Katie, Its been my experience that as we do more flushes and begin to clean the deeper ducts in the liver that a little fat before flushing is a good thing. It seems to loosen things up and stimulate the bile flow pushing stones and other biliary debris up in the liver where it will be flushed out with the large volume of oil. For me, I took it as a rare opportunity to indulge in a bit of ice cream or a spoonful of peanut butter, two beloved foods I rarely eat anymore, and call it all part of good health and Liver Flushing :) Seriously though, I really do believe a little fat eaten before Liver Flushes can be beneficial in the later stages of flushing. I even posted about that last year, but I can't remeber just when or the title of the post.