Antioxidants for Viral protection

OK, so I am not saying Vitamin D, which I am coming onto in a moment is the be all and end all. So first a quick reminder, as discussed in previous newsletters that Vitamin C, zinc, and selenium are all vital for robust immunity and preventing viral replication. Its great for all three of them to be taken in an all in one solution such as Antioxidant Supreme (finally back in stock, after we were completely wiped out at the beginning of the current crisis). In almost all cases, I would suggest dosing on the upper limit suggested on the label, not just for preventing a virus, but for robust health overall. I regret that people are to some degree taking Antioxidant Supreme etc for the wrong reasons. It should be taken for optimal health, and all the time, and not just to prevent a virus! That’s almost a trivial usage bearing in mind the vital importance of basic antioxidants to almost every important marker of health and longevity. Many other nutrients and herbs are being shown to be useful but that’s a subject for another day, and something I have covered quite a lot in previous newsletters.

Vitamin D and Covid-19 – Even the orthodox “authorities” and mainstream media are waking up (a bit).

If I were to pick one nutrient that is more essential than almost anything else, it has to be Vitamin D, and even mainstream medicine is catching up now with what I have been saying from day one of the current crisis. The evidence that’s emerging now for Vitamin D in relation to COVID-19 is getting stronger and stronger. Even the mainstream press is catching on to this, even on most aspects of the current pandemic they just follow the mainstream narrative 99% of the time, which I totally disagree with. Here in the UK, the ONLY newspaper that covered the ending of the research on Hydroxychloroquine and its benefits with COVID-19 before it had really even begun was The Guardian. They are the only ones who could be bothered to raise an eyebrow when what happened in effect, was I am bittely disappointed to say, obvious medical fraud designed to protect vested interests. This story  / international disgrace, has been covered properly here. The other newspapers are at best asleep at the wheel, or more likely avoiding the subject in ordre to protect their advertising revenues being threatened by the vested interests that could be upet.

Anyway, back to Vitamin D – The Life Saving Immune Supporter – Strengthening Our Bodies Against ALL Viral Illness.

Here I want to acknowledge the wonderful Vlogger Ivor Cummins and refer people to his YouTube video found here. This video discusses the study, which I am sure you won’t be seeing on BBC News showing that those who’s Vitamin D level was below 10ng/ml were 10.1 x more likely to die from the virus than those who’s blood level was about 30ng/ml. (note: ng/ml – nanograms per millimeter of blood)

What’s interesting is that even this study misses an important point. The optimal level is not 30ng/ml. I regard that as the minimum acceptable level. The optimal level is about 60ng/ml. How do we know this? It’s pretty easy really. Basically when we manage to get as much of our bodies as possible in the sun regularly (without burning), and when the sun is at an angle of above a minimum of 30 degrees to the earth (in the UK we have this for 8 months of the year, but only for a brief period of the day during the transition months of October and March) weakest sun months of that time), and 40 degrees for dark skinned people, we get up to 60-80ng within a couple of weeks. It never goes above that no matter how much time we spend in the sun. And that’s the optimal level. Had the study been based on the optimal amount, not the minimum amount, one can only assume it would not be a 10.1 x higher risk for death. The difference would be far more impressive! You can see the risk of death from Coronavirus in visual terms to the left (this is a screen shot from the highly recommended aforementioned YouTube video) plotting the risk of death against vitamin D status. You don’t need to be a Professor of  statistics to understand it.

Vitamin D Supplements

In my opinion if you can’t get in the sun, then you should supplement with Vitamin D, every day that you don’t get in the sun for some non-burning tanning time without splashing on toxic sunscreens that block UBV. Of the different Vitamin D products we provide, my favourite one, and indeed the one I take, is this one. High strength 5000iu, not the PATHETIC dosage recommended by the mainstream, which is almost useless. And it comes with the added advantage of containing Vitamin K2, which ideally should always be combined with Vitamin D. That’s the subject of another newsletter as the K2 has a lot of benefits of its own. Recommended usage: One a day every day except on days when your body has had or is going to get enough sun.

