Comments on: Your Liver: Understanding The Keys To Health http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/ challenging politically correct nutrition Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:24:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: cleo jade sybil http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-18138 cleo jade sybil Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-18138 Great article! Our liver is very fragile and once a problem sets in, its damaged already and its irreversible. Sad to know most of the toxic foods are what we consume daily. I think minimal consumption of these liver toxic foods is not that harmful, right? Great article! Our liver is very fragile and once a problem sets in, its damaged already and its irreversible. Sad to know most of the toxic foods are what we consume daily. I think minimal consumption of these liver toxic foods is not that harmful, right?

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-15529 KristenM Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:40:37 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-15529 Cara -- I actually do NOT have the money. I feed my family with Food Stamps, and I make annual purchases for things like grass-fed beef to help reduce costs further. Please read this article to see how I do it: http://www.foodrenegade.com/eating-real-food-on-a-budget/ Cara — I actually do NOT have the money. I feed my family with Food Stamps, and I make annual purchases for things like grass-fed beef to help reduce costs further. Please read this article to see how I do it:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/eating-real-food-on-a-budget/

]]> By: cara http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-15527 cara Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:32:08 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-15527 Hi: this article is all well if YOU HAVE THE MONEY !!! what about people who can not afford to buy grass fed cows and I don't even know where to buy milk that doesn't have synthetic A and/or D in it? Can a person with liver disfunction drink raw milk? I would like to see more articles that persons who are not wealthy can observe. Of course some things were affordable like veggies, but even those at the "so called FARMER'S MARKETS". Now thats a joke. I remember the REAL fruit and veggie stands. They were straight from the farmer and were basically very cheap. What a stinking world we live in. Hi: this article is all well if YOU HAVE THE MONEY !!! what about people who can not afford to buy grass fed cows and I don’t even know where to buy milk that doesn’t have synthetic A and/or D in it? Can a person with liver disfunction drink raw milk?

I would like to see more articles that persons who are not wealthy can observe. Of course some things were affordable like veggies, but even those at the “so called FARMER’S MARKETS”. Now thats a joke. I remember the REAL fruit and veggie stands. They were straight from the farmer and were basically very cheap.

What a stinking world we live in.

]]> By: Deb http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-4024 Deb Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:48:30 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-4024 Don't forget dandelion for liver support. You can take the tincture, drink a tea of the root or eat the leaves or root of the plant. And, yes, it's the same weed that grows in your yard! If you dig some up, make sure it's from a pesticide/herbicide free yard. The leaves a great in a salad or on pizza. A tip, though. If you're having the leaves in a salad stay away from sharp, Italian-type dressings. Because the greens are a little bitter (the liver loves bitter, you know) they marry better with a mayo-based or even a slightly sweet dressing. YUM! Don’t forget dandelion for liver support. You can take the tincture, drink a tea of the root or eat the leaves or root of the plant. And, yes, it’s the same weed that grows in your yard! If you dig some up, make sure it’s from a pesticide/herbicide free yard. The leaves a great in a salad or on pizza. A tip, though. If you’re having the leaves in a salad stay away from sharp, Italian-type dressings. Because the greens are a little bitter (the liver loves bitter, you know) they marry better with a mayo-based or even a slightly sweet dressing. YUM!

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3469 KristenM Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:39:12 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3469 Icarus -- Grain fed beef has an Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acid ratio of 21:1 when compared to grass fed beef's ratio of 1:1 (at most 3:1, depending on how green the grass). The liver (and the rest our our bodies) starts having problems if this ratio goes above 4:1. Coconut oil, on the other hand, is 45% lauric acid -- a medium chain Omega 3 fatty acid that metabolizes almost instantly, increases metabolism, and is very easy on the liver. So, to say it has a fatty acid profile similar to grain fed beef is just plain wrong. Icarus — Grain fed beef has an Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acid ratio of 21:1 when compared to grass fed beef’s ratio of 1:1 (at most 3:1, depending on how green the grass). The liver (and the rest our our bodies) starts having problems if this ratio goes above 4:1.

