Liver Health and Your Microbiome

Liver Health and your Microbiome                           Liver Health and Your Microbiome

The human Microbiome is your body’s environment – the inside and the outside. Your body’s environment is what keeps you healthy, or what allows diseases to occur. Everyday you make choices that affect your Microbiome. Your body’s environment consists of the bacteria, fungi, viruses, protists and archaea that live in your body and on your body. We are supposed to have health promoting organisms, bacteria, viruses, etc., but if the health promoting bacteria become outnumbered by un-healthy strains of bacteria, viruses, or fungi, inflammation ensues.Your liver health and your Microbiome are integrally connected. Inflamed tissues are an altered Microbiome, which then is an easier environment for un-healthy organisms to thrive in. The longer the environment is inflamed for and houses pathogenic bacteria, viruses,    fungi, protists and archaea the more the environment gets altered, making it progressively easier for  un-healthy strains of organisms to thrive which then leads to disease. Think of the perfect storm, and the merging of environments that are catalysts to each other.

How Does Your Microbiome Affect Your Liver?

Liver health and your Microbiome are directly effected by your intestinal tract – and it’s own Microbiota. From the intestines blood is routed to the liver through the hepatic portal vein. This blood being delivered has the absorbed nutrients from digested food and also carries toxins and medications from the intestinal tract to the liver. Studies have shown the liver being effected by bacteria and fungi in people with unhealthy bacterial and fungal over growths in the intestinal tract. These pathogenic organisms do trans-locate and then cause problems to the liver which cumulatively can contribute to cirrhosis.

Multiple studies on people with cirrhosis have all proved that compared with people who do not have cirrhosis, the people with cirrhosis have bacterial strains not found in the people who do not have cirrhosis. Also, the people with cirrhosis have  many different types of strains of bacteria, not just 10-20, but upwards of 30-40 of these are strains of bacteria that people that don’t have cirrhosis do not have.

Liver Health and Your Microbiome as relates to Bacterial Toxins

A very common toxin from bacteria is called the Lipopolysaccharide. This toxin does trans-locate from the intestinal tract to the liver and it is known to cause liver damage as well as damage to other parts of your body. Often the term “endotoxin” is used in reference to toxins generated from bacteria. It is known that Lipopolysaccharides, endotoxins, cause changes to the immune system, the lymph system, brain chemistry, the kidneys, the heart, the arteries and veins, reproductive hormones as well as the liver.

A great research study by Seki and colleagues proved that the intestinal bacteria/ microflora was the main source of Lipopolysaccharides entering the liver through the portal hepatic vein and this proved to be “an important prerequisite for the development of liver fibrosis during chronic liver injury.”1 This research is very important in showing how your liver health and your Microbiome are integrally related. For more detailed information on how the gut Microbiome affects your brain please click here.

In another great article in the British Journal of Pharmacology, “The multiple organ dysfunction syndrome caused by endotoxin in the rat: attenuation of liver dysfunction by inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase.”2 The researchers found that Lipopolysaccharides “caused a profound hypotension associated with decreases in cardiac output and oxygen delivery, lactic acidosis, renal and liver dysfunction, and thrombocytopenia.2. This means that blood pressure was reduced enough to cause a low heart rate resulting in not enough oxygen to the entire body resulting in lactic acid build up negatively effecting the kidneys and liver and causing low platelets resulting in lack of clotting.

Liver Cirrhosis

Liver cirrhosis is prevalent worldwide, and mostly preventable. Liver cirrhosis is the result of a combination of a number of chronic liver diseases. Cirrhosis happens over a number of years. And once liver cirrhosis occurs, the cells of the liver die and either a person gets a liver transplant or they die. Because it does take years for cirrhosis to develop, and there are not glaring symptoms until there is a really big problem, most people do not even realize they might be heading that way.