    Who is at the highest risk of all for Vitamin D deficiency?

The truth is that most people have below optimal levels of vitamin D. But some people are even more likely than average to need a vitamin D supplement. The following list is not exhaustive, but covers the most common group of people who are especially likely to need a vitamin D supplement.

• Breastfed infants, because human milk is a poor source of vitamin D, largely because the mothers themselves have poor vitamin D levels
• The elderly, as their skin doesn’t make vitamin D when exposed to sunlight as efficiently as young people, and their kidneys are less able to convert vitamin D to its active form. (Is this one of the reasons why the elderly are at higher risk of dying from coronavirus?)
• Dark skinned people as it takes them much longer to produce vitamin D from action of of ultraviolet light on the skin. (Is this one of the reasons why black and Asian people are at higher risk of dying from coronavirus?). In my opinion dark skinned people living in the UK should take vitamin D throughout the year, including during periods of fine sunny weather. 
• People with disorders such as Crohn’s disease or celiac disease who don’t handle fat properly, because vitamin D needs fat to be absorbed.
• Obesity, because the body fat binds to some vitamin D and prevents it from getting into the blood.  (Is this one of the reasons why obese people at higher risk of dying from coronavirus?)
• People who have had gastric bypass surgery
• People with osteoporosis, hyperparathyroidism (too much of a hormone that controls the body’s calcium level), sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, or other granulomatous disease (disease with granulomas, collections of cells caused by chronic inflammation),
• People with cancer
• People who take medicines that affect vitamin D metabolism.

Our full range of Vitamin D products is found here. 

Finally: Have we shut country the country for nothing?

According to today’s Washington Examiner has yes. Every country has voluntary ruined their economies for no meaningful health benefit at all. Have a look at this article and make up your own mind –  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-asymptomatic-carriers-dont-spead-coronavirus-we-just-shut-down-the-country-for-nothing

Be well!

Mark G. Lester

Director – The Finchley Clinic Ltd
www.thefinchleyclinic.com

OK, so I’ll keep this super brief. The following offerings are for you to review (with an open mind please) and make up your own mind.

1. The truth about vaccines – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWeJ0f_o3A&t=6222s. I am surprised this video has not been banned, given that the similar full length film Vaxxed got banned almost everywhere, and is now more or less an underground movie.

2. Unreported informatio on COVID19. Del Bigree interviews family doctor, Dr Scott Jensen, then an unamed respiratory doctor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxuHUgtLdfk/. Again, I am surprised it hasn’t been banned for political reasons.

View the above and come to your own conclusions rather than allow me to tell you how to think.

My Suggestion: Immunity, Immunity, Immunity. (Better Than A Vaccination That Doesn’t Even Exist Yet).

The WHO policy of test, test, test is OK. But I believe that Immunity, Immunity, Immunity is a better mantra to adhere to. Here is my list of my favourite products for building immunity : 

1. Vitamin C – supports all aspects of immunity. 1gram (1000mg) 3 x per day may be considered a serious protection dosage, though even 1g is far better than nothing.

2. Vitamin D3 with K2 (you need BOTH nutrients for best results) – also supports all aspects of immunity. Amazingly, even Public Health England are recommending continuous use of Vitamin D supplements, albeit in rather feeble dosages. (Personally I think they should be called Public Illness England, as they know a lot about illness – far more than me, but for me they don’t seem to know that much about wellness).

3. Zinc  – supports immunity and helps prevent viral replication

4. Selenium – supports immunity and helps prevent viral replication

5. Colostrum – very nurturing and nourishing to the immune system. Regrettably though, not suitable for vegans.

6. Galangal Formula  – a multi herb formula consisting of Galangal, Oregano, Guarana, Korean ginseng, Thyme, Maca, Cayenne, Lemon balm. Designed to help maintain a virus free environment in the body.

