BY CYNTHIA FOSTER, MD

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Contents
4 | A Long Journey Towards Learning What is a Healthy Diet:

12 | Early Days of Recommending Therapeutic Foods, Juices

and Supplements

14 | Ushering in a New Era of Food Healing in the US

15 | What Foods and Beverages Are Best For the Liver

28 | What Foods and Beverages Are the Worst For the Liver

30 | How Much Time It Takes For a Change in Diet To Work

31 | Note About Unexplained Weight Loss And Eating Junk Food

to Compensate

33 | Dr. Foster’s Rules For Healthy Cooking

35 | Top 21 Liver Healing Recipes

36 | Beet-Apple-Celery-Turmeric Juice 48 | Beet Salad with Tangerine

37 | Beet Smoothie Vinaigrette
38 | Cucumber Power Juice 50 | Dandelion Salad with Tahini
Dressing
39 | Get Back to Your Roots Juice
52 | Sunflower Beet Dressing
40 | Turmeric-Cinnamon-Ginger Tea
53 | Cool Cucumber Soup
41 | Golden Milk
54 | Green Energy Soup
42 | Liver Gallbladder Beet Cleanser
55 | Miso Soup with Daikon
43 | Juiced Salad
57 | Bodacious Green Hummus Wrap
44 | Parsley Pop Juice
58 | Quinoa Veggie Salad
45 | Wheatgrass Juice Shot
60 | Curried Lentils with Sweet Potato
46 | Mango Peach Kale Smoothie and Kale
47 | Honeydew Lime Smoothie

61 | Bonus Dessert Recipes

62 | White Chocolate Covered Strawberries
64 | Chocolate Red Velvet Mug Cake
66 | Cream Cheese Frosting
 A Long Journey Towards Learning
What is a Healthy Diet:
When I was a young child, I thought I knew what a healthy diet was. I
watched my mother prepare foods and felt I knew the best foods to eat.
Like most people, I learned the Four Major Food Groups and tried to
incorporate them into my diet.

I was constantly reading about healthy foods in all of the health-related

magazines, either at home, or by peeking at the magazines in the stores
our family would frequent. I would sometimes chide my family members,
saying things like, “It says here that eating whole grain breads are healthier
than eating white bread.” I thought canned and boxes foods were normal
and healthy. I also believed prescription medications were good healthy
things to take and always followed my doctor’s advice religiously.

In the meantime, my parents had me fully vaccinated from the time I was a
child, and I could not understand why allergies and asthma had hit me so
hard. Running through the grass would cause large welts to appear on my
legs and simply lying in the grass would cause severe sneezing fits. There
were days I could not go outside because of the pollen count.

Per the doctor, I was to take a prescription antihistamine, prescription

decongestant every day, allergy shots once weekly, an occasional asthma
inhaler, and every once in a while when the allergies were severe, a long-
acting steroid shot that would last 6 months. I was plagued with sinus
infections, which were always treated with antibiotics, steroid nasal sprays,
and decongestants.

And I thought this was normal, and especially because

the people around me had similar health problems and
were also following the advice of their doctors as well.

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 As I left home for college, I began to experience new health complaints –
this time, migraines. In addition to that, every time I caught the flu, I would
suffer from bronchitis for several weeks after.

When I arrived at my first day of medical school, I had high hopes that
I would find “cures” for the allergies, asthma, bronchitis and migraines,
reduce my suffering and help all those all around me who were suffering
too. And I was taught and truly believed that the food I was eating had
nothing to do my health (per my doctor’s assertions).

I couldn’t have arrived at medical school at a better time, I thought. At that

time, I was starting to suffer from bizarre symptoms that were related to
receiving three doses of the Hepatitis B vaccine, and these symptoms later
turned out to be full-blown epilepsy.

Over the next two years, as I was learning conventional medicine at a well-
respected state medical school in Texas, I was also desperately searching
for answers to save my own life. The doctors had repeatedly misdiagnosed
me and I was now not only taking daily antihistamines and decongestants
for the allergies and asthma, but also inhaled steroids, inhaled
bronchodilators, inhaled sodium cromolyn for asthma, and a beta blocker
for the migraines. Although my health was continuing to decline, I still felt
that I was being very careful with my diet and was also regularly exercising
as well. My mother had counseled me very carefully about continuing to
take all of my doctor-recommended medications and finding a new allergist
to give me my weekly allergy shots.

As the doctors did not seem to have the answers, I took it upon myself to
research these health issues and found myself in numerous health food stores
and bookstores where books on health were being sold. Imagine my surprise
when I started to learn that diseases and health problems could be healed with
nutrition and herbs and various types of natural healing techniques.

Reading books by Dr. Bernard Jensen, a chiropractor and nutritionist, who

at that time, was recommending people drink fresh carrot and vegetable
juice in order to regain their health, I started making changes in my diet
and was really proud of myself for finding a frozen carrot juice/ veggie
juice blend that I would thaw and drink. Even with those diet changes,

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though, it seemed my health did not improve at all. In fact, the doctors had
since prescribed tricyclic antidepressants to help me cope with severe
heart palpitations that woke me up at 2 am every morning. And ironically,
although all of my symptoms should have been well controlled with all of
the prescription medications I was taking exactly how I should be taking
them, my symptoms kept getting worse and worse and worse.

With the start of this new antidepressant medication, I started having

severe heart palpitations not just in the middle of the night, but also
throughout the entire day, and then started waking up in the morning
in agonizing pain. The seizures (which, up to this point, remained
undiagnosed) had become worse due to the side effects of the
antidepressants (which can cause seizures to worsen in people who suffer
from epilepsy), and I was now waking up with my shoulder dislocated
and a feeling that someone had bludgeoned me on the tailbone with a
sledgehammer. This was due to grand mal epileptic seizures occurring
while I slept.

Excruciating pain racked my entire body, and I constantly felt as if my body

had been electrocuted, the same way I felt as a child, when I accidentally
stuck my finger in an electrical outlet. The migraines worsened to the point
where I felt them almost every day and they would last for weeks, and I
now had fatigue and muscle weakness so severe I could barely stand in
the shower or chew my food. I could feel brain fog start to creep in and had
difficulty understanding more than a few sentences at a time.

At that point, I could feel a real sense of panic and strongly felt my life was
in danger, even though my primary care doctor had told me there was
nothing wrong with me but anxiety. Another doctor had somehow dismissed
the bizarre shoulder dislocations as simply an athletic injury when in fact, I
had not injured my shoulder doing any physical activities. I began to have
fears that somehow cancer was hidden in my body and that the doctors
had missed it.

At that point, I was desperately trying to figure out what

was wrong and trying to stay in school so that I could
consult with the best doctors at the university,
and eventually find the problem.
 And then one day, it happened. I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing
and was so confused, I didn’t realize it was the phone. As I picked up the
phone and started to speak, only gibberish would come out. The person
on the other end was a friend of mine who sat near me in my medical
school classes and I couldn’t remember his name, what time of day it was,
what day of the week it was, who I was or even what I was doing. As he
kept repeating over and over again that he didn’t understand a word I was
saying, I finally snapped out of it (the seizure), and, out of a strong desire
to explain it, and thus have some sort of sense of ability to control it, loudly
proclaimed that it must be a problem with low blood sugar.

I felt like I was running out of time. Six medical doctors I had consulted and
none could tell me what was wrong with me. So, I decided to think outside
the box. Panic-stricken, I immediately rummaged through the Yellow
Pages, searching for a natural practitioner who was using natural remedies
the way Dr. Bernard Jensen was in the natural healing books I had been
reading.

The first name I came across in the Yellow Pages was a holistic RN, who I
trusted because of the RN degree she had. She also later told me she had
been practicing for over 20 years, and she was very sure she could help
me recover my health.

After using the Ream’s Method to test my saliva and urine during my first
visit, she told me I was indeed very sick and needed a lot of healing. She
sent me upstairs for a hair analysis, which eventually came back toxic with
numerous heavy metals.

It was soon after that she told me that my liver was so toxic, it reminded
her of a previous case of a patient she had seen who was a drug addict.
She literally told me I had the liver of a drug addict! Since I was in my early
twenties at that point, had never used recreational drugs and there was no
history of liver disease in my family, this holistic nurse told me she believed
this problem was due to all of the doctor-prescribed medications I had
been taking from childhood up to the present time. It was also something
that happened because of the Hepatitis B vaccine I had recently received
just before entering medical school in 1992, which also caused liver
inflammation and liver damage.

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 After she inquired about my diet, I proudly explained that I had been
making changes to my diet and I was drinking frozen vegetable juice. She
kind of chuckled and said, “You’re going to need to change everything.
Frozen vegetable juice is not enough.” And she was right. It took six
pages for her to explain what foods to eat, what foods to avoid, and what
supplements to take, and it was adjusted once weekly depending on the
results of the most recent Reams testing that she did on my urine and
saliva samples.

I had to buy a juicer and drink at least 24 ounces a day of freshly extracted
juice and throw out the frozen juice. I had to avoid all boxed sweetened
breakfast cereal and tomatoes. I was supposed to scrub my vegetables
with a vegetable scrubbing brush instead of using a vegetable peeler, nor
could I boil any of my vegetables, as their vitamins and minerals would
leach into the water only to be wasted when I poured out the cooking water.

Everything needed to be organically grown and I was to take a powdered

barley grass supplement, probiotics, homeopathic tissue salts, and other
supplements every day. I was only to shop at health food stores and
buy the purest, highest quality food available, drink raw goat’s milk and
I needed to drink freshly squeezed lemon juice daily along with distilled
water. Then I was to do coffee enemas and colonics regularly to cleanse
my colon.

Right around this time, I realized I really had

no idea how to cook anything.
I, like most people, was buying prepared foods (prepackaged breakfast
cereals, salad dressings, sugar-filled yogurt with ready-made sugar-filled
granola on top, cheese spreads, flavored dips, canned or boxed soup, etc.)
out of my nearest grocery store, mixing a few pre-prepared ingredients
together and cooking them. I was putting ready-made dips on pre-cooked
crackers ready to eat out of the box, potato chips and pretzels right out of
the bag and sandwiches made with processed deli meats and processed
cheese slices.

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 I was toasting already prepared refined breads, bagels, English muffins,
etc. and spreading them with ready-made pasteurized jelly in a jar with
processed sugar added to it, and drinking juice blends and electrolytic
replenishment drinks with only 10% real juice content. I was mixing up
cakes, brownies or pancakes with a dried mix from a box, adding just eggs
and water. I thought it was real cooking to put together canned pumpkin
with some sweetener and a few spices, pour it into a pre-prepared crust
bought at the store and bake it in the oven to make pumpkin pie, or
breaking open pre-prepared dinner rolls or cookie dough, separating them
out and baking them in the oven until they were “cooked to a nice golden
brown.”

I thought eating healthy was simply a matter of counting calories, fat and
protein content and making sure I had enough of these to support my
weight. I saw that this concept of mixing together processed foods was not
actually supporting my health but breaking it down and even destroying it.
I had to learn to read labels to see that these processed foods contained
chemicals that were harmful for my health. IT WENT AGAINST ALL OF
THE POPULAR HEALTH EXPERTS’ ADVICE AT THE TIME.

