Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Less frequently used drugs for high cholesterol include the bile acid sequestrants and fibrates.
DRUGS FOR HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS AND THE NUTRIENTS THEY DEPLETE attack.
CLASSES OF CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS
BILE ACID SEQUESTRANTS: cholestyramine (Questran), colesevelan (Welchol), and colestipol (Colestid)
Bile acid sequestrants are sometimes used in combination with statins, and may be used alone in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Actions: bile acid sequestrants work by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed, and increasing the amount that's flushed out of the body. |
| Less frequently used drugs for high cholesterol include the bile acid sequestrants and fibrates.
BILE ACID SEQUESTRANTS: cholestyramine (Questran), colesevelan (Welchol), and colestipol (Colestid)
Bile acid sequestrants are sometimes used in combination with statins, and may be used alone in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Actions: bile acid sequestrants work by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed, and increasing the amount that's flushed out of the body. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Post mortems and analysis
The AHC conducted post mortems on at least 11 of the sheep and "observed black patches in the small intestines, enlarged bile duct and liver with discoloration, and accumulation of pericardial fluid." Shepherds who did their own post mortems similarly found "black patches in the intestine and enlarged bile duct and black patches on the liver."34 According to the investigative team, the findings "suggest severe irritation of the intestines and associated organs (bile duct, liver) connected to the absorption and assimilation of food and processing of toxins. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 Bile, for example, is made in the liver (and stored in the gallbladder) and is responsible for helping the liver break down fats. But bile can't work efficiently if it doesn't have the proper nutrients that make up the bile salts or if it is congested or thickened with toxins, pollutants, hormones, drugs, and other nasty stuff. Hence, inefficient bile production can slow weight loss.
Another example of how impaired liver function can slow weight loss is "fatty liver," a condition that many overweight people develop. |
Elaine Magee
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 And if these bile acids are not reabsorbed, there's only one place for them to go: outside the body through the normal course of digestion. Increased loss of bile is associated with a reduction in LDL cholesterol (because the body requires blood cholesterol to manufacture more of the bile acid it just lost), which is a very good thing. There is even evidence that the presence of viscous fiber in the intestines may decrease the body's natural production of cholesterol—you're beating cholesterol coming and going, so to speak.
So where do you get these valuable viscous fibers? |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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| The Liver
In addition to being the main organ for detoxification in the body, the liver is also responsible for fat metabolism. bile, for example, is made in the liver (and stored in the gallbladder) and is responsible for helping the liver break down fats. But bile can't work efficiently if it doesn't have the proper nutrients that make up the bile salts or if it is congested or thickened with toxins, pollutants, hormones, drugs, and other nasty stuff. Hence, inefficient bile production can slow weight loss. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Actions: bile acid sequestrants work by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed, and increasing the amount that's flushed out of the body.
Side effects: Common side effects include constipation and increased risk of dangerous bleeding (these drugs deplete vitamin K, which is needed for blood clotting); any pregnant or breastfeeding woman using bile acid sequestrants needs to be careful to replace depleted vitamins.
Nutrients depleted: These medications deplete the body of vitamins A, E, D, K, folic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin B12, and zinc. |
Elaine Magee
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| Increased loss of bile is associated with a reduction in LDL cholesterol (because the body requires blood cholesterol to manufacture more of the bile acid it just lost), which is a very good thing. There is even evidence that the presence of viscous fiber in the intestines may decrease the body's natural production of cholesterol—you're beating cholesterol coming and going, so to speak.
So where do you get these valuable viscous fibers? Basically, many of the foods we know of as being high in the type of fiber formerly known as soluble fiber are high in viscous fiber. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 In Western medicine, the practice was derived from the thinking of the Greek physician Galen, who practiced the theory of the four humours—blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. According to Galen and his intellectual descendants, all illness resulted from an imbalance of the four humours, and it was the doctor's job to balance those fluids through fasting, purging, and bloodletting.
