This two-part post is in answer to Karen who left the following comment regarding an earlier Juicing Q&A post: How to help the liver & colon eliminate more effectively?
“I’ve never done them during a juice fast because I use avocados (I’ll discuss my liver flush protocol in a different post)…”
Ndoema, I recently stumbled across your site because of your posts on juice feasting; I initially read the above quoted comment a few days ago, and it’s honestly been bothering me ever since. How do you use avocados during a juice fast to detoxify your liver? I’m sorry if you did write a follow-up post and I just haven’t found it at your site yet, but I am extremely intrigued. I am on Day 5 of my first major juice feast (shooting for 2 weeks but I’m thinking I may just want to continue into May)… I’ve juice fasted before, but juice FEASTING is an entirely different animal! That being said, I have a little avocado in my cupboard that I keep looking at, wondering how it might be incorporated into this great nutritional undertaking of mine. Do you puree your avocado and mix it with another juice? Do you take it with herbs? How do you use your avocados? Searching elsewhere online has only unearthed the thought that an avocado during a juice feast/fast will slow the body’s detoxification because of the extra fiber and fat it has to process–so I’d love to hear your reply, if you have a moment or two. Thank you very much.
Before getting into the nitty-gritty of liver cleansing, let me first congratulate you on your juice feast! That’s wonderful and yes, juice “feasts” are a class of their own.
Also let me make a brief clarification. What I said in that earlier post is that I do NOT do liver cleanses when I’m juicing because I use avocado.
So indeed, ingesting avocados while on a juice fast will kick your system back into digestion mode and temporarily slow down your detox process. Sorry to disappoint here, but yes forget about that avo lurking into your cupboard until your fast is over and then – if so inclined – try out the liver cleansing protocol I will be sharing with you.
I had known and read about the “classic” liver flush for a good year (or two) before I gathered enough courage to give it a shot. As you now know, I’m big on cleansing the liver so I needed no convincing as to the benefits. Plus I’m super curious and always gung ho about trying out new things. But that olive oil and grapefruit juice mixture was a serious deterrent. Just the thought of it was so repulsive that I’d postponed my attempts repeatedly until that blessed day 5 years ago, when I finally decided to take the plunge. It was the culmination of a series of synchronistic events I’ll share in later posts but suffice to say that day was a major turning point in terms of my own inner and outer transformations.
I followed all the instructions to the letter. From the precisely timed out epsom salts intake to guzzling that half a cup of olive oil mixed with grapefruit juice. It was gross but I survived it 😉 The next morning, not much seemed to be happening so I was tempted to pass on the last rounds of epsom salts (not my favorite drink in the world) but I decided to stick with the plan and give the full protocol a fair shot. By midday, just when I was about to conclude that the liver flush didn’t work for me … I experienced the first of many astounding gallstone releases. Literally hundreds. It was so mind blowing and I was so psyched with the results that I completed 12 more liver flushes within the next six months (basically one every two weeks).
I tweaked things a bit to make the experience a bit more bearable. I would mix equal part of oil and lemon juice and take this first, followed by a 16 oz glass of freshly squeezed (and chilled) grapefruit juice.
This liver flush protocol is wildly controversial. One of the common arguments against liver cleansing is that stones simply don’t exist. Never mind that laparoscopy (gallbladder removal) is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the United States according to the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and that stones are routinely spotted via medical procedures such as endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography and ultrasound imaging.
The second most common argument is that the gallstones released via this method are “fake” gallstones. They’re just a mixture of the olive oil and epsom salt that were ingested. Well, my experience has proven otherwise as I now routinely release gallstones without the intake of oil nor epsom salt. The amusing fact is that those who most vehemently attack the liver flush (I’m not pointing fingers, those posts are easy to find if you care to read them) have actually never tried it themselves…
I’m totally not interested in convincing anyone to agree with me or do as I do, only in answering questions and sharing honestly my own experiences.
So… I was so inspired by the benefits I received from the liver flushes that I decided to experiment with another powerful detox practice: juice fasting. Within the next year I completed twelve 5 and 7-day juice fasts, three more “classic” liver flushes (and continued to release more stones) before embarking on my first 92-day juice feast (I’m currently on day 24 of my fourth 92-day juice feast).
I think it’s important to mention these juice fasts because I believe that juice fasting has had a phenomenal healing effect on my liver (and all internal organs) and is the prime reason for the ease with which it is now able to perform its detoxing functions and allowing me to release stones quite effortlessly.
So… fast forward to the last days of my first three-month juice fast, and I don’t know it yet but everything is about to change big time … (Read Part 2 here)
16 thoughts on “Detox Q&A: Why I no longer do the liver flush (part 1)”
I can’t find part 2…….