Coconut oil, on the other hand, is 45% lauric acid — a medium chain Omega 3 fatty acid that metabolizes almost instantly, increases metabolism, and is very easy on the liver. So, to say it has a fatty acid profile similar to grain fed beef is just plain wrong.

]]> By: Icarus http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3468 Icarus Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:19:04 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3468 I have a few beefs (sorry! bad pun) with some of this article. First of all, not all meat from grain-fed livestock contains large amounts of n-6 fatty acids; beef fat, for example, is only about 3% polyunsaturated. Most of this is n-6, so it has a bad ratio of n-6 to n-3, but coconut is the same - in fact, while coconut oil has very little polyunsaturated fatty acids, like beef fat it also has a "bad" ratio of n-6 to n-3. So, I think it's a little hypocritical to boost coconut oil as a positive fat but deride grain-fed beef for it's fat properties, which (in the case of polyunsaturated fats) are similar to those of coconut oil. I have a few beefs (sorry! bad pun) with some of this article. First of all, not all meat from grain-fed livestock contains large amounts of n-6 fatty acids; beef fat, for example, is only about 3% polyunsaturated. Most of this is n-6, so it has a bad ratio of n-6 to n-3, but coconut is the same – in fact, while coconut oil has very little polyunsaturated fatty acids, like beef fat it also has a “bad” ratio of n-6 to n-3. So, I think it’s a little hypocritical to boost coconut oil as a positive fat but deride grain-fed beef for it’s fat properties, which (in the case of polyunsaturated fats) are similar to those of coconut oil.

]]> By: Mike OD - Fitness Spotlight http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3464 Mike OD - Fitness Spotlight Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:48:10 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3464 Love it!! The liver is so overlooked and under appreciated....yet is SO vital to so many health functions...including having a strong metabolism to burn fat! I would bet most people who have "hypothyroidism" also have a high intake of PUFAs (polyunsaturated fats) and low intake of other healthy fats. High PUFAs will compromise the liver's ability to convert T4 to T3, and therefore slow down the metabolism. Dump the PUFAs and get back those healthy fats....especially coconut oil. Love it!! The liver is so overlooked and under appreciated….yet is SO vital to so many health functions…including having a strong metabolism to burn fat! I would bet most people who have “hypothyroidism” also have a high intake of PUFAs (polyunsaturated fats) and low intake of other healthy fats. High PUFAs will compromise the liver’s ability to convert T4 to T3, and therefore slow down the metabolism. Dump the PUFAs and get back those healthy fats….especially coconut oil.

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3451 KristenM Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:24:34 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3451 Jay -- Great point! That's the problem with posts like this; I *always* leave something out. Catherine -- Yes, I need to write a post on Agave Nectar soon. I would have linked to the Mercola article about it, but he's kind of proprietary when it comes to linking to his site so I just avoid doing it. Jay — Great point! That’s the problem with posts like this; I *always* leave something out.

Catherine — Yes, I need to write a post on Agave Nectar soon. I would have linked to the Mercola article about it, but he’s kind of proprietary when it comes to linking to his site so I just avoid doing it.

]]> By: jay http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3450 jay Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:20:09 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3450 Don't forget the beet kvass - it is a blood tonic and liver cleanser! Don’t forget the beet kvass – it is a blood tonic and liver cleanser!

]]> By: Catherine http://www.foodrenegade.com/your-liver-understanding-the-keys-to-health/#comment-3438 Catherine Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=1051#comment-3438 Thanks for posting about Agave Nectar. It infuriates me that things can be marketed as health food and be so hazardous for your health. <abbr><em>Catherine Thanks for posting about Agave Nectar. It infuriates me that things can be marketed as health food and be so hazardous for your health.

Catherine

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