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kilikini
 
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Default No Cholesterol Diet


"~patches~" > wrote in message
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> kilikini wrote:
>
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>In article >,
> >> "Kat" > wrote:
> >>
> >>Funny, I can eat bacon and eggs and draw a blood specimen an hour later
> >>(if I've been staying on my low carb diet) and Cholesterol will be
> >>normal.
> >>
> >>If I eat bread, pizza, pasta, potatoes, sugar, it'll stay elevated for
> >>about 3 days. Alcohol will do it too.
> >>
> >>Cheers!
> >>--

> >
> >
> > Isn't that true? My husband had elevated liver enzymes (?) and the

doctor
> > was really worried that he'd need a liver transplant. He went on Atkins

and
> > started taking Milk Thistle. Boom! He's at normal levels. If he eats
> > bread, pasta, rice or potatoes, his levels go up instantly (as well as

his
> > weight). <g> The difficult part about this diet is sticking to it.
> >
> > kili
> >
> >

> kili, how long did it take for his liver enzymes to return to normal &
> what dosage of milk thisle was he taking daily?


3 pills of milk thistle daily and this only took about 3 weeks. I'm not
kidding. His doctor was absolutely stunned.

kili