I wonder if avocado oil would work as well or better than olive oil since the taste is so much milder. I’ve tried the olive oil and it just makes me extremely nauseous and I cannot get it down even using a Turkey baster to avoid tasting it. Ugh
I don’t have the time and privacy to do such a cleanse at the moment but hoping to be able to soon.
Perhaps I’ll just make a meal of several avocados and nuts sometime and see what happens lol.
Hi Brandy,
You’ll find Part 2 here:
https://theglobalgirl.com/detox-tips-how-to-liver-gallbladder-flush-avocado-olive-oil-grapefruit-juice-epsom-salts/
I’ve personally never tried avocado oil. If you do let me know how it went. Getting the olive oil down is definitely challenging but quite effective!
My friend had a liver stone blocking her common duct, confirmed with ultrasound. The doctors were telling her she was going to die if she didnt get it operated. Overnight fast, magnesium citrate, and some olive oil and she (painfully) passed a whole bunch of stones including a 2.8 cm one! Ultrasound confirmed after. All you need to know is that the doctors werent the slightest bit interested in how she did it when she brought the stones for show and tell. The number one surgery can be fixed by $8 in supplements and they don’t care. Screw doctors they don’t know squat.
Hello Global Girl
Thank you for sharing those amazing healthy tips with us.
i just wondering how long and how many time in a day should we drink the detox?
Hope to hear from you soon
Have a bless day
Nathalie from Maryland
One more Question as a reread your orginal post. Do i have to do the epsom salt as well as the oil/grapefruit togeter? where in you blog i can find the complete how to do receipe for both solutions
Thanks again
Best
Nathalie
Hi Nathalie,
Here’s the liver flush procedure I follow.
I mix 4 tablespoons of epsom salts in 3 cups of water and refrigerate the solution.
I don’t eat anything after 2pm. And drink 3/4 cup of the epsom salt solution at 6pm and 8pm. At 10 pm I drink a 1/2 cup of organic olive oil mixed with equal part of fresh squeezed lemon juice followed by a glass of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice and lie down in bed immediately (important to release the stones) and don’t move until the next morning.
The following morning I take 3/4 cup of epsom salts as soon as I wake up and again two hours later.
Hope that helps 🙂
Ndoema
Thanks for your quick response , really love it . Now i have homework to do:)
You rock!!
Have a fabulous day!!
Nathalie
Ndoema, you’ve left us with a cliffhanger! 😉 I’m looking forward to what comes next; you have me quite intrigued.
I, too, have done the traditional liver flush before–not many times over the years, certainly not as often as you. The last time, I found the olive oil/grapefruit juice mixture so unbearable that afterward just the thought of it made me feel ill. It worked, though; my husband was trying it out for the first time, himself, that weekend, and he was amazed with his own results. I know I should soon do another flush or liver cleanse of some sort, all things considered. (I had to end my first, aforementioned juice feast sooner than I wanted to because of my lack of produce, but I’ve actually just started my second. My husband’s going to start his first juice feast on Monday. We’re really excited about this venture we’ll be taking together.)
Anyway, Ndoema, thank you again for your input–I admire how you seem so “in touch” with what your own body needs, and I’m looking forward to you clarifying more of your own personal discoveries regarding your own health. Take care until then.
Hi Karen,
Haha, right! Part 2 coming soon 😉
And yes, surprisingly I was expecting that drinking the olive oil/grapefruit juice brew would get easier with time but it seemed to become increasingly repulsive. Not sure if it’s a mental thing (the dreaded anticipation…) but the bottom line is that it works! It’s really amazing.
Congrats on your second juice fast! Juice feasting as a couple is truly a special gift. I’ve had the great fortune of doing all my fasts as a team and it truly takes the relationship to another level.
Being in touch with your body needs is something that will come very naturally to you (and sooner than you think) as you continue on your journey of releasing toxins and the numerous chemical/emotional/environmental interferences through juicing and cleansing. I truly believe that receiving clear guidance from within is our natural state.
Much love~
We should all be concerned of our health. Thank you for the amazing tips!
I know that gallstones are real, my Uncle had a lot of those removed. I’m recommending this to him.
You saved my life! I’ve been really curious about this. Looking forward to know more about this therapy
Hi Breanne,
So glad to hear 🙂 Let me know how it goes for you!
xo
Tell us more about it please! Looking forward to the continuation!
Is it possible to do liver cleansing without juice fasting?
Typically when doing the liver flush I’m referencing, you stop ingesting food by 2 pm on the day you are taking the olive oil & grapefruit juice mixture until late morning the next day. This is what I did and it works. So this short fast is part of the regime.
Juice fasting is not a requirement, it’s just that in my experience it greatly promotes the release of stones. I personally no longer need to fast in order to release stones. I release them whether I eat or not!