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Do This Before Your Detox: IMPORTANT

Dr. Eric Berg DC · 4:44

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Understanding the body's detoxification phases
  • The critical role of bile flow in toxin elimination
  • How endotoxins can disrupt the detoxification process

Ideal for

  • Individuals considering any form of detox
  • Anyone experiencing or prone to detox reactions
  • Those interested in optimizing their body's natural detoxification pathways

Lesson

Instructions

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DR. BERG'S GALLBLADDER FORMULA (BILE SALTS RECOMMENDED):

Don’t do another detox without first doing this!

0:00 There is something you need to do before you detox 0:25 What happens when you detox 2:05 Phases of detoxification 2:44 Detox reactions 3:40 Do this before you detox

If you’re considering doing a detox, you need to do something first to help prevent the detox reactions.

There is a right way to detox and a wrong way to detox. You need to balance your detox. When you start taking things to purge poisons from the body or kill microbes, endotoxins can be released into the body. This can create an immune reaction.

Endotoxins can turn off the bile flow through the liver and through the bile ducts. Bile can become very toxic to the liver if it’s stuck inside of it. There can be a back-up of toxins in the blood. It also reduces glutathione, which is supposed to help protect you from free-radical damage and oxidation.

Normally there are three different phases of detoxification. You have poison that’s being released, and your body breaks it down into a harmless water-soluble particle. But, phase three is all about the elimination of the toxin through the bile ducts. The endotoxin shuts down the bile flow, which also reduces phase 2 and phase 3, so there is a back-up of toxic waste in the body. This can create detox reactions.

• Take purified bile salts 30 minutes before you start the detox. You could also take purified bile salts about an hour later. If you start to experience a reaction, taking more bile salts may help.

Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Thanks for watching! You may want to try this before your next detox.

Steps

  • Herxheimer reaction (flu-like symptoms)
  • Right-quadrant pain
  • Nausea
  • Stool changes
  • Itchiness
  • Vision changes
  • Dark urine

Benefits

  • Prevents uncomfortable or harmful detox reactions
  • Supports efficient elimination of toxins from the body
  • Improves bile flow and liver health
  • Reduces potential for toxic backup and immune reactions

Transcript

so if you're considering doing a detox
you definitely need to do something first before you start the detox to
event the detox reactions another name for detox
reactions would be a herxheimer reaction so you have like
the flu-like symptoms headache you feel sick and i've
experienced that many many times because i've done a lot
of different cleanses let me just kind of explain what happens when you detox
there's a right way to do it in a wrong way you want to balance your detox
because when you start taking things certain herbs
to purge poisons from the body or kill microbes let's just say for example
you want to kill a parasite a bacteria you want to inactivate
viruses or even break up biofilms which are
little these little shells that these bacteria hide in and you want
to break that up right what happens is that when the bacterial
cell breaks open a lot of times it'll release
an endotoxin okay and that's going to
create an immune reaction one interesting thing that an endotoxin
will do it'll turn off the bile
flow through the liver and through the bile ducts
in other words it causes a condition called
cholestasis where you have a stagnant flow of bile in the liver
and bile if it's stuck inside the liver is very toxic to the liver actually can
create a lot of inflammation it's meant to flow through the liver and
out through the bile ducts so what happens is you can get a
backup of toxins in the blood and you're going to get a whole series of
immune reactions like even a fever it reduces the
glutathione which is supposed to protect you from
all the free radical damage and the oxidation that's happening
so you're thinking you're doing something great by a detox but you're
actually creating more damage now normally you have different phases
of detoxification phase one phase two phase
three and you have this poison that's being released
or comes through the body and then your body breaks it down into a
harmless water soluble particle but phase three is all about the elimination
of the toxin through the bile ducts and out through
the small intestine the endotoxin shuts down the
bile flow which also reduces phase two and phase three so we just have this
backup of toxic waste in the body and this will
definitely create right quadrant pain now it could be
either underneath the rib cage through here
or through the right side through here it can actually refer to the upper
right shoulder right here it could also be tenderness and bloating
that would be the sensation you can feel nauseous
okay there will be stool changes the stool will float because you don't have
enough bile to break down the fats so your stool is fattier you may feel
itchiness in your palms or the feet especially at
night you can have vision changes simply
because without bile you're not going to be able to
absorb the vitamin a for the eye and that can actually change
your vision or even alter the eye in a certain way
and creating dry eyes as well and the urine
typically will be a little bit darker because you're getting excess amounts of
bilirubin that's going through the blood and filtered through the kidney
simply what do you do all you do is you take
purified bile salts 30 minutes before you
take this herbal detox get the bowel flowing then take the detox and then all
the stuff will get through you so you can even then take purified
bile salts about an hour later as well but the key
is just to make sure that your bile ducts are open you're making bile salts
and there's a nice flow through there and then if you start to notice
more of this reaction just take a little bit more and that should turn off those
symptoms if you want more information about bile
salts i put a link down below thanks for watching hey we're back with another amazing
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Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
4 minutes
Equipment
None (for yoga practice)Purified bile salts (recommended supplement)
Target areas
LiverGallbladderBile ductsOverall detoxification system
Energy
balancing

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