Contributing Factors to Poor Liver Health

A diet high in processed foods is very taxing to the liver because of the man-made chemicals in processed foods. A diet high in trans-fats is also very taxing to the liver. All pharmaceutical medications, even over the counter medications, are very demanding on the liver and with long-term use end up causing liver problems. It is possible to keep your liver healthy through your lifestyle and Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse can teach you that lifestyle.

Create Liver Health

Liver health and your Microbiome are mostly under your control. You can live a lifestyle that prevents you from getting cirrhosis. Eating foods that are plant based, especially deep green leafy vegetables, are very good for your liver and do make a difference to keeping the cells of the liver healthy and able to break down substances. Seeing a porfessonal Herbalist to help maintain your liver health and your Microbiome can keep you very healthy and make a tremendous difference to your entire body.

1 Seki E, De Minicis S, Osterreicher CH, Kluwe J, Osawa Y, Brenner DA, Schwabe RF. TLR4 enhances TGF-beta signaling and hepatic fibrosis. Nat Med Nov 2007; 13(11):1324 – 32; dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm1663; PMID: 17952090

2 * Thiemermann C, * Ruetten H, * Wu CC, * Vane JR.: Br J Pharmacol. 1995 Dec;116(7):2845-51.
The multiple organ dysfunction syndrome caused by endotoxin in the rat: attenuation of liver dysfunction by inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase.

It’s Easy to be Vegan

It’s Easy to be Vegan!

I can say “It’s Easy to be Vegan.” because I have helped many people become vegan and change their lives!!! And you can do it too! I have the road map for you to follow. Read on to see what makes this so easy that people have repeated it a few times over. Literally, just follow my       Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse program and it teaches you how to be vegan. It is a step-by-step guide.

It is important to me that when you have completed Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse that you feel and see the differences to your health. It is also very important that by doing this Cleanse, you will know that you can eat healthfully, cooking very healthy foods for you and your family. The time you spend doing Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse gives you the experience. Experience is very valuable because once you have an experience, who you are, what you are capable of is better than who you were before. You will learn that it is easy to be vegan and you Are capable of being vegan.

What Makes it Easy to be Vegan

A plan. Having a plan makes it Very easy to be vegan! Taking on big changes can be difficult, but not if you have a plan. By having a plan you can just apply yourself to forging forward onto this new path. Don’t waste any time trying to figure out your meal plans, it is already done for you. Every meal for each day with full recipes. Along with every snack, smoothies, vegetable juices, salad dressings, even time-saving tips. Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse is literally a day-to-day guide. This is another reason why the people who have already done this Cleanse have loved it.

If you want to be truly healthy. If you want to raise your family to be truly healthy. If you want to enjoy life because you are healthy and don’t have to be concerned about your health, your husbands health and the health of your kids- then this is the Cleanse for you!

When Does it become Easy to be Vegan

As soon as you decide you are ready! This is on your schedule. You can take this on whenever you want to. Also, it becomes easier to be vegan every day you eat vegan. It’s like any other habit that has become a part of your life. Every day you eat vegan, you understand, by doing it, that it really is do-able, and it is easy to be vegan. And, every day you eat vegan you feel better which is great reinforcement that you are making Very beneficial changes to your body that will serve you in the long run.

The process of this program teaches you everyday how you can take great care of yourself and your family. Once you have completed the 30 days, you will realize that you can continue in this manner.

How to Become Vegan

The next question you may be asking yourself is, “How do I become vegan?”. It’s just going to take some learning, like anything new you want to do in your life. Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse is literally a day-to-day guide making it very easy to learn to be a Vegan. There is great information on the website Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse . I have also written a blog on How to be a Vegan which you might find useful.

Healthy Eating Habits

Healthy Eating Habits

Why would you want healthy eating habits? If you live in the United States why should you take the time to eat healthfully when it is much more convenient to eat fast food? Why would you care about eating healthfully if you have insurance and your bills will be covered anyway? Why should you eat healthfully when there are prescription medications for almost anything that could go wrong with your body? Is your life made easier just because you eat healthfully? Could your life be better just from being healthy?

