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Tina (Richmond, IL) on 02/17/2009

Oil and Lemon Juice: I can absolutely say this by far has support from me. #1 this is oil based. Oil does not enter the kidneys it gets filtered by your liver. Ever here of someone having a fatty liver. It is because of this. #2 the only place oil is going after the liver is to the colon for excretion. Thus the reason why all of the people has stomach aches, loose stools or diarrhea. I am a physician and prefer for everyone to ask a qualified MD before proceeding with this. I recently had a patient try this....she not only ended up with kidney stones but also gallstones. The gallbladder is attached to the liver. The gallbladder stores bile, which is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile, produced in the liver, emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food. High fat intake results in gallstones. She ended up with a kidney stone removal, a urethral stent and the following week a gallbladder removal.
EC: Your first sentence supports the treatment, though the rest of your post does not. Did you mean to say "has support from me"?

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Replied By John (Santa Monica, California, USA) on 02/17/2009

I have seen posts like this on other alternative health sites and they always make me suspicious. It's the same line of attack over and over again...The gist of their strategy is: I am a doctor and I had a patient who tried this remedy (or supplement) and it made them much worse. Then they list all the terrible additional medical problems the remedy caused. Whenever a doctor writes, it's never a direct testimonial.

Be suspicious!

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Replied By S. (Los Angeles, CA) on 02/17/2009

glad you were not my MD!!!! poor girl
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Replied By Bruce (Las Cruces, NM) on 03/04/2009

Olive Oil and Lemon Juice for Kidney Stones: I tried this after getting a mammoth pain in the right side of my lower back (felt like someone stabbed me) and it seemed to help. I also added a little cranberry juice as a UTI preventive.

Regarding the comment about the liver "filtering" oil, that is total nonsense; the liver help process and break down fats not "filter" them. Furthermore, while the liver does remove poisons and toxins from the both it does it through the blood system (other than the gallbladder there is no direct connection to the digestive tract) which mean that the only place the liver to send the waste products is through the kidneys!

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Replied By Kate (New York City, New York) on 03/05/2009

This is for "Tina fr Richmond IL"(17FEB2009) : Posing as an MD, even if you are a PhD, is frowned upon by the laws of Our country [USA]. Fatty Liver CANNOT be precipitated by a SINGLE anecdotal incidence- or even over several DAYS- of 6Tablespoons each of Olive Oil and Lemon Juice. Nor can Gallstones suddenly appear due to this remedy. For that matter, a Fatty Liver has NOTHING to do with the consumption of OILS. If that were so, the entire US population who trace their ancestry back to, and continue to eat like their MEDITERRANEAN ancestors, would be dropping like flies! PERHAPS YOU WORK IN A HOSPITAL AND OVERHEAR THINGS WHICH YOU THINK ARE RELATED BIOLOGICALLY. Perhaps you saw suffering and wanted to warn people about what YOU thought had happened.Your command of English improved remarkably when you began quoting an unidentified Reference,as to liver-functions,but your knowledge of nutritive interactions was abysmal. Time for a refresher-course, madame!
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Replied By Old Curmudgeon (Anchorage, Alaska) on 02/20/2012

Sophia Loren has stated that she's been drinking half a cup of olive oil every day, for most of her life.

--Nothing wrong with HER liver!!!

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