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According to a primer distributed to our group, 90 percent of people have gallstones and 80 percent of people do not know they have gallstones, which are crystal-like deposits that develop in the gallbladder. They may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball. Ewww!
In addition, 80 percent of all gallstones are “silent stones,” meaning there may be no symptoms for years. More than 800,000 hospitalizations each year are caused by gallstones and over 500,000 people undergo surgery for gallstones annually.
And for mid-lifing women, take note: gallbladder disease is three times more likely to occur in middle-aged obese women! But among those in our group was a 16-year-old girl due for surgery.
What are the symptoms of gallstones? According to the primer, they include pain beneath the sternum, in the shoulder blades and lower back, belching, gas, indigestion, migraines, gout, UTI, diabetes and hypertension.
According to fashion designer Jean Goulbourn, an advocate of the flush, 17 people who were scheduled for gall stone surgery did not have to go through with it anymore after a detox flush.
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The main event took place the next morning.
It was “harvest” time.
We were instructed to place the strainer under the toilet seat to better behold our “harvests.” After our first drink at 6 a.m. , it was a bountiful harvest for most of us. We were told to expect “green, yellowish and orange colors that resemble green peas or corn. Expect to see different colors that may range from deep emerald green to jade. A few rare stones are the hard, black ones. Sizes vary from grain-like sand to pea sized.”
Dale says these are cholesterol fats that could not be digested by the body. Ultrasound detects only a few stones, ranging from .5cm. to 7 cm. In a flush, usually about a dozen stones come out of the bowels.
Let me just say that I did not have a dirty dozen, just a couple of pea-sized emeralds. A lot of “grains,” too.
My husband harvested a stone as big as his thumb!
You will keep on going to the toilet during the morning. I felt no pain, no weakness, just thirst and hunger. For me, the thirst and the hunger were the most difficult aspects of the flush.
We had a light breakfast of fruits at 10 a.m. , then a sharing session at 11 a.m. where talk revolved around our harvests. Our blood pressure and weight were taken again. Blood pressure remained normal for my husband and I. He lost five pounds while I only lost two pounds! Life isn’t fair!
We capped our detox weekend with a healthy gourmet lunch at Florabel’s at The Podium across the street. Finally, panna cotta for dessert!
For my husband and I, both of whom had no symptoms of gallstones before the flush, the best part about a flush is the light and healthy feeling you have after. He says he felt more flexible, looser around the joints and in the neck and back area. For me, the good effects went beyond the harvest. The detox workshop made me look differently at the food my family and I consume. We now take organic brown rice, muscovado sugar and lots of fruits. We haven’t given up on tonkatsu, but we’re frying less and using the grill more.
The real returns may be felt years from now — the absence of pain from a gallstone problem. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, right?

(The next wellness flush is on Nov. 24 at Discovery Suites. For inquiries, please call 843-2550 or 897-2217;

Link to the originla article:
http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=2007111289&type=2

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