This protocal also works for athletes engaged in intense training that want to strip body fat and increase muscle mass. The egg white are increased 10 to 20 daily.

If there is any yellowing, which I would doubt as this protocal would cause less liver strain than eating a steak dinner, use slices of avocado. If you are nevous about undergoing this you could use the avocado slices for the first thee day as your liver could rest. The first three days can release the largest amount of toxins. Using the avocado will stretch that period over 6 to 10 day. The avocado slices will take your body to normal calorie intakeas and slow the detoxification to the maximium. Avocado is my preferred contol for catabosilm rate, the fat is slower to digest and so the calories are release slower than the second choice, banana. Using both creates smooth blood sugar curves as the banana break down to sugar fairly fast and the avocado sugars later. The amount is subjective. A thin slice is usually enough with 1/8 to 1/4 bannana.
This treatment would supply all your body would need and put the liver into a stress free condition to enable healing.
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I know my doctors warned me not to fast, but since getting out of hospital I’m still feeling so rundown and my joints have been bothering more than ever. I seem to have recovered otherwise. Last time I felt so good fasting from days 3-10, I guess until the toxins overwhelmed my liver. You mentioned increasing the juices, essential oils, B complex, vitamin E, Q 10, egg whites or spirulina as ways to reduce stress and protect the liver… So now you’ve got me wondering whether there might be a safe way I could fast without stressing my liver too much?? Would it even be beneficial, since I’m just recovering from being so sick? I’m really curious about how that might work. So if you really think there’s a way to reduce liver stress and need a “guinea pig” to try a protocol out on, let me know (up until this week I swore I’d never consider fasting again, lol, how things change!). I know from what happened last time the red flags to watch for, and I know my doctor would be willing to monitor my bilirubin level if I asked. At this point I’m just playing the idea (I certainly don’t want a relapse), but I’d be definitely be interested to hear what you’ve come up with.

A urine test strip wouldn’t screen for these disorders. There are 2 types of bilirubin: conjugated and unconjugated. Only conjugated bilirubin is excreted in urine, unconjugated bilirubin isn’t –- and it is the build-up of unconjugated bilirubin that is the problem. So unfortunately you can only test for it with a blood test. My “total bilirubin” blood test was 12x normal, but my conjugated bilirubin level was normal, and my urine bilirubin test was negative. So it was only my unconjugated bilirubin that was extremely elevated (this is what is being deposited in the eyes and skin causing them to look yellow). See http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch023/ch023b.html#sec03-ch023-ch023b-207

Here are some other good sites for information:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/176822-overview
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch022/ch022d.html#sec03-ch022-ch022d-122
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040115/299.html

> How many days of fasting when the first sign of yellowing appeared.
It was after about 7 days when I first thought my eyes were looking a bit yellow. They were obviously yellow around day 10-12. By day 15 my skin (face and torso) was also yellow.

> Would you say you have a fast, medium or slow metabolism.
Medium (but towards the slower side).

> Are you thin or over weight?
Thin. When I started fasting I was 135lbs 5′6″.

> Are you a nervous person or get excited easily like me. LOL.
Pretty calm and quiet. I just go with the flow.

> Were you under stress before the fast.
Nope

> If you were to eat a big steak or large amount of protein would that digest easily?
Probably not. I’ve been mainly vegetarian for the last few years and have a slow digestive system (delayed gastric emptying), so I usually avoid large amounts of protein (and large meals in general).

I had no idea either that there were any medical conditions that could be exasperated by fasting. But apparently there are several genetic liver enzyme disorders, all of which can cause jaundice and other problems when the liver is stressed. Gilbert’s Syndrome is the most common, but there are several others as well. Typically people with them will experience slight yellowing when they’re ill, perhaps vague abdominal discomfort, but most are only diagnosed after a routine bilirubin blood test comes back a little high or after turning jaundiced while sick, stressed, dehydrated, or fasting. In my case, I had never experienced any problems before, never even had the slightest hint of jaundice before attempting this juice fast. And since I’m fairly young (27) I’d never needed “routine” liver function tests and never had my bilirubin tested before. I’d even done short water fasts before with no problem. But after my doctors explained the triggers, it was obvious that my fast was the precipitating factor. Then with not being able to keep anything down I also got extremely dehydrated, which made things even worse. So definitely a lesson learned… I still love my juicer, but I’ll be incorporating fresh juice into my diet rather than fasting again!

Early on I was generally drinking 4-6 cups of juice per day, but as I started getting ill I was drinking significantly less, maybe 2-3 cups. So on average I was drinking one cup orange juice, one cup mixed fruits (apple/pear, orange/pineapple, strawberry/mango, cantaloupe), and about 3 cups veggie juice (mostly carrot, but also yam/carrot/apple, tomato, and some low sodium V8 juice when I didn’t have time to make fresh).

If you have any other questions, please let me know. I’m certainly willing to share my experience and what I’ve learned about these conditions, especially if it might help prevent someone else from suffering through what I did.