Re: Leaky gut and liver flushing!

Relative to your comments, the diet does not allow beets. I am not sure about the ACV as some think it may not be so good on the leaky gut. Your thoughts???

Beets are a root vegetable with a high Sugar content. You may eat them if they are fermented. Beet kefir is a fermented drink that is very healing.
http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/kvass.html


Beet Kvass
Kvass can also be made from beets. The result is not so much epicurean as medicinal, although beet kvass is often added to borscht. No traditional Ukranian home was without its bottle of beet kvass, according to Lubow A. Kylvska, author of Ukranian Dishes, "handy and ready when a pleasing, sour flavor had to be added to soups and vinaigrettes."

Folk medicine values beets and beet kvass for their Liver Cleansing properties and beet kvass is widely used in cancer therapy in Europe. Anecdotal reports indicate that beet kvass is an excellent therapy for chronic fatigue, chemical sensitivities, allergies and digestive problems.


My thoughts on ACV: I would not be without it!! This is part of the Body Ecology Diet...When I first started treating myself for leaky gut, I was following the protocol advocated by Doug Kaufmann in his book "The Fungus Link." He thinks most if not all diseases have a fungal link. ACV was part of that protocol, but it made me feel sicker than I was so I stopped taking it. I did not understand that it was killing the fungus and that is why I was feeling worse. ACV has many therapeutic benefits one of them being it improves the assimilation of minerals.

As for the coconut oil, I just read yesterday, that is one of the anti-fungals that should be rotated in and out of your diet due to the fact that candida can build up a resistance to this. Your thoughts???


I have rotated many anti-fungals, oregano oil, olive leaf, grape seed extract, pau d' arco, tea tree oil, and many more. However, I take coconut oil daily and not just for its anti-fungal properties. I feel its daily use helps fight fungus. I take coconut oil or coconut cream with my green drink daily to help assimilate the nutrients in the green drink. I cannot say enough good things about this oil. Google it.

What kind of water do you drink?

I drink distilled water with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of added Celtic Sea. I usually add 1/4 teas. of the salt. Have you ever read the book "Your Body's Many Cries for Water: Books" by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj.

What are "bile salts"? I took Beta Plus. It is suppose to help with fat assimilation and other symptoms . I could not take it . It caused me to have very loose stools.


If I don't have access to raw milk, what do you recommend as a second choice? Also, related to this, Donna Gates recommends waiting until the leaky gut is healed before taking the kefir. Does this make sense to you?


I would highly recommend that you check with your heath food store to see if they know of anyone in your area who sells raw milk. Are you familiar with p://www.realmilk.com/where.html or check with The American Dairy Goat Association for people who own goats in your area. You could buy organic milk from the store if you drink cow's milk, but I hesitate to recommend it. I use to buy goat milk from the store if I could not purchase raw. I cannot consume cow milk in any form.

I had to check in my book to see why D. Gates recommended no kefir until healed. It has been 3 or 4 years since I have read the book "The Body Ecology Diet." She states "It's essential that the protein in milk kefir (casein) does not leak through the gut lining and cause further problems including allergies." This is why I always recommend goat's milk. It is very close to mother's milk in composition.
http://www.gardenharvest.org/milkbenefits.htm


I use to drink 2 quarts of goat kefir daily.

I tried several programs and different ways of eating before I finally found what worked for me. Donna Gates is from a macrobiotic background, which does not appeal to me. I ate a diet based on macrobiotics for 4 years. I almost allowed it to kill me. I also had/have many other health issues to address.

May God Bless You...*Naturalist

P.S. Please don't forget your
cleanse(s)...colon/liver/parasite/kidney.
There is no healing without them. Have you tried iodine...kelp or lugols.