7. Camu Formula – a mixture of Korean ginseng, Wheatgrass, Ginger, Brazilian ginseng, Licorice, Elderberry, Thyme, and Camu (the last of these ingredients by the way contains over 30 x more Vitamin C than oranges) . Formulated to give a big boost to the immune system.

** It is no coincidence that the above two products contain a couple of overlapping ingredients. Supporting immunity and preventing viremia are interlinked. As explained in previous newsletters regarding these two products “These formulae have been developed because we were dissatisfied with currently available products. Using our test system (Vega Biokinesiology), we find that single herbs “power score” (a measure of efficacy) 5-20, currently available herbal formulae power score 15-30, and our formulae power score 35-50. We therefore believe that our formulae are up to three times more effective than existing herbal formulae.”

8. Cat’s Claw Bark 120 Vegicaps or Samento 30ml – wonderful natural antimicrobials as covered by previous newsletters. Yes, I do generally favour polyherbal products as explained above, but this herb is special.

9. Last but not least – Oxygen Elements Max (for best results take a couple of hours away from Vitamin C Supplements). 7 drops 3 x per day for health / prevention as per the label. Consider 3-4 x this dosage if you get an infection  at least that’s what I take on the very rare occasion I get a cold, and it does the trick for me very quickly).

There is much more I would love to be able to tell you. Regretably EU regulations (yes they still apply in the UK) prevent me from being able to, and what I am writing here goes as far as I dare.

Be well, and next time I am determined to write my next newsletter on another subject before the current conversation gets tedious.

Mark G. Lester
Director – The Finchley Clinic Ltd

Unfortunately we exist in a world in which much of what we want to publish on the web site about what our products actually do is illegal. It comes primarily from EU regulations designed to “protect” the consumer, in other words the drug companies who campaigned for the regulations. (Remember George Orwell and the concept of “doublespeak”?).

The damage this has done to consumer choice (indirectly, since nobody is going to purchase something if they don’t know what it is or what it does), freedom of publication and public health has been horrendous. Even what I write in newsletters is on the border, but I have the genuine defence that  these are not “advertisements” but articles providing legitimate opinion, discussion, and in many cases simply repeat dispassionately deducted science published elsewhere.

So this brings me to Samento, our single best unknown natural antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal herb. Since we are not allowed to publish anything about the benefits of Samento, I am going to refer those who are interested to http://www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/sammain.html where there are a massive range of articles on the almost endless benefits of this wonderful South American herb. This web site has nothing to do with me, and I don’t know who owns the domain. I’m just grateful it’s there so that others may learn what I was first told by my own mentor around 20 years ago. You’ll find there the article “SAMENTO USERS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES” in which there is one testimonial (again I don’t know the person myself) stating ‘About three years ago (this person) started taking Samento, and he now takes 4 drops of the liquid Samento each day. His lungs are pain free, and he feels more energetic….”My lungs cleared up completely…I’ve been taking it for three years and haven’t had a cold (since).”‘

You’ll find another article entitled in which the writer (who’s first language is not English, hence the slightly strange phraseology) states “A deeply erroneous notion has been established in medical literature, of non-medical origin, that herbs are appropriate only for milder or chronic conditions and that serious medicine is accomplished with a scalpel and antibiotics, cortisone drugs, etc. Nothing could be more wrong than that and the proofs are countless, but undoubtedly the most impressive is the treatment of the influenza infection with Samento. There are dozens of patients in our therapeutical practice that recover from the flu – not symptomatically but definitively – within 2 days (48 hours). Conventional medicine does not dispose of any such treatment against influenza. Moreover, in our practice there hasn’t been a single patient who hasn’t managed to recover from the flu within 48 hours. In one case a 3-year-old child was cured just in 24 hours. The child’s temperature was 40^oC in the morning and after taking one well measured dose of Samento, that is to say in 4 hours, it returned to normal” – look for the article entitled “The Healing Range of Samento” to read it in full. 

