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Those stones are the body's reaction to being overloaded with oil. I think the whole theory that the liver is full of these "stones" is a heap of bunk. I'm NOT saying
Liver Flushes as practiced by the Lahey clinic in Boston in the 1930's aren't a good idea sometimes. Most imbibers of the now-exiled
Hulda Clark "liver flush" are unaware of the unique inhibititory effect of cytochrome P450 liver enzyme (and others) caused by the naringen and bergamottin present in grapefruit juice. First, one overloads their liver with oil, and they simultaneously inhibit their liver enzymes. Not a good idea in my book. It's no wonder the body reacts the way it does. It isn't set up to process that much oil at once in the absence of the other substances present in the olive fruit. I've seen all sorts of theories about
Liver Flushes and the composition of the stones, and an equal number of irritable people who attack anyone who proposes anything other than the emotional ones wish to believe, even though no proof is offered. I haven't analyzed the stones, but I serioiusly doubt that they're cholesterol clumps. What probably happens is the oil gets acidified by the stomach to varying degrees and after pancreatic enzymes and bile hits it, it foms spheroids of insoluble salts in the lower intestine, having a high calcium and magnesium content.
Iodine probably stimulates production of trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and lipase, which provides better digestion of the oil so it doesn't form clumps of these salts.
Iodine may function in this regard by displacing the inhibitors fluoride and bromide, to allow increased production of these enzymes. This is consistent with Beard and Kelley and Gerson' s postulates concerning the use of
Iodine and enzymes in tackling cancers. Better enzyme production = better digestion and health; inhibited enzyme production - poorer digestion and ultimately a cancerous death.