I learned to cook from scratch and

juice freshly extracted juices.

Did a Dietary Change and Supplements

Work? The Short Answer is Yes!
The supplements and the dietary changes helped and I ended up
permanently cured from the epilepsy and from most of my health problems
to the point where I no longer needed any prescription medications at all.
But it didn’t appear to be the answer in the short term.

There were times when I felt better and times when I felt worse. The times
I felt worse, the holistic nurse would test my urine and saliva and tell me,

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 “Your liver just dumped a lot of toxins into your intestines and this is why
you’re not feeling well. You need more colon cleansing right now, and we
need to lower the doses of your supplements temporarily to allow your
body to catch up.”

Toxins that had accumulated in my liver over many years’ time were
now coming out as part of the healing process, and when they were
eliminated, I would feel healthier and stronger afterwards. I would follow her
recommendations, the ill feeling would pass and I would feel better.

After around a year, the twice-daily seizures were only happening around
once every week or two, and I was feeling stronger and the excruciating pain
had dramatically improved. Luckily for me, and because I had made so much
progress with my health, I was still able to make it through my medical school
classes and was still on track to graduate with my MD degree.

Weekly, I would see my holistic nurse’s other patients in the waiting room
and upstairs health food store whom I befriended and with whom I shared
extensive conversations. We shared with each other the latest natural
healing books, including those that featured natural healing programs. We
also discussed the programs put out by natural healing practitioners that
were persecuted and run out of business by the FDA for simply healing
cancer and other serious diseases safely and naturally without medications,
chemo or radiation. The holistic nurse also provided all of her patients with
a booklet on their first visit that described her healing program in great
detail with many case histories of incurable patients who were able to heal
with her natural healing programs.

I attempted to extensively re-educate myself on health through books,

extensive conversations with the holistic nurse and long chats with her
other patients that I would encounter in her waiting room every week.
Because I was a medical-doctor-in-training, her patients were very open
and willing to talk to me about their diagnoses and how well they thought
their natural therapy was going.

After a year of doing this, I realized one important fact. The patients
undergoing natural healing at this holistic RN’s office were improving and
healing - even while often diagnosed with things that were considered

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 incurable, while the patients I saw in the hospital as a medical student
-- the ones with the same exact same diagnoses, but taking prescription
medications and following their doctor’s recommendations exactly to the
letter instead of using natural therapies -- were deteriorating and even
dying. It didn’t take much longer to figure out the differences between these
two systems of healing.

After over a year of healing myself and watching others heal with natural
foods and supplements, my heart, which had originally been set on
becoming a radiologist, dramatically changed. I could no longer get excited
about practicing conventional medicine, and instead, I wanted to help
others heal naturally. While the nurse wanted me to continue my studies, I
disagreed, citing moral and ethical dilemmas and the fact that, after going
through this experience, I had started to believe that by practicing medicine,
I was actually harming people instead of helping them.

So, even though I matched with a residency program, I refused it on ethical

grounds. (All of the details are in my first book Stop the Medicine!) I did
not want to hurt people, and instead, I wanted to help them. Eventually I
found another natural herbal detoxification program and after doing it for 2
months, I was completely free of the seizures and have been permanently
healed ever since. I was healed without ever taking a single medication
for epilepsy, without having any brain surgery and without doing anything
the medical profession would have recommended for epilepsy, and even
without cannabis. And the foundation for my healing was nutrition.

The close friends I had in medical school who sat next to me in class
every day and watched me go through that entire process – from incurable
disease to permanently cured, still wanted to become what they considered
to be “real doctors.” My definition of a “real doctor” changed and became
a doctor that helps people heal instead of writing prescriptions for drugs,
patented chemical medications, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to get
a temporary quick fix for pain and other symptoms.

After my graduation from medical school and receiving my medical degree,

I embarked on a journey towards California to learn more about natural
healing and to start seeing patients of my own. I wanted to save people
from undergoing surgery, reverse their diseases naturally, get them off of

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 their prescription medications and onto a natural healing program that would
keep them healthy for life. I learned from many natural healers that diseases
were caused by constipation, toxins in the colon, liver and kidneys, improper
diet, and even emotional traumas. I wanted to heal them from their original
underlying root cause instead of getting just a quick “result.”

Early Days of Recommending Therapeutic

Foods, Juice Fasting and Supplements
One of the earliest patients I had was a lady with a diagnosis of biliary
sclerosis. She had so much narrowing and scarring in her liver that her
doctors had sent her home to die. She only told me how serious it was a
year into her healing! She had already decided to follow a vegan diet 2/3 raw
and 1/3 cooked, part of something called the Hallelujah Diet. I remember
she joked with me that perhaps she was my very first patient! I added on my
Liver Regeneration Program and she did my liver cleansing program many
times along with essential oils, enzymes, castor oil packs, water therapies
and other natural healing therapies as well as a huge dietary shift over to
the mostly raw vegan diet. Then twenty years went by with her regularly
doing my liver cleanses, mostly following the diet, and taking other herbs I
recommended, and she was still alive. In fact, I think she had outlived some
of the doctors who had originally sent her home to die.

Another patient I had suffered from an inoperable hemangioma in his liver.

A hemangioma is a tumor composed entirely of blood vessels and his
surgeon told him if they even tried to operate on it, he would bleed to death.
It simply wasn’t possible to do surgery, and this man was in agonizing pain.
I put him on freshly extracted vegetable juices, my Liver Regeneration
Program, having him do a complete juice fast. After about two weeks, the
pain had reduced by so much that he decided to go on vacation. Years
later, he never needed the surgery.

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 And I came to the realization that if the
diet is right, pain can dramatically lessen
or even go away –
-Even without over-the-counter or prescription painkillers, and even in the
case of cancer and other severe diseases. All it takes is a willingness to
learn and incorporate healthful changes into the diet, and avoid the heavily
processed foods.

As I had seen the crucial role the liver plays in health and that healing it can
heal many other seemingly unrelated diseases, I decided to give all of my
patients liver cleanses along with other remedies specific for their health
issues, including various therapeutic recipes as the foundation for their new
healthy living program.

Because juice fasting played such an important role in my own healing and
because it was saving a lot of my patients from surgery, I started to make
up recipes and pass them out to my patients, and this eventually turned
into a juice fasting book.

In all cases, for anyone who chose to do it, it helped – just as it had helped
me heal my own case of epilepsy and how it had helped all of those
patients of the holistic RN I had seen. A lot of my patients lost weight. Many
lost their sinus problems. Lots of people recovered their lost energy and
vitality, had their chronic headaches disappear, had the pain of fibromyalgia
greatly reduced and their high cholesterol numbers and blood sugar
numbers went down into normal range. Incredible healing took place simply
by taking care of the liver – even if their doctors didn’t find anything wrong
with their liver! And healing foods and juices are so much cheaper than
prescription meds!

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 Ushering in a New Era of Food Healing
in the US:
In other countries around the world where there are “Blue Zones” where
people live, on average, ten years longer than the rest of the countries
worldwide (The Five Blue Zones are in Loma Linda, California; Sardinia,
Greece; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Okinawa, Japan; and Ikaria, Greece), one of
the things they do is to spend more time on their food preparation. They
make food preparation a social event and often prepare foods together as a
family or with a group of friends. As the foods are freshly prepared instead
of processed, the diet is much healthier. Much of the foods in these areas
are plant-based foods such as beans, nuts, seeds, whole grains, fruits and
vegetables.

Do We Have Time in the US to Prepare

Foods Healthfully?
I believe the answer is yes. With the help of industrial strength blenders,
juicers, food processors, dehydrators, slow cookers and toaster ovens, it
takes less time than ever before to prepare a healthy meal from scratch
– from the highest quality organic ingredients, ones that will support our
health, our physical fitness, and our vitality - for life.

No matter what supplements you take, all of the great natural healers
throughout the ages (Dr. John R. Christopher, Arnold Ehret, Dr. Bernard
Jensen, Dr. Harvey Kellogg, Dr. John R. Tilden, etc.) have always
emphasized that the foundation of health is always about nutrition – the
foods you eat on a regular basis, the quality of the ingredients in the foods
you eat, the quality of the water and beverages you drink can either make
or break our health. For the best quality of life, choose your foods carefully
and avoid the highly processed ones that cause harm.

The recommendations and recipes that follow are my best

recommendations based on decades of nutritional research and clinical
practice, for how to help and heal your liver with therapeutic foods and
beverages.

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 What Foods and Beverages Are Best
For the Liver:
I. THERAPEUTIC MUSHROOMS
– Reishi, Shiitake, Chaga, Maitake –
modulate the immune system, enhancing
its function when it’s low and reducing
overactivity when it’s attacking the body’s
own tissues and organs. Many also have
demonstrated antineoplastic effects as
well. Most therapeutic mushrooms have
these effects, but for this book, we will
focus on shiitakes because they are easy
to incorporate into recipes.

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM – (Lentinus edodes)

Contains polysaccharides that have been demonstrated by researchers
to have anti-Hepatitis B activity. Chemical analysis showed that these
components were rich in glucose, arabinose and mannose. Furthermore,
“HepG2.2.15 cells were used as in vitro models to evaluate their anti-
hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity.” Researchers concluded that shiitake
polysaccharides possess potent anti-HBV activity in vitro. (1)

LIVER PROTECTIVE EFFECTS – Two fractions extracted from shiitake

were examined for their liver-protective quality in mice that had their liver
injured with the chemical Dimethylnitrosamine (2)

II. ROOT VEGETABLES:

• BEETS (Beta vulgaris), Brazilian researchers

at the University of Campinas found
protective effects of dehydrated extract of
beets and beet leaves against oxidative
damage in the liver in mice that were fed a
high fat diet. The Dehydrated beet stalks and
leaves (HFSL) lessened the harmful effects

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 of a high fat diet (a high fat diet that normally causes liver oxidative
damage), on lipid metabolism, reduced fasting blood glucose
levels, improved cholesterol levels and reduced hepatic Glutathione
peroxidase and Glutathione reductase activities compared to the High
Fat diet group. (3)

• RADISHES (Raphanus sativus) – Includes

red radish, Daikon radish, watermelon
radish and black radish. Researchers
found that an extract from radish sprouts
significantly increased bile flow. (4) Korean
researchers found that an extract from black
radish inhibited the accumulation of lipids
in the liver and protected the liver when
exposed to the liver-damaging chemical
carbon tetrachloride, concluding that black
radish extract could lower the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD). (5) An extract from white radish was found to have the
same liver protective effect as well. (6)

• BURDOCK ROOT (Arcta lappa):

Constituents: lignans arctigenin, arctiin,
and matairesinol, inulin, mucilage, pectin.
Alterative, diuretic, bitter stimulation of
digestive juices, hypoglycemic, healing of
skin issues with dry, scaly patches (psoriasis,
dermatitis, boils, carbuncles, sties, sores,
skin problems, rheumatism, gout and
sciatica.