I’ve obviously cherry picked a couple of examples here from an enormous library of information based on current concerns. On my own web site, the testimonials we have, and there aren’t that many (for the reasons explained largely above) are mostly focussed on candida  / fungal overgrowth and gut health than viremia, as that’s one of the main areas of concern which we deal with. But I think its a great all-round antimicrobial. Obviously there is a commercial element to this newsletter, as we do sell Samento here. Don’t take my word for it though, follow the link at the top of this newsletter, read the articles, decide for yourself.

Is Samento a cure for coronavirus?

There have been no clinical trials of Samento for COVID19 or as far as I am aware even specifically the family of viruses known as coronaviruses, or on RNA viruses which is the family of viruses that coronaviruses come from (which by the way include the common cold). So I really can’t make that claim. So the most I can say is firstly that it’s antiviral in general terms, secondly its an immune booster and thirdly it is considered to be a “master” herb (a herb which contributes all aspects of wellbeing). Once again you can see this for yourself if you visit the web site I mentioned at the start of this article.  You can increase the effect if you take it along with it’s sister product which is Banderol. Although Samento works splendidly by itself, there is evidence that the two together are more powerful still, as described in this article https://www.townsendletter.com/July2010/sapi0710.html which focusses on Lyme Disease, which is caused by a bacteria (not a virus).

Other antiviral herbs?

Our favourite wide spectrum antiviral is Galangal Formula – basically because I like polyherbal products i,e. products which don’t rely just on one single herb. However the following are also considered to have antiviral effects:

Cat’s Claw Bark 120 Vegicaps (this herb comes from the same family as Samento)
Barberry 30ml
Cumanda
Graviola 120 Vegicaps
Oregano Oil 30 capsules
Takuna 30ml
Pau d’Arco (Lapacho) Extract 120 Vegicaps

Again, it would not be ethical to claim that we have proof or knowledge that they will help with COVID19, and we cannot publish any reviews we receive from customers claiming that it helped or cured them with any specific virus. So regrettably there is no point in phoning us to ask “which herb will cure the coronavirus”. But in this newsletter I have shared as much I can that is compatible with basic integrity and probably the law. 

It’s been a month since I wrote my first article on Why I’m not too worried about the corona virus. Since then, things have got incredibly silly. Apparently so far this winter five thousand people have died from the flu and at the time of writing and 10 people have died from the corona virus in the UK. Yes, you heard that right!

Yet the government, the media and the narrative generally is one of absurd panic. Nowhere within this pandemonium has anyone bothered to mention that silly little thing called your immune system. Apparently none of us have got a hope in hell of evading the virus if they go within 100 meters or someone else who has it. Presumably this is because none of us have an immune system any more. It was there until now, but now that modern medicine has come along, it’s all disappeared, so we’re all going to die. We have to wait for some as yet uninvented poison to be injected into our bloodstream (known as a vaccination) to come along in order to miraculously protect us, so we can all go back to our ordinary lives, without lifting a finger to do anything that actually makes us healthier, and less vulnerable to microbial invasion in the first place.

Well, call me “Mr How-Come-Nobody-Else-Mentioned-Something-So-Damn-Obvious” if you like, but I think we do have an immune system and we can support it. When it’s strong, it will protect us. This is what we should be focussing on, not trying to avoid contact with a microscopic virus, which is virtually impossible to avoid indefinitely. So below is some good, solid advice for those who want to use a good, reasonably priced natural anti-viral and immune supportive / immune nourishing supplement, and the dosage I would suggest.

Flood Your Tissues With Oxygen!