It’s so Much More Convenient to Eat Fast Food

If you live in the United States, (I am referring to just life in America because that is what I know), there is a really good chance you have a very packed schedule. It’s a funny one to think about but, did fast food become the billion dollar industry it is because we started filling our schedules so much? Or, did we begin filling our schedules so much because we didn’t have to be home preparing our meals? This is a good question to ponder.

Okay, so, with an abundance of fast food establishments all across America, why should you bother taking the time to prepare your own meals when it is so much more convenient to grab food on the go? If it doesn’t matter to you if you get three times as many calories from one fast food meal then a meal you would most likely cook at home. Most fast food meals are packed with almost as many calories as a person should be eating for the entire day. If it doesn’t matter to you that you will get 33-74 grams of fat in one fast food meal? Which is about as much fat as any person should take in in 1 day. Also, the fat calories from fast food are usually from trans-fats and saturated fats and have negative effects to your liver, your heart, and your blood. These are not the healthy fats that our body needs.

Why would you care about eating healthfully if you have insurance and your bills will be covered anyway?

You pay for insurance, why shouldn’t you just tap into it and let your insurance company cover your medical expenses? Okay, that’s one way to think about it. But, realize that in the last few decades insurance companies have been paying out trillions of dollars. The increases in how much the insurance companies are paying for their insured has multiplied in the last few decades. This matters because it is these astronomical costs that are of course passed on to all of us. This is the reason we all pay an increasing amount to be insured.

Over the last 6 decades, the health of Americans has steadily declined. With that, of course, the medical costs increased. It is not coincidental.

Why should you eat healthfully when there are prescription medications for almost anything that could go wrong with your body?

Even if you are 70 years old, “popping a pill” is taken very casually.  Any person younger than 70 has been growing up in an environment that sees prescription medications daily, which allows most people to feel comfortable with them just because of their lifetime of exposure. Some of the exposure is by seeing friends and family members taking medications. Think about the kids now that are growing up seeing medications advertised on television…It is that exposure that breaks down barriers of trust and the thought of harm. Many people don’t have the slightest hesitation about taking a prescription medication. The thought is, “Prescription medications have been around for decades now, they can’t be hurting anyone, right?” This is where what you don’t know can hurt you, even on the FDA website you can look and see the “Adverse Events Reporting” statistics. Here is the range, in 2004 there were 34,739 accidental deaths from prescription medications, and there were 198,828 serious outcomes. Fast forward to 2013, on the FDA website, there were 117,752 accidental deaths and 711,232 serious outcomes.

The better question then is, should you have healthy eating habits and take care of yourself now or just rely on pharmaceutical medications when you will need them?

Could Total Body Health Make Your Life Easier?

In many ways, yes. If you were healthy, if you had healthy eating habits, it could be easier to get up in the morning. If you were healthy, even your sleep could be better. If you were healthy, it would feel great to be able to go out for a walk or bike ride. It would be easier to do even the tasks and errands that you have to do if you feel good. Every aspect of your life filters through your brain with how you are feeling. If you feel good, everything you have to do is made that much easier. This is usually a point that goes unnoticed by many people, but it makes a crucial difference to your life.

Could your Life be Better Just From Being Healthy?

I think so. By being healthy and having healthy eating habits you have more time for fun if you don’t have to go to many doctors appointments. If you are healthy, you will feel good and that means you will most likely be able to enjoy your life. Your brain is impacted by your health, if you are healthy your perspective would be different because there is a difference in the neurotransmitters and hormones produced in a healthy body than the neurotransmitters and hormones that are produced in an unhealthy body.

Bring on The Most Effective Diet

Everyone can have healthy eating habits. If you want to learn how to develop truly great eating habits that you and your family can stick to, take a look at Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse. The sustainable eating plan that can change your life for the better!

Best 30 Day Diet

If you are looking for the best 30 day diet plan and dreading dieting, fear no more. A “diet” does not mean that you have to starve yourself. A “diet” does not mean that you have to eat foods that you will hate for those 30 days. Those days of “dieting” can be memories from your past once you have found a healthy eating plan that actually has you eating very yummy tasting food.

