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Liver Detox Plan
Liver Detox The Revolutionary Way to Cleanse and Revive Your Body [Paperback] Williams, Xandria
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224 pages, Paperback
First published November 5, 1998
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February 18, 2019
Very informative. The liver handles hundreds of different reactions and it's health affects every single part of your body.
May 27, 2025
This book really inspired me to look after my body better. I never want to put a bad thing in it again after reading what is will or can do to me
March 31, 2013
This book is a waste of time. It is quite superficial and for every worthwhile bit of information given at least 3 harmful health myths are supported.
Soy and whole grains are talked about as super healthy foods for everyone and it is explained that eating whole grains has a completely different effect on your body than eating plain sugar. All good stuff except these things are just not true. (See ‘The Whole Soy Story’ and other book for more on this.) Brown pasta is not a super healthy food and nor is anything with gluten in, nor highly processed rice cakes or breakfast cereals. Eating grains is not vital to good health, that is a myth and many of us do far better omitting the gluten grains or even all grains. Saturated fat is not bad for you either. That is a myth. It is a healthy natural fat humans have been eating and doing well eating for thousands of years.
The dietary advice given is very average and similar to the food pyramid and the usual nonsense you see in magazines. The issue of phytates is mentioned but then dismissed as unimportant, despite the fact preparing seeds , nuts, grains and legumes by soaking and drying or sprouting them has made a hige impact on the health of many people. (Myself included.)
Sweeping statements are made which are just not true and could be harmful for readers. For example it is explained that if you have loose stools then all you need is more fibre. But actually having loose stools is very often a sign you are eating something you are allergic or intolerant of and that the body is trying to get rid of quickly. It can also be a sign you need far more healthy probiotics in your system. Taking fibre can also make many gut problems much worse, and be poorly tolerated. Psyllium husks are hardly a cure-all for loose stools.
The information on supplements is very basic, incomplete and outdated. At one point the author recommends taking one gram of vitamin C if we experience detoxification symptoms. But this tiny tiny amount wouldn’t even touch the sides for many of us, who need 5 – 10 grams at the very least and possibly a lot more. The fact that far more vitamin C is needed if you are more ill isn’t even discussed. 1 gram of C will likely do nothing at all for many of us.
If you know anything at all about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis some of the idiotic comments on the topic in this book will set all your alarm bells ringing. The information on ‘CFS’ is also unlikely to be helpful to anyone as this defines a mixed patient group and also the information given could have only a very minimal effect anyway. The author really needs to do some research on a topic before writing about it as if from a place of real knowledge. Chronic fatigue is a symptom of hundreds of different diseases. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is a neurological and vascular disease with similarities to M.S. that is caused by a virus and occurs in epidemics as well as sporadically. It can be fatal and is often severely disabling. Using the term M.E. and ‘chronic fatigue’ interchangeably makes you look like a poor researcher if not a complete idiot. Such silliness is common due to political interference and vested interests affecting science but that doesn’t mean it is excusable. A bit of extra research should not be so hard when writing an actual book. This misinformation harms real people.
If you are seriously ill you need a far more solid book on detoxification and liver health than this one. (‘Detoxify or Die’ is very good.) But even if you aren’t, why not base any changes you make to your lifestyle or diet etc. on solidly referenced and thought out information from a real experienced medical expert. We’re all worth that.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E. (HFME) and Health, Healing & Hummingbirds (HHH)
Soy and whole grains are talked about as super healthy foods for everyone and it is explained that eating whole grains has a completely different effect on your body than eating plain sugar. All good stuff except these things are just not true. (See ‘The Whole Soy Story’ and other book for more on this.) Brown pasta is not a super healthy food and nor is anything with gluten in, nor highly processed rice cakes or breakfast cereals. Eating grains is not vital to good health, that is a myth and many of us do far better omitting the gluten grains or even all grains. Saturated fat is not bad for you either. That is a myth. It is a healthy natural fat humans have been eating and doing well eating for thousands of years.
The dietary advice given is very average and similar to the food pyramid and the usual nonsense you see in magazines. The issue of phytates is mentioned but then dismissed as unimportant, despite the fact preparing seeds , nuts, grains and legumes by soaking and drying or sprouting them has made a hige impact on the health of many people. (Myself included.)
Sweeping statements are made which are just not true and could be harmful for readers. For example it is explained that if you have loose stools then all you need is more fibre. But actually having loose stools is very often a sign you are eating something you are allergic or intolerant of and that the body is trying to get rid of quickly. It can also be a sign you need far more healthy probiotics in your system. Taking fibre can also make many gut problems much worse, and be poorly tolerated. Psyllium husks are hardly a cure-all for loose stools.
The information on supplements is very basic, incomplete and outdated. At one point the author recommends taking one gram of vitamin C if we experience detoxification symptoms. But this tiny tiny amount wouldn’t even touch the sides for many of us, who need 5 – 10 grams at the very least and possibly a lot more. The fact that far more vitamin C is needed if you are more ill isn’t even discussed. 1 gram of C will likely do nothing at all for many of us.
If you know anything at all about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis some of the idiotic comments on the topic in this book will set all your alarm bells ringing. The information on ‘CFS’ is also unlikely to be helpful to anyone as this defines a mixed patient group and also the information given could have only a very minimal effect anyway. The author really needs to do some research on a topic before writing about it as if from a place of real knowledge. Chronic fatigue is a symptom of hundreds of different diseases. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is a neurological and vascular disease with similarities to M.S. that is caused by a virus and occurs in epidemics as well as sporadically. It can be fatal and is often severely disabling. Using the term M.E. and ‘chronic fatigue’ interchangeably makes you look like a poor researcher if not a complete idiot. Such silliness is common due to political interference and vested interests affecting science but that doesn’t mean it is excusable. A bit of extra research should not be so hard when writing an actual book. This misinformation harms real people.
If you are seriously ill you need a far more solid book on detoxification and liver health than this one. (‘Detoxify or Die’ is very good.) But even if you aren’t, why not base any changes you make to your lifestyle or diet etc. on solidly referenced and thought out information from a real experienced medical expert. We’re all worth that.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E. (HFME) and Health, Healing & Hummingbirds (HHH)
January 13, 2009
Very informative.
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