Re: Question! Could a poor diet during late childhood and teen years lead to poor liver function and gallstones??
Newmother, I too am a cook of acception rather than the normal hotdog, hamburger routine of today's Americans and I almost killed myself with it! Perhaps like myself, your mama cooked and fed y'all with RDA in mind and it is a killer! Grocery store foods are killers.
I'd recommed that you google and read everything you can about and by Dr William Howard Hay, a surgeon that was sent home to die by his MD buddies. Instead of taking that laying down, he went home and started researching old books about nutrition, implemented the info and lived for several more decades. He opened a clinic where he CURED 63,000 folks!! He's the grandfather of the food-combining diets that are around today.
I'd recommend that you STUDY Dr John R Christopher's writings, you can find his newsletters here:
http://www.healthy-advice.com/newsletters/index.php
As for cleansing while pregnant and nursing: toxins are taken out via the blood, the same blood that is giving life to your unborn child and the child at your breast. You should be able to safely start eating correctly and give them both a better start.