You Want to Get Healthy

The best 30 day diet would be the plan that serves several purposes:

Since you want a diet plan, why not get a plan that fits the bill for all of these points.

 Even if You Are Dieting- Eat Food That Tastes Good

You want to eat foods that taste good. You gotta eat! Why not eat foods you like? Even if you are “dieting”. Too many people mistakenly suffer through “diets”, hating the food they are eating and even feeling cruddy because they have severely limited their calories. No wonder most people hate “dieting”. But this is not a necessary step in the dieting process.

There is a better way of doing this. You really can eat foods that you can enjoy and loose weight at the same time. You really can eat foods that taste good and get healthy. The best 30 day diet you can do is Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse because it can change your life by helping you to discover how wonderful natural foods can be.

Say Good Bye to Traditional Diets

If you have repeatedly dieted, like 45 million Americans, don’t you think it’s time to make a change? Why would you want to repeat the need for dieting over and over again? Instead, get the best 30 day diet plan there is and learn from it how you can eat healthfully for the rest of your life and forgo the need to ever “diet” again. If you get the best 30 day diet plan, you will never have to diet again. You can learn what foods to eat to get the calories and nutrients your body needs and will use.

Get More Out of Your Diet Than 30 Days

You should get more out of your diet then just 30 days. Take a look ahead at 6 months, even 1 year from now, wouldn’t it be nice if you could rely on an eating program that you have already purchased? Why should a diet plan be one and done? The best 30 day diet plan would be the one that teaches you how to eat healthfully for the rest of your life, which is the cornerstone of Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse. It really is possible to just eat in a healthy way and never have to diet again. All it takes is learning what foods to eat.

The Sustainable Eating Plan- Because it’s Sensible

Most people go through fazes with their eating. Wouldn’t it be better if instead of yet another diet fad, you found the diet plan that is truly sustainable – proven by the fact that the people who have already done this program have repeated it several times because they all felt so great. They wanted to continue to make changes to their health and continue feeling that great! They wanted to continue to eat yummy tasting and healthy food.

The reason this is the sustainable eating plan is because it makes sense. It is not a crazed program of starvation. It is not a juice cleanse. It is not even about counting calories. It is program about eating healthy food. It makes sense and you can continue to work and function the whole time you are on this program. In fact, you will function mentally clearer while you are on this program, like many people have told me while they were on Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse.

Best Detox Diet Plan

If you really want to change your health for life this is the plan that will show you how. Read on to see the 12 solid reasons that make this the program that can change your life. See why this could literally be your last diet plan.

4 Reasons This Diet is Best    

This is the best diet for these 4 reasons:

1) You won’t be starving yourself by limiting yourself to 1000 calories per day.
2) You won’t even be counting calories.
3) The only foods you eat are very healthy foods.
4)  When you’ve completed the cleanse, you’ll know how to make the best food choices for yourself and your family.

 4 Reasons This Detox is Best

This is the best detox diet plan because of the herbal formulas.

This is the only Cleanse that has four different herbal formulas that detoxify four different systems in your body. I have been a licensed Herbalist for over 22 years and have successfully helped many patients with a wide assortment of health problems by using herbs. I know how these herbs make a difference. It is the combination of the healthy foods and these four herbal formulas that will give you results. Eating healthy food will create a healthy body, but it is the herbs that will detox your body

The 4 reasons this is a great detox diet are the 4 herbal formulas that target these systems: 

1. Lymph System
2. Large Intestines
3. Liver and 
4. Kidneys          

 4 Reasons Why This is The Best Diet Plan

1) You don’t have to spend time thinking about what to make for any of the meals while you are on this Cleanse. This program is your blue-print for 30 days for every meal, and even snacks.

2) This is the best way to learn to be vegan because it shows you how easy it is to be vegan.

3) All of the foods taste great making this a program that is easy to stick to.

4) It is a 30 day plan so that it will have impact into your life and your health. You can not greatly change your health, or your life, in just 14 days.