Burdock root may provide protect against mutagenicity, rheumatic

complaints (joint discomfort), Consume burdock cooked, juiced
powdered, in tea form or tinctured. In one study, researchers found
that an extract of burdock root protected against liver damage caused
by acetaminophen overdose (7) and also by lead. (8)

Administering an extract of burdock root over 28 days resulted in

beneficial decreases in triglycerides, LDL, glucose and alkaline

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 phosphatase in experimentally-induced diabetes. Researchers
concluded that this plant extract may be beneficial in the treatment of
diabetes. (9)

• CARROTS
Carrots also have a positive effect on the liver and liver function.
In India, carrot root is traditionally used to treat kidney and liver
dysfunction. A extract from carrot root was found by researchers
in India to improve kidney function after begin damaged due to
deprivation of oxygen (hypoxia), reducing the levels of serum
creatinine, uric acid and urea.(10) In another study, researchers noted
improvements in liver enzymes (transaminases) in livers damaged by
carbon tetrachloride (11)

III. DARK LEAFY GREENS:

Parsley, kale, beet greens, chard, spinach, dandelion leaf, collard
greens, carrot tops, green onions. Bitter greens help activate the liver
and gallbladder, stimulate bile production (choleretic action) and helps
the gallbladder release bile (cholagogue action). This cleans out the
gallbladder and activates the liver to produce a fresh clean batch of bile.
Many people tell me their doctor has told them their gallbladder does
not empty very well, and because of this, the doctor wanted to surgically
remove it. One of the issues is here is that person doesn’t know which
foods activate the liver and gallbladder. So, I’ve listed them out. As long
as you consume these foods, your liver and gallbladder will be healthier
than most and most likely your gallbladder will do a pretty good job of
contracting and emptying itself out without the need for any surgery.

• DANDELION LEAVES – (Taraxacum officinale)

This perennial weed that grows in many people’s
back yards has been known since ancient
times for its curative properties and has been
traditionally used for the treatment of various
health issues such as upset stomach, heartburn,
spleen and liver complaints, hepatitis and loss of
appetite.

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 Particular attention has been given to diuretic, choleretic (stimulating
bile production in the liver), anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-
carcinogenic, analgesic, anti-hyperglycemic (helps reduce high
blood sugar), anti-coagulatory and prebiotic effects. (12) Research
has shown protective effects on a liver that has been damaged by
ionizing radiation(13) and by various chemicals such as sodium
dichromate (14), demonstrating a decrease in liver cell death and
other degenerative changes.

• ARTICHOKE LEAF (Cynara scolymus):

Historically, this extract has been used for its antioxidant, choleretic,
hepatoprotective, bile-enhancing and lipid-lowering effects.
Researchers found that an extract of artichoke leaf helps alleviate
Metabolic Syndrome in those on a high-fat diet.(15) The extract was
also demonstrated to reduce total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride concentrations in the case
of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/ NAFLD (16) and in patients with
hyperlipidemia.(17)

• PARSLEY (Petroselinum crispum):

Constituents – apiole, myristicin, flavonoids,
phthalides, vitamins. Mild diuretic,
hypotensive, carminative, antispasmodic,
expectorant. Is used in Turkey as an aid
to help control diabetes. Parts used – root,
leaf and seed. Consume fresh, cooked,
tinctured, powdered, or in tea form. It has
been traditionally used by many herbalists
as an aid to lower high blood pressure.
Researchers found that an extract of parsley helped attenuate hepatic
steatosis - accumulation of fat in the liver/ otherwise known as fatty
liver disease.(18) Elsewhere in the world, in Turkey, Researchers
concluded that an extract of parsley had a protective effect on the
liver in the case of diabetes comparable to the prescription drug for
diabetes called glibornuride. (19)

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 • CELERY (Apium graveolens):
Antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, carminative, antispasmodic,
nervine (nerve healing effect). Research studies showed celery
leaves reversed liver damage markers when consumed with the
liver-damaging over the counter painkiller acetaminophen (20) and
that it also reversed liver damage due to the drugs paracetamol and
thioacetaminde (21)

IV. CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES:

Also called the Brassica family of vegetables.
Includes red and green cabbage, broccoli,
Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens, kale
and turnips. Sulfurophane is a naturally-occurring
component in broccoli sprouts that has an anti-
cancer effect.

Brassica vegetables and the glucosinolates

contained within them have been shown to
reduce the risk of cancer and to possess health-
promoting properties. Glucosinolates then
break down to products that upregulate hepatic
detoxification enzymes – in other words, they
speed up the process whereby the liver can
detoxify harmful substances. (22)

There is ample evidence of the positive effects

of several classes of antioxidants, such as polyphenols (i.e., resveratrol,
quercetin, coumestrol, anthocyanins, epigallocatetchin gallate and
curcumin), carotenoids (i.e. lycopene, astaxanthin, and fucoxanthin)
and glycosinolates (i.e., glucoraphanin, sulforaphane, sinigrin and allyl-
isothiocyanate), on the reversion of fatty liver.(23)

Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that broccoli

seedlings possess various biological properties, including antioxidant,
anticancer, anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity and
antidiabetic activities. (24)

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 V. HERBS AND SPICES:

• ASTRAGALUS – (Astragalus membranaceus):

Stimulates pituitary-adrenocortical function, stimulates bone marrow
to produce red blood cells when depleted, stimulates the body’s
natural production of interferon, a natural virus inhibitor. Has been
used to lessen the side effects of certain medications. For example,
chronic low white blood cell count caused by treatment with
prescription steroid medication, cancer chemotherapy drugs and
other immune-suppressant medications.

One study shows the beneficial effect astragalus has on immune cells
which then help regulate fibrosis/ scarring of the liver, protecting the
liver from scarring. (25) In another study, astragalus prevented liver
damage caused by the anticancer drug stilbenemide (26), while in
other studies, the herb was shown to protect the liver against other
liver-damaging substances such as Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and
lipopolysaccharide.(27) When combined with schisandra, it has the
ability to markedly inhibit the formation of fat in fatty liver disease
induced by a high fat diet (28)

• GARLIC: (Allium sativum):

Of all herbs, garlic is probably the most highly
researched plant worldwide. Garlic contains
organosulfur compounds (alliin, allicin, B
vitamins, minerals, flavonoids). Therapeutic
actions include antimicrobial, antiviral,
antifungal, antiparasitic as well as having liver
protective and antineoplastic effects, activity
against the H.pylori bacteria as well as an
anticoagulant effect.(29)

Uses of garlic include digestive infections,

respiratory infections, asthma, parasites, and
whooping cough among many other uses.
Unlike synthetic antibiotics, garlic seems to kill
harmful microorganisms but while supporting
the natural gut flora (microbiome). Garlic also

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 reduces serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels while raising levels
of HDL. It is a mild blood thinner, antioxidant, protecting against
atherosclerosis. In the case of fatty liver disease, consumption of
garlic + onions resulted in a significant decrease in fat accumulation
in the liver, decrease in elevated liver enzymes, decrease in
inflammation, in oxidative markers and lipid peroxidation. (30)

In a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted on 110

adult patients with ultrasound-diagnosed NAFLD, participants that
received 800 mg garlic for 15 weeks vs the other group that received
a placebo. The primary outcome was a significant improvement in
the hepatic steatosis and its complications diagnosed by ultrasound
technique at the end of the 15 weeks. There were significant
reductions in ALT, AST, Fasting blood sugar, Hemoglobin A1C, Total
cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides. (31)

Garlic has also been shown to protect the liver against Alcoholic
Disease. (32)

VI. SPROUTS, EDIBLE ALGAE,

MICROGREENS AND
GRASSES:

• SPROUTS – Including alfalfa

sprouts, clover sprouts, radish
sprouts, onion sprouts, mung bean
sprouts, broccoli sprouts. Sprouts
contain highly concentrated
nutrients that have amazing
healing effects on the body. The
glucosinolate content is higher in sprouts than in mature vegetables.
Sulforaphane and its precursor glucoraphanin, derived from
broccoli sprouts were found by researchers to protect mitochondrial
function, thus suppressing the development of NAS (non alcoholic
steatohepatitis) (33)

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 • WHEATGRASS AND WHEATGRASS JUICE – very powerful
detoxifying foods. Ann Wigmore’s raw food program including plentiful
wheatgrass juice healed thousands from cancer. Clinical trials show
that wheatgrass may induce synergistic benefits to chemotherapy
and may attenuate chemotherapy-related side effects, as well as
benefit rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, hematological diseases,
diabetes, obesity, and oxidative stress. (34)

• Unlike the mature wheat grain, the grass of wheat does not
contain gluten. Wheat develops gluten content during the jointing
stage of growth (where the shoots start to branch out in various
directions) and wheatgrass is harvested much earlier than the
jointing stage.

• EDIBLE ALGAE – Edible algae are marine plants that grow on the
surfaces of water. Major types include red, green and brown. For
our purposes, the most important ones include spirulina, blue-green
algae, chlorella, and seaweed. They are considered superfoods by
most nutritionists, herbalists and natural healers. They are typically
high in beta-carotene, and they also contain many other macro and
micronutrients, including Vitamin B-12 and other minerals.

Spirulina and chlorella are simple single-celled organisms that are

digested, absorbed and assimilated into the body very quickly –
usually within minutes. Some of the most nutritionally dense foods
known to man, they are usually available in capsules, powder or
tablets and are often mixed into smoothies, nutritional shakes and
other beverages. They typically have a high protein utilization factor,
meaning that their protein content is easily absorbed and assimilated
by the body.

• SPIRULINA: The United States World Food Conference in

1974 praised spirulina as possibly the best food for the future.
It is produced in over 22 countries and consumed in over 77.
The World Health Organization (WHO) found spirulina to be an
interesting food due to its rich content of protein, iron and other
essential nutrients that could be safely administered to children
to help eradicate malnutrition and achieve food security.

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 Spirulina maxima, has been experimentally proven to possess
in vivo and in vitro liver protective properties by maintaining
the liver lipid profile.  In human trials, 4.5 to 6 mg were taken
by mouth daily for 3 to 6 months. The amount of fat stored
in the liver was reduced as well as lipid levels. Researchers
concluded that Spirulina maxima may be considered an
alternative treatment for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
diseases and dyslipidemic disorder. (35)(36)

The liver protective properties of spirulina are attributed to

its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, membrane-stabilizing, and
immune-correcting actions. Ukrainian researchers analyzed 60
patients with chronic diffuse liver conditions and noted that in
chronic liver conditions, spirulina acts to stabilize the disease
process and prevent the transformation of chronic hepatitis into
cirrhosis of the liver. (37) Another study found that the extract
helped glucose tolerance, lower cholesterol levels, reduced
scarring/ fibrosis in the liver, and a beneficial increase in the
production of bile acids ursodeoxycholic acid β-muricholic acid
in the liver (38)

• CHLORELLA: Chlorella is very similar to spirulina, a

microalgae that has healing effects on the liver. Its cell wall
must be cracked in order to make this algae digestible. After
this manufacturing process, the algae is very digestible with
high amount of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other
macro and micronutrients. Like spirulina, chlorella has been
extensively researched for its healing effects on various health
issues and has very similar effects on the liver.

