Expert: Imran R. - 9/18/2006

Question
I am a 43 year old male, and I believe I have something wrong with my liver, like it's clogged or something.  The problem initially began 12 years ago from taking heartburn medication (prilosec and reglan).  I developed chronic fatigue and cognitive difficulties which felt to me to be the result of impaired blood flow to the brain.  This would get worse from lying down, especially on my back.  Then 4 years from today I got very sick from over indulging in alcohol (I was binge drinking 3 times a week at the time).  I noticed a violent sensation in my uppper abdomen.  Over the next 4 months I lost 40 pounds despite eating 2500 calories per day, putting me at 120 pounds ( I'm 5 foot 10 inches tall).  I finally stopped the weight loss by eating large amounts of onions and garlic.  But ever since, I've been unable to gain weight, even on a 3000 calorie diet.

I wish weight loss was my only problem, but it's not.  Other problems are:

Cold - especially my head.  I have to wear a winter hat if the temperature is under 95 F.  If I don't, it feels like I'm going to have a stroke, and I go into a stupor which I fix by either sweating in a hot bath or running.

Eating hampers my circulation - especially fats and proteins, meat is the worst.  After eating I get burning in my extremities, strong fatigue, and I lose blood circulation to my eyes causing them to shrink in size (sometimes it can be very painful).  As a result, my eyesight is disintegrating rapidly (need new glasses every 4 months), and my eyes are very light-sensitive (can't watch TV).

Sleeping - causes me to lose blood circulation to my head affecting my eyes and brain.  It's worse lying down (lying down causes liver pain too) so I sleep sitting up, and I wrap a heating pad around my eyes to improve the circulation to them (it helps with the shrinking).

Can't process proteins - I believe this because I have to eat spirulina or else I get tremors.

Chronic thirst - require sips of water every 15 minutes.

Can't eat foods or take supplements that have indigestible powders (tablet binders, mineral supplements, baking powder).  They run through my blood clogging my liver, making me thirsty, and I can taste them coming out of my tongue.

Lately, my intolerance of food has gotten much worse.  I can't eat beans or tofu now, and I'm down to 108 pounds.  My feet also go numb easily.

I started eating raw dandelion greens and they seem to help.  My blood circulation is better when I sleep, and I have less liver pain.  I've noticed after I eat them that I get slight pain or burning in my chest, back, and left shoulder blade.  It feels as though I'm trying to pass a stone from my right lung to my left lung (don't know if that's good or bad).  I also take a mixture of herbal tinctures that helps.  It's burdock, red clover, and yellow dock.

The doctors have done CT scans of my abdomen and lots of blood work, but the only thing they can find wrong with me is that I have an elevated bilirubin of 4.5.  I've also been to a lot of naturopaths and accupuncturists.  Nobody's been able to turn this around or even tell me what's going on.  Could you please help me, I don't think I have much time left.  Thank you.

Answer
Hello Ken,

Thank you for your letter.

I seem to have pressed the wrong button here, rather than the answer question button, i clicked sorry cannot answer or something to that effect. Please ignore previous response therefore.

I have reviewed your symptomology. You understand i am sure, that drinking is something that you will stay away from permanently. I found out something rather interesting; the word alcohol comes from the word algol, an arabic word meaning 'demon'.

However, the heart burn medication did not help your body any. Sometimes one wonders what is worse.

To begin with, let us address diet:

Cut out all soy products except fermented soy.
Miso, tempeh and soy-sauce are healthy. [fermented]

Soy contains goitrogens which depress thyroid function. It also contains phytic acid which hinders the bodies' ability to absorb proteins, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. In general it is an enzyme inhibitor.

Make sure to avoid all artificial sweeteners:
splenda, sucralose, aspartame, nutra-sweet, equal, acesulfame potassium.

Splenda/sucralose have become very popular these days and are just as bad, if not worse than aspartame. These sweeteners are all very toxic and are found in store bought vitamins, protein powders, anything sugar-free, gum, chocolate, soda... etc.

Please read labels carefully and cut out all artificial sweeteners. This is very important.

Both soy and artificial sweeteners weaken the immune system. And the immune system is one of the keys to healing illness. Therefore the more we can support immune related health the better.

Cut out all margarine and hydrogenated fats. Cut out canola, rapeseed and soybean oils. These are very unhealthy. Replace with butter, ghee, unrefined coconut oil, sesame oil, and virgin olive oil.  

7 glasses of water per day is a good idea to help flush out toxins from the body. Warm or room temperature water, never cold. Never drink tap water. It must be filtered.
Avoid drinking distilled water. It leads to mineral depletion and hair loss.

Next, there is a supplement i advise you use, that will strengthen your immune system, as the symptoms indicate your immune functions are weak.
The supplement is called fruta-vida.

Website:  www.tryfrutavida.com/main

This formula will also help blood circulation, balance your nervous functions, help your eye sight, address allergic reactions, and generally will provide you with good nutrition.

I understand you are going through a lot my friend, your symptoms tell the story here. However my advice is that you begin with only this one supplement for now. Carry on with your tinctures and the dandelion. They will not interfere. Between the dandelion and the fruta vida your liver and lungs will begin to function better.

What we are doing here is providing your body with good nutritional building blocks which it will absorb and use towards self-healing. All healing is basically self-healing. Products do not heal the body. It only depends on whether or not they contain the correct building blocks that the body can utilize.

It is very important for you to rest your body as much as possible. Sleep is an elixir that promotes internal regeneration. Rest as much as you can.

Take the fruta-vida on an empty stomach, a few minutes before breakfast. Continue like this for one week. Then increase dosage to 2 ounces daily. 1 ounce twice per day.

Just begin with this, nothing more. Your body will respond, as the amount of support this product will provide will be quite enough for your body to start healing and regenerating itself.

After 2 months, please let me know how you are feeling and how much you have progressed.

Stay away from all alcoholic drinks and from prescriptions.

Best wishes,

Imran