested and strong enough to do so.

GALLBLADDER -

A pear shaped sack on the underside of the right lobe
of the liver that stores bile from the liver. Bile aids
digestion by emptying into the small intestine to
emulsify fats, stimulate the muscular waves of the
intestine, acts as a natural laxative and digestive
antiseptic. Bile also carries away neutralized poisons
and excess cholesterol. When there is too much
cholesterol from eating diets too high in fats, the
cholesterol can't be kept in solution anymore and forms
hard stones.

You can live on a mountain in Tibet, eat only organic
fruit, drink only glacier water and do only good things
for other people 8 hours a day, but since you live on
this planet you still need to flush out your liver and
gallbladder every once in a while in order to be
optimumly healthy. The rest of us need to do it much
more often.

The main cause of liver and gall bladder disease is an
overworked liver that is too loaded with polluting waste
from our food, water and the air we breath; plus drugs,
alcohol and cooked/processed food. These things
clog up the liver and are also the cause of many
seemingly unrelated diseases such as Heart Disease,
High Blood Pressure, Strokes, Diabetes, Arthritis and
even Cancer. This is what needs to be stopped.

To reverse the condition, one must first get in nutrition
that is easy to assimilate, balanced, whole and
concentrated - Vital Nutrition Plus. The next step is
the Colon Cleanse Program to get the eliminative
functions of the intestinal tract working better. Any
cleansing of the liver, kidney's or other areas of the
body must use the colon to eliminate out of the body.
If the Colon is not working well, detoxification will be
minimal. Once the nutritional program and intestinal tract
cleansing has been going for several weeks or longer,
then you can add the Liver Cleanse Flush drink,
Concentrate and Teas to the Colon Cleanse/
Nutritional Program, along with the strict juice
flushing routine for five consecutive days.

QUESTION:

Can a person benefit from the Liver Cleanse Program
if they had their gallbladder removed?

ANSWER:

Actually, if you have any missing organs it is even
more important to do the cleanse programs. The Liver/
Gallbladder Cleanse will flush and clean out your liver
of toxic waste and bile into the early section of your small
intestine, even without a gallbladder.
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"By changing from almost totally cooked food to raw
food and doing the Colon Cleanse Formulas #1 and #2,
and the Liver Cleanse, I've gotten rid off gall stones
the size of large grapes. My Liver, which had been
swollen from my breast on down, has reduced over the
past 4 months and now I have a waistline. The cellulite
on my butt and thighs has gone down dramatically. I'm
75 years old and some won't believe that. I know someone
10 years younger who looks 10 years older than I do...
I sleep better than ever before..." A.L.

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Sincerely,

Ron Radstrom

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