Volumes of old medical texts are devoted to how and how much blood should be drawn. |
Tom Bohager
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 The Digestive System
MOUTH-
SALIVARY GLANDS Secrete saliva into mouth that contains digestive enzymes that break down carbohydrates
PHARYNX
Moves food into the throat by a series of contractions
ESOPHAGUS Moves food frompharynx to stomach LIVER
Secretes bile that plays a role in fat digestion
STOMACH
Secretes HCL and Pepsin begins digestion of proteins
GALLBLADDER Stores and releases the bile that the liver secretes for fat digestion
PANCREAS r
Secretes all enzymes necessary to ? |
Elaine Magee
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| Increased loss of bile is associated with a reduction in LDL cholesterol (because the body requires blood cholesterol to manufacture more of the bile acid it just lost), which is a very good thing. There is even evidence that the presence of viscous fiber in the intestines may decrease the body's natural production of cholesterol—you're beating cholesterol coming and going, so to speak.
So where do you get these valuable viscous fibers? Basically, many of the foods we know of as being high in the type of fiber formerly known as soluble fiber are high in viscous fiber. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Alkaline phosphatase (ALP): It's released into blood from many tissues, including liver, bile duct, placenta, and bone. Its level may be elevated in conditions that damage or disrupt the liver, bile ducts, or bone.
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST): An enzyme found in liver, muscle, and heart tissues. Increased levels of AST can be seen after a heart attack and with liver or muscle diseases.
Bilirubin, total: A yellow breakdown product of hemoglobin, which is the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells (RBCs). |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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| In Western medicine, the practice was derived from the thinking of the Greek physician Galen, who practiced the theory of the four humours—blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. According to Galen and his intellectual descendants, all illness resulted from an imbalance of the four humours, and it was the doctor's job to balance those fluids through fasting, purging, and bloodletting.
Volumes of old medical texts are devoted to how and how much blood should be drawn. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 For example, the bile-stimulating action of the plant has been well documented in at least one controlled trial in which, after administration of artichoke extract directly into the duodenum, liver bile increased significantly. This effect may be why artichokes are often used for indigestion. According to herbal experts Joe and Teresa Graydon, Ph.D. (authors of The People's Pharmacy), patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) upset who were given artichoke extract showed amazing improvement. |
| One of the chemical components of dandelion, taraxacin, is thought to stimulate the digestive organs and help prompt the liver and gallbladder to release bile. This can be useful in constipation and indigestion—bowels move more easily with
Thp ico Hpalthipst Foods on Earth increased bile flow, and unlike pharmaceutical laxatives, dandelion can be taken for a few months. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 Hippocrates, often known as the Father of Medicine, taught that there were four humors, which affected both physical and mental health: yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm. All diseases were thought to stem from an imbalance of these "essential fluids" and the body's consequent inability to rid itself of its waste products. The cures: sweating, purging, bloodletting, and vomiting.
Today, we still spend an inordinate amount of time and money trying to eliminate our body wastes. |
Roberta Bivins
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 In this world, patients and healers share the conviction that bodily health depends on maintaining a precarious balance of the body's four fluid constituents, or 'humours': blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. These humours are visible fluids, substances that can emerge spontaneously from the (sick) body or be brought forth by medical or surgical interventions. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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 Another research group demonstrated that calcium does reduce the presumably dangerous bile acids, but also observed that a high-wheat diet did an even better job of reducing the bile acids.86 But—and this is the really odd part—when a combination high-calcium and high-wheat diet was consumed, the binding effect on bile acids was weaker than for each individual supplement taken alone.86 It just goes to show that when individually-observed nutrient effects are combined, as in a dietary situation, the expected may become the unexpected. |
| It has been hypothesized that high-calcium diets prevent colon cancer in two ways: first, it inhibits the growth of critical cells in the colon,83 84 and second, it binds up intestinal bile acids. These bile acids arise in the liver, move to the intestine and are thought to get into the large bowel and promote colon cancer development. By binding these bile acids, calcium is said to prevent colon cancer. |
Roberta Bivins
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| In this world, patients and healers share the conviction that bodily health depends on maintaining a precarious balance of the body's four fluid constituents, or 'humours': blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. These humours are visible fluids, substances that can emerge spontaneously from the (sick) body or be brought forth by medical or surgical interventions. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 One of the interesting effects of soluble NSP is that it reduces cholesterol by preventing the reabsorption of bile acids in the intestine. bile acids are formed from cholesterol, so that the formation of new bile acids reduces blood cholesterol levels.
