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Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:35 pm  |
I was listening to the radio and heard that this guy got a liver transplant from a 21yr old. Since than his grey hair turned black and his wrinkles disappeared. So I was wondering if having a healthy liver will make one look younger?
I goggled the article and he does look 40+ now. His actual age is about 60. Do you guys take any supplements for liver?
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/07/29/61-yearold-man-ages-liver-transplant/ |
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:41 pm |
That is very interesting. Silymarin (milk thistle) is very good for the liver...I have some, so maybe I should actually take it!  |
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:58 pm |
| I do. I take a supplements that are geared toward liver health. Very interesting. |
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:48 pm |
| Conversely, it seems that a very unhealthy liver or deteriorating health of any kind can take a toll on looks and speed the aging process. Afterall, you cannot live without your liver. |
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Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:30 pm |
| This is an interesting topic. Obviously, if you have an unhealthy liver you aren't going to look so great. For example someone who has cirrousis is yellow and bloated and looks terrible. Also, I have read that you should drink a glass of lemon water first thing in the am for your liver. It is supposed to help your skin. |
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Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:21 pm |
| The idea of the lemon water is to kickstart the body in an alkaline (vs Acidic) way. An acidic body is undesirable. Lemon (though it surely is 'acidic') registers as alkaline in the body and helps the blood and body fluids alkalinize. You can get ph strips to test urine for your acid/alkaline balance and work with it accordingly. I suggest researching lists of alkaline/acidic foods and this will help in making better food choices. Lemon water at night is a good idea too to defray the bodies natural tendency toward acid. Green smoothies will help alkalinize in most cases as will many green drinks. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:28 pm |
From traditional Chinese medicine, of course it is.
Your face reflects the status of the organ. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:47 pm |
| Yiying wrote: |
From traditional Chinese medicine, of course it is.
Your face reflects the status of the organ. |
I wish we had a TCM thread...so much to learn! |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:27 pm |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| The idea of the lemon water is to kickstart the body in an alkaline (vs Acidic) way. An acidic body is undesirable. Lemon (though it surely is 'acidic') registers as alkaline in the body and helps the blood and body fluids alkalinize. You can get ph strips to test urine for your acid/alkaline balance and work with it accordingly. I suggest researching lists of alkaline/acidic foods and this will help in making better food choices. Lemon water at night is a good idea too to defray the bodies natural tendency toward acid. Green smoothies will help alkalinize in most cases as will many green drinks. |
Sistersweets, I love this stuff! It is so fascinating. I've purchased Alkaline water at the store a few times. I've been thinking about getting a water alkalizer. I'm also a huge fan of Karyn Calabrese and she talks about acidity vs alkalinity in the body a lot. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:29 pm |
| bethany wrote: |
| Yiying wrote: |
From traditional Chinese medicine, of course it is.
Your face reflects the status of the organ. |
I wish we had a TCM thread...so much to learn! |
I agree. It's so fascinating and great knowledge. I want to learn more about it as well as Ayurvedic medicine. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:03 pm |
interesting thought
I always look a bit brighter when i oil pull (which is considered a mild liver cleanse)and i look a little worse when i've had 2 glasses of wine...
geat topic... |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:56 pm |
I made a milk thistle tincture a couple of years ago... aurgh ghg hghg... it tasted awful.
This thread makes me want to get out my tcm book, its brilliant. There had been some very knowledgeable people posting here recently about tcm.
Will drinking acv & water do the same as lemon & water? For some reason I can't get into the habit of either, but throwing a bottle pourer on some acv seems like less of a hassle than juicing in the morning. |
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Olive, normal/oily skin. Using rinse-off ocm, Vit C, Tretinoin since Nov/10, GHK since Feb/12, Niacinamide & glucosamine, alternating, & now skipping nights! Concerns include oiliness, hyperpigmentation from occasional zits, 11's & nasolabial folds. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:00 pm |
^Especially considering the juicer I own is such a bitch to clean.  |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:12 pm |
Squeezing a quarter of a lemon into water will make the difference - no need to actually juice for the benefits. A little bit of lemon will do the trick. I've heard even a few drops of the plastic lemon stuff works.
Green drinks - I use Vitamineral green almost everyday and similar things and I know they make a difference in your skin. I like real green smoothies but that's not always possible.
I also take milk thistle for liver health.
You don't have to get crazy. Start with a few easy things.....
What is inside reflects the outside. Just makes sense.
And FWIW I do like wine. But I love eating healthy. I won't give up wine and I live on good organic, healthy farmed foods. It's a mantra for me. |
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:45 pm |
| sister sweets wrote: |
| Squeezing a quarter of a lemon into water will make the difference - no need to actually juice for the benefits. |
I know. But for some reason, citrus in my area is stupid expensive.
