re: Don’t Wait for a Machine — Take Care of Your Liver Now

mar6915 — 1/27/2020 4:56:47 PM

If you are an average Joe or Jane don't expect to be eligible for one of these machines. Milk thistle is most beneficial before you get to this point. Don't pick them out of your yard, as they may be contaminated with glyphosate.

A broad range of different pharmacological agents can induce liver damage, including anesthetics, anticancer drugs, antibiotics, antituberculosis agents, antiretrovirals, and cardiac medications. In addition, a plethora of traditional medical therapies and herbal remedies may also be hepatotoxic.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../PMC3160634

re: Don’t Wait for a Machine — Take Care of Your Liver Now

Almond — 1/27/2020 12:09:39 PM

It is not only the liver, but also intestines that can be destroyed and interfere with digestion. GMOs can destroy the lining of the intestines and prevent absorption of nutrients, essentially resulting in starving to death. When we go out to eat, esp at family events, I notice many people my age and older cannot drink alcohol if we bring a bottle of home brew or tolerate high fiber foods. I am fortunate to be able to eat anything that is organic and unrefined. Serious food sensitivities have prevented me from eating crap, but the result has been good health.

A lot of commercial alcoholic beverages, esp cocktails and mixes are terrible things to put in your body, whereas clean home-brewed beer, wines and cordials, etc. are actually beneficial. We are very careful if we consume wines away from home, too as they can be contaminated products. We grow a lot of our own fruit or forage it, so we are aware of the quality of our ingredients and do not add chemicals of any sort. I am too dumb and not very patient, so have never bothered to use a lot of equipment and chemicals for brewing. Everything is done the old ways with surprisingly good results. Putting nature in charge of the chemistry requires understanding the process and just providing the conditions to allow it to occur. I have a neighbor who spends a lot and fusses with his brewing, yet his expensive time-consuming products are no better than my simple ones. My goal is to keep tummies filled with nutritious and appetizing food that satisfies. There are not enough hours in a day for fancy meals, except for special holidays. Hubby reminds me that your old china does not matter as long as it is piled high with good food. Friends seem most ecstatic to receive my surplus wine in mason jars when I run out of bottles in bumper crop fruit years. Likewise, a bottle of wine adds a lot to a simple meal.

So, go simmer a kettle of soup, a loaf of bread and open a bottle of wine for supper tonight?