CH2OH
CH2OH
CH2OH n n
CH2OH
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Fats and oils (lipids)
Fat is an important energy source in the human diet and is also important for normal growth and development. The essential fatty acids that form part of the chemical structure of fats and oils are essential for the structure of cell membranes and prostaglandins. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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| Its level may be elevated in conditions that damage or disrupt the liver, bile ducts, or bone.
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST): An enzyme found in liver, muscle, and heart tissues. Increased levels of AST can be seen after a heart attack and with liver or muscle diseases.
Bilirubin, total: A yellow breakdown product of hemoglobin, which is the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells (RBCs). Bilirubin levels may be elevated in people with liver disease or a blocked bile duct, as seen with gallstones. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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| One of the interesting effects of soluble NSP is that it reduces cholesterol by preventing the reabsorption of bile acids in the intestine. bile acids are formed from cholesterol, so that the formation of new bile acids reduces blood cholesterol levels.
CH2OH
CH2OH
CH2OH n n
CH2OH
>-
-0
OH
>-
-0
OH
OH
Fats and oils (lipids)
Fat is an important energy source in the human diet and is also important for normal growth and development. The essential fatty acids that form part of the chemical structure of fats and oils are essential for the structure of cell membranes and prostaglandins. |
Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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 The invention of the theory is accredited to Hippocrates, who lived from 460 to 377 BC; he held that the body contains four humors—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The right proportion and mixture of these results in health, while disease is caused by an imbalance. This theory was taken up by Galen, a Greek born about AD 130, who expanded it by adding the notion that humors, diseases, and the drugs to cure disease could also be hot or cold, and moist or dry. Blood, for instance, is hot and moist, while phlegm is cold and moist. |
Hyla Cass
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| Actions: bile acid sequestrants work by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed, and increasing the amount that's flushed out of the body.
Side effects: Common side effects include constipation and increased risk of dangerous bleeding (these drugs deplete vitamin K, which is needed for blood clotting); any pregnant or breastfeeding woman using bile acid sequestrants needs to be careful to replace depleted vitamins.
Nutrients depleted: These medications deplete the body of vitamins A, E, D, K, folic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin B12, and zinc. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| Shepherds who did their own post mortems similarly found "black patches in the intestine and enlarged bile duct and black patches on the liver."34 According to the investigative team, the findings "suggest severe irritation of the intestines and associated organs (bile duct, liver) connected to the absorption and assimilation of food and processing of toxins." Preliminary evidence "strongly suggests that the sheep mortality was due to a toxin. ... most probably ifr-toxin. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 For example, the digestive secretions from the liver and liver bile range between 7.1 and 8.5. bile from the gallbladder ranges from 5.0 to 7.7. If any of these pH systems are not at the optimal pH range, the digestive and metabolic enzymes in those areas and organs will function sub-optimally and we will suffer from decreased health. With the exception of the blood, all of these systems have a wide range of pH, in part so they can shift pH to maintain a balance of the blood pH. In the author's thirty-five years of experience, the healthiest blood pH is between the narrow range of 7.42 and 7. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Supplements that contain choline (a B vitamin), betaine, and methionine promote the flow of fat and bile (containing estrogen metabolites) from the liver out through the large intestine.83
Lipotropics
1,000 mg choline and 1,000 mg methionine or cysteine 3 times a day
Botanicals
Herbal Medicines for Pain Relief. The herbs appropriate for acute pain relief in endometriosis are the same herbs used for menstrual cramps. Valerian, crampbark, black cohosh, and other helpful herbs are discussed in Chapter 13. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| White stools caused by problems with bile production, however, will remain white.
Having a small amount of mucous in your stool is considered normal since your digestive system naturally produces it for efficient waste removal. Large amounts of mucous, on the other hand, are not normal and may require further action.
Yellow Stool: Yellow stool often indicates a condition know as "pale stool" in which the stool is pale or yellow in color. Unless (for some strange reason) you ingested massive amounts of food coloring, yellow stool is not normal. |
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