In an Iranian research study, seventy NAFLD patients diagnosed

with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) confirmed by ultra-
sonographic findings were randomly assigned into an intervention
group (where they received four 300 mg tablets of C. vulgaris) or a
placebo group (where they received four 300 mg tablets of placebos)
for 8 weeks.  In the intervention group, C-reactive protein, liver
enzyme levels and fasting serum glucose levels showed beneficial
reductions, indicating better glucose sensitivity. Researchers

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 concluded that chlorella supplementation could be considered as an
adjunctive therapy to decrease weight and improve glycemic status,
reducing C-reactive protein as well as improving liver function in
patients with NAFLD. (39)

In a randomized placebo-controlled study, NAFLD patients were

given 400 mg per day, similar results were seen, with significant
decreases in lipid profile and fasting blood sugar. (40) And Chinese
researchers found similar results – a reduction in the blood lipid
profile and a marked decrease in the accumulation of fats and lipids
in the liver. (41) In another study, Korean researchers found that
chlorella extract protected the liver against damage caused by the
heavy metal cadmium (42) and in Turkey, researchers found that
chlorella protected the liver against the liver damaging chemical
carbon tetrachlorine, noting in their conclusions that chlorella could
be used for the purpose of protection against chemical-induced
hepatotoxicity(liver damage) (43)

Finally, in Taiwan, researchers found that both spirulina and chlorella

not only showed strong antioxidant activity but also inhibited the
growth of human liver cancer cells (44)

• SEAWEED:
Seaweeds are a good source of protein
and carbohydrates and contain all
essential amino acids. Many types of
brown seaweed have liver protective
effects as well. In Japan, researchers
found powdered wakame increased bile
production and gluconeogenesis leading
to a reduction in serum cholesterol
levels. (45)

The benefits to the liver of seaweed have been found to be very

similar to the benefits of algae. Spanish researchers found that
wakame reduced fats in the liver in the case of nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease. (46) Just as in the case of spirulina and
chlorella, researchers found an anti-mutagenic effect of

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 wakame extract against toxic substances, meaning that it
protects against the development of cancer cells when liver
cells are exposed to mutagens (cancer-causing substances).
(47)

VII. OTHER FOODS:

• CITRUS PEEL:
Citrus peel from lemons, limes and oranges.
Most of us think of lemon zest as merely
a garnish for a cocktail or a flavoring for
chocolate, but at least 60 research studies
have been done to demonstrate the
beneficial effects of different types of citrus
peels on the liver - including lemon, lime,
grapefruit, tangerines and mandarins.

Orange peels are used by herbalists to reduce intestinal gas,

heartburn and nausea. They are rich in bioflavonoids that possess
anti inflammatory, anti-diabetic and lipid-lowering effects. They
stimulate the liver to produce bile (Cholagogue effect) and encourage
the release of bile from the gallbladder (choleretic effect). Citrus peels
can be consumed fresh in smoothies, dried, or in the form of a tea
(simmered for 15 minutes in a covered saucepan)

Like spirulina, chlorella and seaweed, citrus peels also have been
shown to protect the liver against damaging substances such as
acetaminophen (48) and carbon tetrachloride (49). In one study, a
diet supplemented with citrus peel resulted in a significant decrease
in body weight gain, body fat mass and blood glucose level.
Researchers concluded that citrus peel extract “has the potential to
improve both hyperglycemia and hepatitis steatosis (accumulation of
fats and lipids in the liver) in Type 2 diabetes.” (50)

In another study, the extract prevented the accumulation of fats in the

liver and reduced inflammatory cytokines, while decreasing the liver’s
own production of cholesterol.(51) And in India, researchers found

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 that tangeretin, found in the peel of citrus fruits, has anti-tumorigenic
as well as antioxidant properties (52) And yet another bioflavonoid
found in citrus peel, naringin, was found to inhibit fatty liver and the
elevation of liver enzyme levels. Yet, unlike lovastatin (which is well
known for its side effect of liver damage), naringin actually has liver
protective effects. (53)

Citrus peels contain small amounts of d-limonene, a natural solvent,

and essential oil. The essential oil, when inhaled is known for its
mood uplifting effects. Much research has centered on d-limonene, a
component extracted from citrus peels. D-limonene has been studied
numerous times for its ability to dissolve gallstones.

To dissolve gallstones, doctors typically use the synthetic solvent

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). This solvent is rarely used due the
fact that it is caustic and can cause severe side effects. It is a risky
drug to use. However, in one study, researchers compared the use
of MTBE to d-limonene for their ability to dissolve gallstones in vitro
(outside the body). Researchers concluded that d-limonene “may be
superior to MTBE for rapid dissolution of gallstones in vivo (inside
the body). (54) (56) In Japan, researchers injected d-limonene into
bile duct system after gallbladder surgery to dissolve any remaining
stones in the bile ducts. Complete dissolution of the remaining stones
occurred in 46% of the 200 patients who underwent the procedure.
(55) Although this procedure is not available in the US, it is possible
to consume citrus peels (which contain the d-limonene) on a regular
basis for a more gradual dissolving effect.

• NUTS:
Numerous studies have demonstrated reductions in serum
cholesterol when nuts are consumed. Forty research participants
were put on a diet rich in walnuts, compromising 12.5% of their diet
over 4 weeks’ time. The total cholesterol and serum apolipoprotein
B concentrations and the ratio of LDL cholesterol to HDL cholesterol
was significantly lowered in women and men on the diet containing
walnuts. The LDL cholesterol was significantly lowered in women
on the walnut-rich diet. The researchers concluded that the alpha-
linolenic acid in the walnut diet appears to be responsible for the

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 lowering of LDL cholesterol in women while levels of alpha-linolenic
acid increased (57)

But just as important as what you eat is what

you do NOT eat. The wrong food ingredient
can cause harm to your liver.

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 What Foods And Beverages Are The Worst
For the Liver:
1. TRANS-FATS, HYDROGENATED OILS

2. “VEGETABLE OIL” – a highly processed food that is typically

extracted using the highly toxic solvent hexane, deodorized with
harsh chemicals so that it no longer has a smell to it, then bleached
(leaving toxic dioxin residues) to give it a clear “beautiful” color.

3. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (HFCS) A highly processed

sweetener derived from cornstarch which is converted to corn
syrup and then treated with enzymes to convert the glucose into
fructose. HFCS is a major contributor to adult onset diabetes. It
also increases risk of colon cancer, kidney stones, weight gain, high
cholesterol (LDL)

4. GRANULATED “WHITE” SUGAR – otherwise known as

table sugar or sucrose. From sugar cane, the end product is
over 40 times more concentrated than the original sugar cane.
It is heated to high temperatures while many minerals (such as
calcium, potassium, magnesium, vitamin A and small amounts of B
vitamins) are stripped out during the processing. The vitamin and
mineral content is far lower than unrefined sugars from around the
world, including rapadura sugar, evaporated cane juice, turbinado
sugar, and jaggery. The end result: weight gain, sugar highs and
lows leading to increased insulin resistance, mood swings, chronic
inflammation, high triglycerides, lower HDL, increased risk of
cardiovascular disease and cancer.

5. BEER, WINE & HARD LIQUOR – even just one glass of wine
per day with dinner can raise liver enzyme levels. I’ve had many
patients come to me with elevated liver enzyme levels who were
simply drinking a glass or two of wine every night with dinner.

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 6. MUNICIPAL/ TAP WATER – contains toxic fluoride, breakdown
metabolites of other people’s medications that are recycled through
sewage treatment plants. Medication residues found in tap water
include seizure medications, cholesterol-lowering medications, birth
control pills, cancer chemotherapy drugs, blood-pressure-lowering
medications, and more.

When you take a medication, it goes through the liver and kidneys,
is broken down and becomes “breakdown metabolites.” Breakdown
metabolites can still be active and cause changes in your body if
you consume them. Tap water is treated sewage. (62) (63) Water
treatment plants, using standard treatment technologies, cannot filter
out many other harmful chemicals such as lead, perfluorooctanoic
acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) or the following
chemicals: human carcinogens, industrial chemicals, pesticides,
personal care products and flame retardants. (Kathleen (64)

7. FOODS COOKED IN ALUMINUM foil or in aluminum pots and

pans. Research shows that food cooked in aluminum foil can leach
the heavy metal aluminum into the food. (61)

8. FRIED FOODS – fried foods in restaurants are often fried in the

same oil over and over again. Each time you cook oil, free radicals
are generated that make the oil unhealthy. So, you can imagine
after frying food in the same oil after 20 times, how unhealthy that
would be.

9. FAST FOOD FROM FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS – In

the 2004 movie “SuperSize Me,” the filmmaker, Morgan Spurlock,
decides to eat nothing but fast food from the same restaurant for 30
days. After a few weeks in, he goes to his doctor to get bloodwork
and is told that, although he had a healthy liver when he first began
this fast food experiment, his liver enzymes were dangerously
elevated. His doctor added that he was literally “pickling his liver” by
continuing to eat this way, and urged him to stop the experiment or
otherwise he was risking his life.

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 How Much Time Does it Take For a Change
in Diet to Work?
Many people contact me concerned that they’ve changed their diet and in
one week, it hasn’t worked yet. Dietary therapy works, but it can take time.
You should give it around 2 to 3 months and up to 6 months to see the
effects of a healthy diet change. You can speed up the benefits of dietary
therapy by using herbs and doing herbal cleanses.

Dietary therapy is not the same as using a prescription medication or over-

the-counter medication for something.

Prescription medications are synthetic chemical remedies designed to

get a result “fast” but they do not provide any needed nutrition, nor do
they heal any underlying root causes such as toxins in the colon, liver,
kidneys, blood, lymph, muscles and connective tissues. The most you
can expect from a medication is an anti inflammatory effect, as in the
case of prednisolone and other steroid-containing medications (which
also carry severe and life-threatening side effects), and you can get an
anti inflammatory effect from foods as well. The body needs nutrition to
heal. You can’t have strong arteries without collagen, and since collagen
is a major component of the walls of the arteries and veins, you can’t heal
your atherosclerosis and/or aneurysms without this nutritional component.
You can have surgeons do a “roto rooter” job on your coronary arteries,
but you’re not cleaning out the entire blood vessel system, which is also
clogged with cholesterol. Many people end up having surgeries all over
their bodies to fix a problem that could simply be fixed with diet and
lifestyle changes.

Without vitamins and minerals, you cannot make healthy collagen. Without
healthy collagen, the arteries and veins deteriorate, causing varicose veins
and atherosclerosis (buildup of cholesterol and arterial plaque on the inside
of the arteries), leading to high blood pressure as well as diminished blood
circulation to all of the organs. If you don’t have a good vascular system,
the rest of the body will suffer.

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 Without B vitamins, amino acids and essential fatty acids, the nervous
system will malfunction, and it will look like Alzheimer’s or other neurologic
condition. You may get some temporary “quick results” with a medication,
but until you start eating foods that are nutritious and building a healthier
body, those results will eventually end. You’ll be switched from one
medication to another until you no longer see results. Because this process
takes time, people continue to have hope in chemical-based medications
when in reality, their body is literally starving for better nutrition.

