I believe that to recover a toxic liver or body one must look at the lifestyle of the individual and not hope that taking a supplement or pill will do the job. I believe it involves life-style changes to do with food, exercise and herbs and vitamins and minerals.

I am registered with Higher Nature as a Health Practitioner and am in receipt of the Professional’s Handbook which gives details of certain conditions and which supplements may help.

This is what the handbook says about the Liver:
Liver health is important, as an under-functioning or ‘toxic’ liver can affect the function of many body systems. Toxins can come from: red meat, tea, coffee, alcohol, animal fats, preserved food, ready-made meals, smoking, tap water, medicines and pollution. There is also a reference to ‘see also gallstones’. I won’t add that information here. If you want to know more please say so in the comments section below.
The suggested supplements to support the liver are:
Basic essentials (this is the Higher Nature suggested base line list of supplements: multi-vitamin and mineral, omega oils and extra vitamin C)
Milk thistle,
Artichoke,
cleansing herb formula,
glutamine,
antioxidant complex formula,
alpha lipoic acid,
cat’s claw,
flax seeds (cold milled) or Hi-Lignam flax,
chlorella,
cell nucleotides,
heavy metal detox.

It is not suggested that all these supplements are bought and taken all together. It is for your health practitioner to assess you and decide which are best for you. It is suggested that Cell Nucleotides should not be taken in the case of auto-immune diseases.

I would also add that Olive Leaf Extract would also be useful especially for ME/CFS sufferers as it supports the immune system and helps detoxify the liver.

As an ME sufferer I found that I couldn’t take a large supplement regime as it made me feel so ill so I took the slowly, slowly approach.

My advice to anyone wanting to go on a detoxifying regime is to begin with their diet. Reduce red meat, tea, coffee, alcohol, animal fats, preserved food, ready-made meals, smoking, tap water, medicines and pollution. Reduce carbohydrates. Avoid sugar and yeasts. Eat organic where possible. Introduce more vegetables and fruits.

Start a supplement regime to include Omega Oils in the first instance and Vitamin C. These I personally feel are essential for everyone’s health regardless of any diseases or ills. With the Omega Oils and for ME, take the maximum dose suggested on the bottle. Along with this take magnesium. Magnesium is needed for nerves and muscles and also, along with the omega oils, helps with the energy release in cells. Omega oils also help the gut to be healthy and are involved in the making of hormones. The Omega 3 oils are also good for the brain. It was these oils I feel helped me on the road to recovery. I am still on the road to recovery. I cannot see a light at the end of the tunnel. But the omega oils seem to give me focus and less foggy thinking. I certainly notice when I run out and don’t take them for a day or two.

So a basic detox programme for ME people would be:
Diet as suggested
Omega oils
Vit C
Multi vitamin and mineral
Magnesium
Olive leaf extract/Colloidal silver
Probiotics

After the basic programme to detox you can then build to other supplements or exchange for a more specific regime for specific symptoms.

Exercise is also important but almost impossible for ME sufferers as they may feel very ill after any bout of energy expenditure as this energy debt will need to be repaid. However what has been helping me is Stretching so I have devised a Stretch Programme for ME sufferers. It is simple and involves little energy and it helps and is the subject of another article.

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