The Sustainable Plan

This could literally be your last diet plan because it is the best detox diet plan! It is a complete program that you can live your life on and repeat as often as you want. You would only get healthier every time you did it. This program fulfills every word of “best” “detox” “diet” and “plan”.  And that is a result of the 12 solid reasons that make this the program that can change your life.

You can sign up for the Full Body Vegan detox diet plan  or contact me for a                                     free 15 minute detox diet consultation to learn more about detox diets and find out why I believe this is the best detox diet plan for my clients. I will be happy to discuss your diet and health goals with you.

Eating Vegan and Feeling Great

Eating vegan and feeling great – this could be you!

Ask yourself,” Do I love how I feel everyday?” You will by eating vegan!

By eating vegan you can wake up feeling great everyday!

I love how I feel when I wake up. And you can feel just this fantastic throughout the whole day! I know you can because this is how my lifestyle allows me to feel and everyone who has done Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse feels just this great! I love how I feel through the day. I love how I feel after a demanding workout. And I love how I feel after  drinking one of those deeply satisfying green vegetable juices I make.You will feel the same way – most of us who have done the Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse crave the green vegetable juices listed in the book. I love how I feel after I eat the very healthy lunch I made.
All the vegan foods my boys eat has made them very healthy young men. And it shows in all their athletics.
Thanks to eating vegan meals and foods, my husbands health is not a source of concern. He is incredibly healthy. That is a huge source of security. I know many women who fear for their husbands health as they get older because for years they haven’t taken care of themselves.
Eating vegan, you will make great choices for your family that will make a difference now and very importantly, for the years to come. I love the choices I have made for myself and especially for my family. This is my life-long commitment and it is worth the time I put into it.

I truly love every day in my office when I get to help people get healthy! 

The reason I love being able to help people get healthy is because I know they will enjoy their life so much more!

I feel that every person can feel great everyday. Every person can love feeling great everyday. Could your life be better if you felt better everyday if you started eating vegan? If you answered “Yes”, then please let Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse help you to a healthier lifestyle. It is easily ordered from the website:

Resolution Solution – Part 4

It is now a few weeks past January 1st, and it may be time to re-think again about the New Years resolution you made for yourself. Think about why you wanted to bring about those changes into your life. Remember the end result you wanted from that resolution. It gets tough for the majority of people even by the end of January to stick with their resolution. This is evidenced in the statistic that by the end of January, the majority of people with New Years resolutions have already given up on them.

That is a shame. This is the perfect time to think about how you can make this resolution manifest for your life. You may have to dig down a little bit more and realize the changes you need to bring into your life. You may need to talk to your supportive friends and family members and engage their help. You made need a plan.

If you need help with a plan so you can accomplish your New Years resolution to be healthy, this is your plan to success! Every day for 30 days, is completely laid out for you to follow. It is easy to follow. The recipes are not complicated, but are all very good! To be successful always requires a plan. This is a great plan!

All plans have steps to them, to be done in a specific order to ensure success. Your New Years resolution will require steps to be taken to be successful. The first step is the thought, the thought that there is a change you want to make. Most likely, this has been a thought you have had several times. For most people, their New Years resolution comes about  after they have thought about the matter for a period of time. It is a big enough issue driving millions of people to make a decision that going forward from January 1, they strongly desire to make that change.

To be successful in your New Years resolution:

Step 1: Be clear on your New Years resolution.

Step 2: Take action.

Step 3: Commit to your New Years resolution

Step 4: Have a plan in place that will allow you to be successful at your New Years resolution.

The very delicious kale salad I made only came about because all of the above steps were followed.Step 1) I had an idea, the kale salad. Step 2) I took action, I bought the kale and all the other ingredients I wanted in the salad. Step 3) I committed to making the salad and the dressing for it. Step 4) I had a plan in order to create this delicious salad for my family to keep them healthy!

Resolution Solution – Part 3

Moving forward on encouraging you to be successful in your New Years resolution. (If you haven’t read the previous 2 posts on New Years resolutions, I encourage you to do that.)