Note About Unexplained Weight Loss and

Eating Junk Food to Compensate
I’ve seen this for over twenty years. People who are severely ill, in the
last stages of disease go into what’s called “cachexia.” They lose weight
and cannot maintain a healthy body weight. This is often a sign of hidden
cancer, diabetes or other severe disease. It is sometimes accompanied by
night sweats – a possible indicator of cancer and other severe diseases.

The body is not absorbing nutrients from the food that is consumed, and in
the attempt to survive, breaks down its own tissues in order to get energy.
Muscle mass is lost. Fat is lost, and the person can look like a living
skeleton with barely “any meat on their bones.”

In the case of severe disease, the toxins must be eliminated FIRST before
the person can gain healthy weight. The metabolism must convert from
catabolism back to a healthy metabolism or anabolism. In order to do this,
a person may have to go through a period of being underweight in order to
detoxify and fix the metabolism. This is called healing the underlying root
cause of a disease and not simply trying to gain weight.

You must figure out all the reasons why your stomach is not producing
enough stomach acid, your liver and gallbladder are not producing enough
bile, your pancreas is not producing enough insulin or digestive enzymes,
and your body is starving for energy so much so that it is literally breaking
down its own tissues in order to survive.

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 You must clean out the mucoid plaque layer that lines the intestines and
blocks nutrients from being absorbed. You could have digestive parasites
or liver flukes feeding off the nutrition in the food you eat. Your liver could
be filled with bile sludge, heavy metals, environmental toxins, prescription
medication residues. Your kidneys may have silent hidden stones and be
clogged with mucous strands, heavy metal residues and, environmental
toxins and prescription medication residues. Eating junk food is not going
to fix your malabsorption problem, your stomach, liver, gallbladder or
pancreas or eliminate the mucoid plaque layer from your intestines. It will
only make you sicker, although perhaps a little fatter.

What people often do instead of healing the underlying root causes is to

eat sugary and fatty foods in the attempt to gain weight. The belief here is
that simply gaining weight will fix everything. This is reinforced by medical
doctors worldwide who have hardly any knowledge of nutrition whatsoever.
It actually makes the disease worse.

It’s a guaranteed way to die more quickly from your disease.

Instead of eating candy bars, pizza, drinking soda pop in large quantities,
as most medical doctors erroneously recommend, or consuming “weight
gain” shakes filled with processed refined sugar and processed dairy,
consume raw whole milk, eat coconut butter and coconut cream. Eat
healthy calories and start doing some herbal cleanses to cleanse away
toxins from your digestive tract and digestive organs (pancreas, liver,
gallbladder).

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 Dr. Foster’s Rules for Healthy Cooking:
1. DO NOT USE NONSTICK PANS – their nonstick coating is
toxic and causes diseases. The most common coating, the medical
profession uses to create inflammation and scar tissue as part of
their medical procedures.(45) Nonstick coatings are known to contain
PFAS, which is short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PFAS
don’t easily break down, and they can persist in your body (up to
35 years) as well as in the environment for decades. Because they
don’t break down, the CDC has estimated that more than 95% of
the US population has PFAS in their bodies.(46) This issue has
been heavily researched with researchers noting these chemicals
can cause or contribute to the following conditions: high cholesterol
(hypercholesterolemia), ulcerative colitis, thyroid toxicity, testicular
cancer, kidney cancer, pre eclampsia, elevated blood pressure during
pregnancy. Epidemiologic studies show the same with additional
harm to liver, kidneys, endocrine system/ hormones, immune system,
pulmonary, reproductive and neurobehavioral. (47) Use glass or
stainless steel instead or invest in “waterless cookware.”

2. AVOID ALUMINUM FOIL OR ALUMINUM POTS AND

PANS to cook foods. Research shows that in the presence of heat,
aluminum from aluminum foil and aluminum pans are leached into
the food. (48) Instead, use covered casserole dishes or a clay or
stainless steel crockpot to cook foods. Household Bread-making
machines are often lined with aluminum

3. MINIMIZE OR DON’T USE A MICROWAVE. After going

through all of the research on microwaves, I refuse to have one in
my home. Boiling water in an electric kettle is just as quick and easy
as using a microwave, and can also be used to boil water for making
herbal elixirs. In the end, it’s better to be safe and healthy than to
save a few extra minutes. What’s your rush? Make meals as a family
and have family members or friends pitch in to help with the cooking.
Chat and connect while you’re cooking. It’s quality time and a great
bonding experience! Slow down and enjoy the cooking experience,
play some happy background music and make it fun, not a chore!

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 4. DO NOT EVER USE ANYTHING LABELED “VEGETABLE
OIL” OR SHORTENING. Conventional vegetable oil is extracted
using the highly toxic solvent hexane, then bleached and deodorized,
producing a highly refine substance known as vegetable oil. The
effect is highly inflammatory in the body. Canola oil is a derivative
from the genetically modified plant rapeseed, which contains a toxic
compound called erucic acid.

5. DO NOT USE “GRANULATED SUGAR” in any recipe for

any reason – it’s too highly concentrated, bleached with unhealthy
chemicals and is a known contributor to diabetes, obesity and
metabolic syndrome.

6. NEVER USE ANY MASS-MARKETED ANIMAL

PRODUCTS that came from a feedlot – this means most
commercially available animal products in your regular grocery store.
Due to horrendous living conditions, these animals are often sick with
various infections and even diseases such as cancer and contain
hormone residues that were used to grow the animals unusually large
to maximize profit.

A tiny amount of hormone goes a long way. So, even a trace leftover
in the meat or milk of these animals can still have a large effect and
especially if consumed on a regular basis, where the effects are
cumulative on the hormones. When you eat these products, you put
yourself at risk of developing hormonal imbalance, endometriosis,
fibroid tumors of the breast and uterus, polycystic ovaries, and
enlarged prostate. You are also more likely to get food poisoning
from these products. Shop at health food stores, health co-ops, and
farmer’s markets instead and only purchase animal products that
were raised in healthy, humane living conditions without the use of
antibiotics and hormones.

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 1. Beet-Apple-Celery-Turmeric
Yield: 6 oz.

INGREDIENTS
• ½ large BEET or 1 small one
• 1 stalk CELERY
• ½ LEMON
• ½ APPLE
• 1 inch chunk FRESH GINGER
• 1 inch chunk FRESH TURMERIC
• 4 oz. PURIFIED WATER
• Optional: several sprigs FRESH CILANTRO

DIRECTIONS
1. Juice first 5 ingredients.
2. Add water to dilute fruit juice in this recipe.
3. Beet juice also acts as a natural laxative. Ginger and turmeric makes
the laxative effect stronger, and also add to the anti inflammatory
actions of this blend. Juice only about ½ beet per day if you’ve never
tried beet juice and see what kind of effect it has on you before drink
larger quantities.

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 2. Beet Smoothie
Skin, Liver & Kidney Cleanser
Yield: 3 cups

INGREDIENTS
• ½ large BEET, coarsely chopped
• Juice of ½ to 1 LEMON
• 1 small APPLE
• 1 leaf CHARD
• 1 handful CLOVER SPROUTS
• 2 leaves ROMAINE LETTUCE
• 1 TBS CASHEW BUTTER (or almond butter)
• 1 cup RAW WALNUT MILK

DIRECTIONS
1. Blend on high speed in blender until smooth
2. For walnut milk mix one handful raw walnuts with 2 cups purified
water, blend on high speed until smooth. If you don’t have a high
power blender, you may need to strain out bits of walnuts through
cheesecloth or a kitchen strainer.
3. Garnish as desired. I used black sesame seeds, blueberries, a walnut
and a cashew.

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 3. Cucumber Power
Yield: 16 oz.

This is a nice cooling recipe for summer. The radish and parsley are liver
cleansing foods, the celery helps soothe and heal the nervous system and
the lemon juice helps cut through excess mucus in the body.

INGREDIENTS
• 1 CUCUMBER, quartered
• 1 GREEN ONION
• 1 RADISH
• 2 stalks CELERY, quartered
• Handful PARSLEY
• ½ LEMON
• Optional: dash of cayenne or juice ½ jalapeño with the juice

DIRECTIONS
1. Push vegetables and lemon through a juicer, juicing the celery last.
2. Add cayenne if desired.
3. For best results, consume immediately or within minutes after juicing

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 4. Get Back To Your Roots
Yield: 2½ - 3 cups

INGREDIENTS
• Small handful ITALIAN PARSLEY
• 1 clove FRESH GARLIC
• 1 inch slice DAIKON RADISH
• 1 FRESH BURDOCK ROOT
• ½ large APPLE
• ½ LEMON
• 1 bunch BABY BOK CHOY
• 3 CARROTS
• 2 stalks CELERY

DIRECTIONS
1. Wash produce with a natural veggie wash.
2. Scrub all roots with a vegetable brush.
3. Juice in the order listed

• Root vegetables have a grounding effect, making them good for when
you lack focus, feel spaced out or otherwise not grounded.

• Burdock root looks like long, skinny dark brown roots that have a white/
beige interior – see image above. You can find them at most grocery
stores.

• Burdock has additional benefits for the skin, helping to clear up rashes
and other skin issues such as eczema, rosacea, acne, lupus rash.
Burdock purges toxins through all layers of the skin so if you have some
toxins in the deeper layers of your skin, they will come out first before
the skin clears up.

• Be patient and keep consuming it until the skin clears up. Then cut out
pasteurized dairy products that have come from large feedlots – the
number one cause of acne. People are usually surprised that they do
not get acne or suffer from so much congestion when they consume raw
milk from small farms.

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 5. Golden Milk
Dairy-Free
Yield: 1 cup

A beverage used in traditional Chinese and

Ayurvedic Medicine. Benefits of golden milk:
stimulates digestion, circulation, helps regulate
blood sugar, ward off a cold, reduces inflammation
anywhere in the body, boost memory and brain
function, reduce symptoms of depression, helps
lower risk of heart disease and cancer; and protects
against oxidative stress. May also reduce joint
discomfort. Turmeric has antibacterial, antiviral and
antifungal properties as well.

INGREDIENTS
• 1 cup COCONUT MILK or other nondairy milk
• ½ tsp GROUND TURMERIC
• ½ tsp powdered ashwagandha
• ½ tsp GINGER
• ½ tsp CARDAMOM
• ½ tsp CINNAMON
• ½ tsp BLACK PEPPER

DIRECTIONS
1. Add powdered spices in a saucepan and slowly add a small amount
of milk and stir or whisk until a paste is formed.
2. Continue adding more milk slowly as you stir and dissolve the
powdered spices.
3. Add the rest of the milk, continuing to stir and dissolve the spices.
4. Turn on medium heat and heat until hot.
5. If using coconut milk, simmer for 10 minutes, covered. Nondairy milks
other than coconut milk often separate out if you boil them.
6. Add Immune Valor drops and drink immediately
7. Benefits of golden milk: may reduce inflammation, joint discomfort,
improve memory and mood, protect against heart disease, reduce
high blood sugar, improve digestion, reduce risk of cancer, fight
bacteria, viruses and fungi.

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 6. Cinnamon-Turmeric-Ginger Tea
Yield: 2 large cups

How many times do we simply drink coffee or black tea when we could be
instead be drinking beverages that support the liver and our overall health?
This recipe helps regulate blood sugar, stimulates circulation, helps cleanse
the liver & reduce inflammation.

