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Posted by meAgain on April 26, 2007, at 20:38:18
Does anyone know if the charcol capsules from the vitamin store aid in cleansing the body of the toxins from meds. or is there a good way to detoxify the system safely ..i feel yucky..been on so many meds for years!!! thanks..
Posted by Larry Hoover on April 27, 2007, at 10:56:27
In reply to does Charcol detoxify the body of meds?, posted by meAgain on April 26, 2007, at 20:38:18
> Does anyone know if the charcol capsules from the vitamin store aid in cleansing the body of the toxins from meds. or is there a good way to detoxify the system safely ..i feel yucky..been on so many meds for years!!! thanks..
In a word, no. Charcoal absorbs certain kinds of chemicals, and they stay in the GI tract (with the charcoal) until they're excreted in feces. Only if something is in the GI tract can charcoal absorb it. The GI tract is external to your body. You are a long tube.
Some metabolites, and even a few drugs, I guess, are excreted via bile. That puts them back in the GI tract, from which they can be partially reabsorbed. If you use charcoal to reduce the reabsorption, you could accomplish much the same thing by simply reducing the dose of the drug you're taking.
Charcoal is going to reduce your body's ability to absorb certain key nutrients. It's used in emergency rooms to reduce absorption from the stomach in overdose situations, but that only works if the stuff is still in the stomach (or duodenum, perhaps). It's not going to magically pull "toxins" out of the body.
If you want to support your liver function, take milk thistle (sylmarin), and ensure you have ample dietary sources of cysteine, to keep glutathione availability at a maximum.
The yucky thing might respond to increased exercise, improvement in sleep hygiene, and such like. I don't think charcoal is going to de-yuck you.
Lar
Posted by meAgain on April 27, 2007, at 11:54:08
In reply to Re: does Charcol detoxify the body of meds? » meAgain, posted by Larry Hoover on April 27, 2007, at 10:56:27
Thanks for your reply, I really think the exercise is a great idea, plus I bought Milk Thistle but never started taking it-I'm going to pull it out and give it a try. Do you know if it is a supplement that is safe to take on a everyday basis for an extended period of time? Thanks again :)
Posted by Larry Hoover on April 27, 2007, at 12:14:47
In reply to Re: does Charcol detoxify the body of meds? » Larry Hoover, posted by meAgain on April 27, 2007, at 11:54:08
> Thanks for your reply, I really think the exercise is a great idea, plus I bought Milk Thistle but never started taking it-I'm going to pull it out and give it a try. Do you know if it is a supplement that is safe to take on a everyday basis for an extended period of time? Thanks again :)
As far as I know, milk thistle can be taken for extended periods. It is slowly making its way into conventional medical practise, as it has 'passed muster' in clinical trials.
I also mis-spelled silymarin, in my earlier post.
You're welcome.
Lar
Posted by crenshaw387 on April 27, 2007, at 20:16:38
In reply to Re: does Charcol detoxify the body of meds? » meAgain, posted by Larry Hoover on April 27, 2007, at 10:56:27
one of the things that really makes me feel good sometimes is for a day or two i drink only water... no sodas or juice or anything just bottled water lots of it... just make sure u drink enuf if ur used to drinking sodas sometimes its hard to remember to drink water... but its one of the cheapest and most effective ways i know of detoxifying... ur body is 70% water... give it good fresh stuff =]
Posted by crenshaw387 on April 27, 2007, at 20:18:46
In reply to Re: does Charcol detoxify the body of meds? » Larry Hoover, posted by meAgain on April 27, 2007, at 11:54:08
also... ive never had much luck with those "detox vitamins" and whatnot... they usually jsut make me feel kinda nauseated and/or give me a headache...
Posted by notfred on April 29, 2007, at 2:10:22
In reply to Re: does Charcol detoxify the body of meds?, posted by crenshaw387 on April 27, 2007, at 20:18:46
The liver is perfectly capable of doing any "detoxify the body of meds". For the most part meds are not toxic, though to work toxic is quite often misused. They just need to be changed to be processed by the body.
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