Chris Beer - Healthy Liver: Keep Your Liver Healthy and Fatty Free

A bout Dr. Cris Beer

B BioMedSc i, MBBS (h ons ), FRA CGP, member AC NEM, mem ber AIMA , Cert I V in Fit ness

As an exper t i n nutr iti onal medici ne Dr. Cris s pecialize s not just i n the preventi on and treat ment of illne sses, bu t in the attaini ng of optimu m heal th. By empl oyi ng simple lifest yle and ho listi c medi cine strate gies, Dr Cri s believes that re stora tion of heal th an d vit ality can be ach ieved by anyone . Dr Cri s hold s quali cati ons in medici ne, bi omedi cal scie nce, int egrat ive and nu trit ional medici ne, he alth coachin g, as well as persona l tne ss traini ng. She was the healt h cons ultan t for The Biggest Loser Retre at and is sou ght by th e media for regu lar com menta ry on radi o, TV , newspap er colum ns, as well as pr int magazin es. Sh e curr ently pr actic es at The Medical Sanctu ary on the Go ld Coas t as a registered medica l doct or helpi ng pati ents every day. Fo r more in form ation go to drcris.co m.au

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About Dr. Cris Beer .....................................................

Who Needs a Healt hy Liver? ................................

Intro to Liver Heal th .................................................

Know Yo ur Liver ..........................................................

Liver Haters ....................................................................

Liver Lovers ...................................................................

You r Liver Deto x Plan .............................................

Prepare f or Y ou r Detox ....................................

Eliminate T ox ins .................................................

Foll ow the 7 -Day Liver Detox Die t ...........

Choose Liver Su pplements Wisely ..........

Suppor t Y ou r Detox ...........................................

Maintain Yo ur Heal thy Liv er ......................

7-Day Detox Meal Gui de .......................................

You r Post -Par ty Detox ...........................................

Interest ing Liv er Cases ........................................

Love Y ou r Liver fo r Life .......................................

Easy Refe rence Guid e ...........................................

Liver Hate rs List ................................................

Liver Lovers List ................................................

Liver Sym ptom Tr acker .................................

Liver-Fr iend ly Sho pping List .....................

You r 6-S tep Liver Det ox Sum mary ........

You r Post -Par ty Detox Sum mary ............

Hangover Det ox Guid e .................................

Reference s ...................................................................

C ontents

Who Needs a Healthy Liver?

WHO

NEEDS A

HEALT HY

LIVER?

H ealth y Liver

F

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r the r st few y ears th at I worked

as a genera l pra ctit ioner I had

underest imate d the li ver's sig nican t role

in the general wellbein g of my pa tients . I

had lear ned t hat th e liver wa s impor tant

from a ph ysiolo gical point of vie w and

that it helped to keep us aliv e, but I ha dn' t

fully consid ered how it keeps us fee ling

well on a day -to- day bas is.

I had been ta ught how to detect liver- functi on abnor malit ies in bl ood testi ng and how t o feel f or an enlar ged or ten der liver al l sign s of obv iou s and se vere liver dam age. Bu t as for unders tandin g liver dam aged well before an y obvio us clinica l sig ns begin to show, I was completel y in the dark. I had seen sev ere liver dam age from chroni c alc oholis m and fr om liver di sease such as hepatit is, but the subtler symp toms an d signs of liver imp airme nt was som ethin g I was not adept at detecti ng. It wasnt u ntil I

starte d pract icing holist ic medi cine th at I realiz ed the big par t t he liv er plays in a patient s abili ty to get well a nd sta y well.

Many pati ents who present t o my clin ic are stru gglin g to los e weigh t despit e exercisin g regu larly and eati ng relat ively healt hily . They o fte n have ui d retenti on, horm one iss ues such as lo w libid o, and general ly fee l tired an d unwell . The answer for th ese pati ents is not to ea t less and move more, as popul ar advi ce would suggest, but rat her to i nvestig ate the deep er physi ologi cal is sues in that pat ient s body. This p hysiol ogic al disturbanc e is oft en rooted in poor liver healt h, as a cause o r conseq uence of the pat ient s lifesty le choi ces, genetic s, infecti on and / or somethi ng kno wn as envir onment al overlo ad. Th ese wi ll be explai ned fu rthe r in the sectio n on L iver Haters but fo r now let s look at who can benet from havi ng a heal thy li ver.

W ho Benet s from a Health y Liver?

T his is real ly a rhet ori cal que stion because ev ery one can ben et from havin g a heal thy li ver! If you va lue your wellbein g and wa nt to f eel heal thy an d energetic t hen lo oking afte r your liv er is key . In par tic ular, the fo llo wing issues may indi cate comp romis ed liver hea lth:

W ho Needs A Healthy Liver ?

Strug glin g to lose weight

Carry ing weight ar ound you r mid- section

Fee ling ti red despi te gett ing a good nig ht s sleep (i nclu ding those w ith chroni c fatig ue syndr ome and / or bromyal gia)

Fee ling bl oated

Unexp laine d itchy skin, especiall y at nig ht

Dark circle s under you r eyes

Excess u id, especiall y aroun d your an kle s

A coating o n your to ngue

Bruis ing easi ly

Having a poor immu ne sys tem

Have blo tchy ski n

Frequ ent headac hes

Gallbl adder issu es such as gallsto nes

High ch oleste rol levels or hig h blood p ressure

Having been diag nosed wi th fat ty liver

Having been diag nosed wi th metabolic synd rome

Liver fu nctio n abnorm aliti es detected in blo od testing

Consist ently d rinking too muc h alcoho l or bi nge dr inking

Having taken r egular pain- kille r medic ation s, an ti- depressan ts or oth er mood stabil izing medic ation s, th e oral contra ceptive p ill, horm one- replaceme nt thera py, epile psy medic ation s, an tibiot ics, or cholest erol-low ering medica tions over a perio d of time