I usually juice (through a juicer) and zest limes, and then freeze them into little cubes for cooking. THAT'S how expensive they are. |
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Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:11 pm |
"The Liver stores and purifies the blood. The liver is said to be in charge of the storage of the blood, allowing more blood into circulation during periods of greater activity. While in storage, the blood is processed and purified. However, if the liver is stagnant, then blood purification may be inadequate, leading to the release of toxins through the skin. Impure blood is a cause of acne, eczema, carbuncles, boils, acidosis , and allergies; in addition, toxic blood feeds all degenerative conditions, including cancer and arthritis."
"Hair is one indicator of blood quality. In Eastern medicine, hair is said to be an extension of the blood and therefore is influenced by the health of the spleen, pancreas and kidneys. In addition, the head hair is directly affected by the kidneys in other ways... Healthy hair is lustrous and thick. Hair loss and prematurely gray hair can be treated by improving blood quality and strengthening the spleen-pancreas and kidneys."
And I love tcm for how it doesn't hesitate to consider emotional issues as part of illness and healing:
"More importantly, regardless of diet, emotions themselves when driven by the desire-complex of greed, anger and resentment, greatly damage liver function. Unresolved emotional issues are stored physically as residues of excess in the liver, while emotional clarification unlocks and releases these residues. Therefore, as the diet improves, it is necessary to liberate emotional obstructions. Any of various awareness methods can help; practices which cut through emotional obstructions... also apply here. If the awareness work is neglected, an emotional cripple can find a way to pervert even a sound diet so that it supports his or her current disturbances."
"Worry and anxiety, examples of excessive thinking, greatly injure the spleen-pancreas and its blood-producing, nutrient-assimilating functions. (Recall that the emotion of worry, in excess, is detrimental to the spleen-pancreas and Earth Element.) It is commonly known in China that worry causes gray hair....
However, gray and falling hair is not the worst effect of worry. Worry accelerates aging in general because it weakens the blood, which carries nutrients necessary for cell regeneration. Also, since worry damanges the pancreas and its enzyme production, nutritional problems of every sort are more likely.
Worry and other forms of excess thought are not necessarily the same as the unfocused mind symptomatic of a weak heart-mind. Worry can be focused, but it is nevertheless repetitious, compulsive thinking. The motivation behind worry is an attempt to "figure things out" from every perspective because of doubt and insecurity. But when one has faith in a unified life process - for example, that life proceeds according to its own perfection - then real acceptance of the "suchness" of life becomes possible, and the busy mind can relax. In relaxed awareness, there exists naturally a greater understanding, even wisdom. In this way the knowledge so keenly sought after through worry finally arrives when worry stops. Eating meals with simpler combinations of food supports deeper, less busy thinking." |
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Olive, normal/oily skin. Using rinse-off ocm, Vit C, Tretinoin since Nov/10, GHK since Feb/12, Niacinamide & glucosamine, alternating, & now skipping nights! Concerns include oiliness, hyperpigmentation from occasional zits, 11's & nasolabial folds. |
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:49 am |
| LoriA wrote: |
| IThis thread makes me want to get out my tcm book, its brilliant. |
Lori, could you please tell me the name of the book? It sounds very interesting!  |
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:38 pm |
| I drink lemon water on a regular basis. I makes me feel very good. Ironically, it helps upset stomach and cramps. I get nauseated allot and it helps that for me. It also slows down digestion which makes you feel full longer. That being said, its good for people who are trying to lose weight. |
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:45 pm |
| Health and beauty have a very close relationship. |
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:07 pm |
Its Healing with Whole Foods, swissmom! I keep lending it out to people and they all end up keeping it so long they finally buy their own copies!
A tcm practitioner told me its like a 3rd year reference book, so a little involved.
My mom used to have us drink hot lemon water with honey, especially when we were coming down with, or had colds. I'm pretty sure the water was too hot so killed the vitamin c, so I only drink it cold or room temperature now. Warmed if I'm really sick. With a little booze if I really could give a crap! |
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Olive, normal/oily skin. Using rinse-off ocm, Vit C, Tretinoin since Nov/10, GHK since Feb/12, Niacinamide & glucosamine, alternating, & now skipping nights! Concerns include oiliness, hyperpigmentation from occasional zits, 11's & nasolabial folds. |
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:04 am |
| Thank you so much, Lori! Off to Amazon to check it out! |
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:00 am |
| Lori, I looked at several sources. Would you recommend hardcover or paperback? Also, is the updated version necessary? I've seen some that were from the early 90's and I wondered if he includes updated info. in the newer versions. Thank you! |
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:56 am |
| Swissmom wrote: |
| Lori, I looked at several sources. Would you recommend hardcover or paperback? Also, is the updated version necessary? I've seen some that were from the early 90's and I wondered if he includes updated info. in the newer versions. Thank you! |
There is a reviewer on Amazon that suggests it best to purchase the hardback since it is over 700 pages, she states that the hardback is actually lighter in weight than the soft cover. However, before I read her review I purchased a slightly used one from ebay, 2nd edition, 1996. |
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:18 pm |
| Thanks, Mogulicious! I didn't see that review, I actually went ahead and purchased a paperback one. Oh well, I'm sure sometime down the road I'll get a hardback one because like Lori, I get the feeling I'll be sharing this one and may not get it back. |
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