INGREDIENTS
• 1 inch chunk of FRESH TURMERIC ROOT
or 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 CINNAMON STICK
• 1 inch chunk of FRESH GINGER or
1 tsp ground ginger
• Optional: 1 tsp Licorice root (or liquid stevia
to taste)
• Optional: 1 inch piece of vanilla bean pod
• 20 ounces DISTILLED WATER

DIRECTIONS
1. Good for a sore throat, stimulating circulation,
regulating blood sugar, reducing inflammation,
stimulating digestion, colds, and flu
2. Put herbs and water into a medium-sized saucepan.
3. Bring almost to boiling point
4. When the tea first shows signs of tiny bubbles, turn down heat to
lowest setting, cover pan with lid and Simmer for 20 minutes with lid
on pan.
5. The licorice root is for sweetening as well as an herb to strengthen
the adrenals, soothe a sore throat and the stomach lining. A small
amount of licorice root like this is usually quite safe. Large amounts of
licorice root can raise the blood pressure.
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7. If you don’t have licorice root or can’t consume it, sweeten with stevia
if desired.
8. Makes 2 cups of tea. (4 ounces of water evaporates during cooking)
9. Benefits of the tea include reduction of inflammation and joint
discomfort, improved memory and digestion, protection against heart
disease, reduced cancer risk, and more.

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 7. Liver Gallbladder Beet Cleanser
Yield: Cleanse for 1 day

INGREDIENTS
• 1 to 2 small BEETS (enough to make 1 cup shredded beets)
• 2 TBS ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
• Juice of ½ LEMON

DIRECTIONS
1. Shred the beets using a mandolin, shredding disk on a food
processor or using a hand shredder
2. Mix together.
3. Take 1 tsp every 2 hours for three days for a mild liver cleanse.
4. Three days each week for one month as an additional aid
5. This is a wonderful healing recipe for the liver and also for
constipation and it tastes pretty good too!
6. Beets stimulate the flow of bile from the liver which helps digestion
and naturally stimulates the bowel movements. This is called a
choleretic effect.
7. If you’ve had your gallbladder surgically removed, you may not be
able to digest much oil at a time without overstimulating the bowels,
therefore, you may need to reduce the quantity of olive oil in this
recipe.

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 Liver Cleanser, Kidney
Cleanser, Infection Fighter,
8. Juiced Salad Anti-Inflammatory, Rich
Yield: 3 to 4 cups in Calcium and Minerals)

INGREDIENTS
• 3 leaves RED CHARD or Collard Greens
• Handful DANDELION LEAVES
• 4 medium-sized CARROTS
• 1 large GARLIC CLOVE
• ½ thin DAIKON RADISH
• 2 stalks CELERY
• ½ LEEK or 3 green onions
• 2 to 3 leaves KALE
• 3 leaves ROMAINE LETTUCE
• 1 CUCUMBER – (Leave peels and seeds
intact - do not peel or de-seed)

DIRECTIONS
1. Do not peel carrots, Scrub with a produce
wash solution instead.
2. Juice in the order listed.
3. When you drink juice, it’s best to “chew” your juice. When you take
time to chew your juice, it helps activates more digestive enzymes
and slows down the absorption of the juice, helping to avoid blood
sugar highs and lows.

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 Kidney/ bladder cleanser,
blood builder, cuts mucus,
9. Parsley Pop:
stimulates microcirculation,
Yield: 16 oz. optimizes blood viscosity
The apple and lemon make this blend taste
much better than just a simple leafy green juice.

INGREDIENTS
• 4 stalks CELERY
• 1 CUCUMBER
• Handful PARSLEY
• Handful SPINACH
• ½ LEMON
• 1 inch chunk GINGER
• Handful FRESH MINT LEAVES
• Optional: ½ apple

DIRECTIONS
1. Push parsley, ginger and spinach through juice
hopper with the celery and cucumber.

2. Push through lemon last.

3. This blend can be quite bitter. The mint helps. Can add ½ apple or an
additional ½ lemon to cut bitterness.

4. Doctor’s Clinical notes: I often use this blend along with the Simplified
Stone Cleanse or Kidney Revitalization Program when someone has
kidney stones or any other kidney issue. The parsley has healing
effects on both kidneys and the liver, the celery helps the nerves
(herbalist call it a nervine food), the lemon cuts excess mucus in the
body, the ginger increases circulation to the entire body – especially
to the smaller, more delicate arties and capillaries in the body – the
microcirculation. The mint leaves are anti-inflammatory. The apple
contains malic acid, which, over time, helps to gradually soften
gallstones and kidney stones.

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 10. Wheatgrass Juice SHOT
JUICER METHOD: use a wheatgrass
juicer or other juicer capable of juicing
delicate leafy greens. Juice the grass a
handful at a time until you reach 1 oz.

BLENDER METHOD: use 1 handful

wheatgrass (cut near the base of the
grass) and ½ cup Purified Water. Cut
the grass into shorter pieces so as to
avoid getting grass wrapping around
the blender blades.

Blend on high speed for about a minute or until well blended. Pour into a
cup, mug or bowl through a sieve or use a French Press pot to strain the
wheatgrass mixture. Consume immediately.

• Start with 1 ounce of fresh juice per day made with a wheatgrass
juicer. (Blenderized juice is more diluted than juice that goes through
a wheatgrass juicer so you have more of it)

• In raw food retreat centers in the US, up to 8 ounces of wheatgrass

juice per day are consumed in people who are severely ill.

• Because it is such as strong detoxifier, you can get a little headache-y

or start to eliminate old accumulated sinus mucus that could have
been sitting in your sinuses for decades. So, start with lower amounts
and build up gradually. It’s a amazing cleanser, so I would start with
a lower amount and build up to the 8 ounces as tolerated and let
your body eliminate the accumulated mucus in your system. You can
sometimes find trays of wheatgrass at your local farmer’s market
or sometimes at your health food store. Ask around until you find it.
Some strains of wheatgrass are sweeter than others and you can
sometimes find it frozen in some health food stores. Fresh is always
best, but frozen will do in a pinch.

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 11. Mango Peach Kale Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

Smoothie
Yield: 2 cups

INGREDIENTS
• ¼ cup COCONUT MILK YOGURT
• ¼ cup NONDAIRY MILK, or coconut milk
yogurt or coconut cream
• 1 cup MANGO (fresh or frozen)
• 1 PEACH, (fresh or frozen) coarsely chopped
• 3 small Dinosaur KALE LEAVES
• ½ CUCUMBER, coarsely chopped
• 2 tsp ashwagandha powder
• 2 squeezes PEACH MANGO WATER DROPS
• FRESH LEMON ZEST from ½ lemon

DIRECTIONS
1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend
on high until smooth. This is so delicious. If you use enough Mango
Peach Water Drops, you won’t taste any of the veggies in this
smoothie.
2. Serving suggestions: garnish as desired with chopped peaches,
slivered almonds, hemp hearts, unsweetened coconut flakes,
pumpkin seeds, beet powder, goji berries, sunflower seeds, etc.
3. Variation: replace ¼ cup coconut milk yogurt with coconut cream if
you are trying to gain weight or if you are trying to heal a neurologic
issue. Coconut cream is a great brain-building food, high in healthy
fats needed by the brain and for hormonal balance.
4. If trying to lose weight, replace the coconut cream with coconut milk
yogurt
5. The lemon zest is very therapeutic in this recipe, being a mild liver and
kidney cleanser and adds to the intense tangy flavor of the smoothie.

If you’re not a fan of kale, this is a great way to get it in without tasting it!

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 12. Honeydew Lime Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free,
Low Glycemic
Smoothie
Yield: 1 ½ cups

INGREDIENTS
• ¼ of a HONEYDEW MELON (fresh or 1 cup frozen)
• ¼ cup UNSWEETENED COCONUT MILK YOGURT
• 1 TBS ALMOND BUTTER or unsweetened sunflower
butter
• Juice of ½ to 1 LIME
• LIME ZEST from ½ lime
• 8 to 20 drops LIQUID STEVIA

DIRECTIONS
1. Using a microplaner or zester, grate the lime peel from
a lime half and set aside.
2. Cut honeydew melon in half, remove seeds from center and cut flesh
away from the tough outer peel.
3. Add melon, the lime zest and juice and rest of ingredients to a
blender and blend on high speed until smooth. For the best taste,
avoid the use of canned coconut milk.
4. The lime zest has many healing properties including helping to slowly
dissolve gallstones and kidney stones. It has mild liver and kidney
cleansing properties as well. The smoothie with honeydew melon is
the lowest glycemic and it contains healthy fat (almond butter) to slow
down the absorption of carbs so that there is no blood sugar spike
afterwards. It is designed for people with blood sugar issues, fungal
infections, diabetes, but it’s a nice sweet treat so most people can
enjoy it!
5. Limes are most therapeutic when fully ripened, otherwise known as
“vine-ripened.” You can find these at your local health food store or
farmer’s market.
6. Smoothies are typically made with ice cubes and served cold.
However, iced cold beverages can cause stomach cramps and
interfere with optimal digestion. You can always add a few ice cubes
to this drink, but try it room temperature for optimal digestion.

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 13. Beet Salad with Orange-
Fennel Vinaigrette
These beets and sprouts are incredible liver
nourishing and healing foods. This salad is a classic
salad I serve to my friends and family during the
holidays who love the orange dressing together with
the cooked beets and the goat cheese. This salad
can really melt in your mouth! My friends often ask
me for the recipe, so here it is!

SALAD INGREDIENTS
• 4 small YELLOW AND RED BEETS, washed
• 1 stalk FENNEL, finely chopped
• 1 LEEK or red onion, finely chopped
• 1 YELLOW BELL PEPPER, sliced into thin strips
• MIXED BABY GREENS or arugula, washed
• GOAT CHEESE in a log shape – soft, sliced into ½ inch thick round
slices
• ¼ cup MICROGREENS, buckwheat greens or any other type of
sprouts (alfalfa sprouts, radish sprouts, etc.)
• 3 or 4 FRESH TANGERINES or mandarins or small oranges

DRESSING INGREDIENTS
• 1 ORANGE
• ½ LEMON
• 2 STALKS FRESH FENNEL
• small piece of FRESH GINGER
• 1 TBS cold-pressed FLAX OIL or avocado oil
• 1 TBS GRADE B MAPLE SYRUP or monk fruit syrup
• 1 TBS BALSAMIC VINEGAR (Bionaturae brand or other similar
organic, no added sulfites)
• 1/4 cup RAW PECANS
• 1 tsp FRESH ORANGE ZEST

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 SALAD DIRECTIONS
1. Wash and scrub all produce with a natural produce wash. Cut away
any discolored areas. Use a variety of golden and red beets or use
whatever beets are available.
2. Steam beets whole for 35 minutes.
3. Slice into ¼ inch slices.
4. Allow to cool enough to handle beets
5. Outer peel of the beets should peel off easily.
6. Assemble greens, fennel, leek, tangerines, bell pepper &
microgreens into a salad bowl
7. You can de-seed the tangerines, but don’t attempt to remove every
trace of the pith. Pith contains bioflavonoids and other nutrients
important for health.
8. Crush pecans in food processor or nut chopper.
9. Spread a thin layer of nuts on a small plate. Place goat cheese
round on top and press nuts into the round until it is covered with
nuts on all sides.
10. Top salad with Steamed beet slices
11. Then add the Orange Fennel Vinaigrette
12. Top with the goat cheese medallion. Get the best quality goat
cheese from pasture-raised goats.

