March 9th, 2024
I’m not giving medical advice; this is a note for my future self. Sometimes, public writing goes unread, but that’s okay.
Today, I’m continuing my investigation into liver function. My internal thoughts are becoming externalized through my awareness of various health experiences in my body. I’m writing to my future self, knowing that one day I will overcome this issue. My methods are based on the knowledge gained through self-reflection and the “kingdom” within us, as described in the Christian guidebook, the Bible (Luke 17:21).
My liver plays a vital role in 2024 because I’ve previously consumed a lot of excess glucose and heavy metals like BPA, nanoplastics, mercury, cadmium, aluminum, and others.
Understanding the Problem
In my body, excess glucose is converted and stored as fat. When there’s more glucose than needed, insulin and the liver work together to open fat cells for storage. During this process, heavy metals can also be stored.
Without the excess glucose, it’s difficult to store heavy metals because opening fat cells requires insulin, triggered by glucose. Once open, the liver takes the opportunity to pack toxins into these storage cells.
The Liver’s Role in Detoxification
The liver produces bile, a liquid that helps remove waste products from the body. Ideally, bile flows properly, carrying these toxins to the small intestine for elimination. However, about 95% of the bile gets reabsorbed, returning the toxins back into the bloodstream.
The liver then tries to clean the blood again, becoming overworked, especially when there’s excess glucose and insulin activity during the day. To compensate, the liver might store some toxins with the intention of eliminating them later at night during rest.
The Challenge: Broken Nighttime Detox
However, if we eat carbohydrates before bed, insulin is triggered again, causing the liver to store more glucose and any present toxins. This disrupts the nighttime detoxification cycle.
My Personal Solution
- Reduce evening carbs: I will minimize or eliminate carbs by 6 PM to ensure lower glucose levels by bedtime.
- Increase essential nutrients: I will consume protein sources like meat, eggs, fish, or amino acid supplements to support hormone production and body repair during low-insulin periods.
- Improve bile flow: I will use strategies to:
- Thin the bile: Consume bile salts like TUDCA or ox bile.
- Stimulate bile movement: Eat healthy fats like coconut oil, butter, eggs, olive oil, olives, and avocados.
- Enhance fat breakdown: Take a B-complex supplement with B3 (niacin) and choline for improved liver function.
- Support the liver: Consume liver supplements or eat liver meat.
The Bigger Picture: Cleaning the Gut – while bile flows.
The most crucial aspect of liver cleansing is not just removing toxins from the liver, but also eliminating them from the small intestine. Bile carries toxins to the small intestine, where they can be reabsorbed back into the bloodstream.
Therefore, it’s important to clean the bile in the small intestine using binders:
- Hard and heavy binders: Use activated charcoal (lightly) during a cleansing protocol (e.g., March/April) to bind and remove toxins. Take breaks to avoid mineral depletion. Consider bentonite or zeolite clay as alternatives.
- Light and safe binders: Incorporate daily sources of binders like ground chia seeds, flax seeds, okra powder, or psyllium husk into your diet. These are also excellent for binding heavy metals.
- Additional support: Consider Mimosa pudica (sleep tea) as another source of heavy metal binding.
