Comments on: How a Detox Diet Can Drive Inflammation Out Of your Body http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/detox/how-a-detox-diet-can-drive-inflammation-out-of-your-body Wed, 16 May 2012 11:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sandy Halliday http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/detox/how-a-detox-diet-can-drive-inflammation-out-of-your-body/comment-page-1#comment-1142 Sandy Halliday Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:03:46 +0000 http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/?p=549#comment-1142 Hi Nikky, I am Sandy, not Sally, but for some reason I get called that from time to time! Sorry to hear that you have to have surgery and about your concern over your irregular heart rate. Surgery is a stress on the body so it could increase your heart rate. I'm sure your doctors will be monitoring you afterwards. A lot of Vitamin C is used up by the stress of surgery and together with Zinc and Vitamin A it is needed for wound healing and tissue repair. Vitamin C is highest in fresh fruit and vegetables. Dark green leafy, orange and red vegetables and fruit contain betacarotene that the body can use to convert into Vitamin A. A light, easily digested whole food, low fat diet is probably best. You should eat little and often to keep your blood sugar stable. It's hard to say exactly what you should eat afterwards because everyone is different and some peole tolerate certain foods better than others. Vegetable soup may be the best thing to eat immediately afterwards. Raw food like fresh fruit can be a problem for some people until the digestion settles down. Whole grains, fruit and vegetables will help prevent constipation. Some people get diarrhea after gall bladder surgery until their digestion settles down so you may have to cut back on fruit. Zinc is most concentrated in foods like meat and beans but beans can give you gas if you are not used to them so may not be a good idea. Light, lean meat like chicken and turkey or some mercury free white fish would be good. Keep fats to a minimum to start with. The best fats to have are cold pressed oils like olive oil, hemp seed and flax seed oil. Avoid alcohol until you have really recovered from the surgery. Drink plenty of pure water and herbal or green tea. I hope it all goes well and glad you find the newsletters useful. Sandy Hi Nikky, I am Sandy, not Sally, but for some reason I get called that from time to time!

Sorry to hear that you have to have surgery and about your concern over your irregular heart rate. Surgery is a stress on the body so it could increase your heart rate. I’m sure your doctors will be monitoring you afterwards.

A lot of Vitamin C is used up by the stress of surgery and together with Zinc and Vitamin A it is needed for wound healing and tissue repair. Vitamin C is highest in fresh fruit and vegetables. Dark green leafy, orange and red vegetables and fruit contain betacarotene that the body can use to convert into Vitamin A.

A light, easily digested whole food, low fat diet is probably best. You should eat little and often to keep your blood sugar stable. It’s hard to say exactly what you should eat afterwards because everyone is different and some peole tolerate certain foods better than others.

Vegetable soup may be the best thing to eat immediately afterwards. Raw food like fresh fruit can be a problem for some people until the digestion settles down. Whole grains, fruit and vegetables will help prevent constipation. Some people get diarrhea after gall bladder surgery until their digestion settles down so you may have to cut back on fruit.

Zinc is most concentrated in foods like meat and beans but beans can give you gas if you are not used to them so may not be a good idea. Light, lean meat like chicken and turkey or some mercury free white fish would be good.

Keep fats to a minimum to start with. The best fats to have are cold pressed oils like olive oil, hemp seed and flax seed oil. Avoid alcohol until you have really recovered from the surgery. Drink plenty of pure water and herbal or green tea.

I hope it all goes well and glad you find the newsletters useful.

Sandy

]]> By: Nikky http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/detox/how-a-detox-diet-can-drive-inflammation-out-of-your-body/comment-page-1#comment-1140 Nikky Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:27:46 +0000 http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/?p=549#comment-1140 Hi Sally, I am booked for gallbladder surgery on June 8th, 2011. My concern is that I have irregular heart beats. Will the surgery increase my heart rate? Again, what I can be eating after the surgery? Your News letters have been of great help. Thanks Sally. Hi Sally, I am booked for gallbladder surgery on June 8th, 2011. My concern is that I have irregular heart beats. Will the surgery increase my heart rate? Again, what I can be eating after the surgery? Your News letters have been of great help. Thanks Sally.

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]]> By: Sandy Halliday http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/detox/how-a-detox-diet-can-drive-inflammation-out-of-your-body/comment-page-1#comment-928 Sandy Halliday Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:34:43 +0000 http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/?p=549#comment-928 Hi Marlene, Everyone is different depending on how well your detox system works. The cramping may not be due to the Lipitor still being in your system but from the muscle damage that it has caused. There is some evidence that CoQ10 can help lessen the pain but it does not work in all cases. You have to make sure you are taking enough of a good absorbable form. Not all CoQ10 supplements are absorbed well enough to have any effect. Dr John Briffa has an article about it here: http://www.drbriffa.com/2007/05/30/coq10-found-to-reverse-the-side-effects-of-statin-drugs/ It's important to make sure that your thyroid hormones especially T3 are at the upper end of the reference range. Doctors do not always check T3 levels. Taking thyroxine does not guarantee that that it will be converted to T3 the active hormone. You can have low T3 levels in spite of a normal TSH. Best wishes for better health soon. Sandy Hi Marlene, Everyone is different depending on how well your detox system works. The cramping may not be due to the Lipitor still being in your system but from the muscle damage that it has caused. There is some evidence that CoQ10 can help lessen the pain but it does not work in all cases. You have to make sure you are taking enough of a good absorbable form. Not all CoQ10 supplements are absorbed well enough to have any effect. Dr John Briffa has an article about it here:
http://www.drbriffa.com/2007/05/30/coq10-found-to-reverse-the-side-effects-of-statin-drugs/

It’s important to make sure that your thyroid hormones especially T3 are at the upper end of the reference range. Doctors do not always check T3 levels. Taking thyroxine does not guarantee that that it will be converted to T3 the active hormone. You can have low T3 levels in spite of a normal TSH.
Best wishes for better health soon.
Sandy

]]> By: Marlene http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/detox/how-a-detox-diet-can-drive-inflammation-out-of-your-body/comment-page-1#comment-927 Marlene Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:26:26 +0000 http://thedetoxspecialist.com/blog/?p=549#comment-927 I have been on Lipitor for many years, and 3 blood pressure medicines, and a few other medicines, thyroid, depression medication, Prevacid, and all my blood levels are low or high, especially the ck is elevated to 377H and my Dr. just took me off of Lipitor last Saturday, but I am still feeling the stomach cramping, Legs and arm muscles hurting badly. I am drinking alot of water and eating regular, but I am very weak and lack of energy and all the aches is getting me down. Does it take longer than a week to get Lipitor out of the system? I have been on Lipitor for many years, and 3 blood pressure medicines, and a few other medicines, thyroid, depression medication, Prevacid, and all my blood levels are low or high, especially the ck is elevated to 377H and my Dr. just took me off of Lipitor last Saturday, but I am still feeling the stomach cramping, Legs and arm muscles hurting badly. I am drinking alot of water and eating regular, but I am very weak and lack of energy and all the aches is getting me down. Does it take longer than a week to get Lipitor out of the system?

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