Step 1: Be clear on your New Years resolution.

Step 2: Take action.

Step 3: Commit to your New Years resolution.

Commit to your resolution.You have thought about it, you have wanted the changes, now commit to make those changes. To ensure your success, have a plan, and have support. Support in terms of friends or family that will support you in wanting these positive changes. If you have people around you that will not be supportive while you make these changes, please minimize your time with them. Or maybe, you have friends or family in your life that will make these same changes in their own life and you can bring about these changes together. I know that there have been groups of people that have done Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse together. They loved the experience and loved being able to go through it with friends.

Commit to yourself. Most all New Years resolutions are for positive changes people want to bring into their life, realize that you are worth the time, the effort and the learning that may be required for you to make these changes.

Commit to yourself. On the other side, once you have made the changes you want in your life, there is a better you!

Step 4: Make a plan. This post to be continued. The yummy kale salad I made only came about because I had a thought, I took action, I committed to that thought of what I wanted, and then I had a plan.

Resolution Solution -Part 2

As you may have read in yesterdays post, almost 40% of Americans make New Years resolutions, being millions of people. Out of that 40%, 38% are resolutions to loose weight. Even better than just loosing weight though is learning to be healthy. Because if you learn that- you have the knowledge to stay healthy for the rest of your life!

Even better than that – you can raise your family healthy! Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse teaches you how to do that!

To be successful in your New Years resolution:

Step 1: Be clear on your New Years resolution.

Step 2: Take action.

Step 3: Commit to your New Years resolution.

Take action toward this new direction you want in your life. All New Years resolutions are for positive changes. People have very good intentions. And, people sincerely want to benefit from the positive resolutions that they had desired. This leads then into what is required next, and that is action. A resolution is a thought, to achieve results, taking physical steps toward the resolution will begin to bring that resolution closer to actually being manifested.

As in this yummy kale salad. It started as a thought that this is what I wanted to make for dinner. Then I went out, got the kale and then proceeded through the steps needed to manifest this yummy and VERY healthy dinner for my beautiful family! Stay tuned tomorrow for making that commitment to your New Years resolution.

New Year’s Resolution Solution – Here is Your Plan

It is January of the new year, millions of people, almost 40% of Americans, set New Years resolutions. Some statistics state that about 38% of those resolutions are to lose weight. But, very unfortunately, only a very small percentage of people actually achieve their New Years resolutions. There are reasons for this dismal fact. One of those reasons is that for people to lose weight, they need a plan. I HAVE YOUR PLAN! Here is your New Year’s resolution solution! It is written out in my                 day-by-day detailed program Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse.

All you need to do is follow it, it is a blue-print for 30 days of what to eat. What differentiates this vegan cleanse from others is that it is a blue print to follow, of complete meals and lots of time saving tips. That is why this is your New Year’s resolution solution – it is a plan! Your New Years resolution can be attained when you have a plan.

Another differentiating factor is Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse has you eating food! Real food every day. Real food every meal! Three meals a day plus optional snacks. You won’t be starving on this Cleanse, you will be eating Very well and very good tasting meals at that! This is one of the reasons people have repeated Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse, it is do -able. And they felt great!

The other very important differentiating factor with Full Body 30 Day Vegan Cleanse is the 4 weeks of herbal formulas specifically designed for this cleanse. I developed 4 distinct herbal formulas that will help make healthy differences to your body. I have been a licensed Acupuncturist/Herbalist in Ca for 23 years. I have a lot of experience helping people with herbs. The herbs will help you reach your goals. These herbal formulas are part of the answer to reach your New Year’s resolution solution.

Step 1: Be clear on your New Years resolution. If you are clear on your New Year’s resolution, then you can be clear on your plan for your New Year’s resolution solution.

Step 2: Take action. Here is step 1 in a yummy kale salad. The next 2 blogs continue on with this kale salad to help you with your New Year’s resolution  solution. Take a look…