In the article mentioned above, I spoke about the benefits of the liquid oxygen products for fighting viruses and for making our immune systems stronger. What I didn’t go into in that article is how much Oxylift or Oxygen Elements Max is needed in my non medical opinion to have a worthwhile anti-viral effect. With both of these very similar products, the dosage on the label suggests taking 7 drops 3 x per day. This dosage is fine for general health. But whenever I get a hint of a cold or flu (not that it happens very often, because of what I am already doing on an ongoing basis), I immediately go up to 20-30 drops 3-4 x per day, taken in water or juice (it’s too strong to take neat, so don’t try it!). This knocks the potential virus out almost immediately, so I find I only need to take this dosage for one to three days. Some people may need to do this for longer, but this does the trick in my case.

I don’t claim any one product is the be all and end all for everyone, and if you view the “Immune System” category of our web site you’ll notice we have a lot of products that help maintain robust immunity.  But although it may not work for everybody, this is what works for me, and it is my belief (based on my research and understanding of Oxygen Therapy), that it will help with protecting all of us against all viruses. If it works for me, there’s a pretty good chance it will work for you too. At the risk of repeating myself, below are the results of some tests carried out on Oxylift soon after it was launched, which the supplier was kind enough to share with me at the time, against a range of microbes that we would be best off not having in our bodies.

What else do I recommend for supporting immunity and preventing viremia from undermining my health?

I take Vitamin D3 with K2 most of the year, and Vitamin C (a couple of hours away from any oxygen products) and Antioxidant Supreme. The result is that I basically never seem to get colds, flu’s and other viruses any more (as a teenager and a young man I got them a lot!).

Vitamin C Immune Boost

Another way of getting an almost immediate anti-viral and immune building boost is with a Vitamin C IV (intravenous drip) at our sister company, Health Fusion Clinic, in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Visit the web site or call them for more information. If you search for any of the talks by Dr Thomas Levy, Dr Andrew Saul, and other integrated / open minded / not in the pay of the pharmaceuticals doctors on YouTube, you will see incontrovertible evidence of the anti-viral effects of Vitamin C. Vitamin C supplements are amazing too, but IV Vitamin C is the absolute gold standard.

Be well, and don’t panic! The human race is not about to be wiped out.

Mark Lester
Founder / Director / Overall Clever Cloggs
The Finchley Clinic Ltd

It sells a lot of newspapers: fear. We’re all going to die! Run to the hills! Or if you’re already on a hill, run from the hills! If you’re halfway up or halfway down, just run!

Aside from the panic, the real problem is mainstream medicine’s obsession with fighting disease, overlooking health promotion almost entirely. This leaves microbial challenges far more serious than they should be. Watching the Andrew Marr show this morning, where the Chinese ambassador reported that 2% of diagnosed virus cases in China had died and half were “cured” and released—despite no actual treatment, just isolation—only reinforced how reactive our systems are. In the midst of that coverage, I recalled browsing florida betting sites myself back then, a fleeting distraction from the stress that underscored our collective failure to prioritize preventive wellness over crisis management. The result? Outbreaks hit harder because we’re not building the foundational health habits that could mitigate them from the start.

So we know that 2% died, or put another way, 2% probably had a weak immune system and were susceptible to death from viral infection. But is this really so unusual? My grandfather for example died of a cold, which is also a virus. This was shortly before his 91^st birthday. The coroner wrote that the case of death was “old age”, which I think most people would agree was reasonable. But having lived a long and healthy life, I think its fair to say that the real cause of death was age related loss of immunity – not from the virus itself.

As for the immune system: I believe that if only they would immediately put those diagnosed with the corona virus on a high dosage of Vitamin C, which Dr Tomas Levy M.D. (author of the highly recommended book “Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases”) describes as “an absolute anti-viral” we’d be looking at a molehill, not a mountain. Whether one takes a good oral Vitamin C product like our best selling Tapioca Vitamin C, or for those who want absolute maximum absorption, Liposomal Vitamin C, or by the absolute medical gold standard, which is the direct IV (intravenous route) available at Health Fusion Clinic that alone would reduce the death rate to virtually zero. Linus Pauling, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice, but was then discredited by the establishment for daring to become interested in nutrition, biochemistry and health recommended taking 18g of Vitamin C per day as soon as you get the first signs of a cold or flu, and claimed it could usually be stopped dead in its tracks if you did this. Of course this isn’t going to happen, as mainstream medicine is not interested in building health, it’s dominated by a culture of fighting disease, and in a way that is financially supportive to some of the most powerful institutions in the world: big pharma. Call me Mr Cynical, but that’s my view.

