The Liver Cleansing Diet

Conservative doctors have slated this book. Too bad, because the advice worked very well for me. I can only question their intellect. I have a degree in exercise physiology, so I am approaching this with a good basic understanding of the systems and processes involved. In the academic world I found too much blind faith in the conventional wisdom. Too few truly questioning minds; too much effort to simply pass the exam. In the medical and nutritional fields this mentality is regrettably extant. This is why I question the intellect of doctors that have panned Dr Cabot's fine work. I am an athlete looking for a competitive edge without resorting to drugs, and in Dr Cabot's work I found it in spades. I have never felt so alive as when on her diet, and I have never recovered so quickly from a training session. The basic premise of the book is that the liver, the largest organ in the body, has a vast effect on how we feel and function. Therefore, argues Dr Cabot, if we reduce liver stressors, the organ will have greater capacity for functions such as manufacturing glycogen for energy, and flushing fat from the body. In other words, you get leaner and you go faster. Much in our conventional diet is harmful to the liver and slows it down. If we cut the garbage out of our diet the liver has to work less hard at processing junk and has more capacity to fuel our daily needs. Some say that Dr Cabot permits too many simple sugars into her diet, these people say that it could be better. I cannot really argue against this, but what I can say is that it made a significant improvement on my overall feeling of well-being as well as my athletic performance. Furthermore, it is a diet that I could follow without getting stressed out about making big sacrifices. It contains many tasty recipes. My pre-existing diet was not considered bad by conventional medicine and nutrition, in fact it had been evaluated and given a high mark only a year earlier. Yet Dr Cabot's approach is vastly superior in my experience. If you buy the book with the intention of following the diet, I suggest you follow it very closely in order to get the full benefit.

"The Liver Cleansing Diet" is a common sense approach to excellent health. It follows the basics like eliminating processed foods, alcohol, sugar, and saturated fats in meats and cheeses. It advocates 40% fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, whole grains, free range chickens ( avoiding hormones) lots of fiber and plenty of water. It's hard to imagine anyone fearing this diet, it's the healthiest thing you can do. I have been on it for two weeks, a step I took to lower my cholesterol. I chose it as an alternative to reducing drugs and although I am not there yet, my numbers are down by close to 40 points. It focuses on curing what ails you by making you healthier. I especially love the primer on liver function and the importance of keeping this organ healthy. If you learn how it works, you think twice before overloading it with things it can't eliminate. Dr. Cabot puts all this valuable information together in an easy to read book and the basics are easy to follow without recipes although there are many to choose from. An excellent book if you want to take your health into your own hands. Highly recommended!

After coming back from holidays 3kg heavier than my NORMAL 92kg (206lbs) (which is over 15kgs more than my recommended body weight to my height of 5'8") I put myself onto Dr Cabot's Liver-Cleansing Diet on a days notice. Why did I choose the LCD? I didn't have to sign up on anything or go to groups or meetings etc. I had a list of what I could eat and what I couldn't eat and I stuck to it like a zealot. In the course of the eight weeks I lost 13kg's (29lbs) getting myself down from 95kgs to 82kgs (183lbs)!This proved to me that not only was I well and truly overweight but that my eating habits were absolutely shocking and needed a change. AND I did not starve myself either. I did try to modify the amount of food I ate because not only was the problem what I was eating, but how much, but I never starved myself or went hungry. If I felt like something to eat out of normal meals I would just blend up a banana & soya milk smoothie with frozen bananas and a dollop of natural honey (try it!).I have two recommendations for people doing this diet.1: Stick to it religiously, if you allow yourself butter here and there or some greasy chips at a party you will find it too easy to stray from the diet. Dr Cabot says in the book you are allowed the odd indiscretion, but I found for me personally it had to be all or nothing.2: If you have a partner (wife/husband/etc) then they really should do it as well because the temptation is great to have the food they get to eat. I know this now because I am on the diet for a second time to try and get my weight to around 77kg (172lbs) but my wife is not joining me AS MUCH as the first time round because she doesn't need too (55kg). Seeing that bottle of coke when you are reaching for that soy milk, or that block of cheese sitting next to that block of tofu makes for some mighty effort in willpower but I am sticking to my guns!Good luck!

This book and diet was great. It made us realize how much processed foods we eat that are loaded with preservatives, additives and injected with hormones (meats and eggs). My husband lost 22lbs. This weight came off at the end of the diet. We found it hard to revert back to eating like did before the diet. We still continue to eat healthy. We feel so much more energetic. This book has given us healthy way of eating and most likely increasing years to our lives. Anyone can benefit from this book even if you do not follow the diet 100%. Anyone can try the diet at least 50 - 70% and see and feel results.

I found Sandra's book in Launceston while I was living in Tasmania, Australia. For the first 2-3 days on the diet and taking the recommended liver tonic, I felt a little run down. Then, after some wholesome and regular bowel movements I began to feel fantastic. I wasn't aiming to lose weight, but I did lose some and felt alot less 'bloated'. Then I was able to control gain & loss by increasing or reducing the amount of food I ate. I did not follow the diet to a "T" but followed its basic concept. After eating this new way for 4 weeks, I went back to my old way of eating (which included dairy products, deep fried foods, refined sweets, etc) and then began to excercise, walk and jog. However, I felt healthier, fitter and livelier and had a much improved complexion eating what is recommended in the Liver Clensing Diet. Now I am in the USA and am finding that disease prevention and curing diets are similar to Sandra Cabot's methods. I quess we just have to have a positive attitude towards things if we want a positive result. I recommend the "Liver Book" to anyone inspired to be healthier.