DRESSING DIRECTIONS
1. Juice the orange, lemon, fennel and ginger
2. Place juice in a blender with the flax oil, maple syrup, vinegar and
pecans
3. Blend on high speed until smooth. Makes a sweet creamy
vinaigrette – about 1 cup.
4. If you cannot have orange juice, leave out the orange and use one
drop Orange Essential Oil instead or the zest from ½ orange. Monk
fruit syrup can be used as a low carb alternative by those with blood
sugar issues.
5. The fennel juice is a nice touch that gives an incredible flavor, but if
you don’t have a juicer, you can leave it out or put chopped fennel in
your salad.
6. Drizzle on your salad and enjoy!

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 14. Dandelion Salad Gluten-Free
With Tahini Dressing
SALAD INGREDIENTS
• 1 bunch ORGANIC DANDELION GREENS
• 3 medium CARROTS
• 1 SMALL BEET
• 1 large CARROT
• ¼ cup ORGANIC UNSULFURED RAISINS

DRESSING INGREDIENTS
• Juice of 1 LEMON
• 1 clove GARLIC
• ½ cup PURIFIED WATER as needed
• Pinch of PINK HIMALAYAN SALT to taste
• ¼ cup SESAME TAHINI

SALAD DIRECTIONS
1. Wash dandelion greens, scrub carrots and beets with a vegetable
scrub brush. Cut away any discolored areas on top and bottom of
beet root
2. Grate carrots and beets, using a mandoline, a box shredder or food
processor with shredding disk in place
3. Chop dandelion leaves. If you chop them finely, you are much less
likely to taste the bitter taste of the dandelion. Much better taste!
4. Add raisins.

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 DRESSING DIRECTIONS
1. Peel garlic clove and mince it
2. If it’s a new jar of tahini, stir in the oil at the top of the jar into the
tahini with a fork before removing from container, or discard the oil
off of the top.
3. With a fork, blend lemon juice and garlic into tahini until it becomes
thick and smooth.
4. Thin with water to consistency desired, around ½ cup
5. Season with Himalayan salt – ¼ tsp or more to taste).
6. Drizzle on your salad and enjoy!
7. Sesame tahini is rich in silica and other minerals that help to grow
and strengthen bones, skin, hair and nails, and the taste along with
the lemon really helps covers the bitterness of the dandelion.

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 15. Sunflower Beet Dressing
Gluten-Free
Yield: 2 cups

Maybe you’re not a fan of beets, but blended in the right combination with
lemons, garlic, and spices, beets can make a tasty salad dressing that can
be used on any type of salad.

INGREDIENTS
• 1 BEET
• Juice of 1 LEMON
• 1 GARLIC CLOVE
• 1 inch piece of FRESH GINGER
• ½ cup RAW SUNFLOWER SEEDS
• Few sprigs FRESH DILL or ½ tsp dried dill
• ½ to 1 cup PURIFIED WATER to thin to desired consistency

DIRECTIONS
1. Place all ingredients in blender and blend on high speed until smooth.
2. Add water as needed until desired consistency is obtained.
3. Add to any salad.
4. I like to store in the fridge in a salad dressing dispenser labeled with
the date you made it. It could last up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
5. Dressing can thicken in the fridge, so you can add more filtered water
to it before using each time if necessary.
6. Variation: you can use pumpkinseeds for their antiparasitic actions
instead of sunflower seeds. This recipe can be used while you are
doing an herbal parasite cleanse.

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 LOW GLYCEMIC
16. Cool Cucumber Soup LIVER FLUSH
Yield: 1½ cups

INGREDIENTS
• 1 clove FRESH GARLIC
• Few sprigs FRESH MINT
• 1 FRESH GREEN ONION
• 6 sprigs FRESH ITALIAN PARSLEY
• 2 medium-sized CUCUMBERS
• Optional: Few sprigs FRESH TARRAGON
• Optional: 1 tsp to 5 TBS OLIVE OIL

DIRECTIONS
1. Juice in the order listed. Do not peel or remove the cucumber seeds.
Juice those for added nutrition.
2. Some juicers have a difficult time juicing delicate or leafy greens,
while others may clog when juicing fruit. If you haven’t bought a
juicer, make sure to get one that handles leafy greens well. They’re
so important for your liver!
3. If you have a masticating juicer, you may need to push through the
greens with cucumber pieces to get more juice out.
• Small amounts of organic cold-pressed oils (Olive oil, sesame oil)
can be beneficial for some people on a juice fast. I use it in liver
flush recipes. It can help slow down the release of carbs to the
bloodstream, making it helpful for diabetics, Candida sufferers and
those with infections. The oil also has a cooling effect on the body,
which can help inflammatory conditions.

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 17. Green Energy Soup
Yield: 1 serving

INGREDIENTS
• 1 large or 2 small GARLIC CLOVES
• 1 large handful SPINACH
• ½ CUCUMBER
• 2 stalks CELERY
• 2 TBS finely chopped SPINACH
• Pinch HIMALAYAN SALT to taste
• Several sprinkles NORI GRANULES

DIRECTIONS
1. Juice garlic cloves, spinach, cucumber and celery.
2. Place juice in pan, add chopped spinach and gently heat just
to warm.
3. Serve warm with raw crackers (Raw Vegan Cheddar Crackers
made in a dehydrator go well with this soup) or use any multi-
grain crackers.
4. The raw garlic helps fight infections of all types and the nori helps
nourish the thyroid.

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 18. Miso Soup
Yield: 4 cups

INGREDIENTS
• 2 TBS WAKAME SEAWEED, arame seaweed or other seaweed
• 2 ¼ cups PURIFIED WATER
• 2 oz. GMO-FREE TOFU, cut into ¼ inch cubes
• 3 TBS LIGHT MISO PASTE
• ~ 4 SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, (dried or fresh)
• 4 RADISHES AND RADISH GREENS (use spinach if you don’t have
radish greens)
• 2 tsp GRATED FRESH GINGER
• ½ cup SNOW PEAS, washed and chopped in half (or chopped bok
choy)
• 2 GREEN ONIONS, thinly sliced

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 DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium saucepan, add water, the bottom fourth portion of the
green onions, and seaweed and bring to a boil. Ladle out about ½
cup of the boiling water and reserve.
2. Add tofu.
3. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Add radishes and snow peas; simmer about 1 to 2 minutes, or until
the greens are bright green and the radishes are al dente. Add
radish greens and green onions
5. Remove from heat.
6. Blend white miso into the hot water that you previous set aside. Stir
this miso-water mixture into the soup. We do this AFTER removing
soup from the heat so as not to damage the probiotic organisms
naturally present in miso (that are damaged with excessive heat).
7. Ladle into bowls, and garnish with the rest of the sliced scallions,
thinly sliced.
8. Serve hot.
9. Miso helps to replenish good bacteria in the gut. It can also
help constipation with its mild laxative effect. Constipation is a
contributing cause to liver problems. Miso is traditionally consumed
in Asia during colds or flu or any sickness to help recover health.
10. Shiitake mushrooms help to strengthen the immune system to ward
off infections and other illnesses. They also have liver protective
qualities.

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 19. Bodacious Green Hummus Wrap
Yield: 2 or more wraps

INGREDIENTS
• 1 to 2 large COLLARD LEAVES
• 1 recipe RAW HUMMUS or Nut Dip
• 1 ROMA TOMATO
• 1 medium-sized CARROT
• 1 small BEET
• ½ CUCUMBER
• SUNFLOWER SPROUTS (or any
other type such as broccoli, clover,
mung bean, etc.)
• DAIKON RADISH, shredded

DIRECTIONS
1. Wash collard leaves and veggies and sprouts with a natural produce
wash and rinse with purified water.
2. Lay out collard leaves. You can remove the tough stem at the bottom
of the leaf. You can use the leaves raw or you can slightly steam the
leaf for one minute just to soften the leaf if you find it difficult to work
with the raw leaf.
3. Slice cucumbers and tomatoes and shred the beets and radish.
If you don’t have a kitchen tool to shred vegetables, you can use
a vegetable peeler to create thin vegetable strips, or some food
processors have a shredding disk attachment so that you can shred
a lot at a time. I use a mandolin with a shredding attachment to shred
small amounts of veggies.
4. Top each collard leaf with hummus and shredded veggies.
5. Roll up to make a veggie “wrap”, using a toothpick if needed to keep
the wrap together.
6. Serve immediately. Have more than one!
7. Variations: To make this a raw living foods recipe, use the collard
leaves raw and use raw hummus.

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 20. Quinoa Salad
Gluten-Free
Yield: 6 servings
(Pronounced “Kee nwah”)

SALAD INGREDIENTS
• 1 cup QUINOA (white, red or tri-color)
• ½ cup FRESH PARSLEY, finely chopped
(curly or flat leaf)
• ½ cup GREEN ONION, chopped
• 1 large RED BELL PEPPER (or yellow)
• 1 CUCUMBER, halved and cut into thick 1
inch slices
• 1 AVOCADO, cubed
• ½ cup FRESH SPINACH, coarsely chopped
• 4 RADISHES, thinly sliced

DRESSING INGREDIENTS
• 2 TBS FRESH MINT, finely chopped (about 3 large sprigs)
• 2 GARLIC CLOVES, minced
• ½ cup FRESH LEMON JUICE (about 2 large lemons)
• ¼ cup ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
• ¼ tsp HIMALAYAN SALT
• ¼ tsp POWDERED CAYENNE or to taste
• Optional: 1 Tablespoon FRESH BASIL, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS
1. Place 1½ cups uncooked quinoa in a saucepan and add 3 ¾ cups
filtered or purified water. Do not use tap/ municipal water.
2. Bring to a boil
3. Immediately turn down heat to low (around 2 setting) and cover pan
with lid
4. Simmer, covered, for 25 minutes.
5. Crockpot instructions for quinoa: grease bottom of crockpot with
coconut oil. Add water and quinoa. Cook on high on white rice
setting for 40 minutes. Sometimes it’s more convenient to “set it and
forget it” rather than constantly watching the pot on the stove.
6. While quinoa is cooking, wash the vegetables with a natural
produce wash, chop the vegetables and make the salad dressing.