Going back to the immune system: Those who are concerned could (and should) add selenium and zinc for extra measure for further certainty as these nutrients are both involved with preventing viral replication and those with immune system deficienices are notoriously low in these nutrients. Personally, if it were me, I’d take a robust dosage of Antioxidant Supreme which contains zinc and selenium together with all the other most fundamental nutrients needed to keep the immune system in a tip-top state.

It’s also interesting that these pandemics never seem to break out in July. It’s always in winter, and this is at least partly influenced by our low vitamin D levels (along with its sister nutrient K2) at this time of the year. So I’d recommend everyone to take our high strength Vitamin D3 with K2 tablet every day or Liposomal D3 / K2 for those who prefer a highly absorbable liquid, throughout the winter.

Finally, where it comes to anti-virals, I do have to mention the liquid oxygen products which we provide – Oxylift or the extremely similar Oxygen Elements Max, which is basic a rival brand product to Oxylift. From the small amount of research I have seen, conducted by Kappa Laboratories, in Miami Florida, these products also appear to be “absolute anti-microbials”. Here are the test results of Oxylift against 6 harmful micro-organisms over 14 days.

* Note: Please take Oxylift or Oxygen Elements Max at least two hours away from Vitamin C supplements for best results.

I’m not saying the above suggestions are the be all and end all, but the products above do provide a massive umbrella of protection for your immune system, and for your body to fight infection in a healthy and natural way. For a full range of products, please visit the Viral Management and Immune Health categories of the web site.

With Best Wishes

Mark Lester
Director / Owner / Clever Cloggs
The Finchley Clinic Ltd
www.thefinchleyclinic.com

MSM + Silver Water Drops, Commonly Used for Healthy Eyes and Ears.

Just a quick note to let everyone know that MSM + Silver Water Drops, which we previously sold as MSM Water is now back in stock. We’ve changed supplier, and the new one is both less expensive and a better product, as it contains the additional ingredients N-Acetyl-L-Carnosine (which you could write an entire book on for its antioxidant and anti-aging properties), and Colloidal Zinc (10ppm).

More information on MSM + Silver Water Drops For Eye Health

The optical tissue normally allows fluids to flow through the membrane wall, which acts like a filter, supplying nutrition and cleaning out particles, keeping your eye clear so your vision is good. When the membranes become tough like leather, fluids are trapped, and particles start to build up. If the build up continues, it will seem as if you are looking through frosted glass. Our eyes should also be flexible, so the muscles can change the eye´s contour and focus. When the eye membranes and muscles become tough, the eye cannot focus properly and vision becomes blurry.

When treating irritated eyes, most eye drops and medications deaden the nerves and cover the pain, but the problem is not solved and the discomfort returns. We in turn buy more eye drops to relieve the discomfort. MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane) is natural sulphur that resides in the body. MSM eye drops can help to soften the membranes, allowing fluids to pass through the optical tissues. When our optical membranes become permeable, nutrients are able to penetrate through the optical tissues and provide nutrients needed for the body to heal itself.

The second main ingredient is Colloidal Silver which is a natural non toxic antimicrobial. Biomedical research has shown that Colloidal Silver can help combat bacteria, virus or fungal infections. Also resistant strains fail to develop when using silver as a treatment.

MSM+Silver Water Drops placed in the eye may help to soften tough, leathery tissue, equalize pressure, repair damaged membranes, clear up red spots and broken blood vessels and help remove floaters and other eye particles. For legal reasons, we urgent all customers to discuss its usage with their doctor prior to applying this product to their eyes.

