I am trying to comprehend phase 1 and phase 2 matabolizm as in andy cuttlers book ,my detox symtoms have gotten worse in the last week I was doing much better just two weeks ago I am 2 months post removal and having a very hard time comprehending any thing that i read , is there any thing that can help speed up both phase 1 and 2 metabolizm togethor?

cilantro, garlic, chlorella and fiber. Use all 4.

and colonics every 2-3 weeks.

Hi heavymetalme, I've been tested on my liver phases. My problem was overactive liver phase I and underactive liver phase II.

This means that toxins that come in are actually being made even more toxic and because my liver phase II is too slow, it cannot keep up. So I do not eliminate toxins properly and they build up and poison me severely long term.

I think that from what I have gone through that the best thing is to concentrate on basic simple healing, by diet and supportive supplements. The liver will respond to that very well.

This means a diet that excludes sugar, grains/gluten, milk and possibly temporarily fruit. Reason is to lessen the yeast overgrowth in a toxic body, help heal the gut, take the load off the liver, and allow some healing to take place.

You can of course support the liver phases, with milk thistle, selenium, fish oil (mercury free), antioxidants.

I do that plus the diet with healthy fats like butter, olive oil, virgin coconut oil, fish oil etc etc. and the liver can then begin to improve its function. Vegetables, especially raw are extremely beneficial to liver function. Onions, garlic, and lots of green like broccoli etc.

The fruit you can have on the candida diet is lemons and tomatoes (which are technically a type of fruit). Best to leave other fruits till later on when you are stronger and can handle more carbs.

This is just an option for you. But the main thing is any imbalance in the body means a body that is sick and requires healing. I think that to concentrate too much one "one" issue, is not always the answer. At least for me, no matter what I tried for the liver, I found I had to do diet as well and had to be patient for things to improve.

I like your choice of fats Bex. Have you been to the Weston A. Price website by any chance?

Before taking cilantro, garlic or chlorella read up further first. Plently of posts on this site aout them and Andy Cutlers book 'amalgam illness' is informative. They can be problematic for some with Hg toxicity and can make things worse.

Hi Veggiejuicer, thanks. Yep, I have most definitely seen the Weston Price website <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> and I am very impressed with him!

It sounded like you'd been reading up on Fallon and Enig's advice <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I bought their cookbook several months back and have been making homemade broth, homemade olive oil based dressing, and I've made that piima cream they like so much. However I have to remember that it's still possible to have too much of a good thing. I think I was feeding my daughter too much fat and her tummy grew, so we've cut down now LOL.

hi bex: thanks for the info I'm feeling much better today ,what a roller ride,I'ts amazing how good you can feel one day and real crappy the next.

hi yw heavymetalme. The process of detoxing mercury is definitely not a slow smooth upward climb to improvement. It is totally erratic. It's like climbing out of a hole oneday and thinking "hey i'm feeling better" and then being shoved straight back into it again. And this just keeps on going.

Not fun at all. My symptoms are worse now because of a viral infection I got, so I dont recover like I did or detox properly, if at all. I rely on diet to control symptoms to a point, but healing has not taken place now for 4 years since the virus. Before that, i was healing from mercury toxicity and much happier.

So dont give up, the roller coaster ride happens because no sooner have you just eliminated some mercury, more comes up to be excreted. It just fills you back up again and it will continue to do this until enough has been eliminated and you start to have longer patches of feeling better.