Evaluation

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Based on your recent comprehensive evaluation, a significant number of your responses suggest that you are experiencing some dysfunction in the category of ‘Liver/Gallbladder’ and could greatly benefit from a nutritional protocol specifically tailored to meet your needs.  The following report describes your area of nutritional need and provides nutrient suggestions that would be beneficial in your quest for health.

Liver/Gallbladder

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Your recent comprehensive evaluation indicates that you are experiencing symptoms associated with liver/gallbladder dysfunction, and possible fat malabsorption.  The liver is responsible for detoxifying the wide variety of toxic insults the human body gets exposed to, whether environmental or internal.  A failure to detoxify can result in a host of health complaints due to poisons which are impeding essential life processes.  If the liver gets congested, it interferes with one of its main functions:  to produce the bile that breaks fat into droplets and allows pancreatic enzymes to digest it.  The bile is stored and concentrated in the gall bladder, and is released when fat is present in the small intestine.  If the gallbladder is dysfunctional (or has been removed), it puts a high demand on the liver to produce bile as needed, and complications of fat malabsorption can ensue.

Since fats are needed for vital processes, such as cell membrane synthesis, steroid hormone production and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, dysfunction of the liver/gallbladder can cause a lot of symptoms, ranging from skin conditions to PMS and hormonal imbalances.

Nutrient Suggestions

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1)Liver/Gallbladder Herbs

Herbs shown to support the liver and gallbladder include:

1)  Milk Thistle - potent liver protectant

2)  Dandelion root - enhances bile flow and alleviates liver congestion

3)  Artichoke - stimulates bile evacuation

4)  Curcumin - liver protectant and powerful antioxidant

5)  Shisandra - hepatoprotectant similar to milk thistle

6)  Bupleurum - Chinese herbal for enhancing liver function

7)  Rehmannia - nourishing liver herb

8)  Collinsonia

9)  Black radish

10)  Bayberry

11)    Red beet root - can be taken as juice in small quantities

2) Liver/Gallbladder Nutrients 

Nutrients shown to support the liver and gallbladder include:

 

1)  Lipoic acid

2)  N-acetyl cysteine (NAC)

3)  Glutathione

4)  Liver glandular (if needed)

5)  Enzymes

6)  Choline and methionine - lipotropic factors (digest fats)

7)  Ox bile

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