MSM + Silver Water Drops For Ear Health

MSM + Silver Water Drops may also be used in the ear to help break down wax for easy removal. It may also be helpful for ear infections, but for legal reasons, we urge all customers to discuss its usage with their doctor prior to using it in the ears.

Suggested Usage

1 drop applied to the area of concern every 2-4 hours until relief is obtained, following discussion with your doctor.

MSM For skin health

MSM + Silver Water Drops was developed for external usage mostly for the ears and eyes. For skin problems we can also recommend MSM Lotion which is very sootthing, and can be helpful for things like ezcema, as well as beautifying the skin generally.

MSM For Pain and Inflammation

For MSM products designed to be used internally for arthritis, inflammation, pain and so on please view the MSM category of the web site. There is also a book which you can purchase (not from from us though), which is highly recommended entitled “MSM, The Natural Solution for Pain”.

The location and purpose of the liver

The liver is the largest gland in the body and it’s located at the beginning of the small intestine. It has many purposes but one of the main ones is to produce bile, which is an essential secretion for breaking down digested lipids into smaller particles so fats and fat-soluble vitamins can be absorbed by the small intestine. Adults produce between 400 and 800 ml of bile each day and it’s stored in the gallbladder until needed. Besides manufacturing bile, the liver works as a filter to detoxify and purge harmful chemicals (such as alcohol) from the body. Along with the kidneys, the liver is the most important organ of elimination in the body.

Christmas, alcohol, and a healthy liver.

Unfortunately they don’t go together terribly well. Latest studies reveal that although the more alcohol you consume the greater the burden you place on your liver, in actual fact any amount of alcohol is harmful. Whilst abstention is probably the ideal, let’s be realistic, many of you will drink.

Other things that don’t exactly help the liver

Drinking is not the only thing that does in your liver. The liver can also be weakened by a rubbish diet, in particular too much sugar, fried foods, refined foods (white rice, white bread, white pasta for example), excessive meat intake, and regretably countless orthodox medicines. Our old “friend” candida overgrowth also harms the liver through free radical damage. As my own mentor put it in the article Conquering Candida  “The liver takes the full brunt of candida toxins emanating from the bowel (at least one of which – acetaldehyde – is a known hepatotoxin) and also, candida itself is likely to disseminate to the liver readily.  Liver function might therefore be expected to be disturbed in candidiasis, and this could encourage the development of food allergies since the liver is responsible for removing foreign proteins from the circulation”. 

Fortunately help is at hand.

Livatrex

Livatrex is a blend of powerful, carefully-selected herbs that contain antioxidants and other beneficial compounds. The compounds in GHC’s enhanced Raw Herbal Extract™ naturally detoxify, flush, and purge the liver of fatty deposits, built-up toxins, and other impurities. This 30-day supply (at the maintenance dosage) can help to : –

• Clean and strengthen the liver
• Improve Energy
• Purify the Blood
• Protect from free radicals

Livatrex is our most popular liver support product. Here is some additional information on its 9 active constituents that goes beyond what we publish on the web site

1. Borotutu Bark
Borotutu bark is by far one of the most powerful substances when it comes to liver cleansing and digestive system support. It has even shown promise for biliary colic and jaundice. This herb contains powerful antioxidants which are known to help protect your liver cells from serious damage.

2. Milk Thistle Seed
Milk thistle has been used for over two thousand years due to its remarkable effects on the liver and gallbladder. Galen and Pliny, the ancient philosophers, recognized and used the power of milk thistle for liver cleansing and support. Milk thistle helps with the detoxification of poisons such as alcohol, regeneration of damaged liver tissue, stimulation of bile production, and digestion.

3. Chanca Piedra
The indigenous people of the Amazon have used chanca piedra (Phyllanthus niruri) for centuries to promote the body’s natural elimination of liver, gallbladder, and kidney stones. It also stimulates the liver to purge itself of harmful toxins and foreign particles. Chanca piedra soothes the liver, boosts bile production, and may inhibit the formation of calcified stones in the body.