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 7. Cucumbers: Conventional cucumbers are one of the most highly
waxed vegetables in the supermarket. Seek out organic and
unwaxed cucumbers. Farmer’s markets are a great place to find
them. Some wax can be removed by scrubbing with baking soda
and using warm to hot water. Some produce washes may also
be able to remove the wax. If you cannot remove the wax, peel
the cucumber but do not de-seed it. The seeds are important for
reproductive health.
8. Radishes: many people don’t know you can use the radish tops in
soups such as in miso soup (see recipe in this booklet)– they taste
great! The radish greens don’t last long in the fridge, so use them up
fast.
9. Whisk dressing ingredients in a small mixing bowl and set aside
10. When the quinoa is cooked, you will see that the outer rings have
separated from the grains. Take pan off the burner and set aside to
allow to cool.
11. Add quinoa to a large bowl, and add chopped vegetables and salad
dressing on top. I like to add avocado as it makes the recipe more
filling, more satisfying and provides a healthy source of fat.
12. Salad dressing trick: you can add the salad to a large Tupperware
container with a lid, pour the dressing on top, seal up the container
and then shake the contents to mix the veggies and dressing. Or
you can simply toss the salad with salad tongs.
13. Serve warm or chilled.
14. I like to make this recipe in advance to take along during long car
trips. I always feel better with fresh veggies in my system and can
make the car trip in less time with less breaks. This recipe is kind
of famous with my friends who often gobble it up quickly, leaving
nothing behind. I usually put all kinds of veggies in it – whatever’s
in season. It’s also a great option for people who don’t really go for
leafy greens.
15. Variations: nightshades can sometimes cause joint discomfort in
those who are sensitive. If you are sensitive to nightshades, you can
leave out the bell pepper and tomatoes and leave in all of the other
beautiful veggies!

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 21. Curried Lentils With Slow Cooker or Stovetop,
Gluten-Free
Sweet Potato and Kale
INGREDIENTS
• ½ bunch DINOSAUR KALE or spinach,
coarsely chopped
• 1 SWEET POTATO, coarsely chopped
• 1 GARLIC CLOVE, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup YELLOW LENTILS (moong dal)
• 2 cups VEGETABLE STOCK
• 2 cups COCONUT MILK or additional
vegetable stock
• 4 SMALL CAROTS (or 2 large)
• 3 GARLIC CLOVES
• ½ ONION, coarsely chopped
• 1 BAY LEAF
• ½ tsp HIMALAYAN SALT or to taste
• ½ to 1 tsp GROUND GINGER
• 1 TBS INDIAN CURRY POWDER

DIRECTIONS
1. Crockpot instructions: Place all ingredients in a crockpot (6 quart size).
2. Cook on high (soup setting) for 2 hours or on the low setting for 8
hrs. (cook overnight to have it ready the next morning or cook in the
morning and soup will be ready in the early evening. Can use a timer
if crockpot is not programmable.
3. Stovetop instructions: add oil, onions and to a saucepan and sauté
for a few minutes until onions are soft. Add garlic and sauté for a few
more minutes until onions are translucent. Add rest of ingredients and
bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover lid and simmer, covered for
around 50 minutes or until lentils are soft.
4. Ladle out into serving bowls. Add parsley garnish if desired. Serve
hot. Enjoy!
5. Note: omit curry powder & ginger if you have gastritis or a stomach ulcer
6. Add coconut cream if you are trying to gain weight.
7. The sweet potato and curry covers the bitterness of the kale. It’s a
great way to sneak in greens for people who don’t usually like them.
8. Put onto a bed of brown rice for a full entrée.

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 White Chocolate Low Carb, Gluten-Free
Covered Strawberries
INGREDIENTS
• ½ cup COCOA BUTTER
• 1 TBS COCONUT BUTTER
• ¼ cup COCONUT MILK
• 6 TBS TAPIOCA STARCH
• 1 tsp PURE VANILLA POWDER or the contents of 1 vanilla bean
• 1 TBS MONK FRUIT SYRUP
• 20 drops LIQUID STEVIA (chocolate flavor)
• 1 tsp LECITHIN
• Optional toppings: unsweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped
walnuts, unshelled hemp seeds, beet powder, pomegranate powder.

• 1 pint ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES

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 DIRECTIONS
1. Wash and hull strawberries
2. Place all ingredients except coconut milk and strawberries in a
medium sized shallow mixing bowl.
3. Place on a tray in dehydrator or in a double boiler stovetop.
4. Dehydrate or cook on very low heat for around 15 minutes on 116 F
or until cocoa butter melts completely.
5. Whisk ingredients together and use as white-chocolate coating for
strawberries. Whisk in coconut milk.
6. For the stovetop version, whisk together ingredients in a double
boiler at low heat.
7. Grease a small plate or cookie sheet with coconut oil or cover
with parchment paper. Do not ever use “cooking spray or nonstick
spray.” These contain highly toxic chemicals and harmful fats.
8. Gather toppings together and place in small bowls.
9. With a fork, pick up strawberries, one at a time, and dip 2/3 of the
berry in the white chocolate sauce.
10. If you’d like to add additional toppings, gently dip the white
chocolate-covered strawberries, while still wet, into a small shallow
bowl of topping, then lay the strawberry on the greased plate/ large
platter. The more finely chopped your topping ingredients, the easier
it will be to cover the strawberry.
11. Refrigerate the berries to allow the white chocolate to harden, about
2 hours. Can be put in the freezer for a few minutes to save time.
12. Serve cold.
13. Lecithin can be non-GMO soy lecithin or sunflower lecithin. Lecithin
helps the cocoa butter mix with the rest of the ingredients.

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 Chocolate Red Velvet Gluten-Free
Mug Cake
Yield: 1 mug cake

INGREDIENTS
• ½ tsp ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL
• 2 tsp RAW CACAO POWDER
• 1 TBS ALMOND BUTTER
• 1 TBS BEET POWDER or 2 TBS BEET PULP (left over from juicing,
or homogenized beets, grated beets or simply mashed cooked
beets) or use 1 TBS beet powder
• 1 TBS TAPIOCA STARCH
• 4 TBS ALMOND FLOUR
• Dash of PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
• Dash of HIMALAYAN SALT
• 30 drops (1 dropper full) LIQUID STEVIA (Chocolate Flavor)
• ¼ cup UNSWEETENED ALMOND MILK or purified water
• Optional: 2 TBS COOKED SWEET POTATO
• Optional: 1 TBS Coconut Nectar or Monk Fruit Syrup
• Toppings: shake of ground cinnamon, cacao nibs

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 DIRECTIONS
1. Grease the bottom of the mug with coconut oil. Can also triple
recipe and make 6 cupcakes in a muffin pan
2. Add beet pulp (left over from juicing, or homogenized beets, grated
beets or simply cooked mashed beets)
3. Add the sweet potato for a sweeter taste
4. Add rest of ingredients
5. Stir together
6. Cook in toaster oven at 375˚ F for 30 minutes.
7. Allow to cool
8. Top with Cashew Cream, Raw whipped cream sweetened with
stevia, Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting, or Sweet Pine Nut Cream
(see recipes below).
9. Notes: it won’t be as deep red as a red velvet cake with red food
coloring, but red food coloring contains artificial colors based on
petrochemicals and is not healthy. Beets are a healthier alternative
and also help cleanse the liver and activate the intestines.

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 Cream Cheese Frosting Low Carb, Vegan

INGREDIENTS
• ¾ cup RAW CASHEWS
• 1 TBS FRESH LEMON JUICE
• ¼ cup COCONUT CREAM
• 1/8 to ¼ tsp HIMALAYAN SALT
• 1/8 tsp APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
• 2 to 4 droppers full LIQUID STEVIA (English
Toffee)
• 1 tsp PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
• 1 cup ALMOND FLOUR or tapioca starch or
coconut flour
• ¼ cup BUTTER-FLAVORED COCONUT OIL
• 2 TBS MONK FRUIT SYRUP
• 1 tsp LIQUID MONK FRUIT CONCENTRATE

DIRECTIONS
1. Soak cashews in water overnight or for at
least one hour. This creates a smoother,
creamier consistency.
2. In a food processor, blend together cashews, lemon juice, coconut
cream, salt, apple cider vinegar, stevia, vanilla extract monk fruit
concentrate and syrup at high speed until smooth. Add almond flour
while blending. Then add coconut oil in slowly, while running the
food processor on high.
3. Chill in the fridge for around one hour to allow the coconut oil to
stiffen the mixture to icing consistency.
4. Ice the above banana nut bread or vegan chocolate red velvet cake
with this frosting.
5. The conventional recipe for buttercream frosting and cream cheese
frosting consists of almost 100% sugar and an entire stick of butter!
Sounds like a great recipe to cause diabetes and heartburn. This
healthy version is vegan, low in carbohydrates, keto and gluten-
free. Monk fruit has almost zero effect on blood sugar and the monk
fruit syrup I used tasted like maple syrup – delicious! Some of the
powdered monk fruit concentrates can have a bitter taste. Most of
the liquids are much better.

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 About the Author:
Dr. Cynthia Foster, M.D.
A CONVENTIONALLY TRAINED MEDICAL
DOCTOR WHO LEFT MEDICINE ALMOST
20 YEARS AGO TO PRACTICE 100%
HOLISTICALLY

After receiving a required Hepatitis B vaccine for

entry into medical school, Dr. Cynthia Foster became
severely ill with grand mal epileptic seizures.
The seizures occurred twice daily for almost four
years – ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME SHE WAS
IN TRAINING TO BECOME A CONVENTIONAL
MEDICAL DOCTOR at the University of Texas
Health Science Center in San Antonio. Putting her life into the hands of a
very experienced holistic nurse who was using holistic healing methods
with unprecedented and extraordinary results, she refused all medications
or other medical interventions for the seizures.

Using only natural methods as her treatment, the seizures went into
complete remission, and she has been seizure-free for over 20 years. Her
first book Stop the Medicine tells the incredible story of her miraculous
recovery as well as giving a behind-the-scenes look at the Modern
Medical Establishment. In her search for healing, she has traveled the
world learning and incorporating natural methods into her holistic practice,
including herbal detox, natural supplements, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy,
energy healing, mind-body medicine, healing visualizations, juice fasting
and therapeutic foods. She’s also written The Liver Cleanse Action Guide
and the Kidney Cleanse Action Guide with more books on the way.

After receiving her MD degree, and refusing to practice medicine because of

the miraculous healings she had seen in others and experienced for herself,
she began her practice using only natural methods to heal her patients,
specializing in teaching people how to heal themselves with simple remedies
and techniques, and has been able to repeat the miraculous healing results
with her patients that she herself had personally experienced.

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 Over the past 20 plus years, she has served many roles including not only
healing practitioner, but also herbal product trainer and spokesperson
for herbal product companies, and also founded her own pharmaceutical
strength herbal product line called “Dr. Foster’s Essentials” to address the
health problems she was seeing in her practice. She noticed over a period
of two decades of seeing patients, that they usually brought her grocery
bags full of so-called “natural” supplements that simply did not work. She
founded Dr. Foster’s Essentials, insisting on including organic & wildcrafted
herbal extracts up to ten times stronger than what is traditionally available
in grocery stores, drug stores health food stores, and even online, as she
felt these “mass-marketed” remedies were too weak and watered down to
heal anything as serious as what she had experienced with the epilepsy.

A highly sought after speaker and university instructor, she has lectured
worldwide on a wide range of topics from the use of herbs to emotional
healing to conventional medicine classes for acupuncture students. She
has been interviewed numerous times on radio programs and mentioned in
the press as well as featured in magazines, newspapers, and on television.
Current projects include a second book (Wow Wellness!) describing how
to use herbs and natural healing techniques to overcome severe, chronic
and incurable health issues. For more information, visit the website at
DrFostersEssentials.com

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