4. Greater Celandine
The ancient Greeks and Romans considered celandine one of the most powerful liver cleansing herbs. Maurice Mességué, the famous French herbalist, used greater celandine for all liver concerns. Celandine stimulates enzyme production from the pancreas, helps the liver eliminate foreign particles, stimulates the production of bile, helps relieve gallbladder spasms and improves a sluggish liver.

5. Chicory Root
Known for its vibrant blue flowers, chicory is also a medicinal herb celebrated for its ability to help cleanse the liver. Ancient Roman, Persian, Arabian, and Indian physicians used chicory leaves and root to aid against a slew of liver ailments including jaundice, gallbladder and liver stones, urinary stones, constipation, indigestion, depression, and headaches

6. Dandelion Root
This humble weed, often disliked by suburban lawn lovers, is a liver cleanser that has been celebrated throughout the ages. Dandelion root stimulates bile flow from the liver and is often used by herbalists to help resist undesirable liver conditions, including fatty liver, cirrhosis, estrogen dominance, and even acne.

7. Organic Turmeric
This yellow root, a cousin of ginger, is a powerful liver protector and even liver cell regenerator. It not only helps stimulate enzymes responsible for flushing out toxins from the body, but turmeric is also capable of combating the effects of certain carcinogenic substances.

8. Peppermint
Peppermint isn’t just for fresh breath. This herb stimulates bile flow and relaxes bile ducts, helping to break down fats. It also helps reduce bad cholesterol, which makes the liver’s job of filtering toxins easier. Peppermint also inhibits blockages in the kidney and gallbladder and calms the stomach for optimal digestion.

9. Organic Yellow Dock Root
This herb is known as a blood purifier and commonly used to cleanse toxins from the body. Yellow dock helps break down fatty foods by stimulating bile production, enhancing normal liver detoxification, improving the flow of digestive juices, helping the liver eliminate toxins, and has mild diuretic effects to help flush out harmful substances. It also helps reduce irritation of the liver and digestive system.

Dandelion Formula

A polyherbal supplement containing 8 ingredients synergistically blended to support optimal liver function developed by the author of “Conquering Candida” mentioned above. It consists of 60 capsules compared to the 2 oz liquid contained in Livatrex. The developer describes it’s development thus “For each formula we screen hundreds of herbs and then having made the initial choice we test for antagonism, synergism, allergenicity and tolerability before we decide on the final selection. In all we conduct around three thousand separate tests for each formula.”  The same approach belies all the herbal products found here. Consisting of Dandelion root, Dandelion leaf, Red clover, Yellow dock, Fennel, Burdock, Turmeric, Ginger (typically 400 mg blend per capsule), you’ll notice that it contains some of the same ingredients as Livatrex.  Totally additive-free

Which one is better?

Can’t really answer this one I’m afraid. Inevitably most suppliers say something to the effect of “our product is the best one, and all the rest are rubbish”. But in reality, individual results vary with virtually everything. Whichever one you try, if you’re serious about supporting and rejuveanting your liver you’ll be wanting to regard this as a three month programme, not a 3 day programme! To some extent that’s why we offer volume discounts on these products – to encourage you to buy enough to give it a fair crack of the whip. Try not to be excessively influenced by the fact that Livatrex has a prettier label. That’s because livatrex is manufactured by a relatively big company, whereas Dandelion Formula is more of an “artisan” product developed by someone who remains deliberately “low profile”. At the end of the day, I believe they are both great products. Follow your intuition, and also consider whether you prefer a liquid extract (Livatrex) or capsules (Dandelion Formula).

Depending on what you celebrate in December, I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Winter Solstice, Bodhi day, Yule, Kwanzaa, Zarathosht Diso or Knees-Up! And if I missed anyone’s religion out, let me know, and I’ll add your celebration in next year!

Mark G. Lester
Director and overall Clever Cloggs
The Finchley Clinic Ltd
www.thefinchleyclinic.com