natural treatment for kidney stone disease

welcomes you to the glytamins presentation in the next 20 minutes, you will learn whatgallstones are, what kinds of problems they can cause, and what you can do to get ridof them. gallstones are nothing more that coagulatedbile. bile is the green alkaline liquid producedby the liver, which among other things helps us digest our food. the liver produces abouta liter of bile a day, and stores it in a muscular sac called the gallbladder. the gallbladderthen squirts this bile down a tube called the common bile duct into the small intestinesto mix with the food that comes from the stomach. well, that's what's supposed to happen.

unfortunately, with nutritional deficienciesand exposure to certain toxins, bile can thicken and form what is known as biliary sludge. when this biliary sludge forms, it makes itvery hard for the gallbladder to get the bile into the small intestines. it's like tryingto squeeze glue through a straw. it is out of this sludge that gallstones are formed. gallstones and biliary sludge disrupt thenormal flow of bile causing three different types of problems. the first set of problems is related to notgetting enough bile into the intestines. the second set of problems occurs when toxins,unable to leave the body through the bile,

back up and accumulate in the liver and thebloodstream. the third set of problems occur when the bile,unable to get into the intestines backwashes into the pancreas and liver. let's start with the first set of problems,what happens when the bile becomes too thick and or full of stones to reach the intestinesin required amounts. the first thing that bile does in the smallintestine is to neutralize the acidity of the food coming out of the stomach. in orderto disinfect and digest the food that we eat, the stomach secretes hydrochloric acid. did you ever wonder why the stomach didn'tdigest itself? it's because the stomach has

a special mucus layer that protects it fromthis hydrochloric acid, but the small and large intestine have no such protection. instead, they rely on bile. bile is a veryalkaline substance and when it comes into contact with the acidic food from the stomach,the acids are neutralized. if however bile can't get into the small intestinein required amounts due to biliary sludge and gallstones, then stomach acids in thefood are never fully neutralized and they cause acid burns along the entire length ofthe small and large intestines, all 30+ feet of them. in essence we digest our own intestines.we can experience this as indigestion, heartburn, ulcers and all manner of digestive complaints.

the next thing that bile does in the intestineis to emulsify the fats and oils in the food we eat. emulsification is the process by whichfats and oils are made water-soluble. to understand emulsification, think of soap. it's next toimpossible to rinse grease off a dish with just water, but if you put a drop of soapon the dish, the grease washes right off. that's because soap is an emulsifier. it'swhat allows fats and oils to mix with water. bile is the body's natural emulsifier andit is what allows us to digest the fats and oils we eat. without this emulsification process,essential fats, oils and all the fat-soluble vitamins we eat become very difficult to absorb.without adequate bile in the intestines, a person can end up suffering from malnutrition,regardless of the quality and or quantity

of the food they eat. if eating fats and oils gives you indigestionor if you have difficulty with food absorption, it could be due to biliary sludge or gallstones. the next thing that bile does in the intestinesis to stimulate peristalsis. peristalsis is the rhythmic wave like motion of the intestinalmuscles that moves the food through our digestive tract. if you don't get enough bile into your intestines,you're bound to be constipated, no matter how much fiber you eat. some people have the misfortune of experiencingalternating constipation and diarrhea. this

can be very confusing for people to experience,but the cause can be quite simple. without sufficient bile, the hydrochloric acid richpartially digested food just sits in the intestines with no peristalsis. thus a person becomesconstipated, but at the same time his or her intestines are being burned. when enough acidsbuild up, and the intestines can't take it anymore, they purge themselves with a boutof diarrhea. then, with the acids evacuated, the process starts all over again. if you are experiencing problems with constipation,diarrhea or both, biliary sludge and gallstones could be the cause. the next thing the bile does as it moves throughthe intestines is to balance the immune system.

when most people think of the immune system,they think of white blood cells floating though the bloodstream, but over 1/2 of the immunesystem is actually located in the intestines. now the job of the immune system in the intestinesis much more difficult than that of in the bloodstream. infections only rarely make itinto the blood, but every day our intestines are exposed to millions of parasites, bacteriaand fungi. because the intestinal immune system is continually at war with these microbes,it is much easier for it to become overly aggressive and starts to attack our own tissue. what bile does is to regulate the intestinalimmune system, helping to prevent it from becoming overly aggressive and causing autoimmunedisorders. if you're suffering from a gut

related auto-immune disorder, it may be becauseof a blockage of bile flow. the last thing that bile does in the intestinesis to kill parasites and candida. tests show that even the healthiest people still havesome degree of parasitic and fungal infection. while there are many antiparasitic and antifungalremedies available in the marketplace, most of them are mildly toxic and therefore unsuitablefor daily use. if however your bile flow is healthy, thenyou have a built in defense against parasites and candida. well, that about covers what bile does tomaintain the health of the intestines and what happens when bile can't get there inproper amounts due to the presence of biliary

sludge and gallstones. now lets turn our attention to what happenswhen biliary sludge and gallstones cause toxins to back up into bloodstream. just as the kidneys remove water-soluble toxinsfrom out bodies, the liver removes fat-soluble toxins from our bodies by putting them intothe bile. if the bile gets clogged up due to biliarysludge and or gallstones, then the fat-soluble toxins can't get out and they start to buildup in the body. one of the first signs that bile is backingup is an increase in cholesterol. this happens because the only way cholesterol can leavethe body is through the bile. impaired bile

excretion causes cholesterol levels to rise.it's that simple. in addition to the levels of cholesterol rising,bilirubin levels can also begin to rise. if it gets bad enough, you can see the whitesof person's eyes and sometimes their skin can take on a yellow tint. the technical termfor this is jaundice. while an increase in cholesterol and bilirubinlevels in the body is easy to recognize, the accumulation of other toxins is not. literallythousands of toxins and chemicals are processed by the liver for removal through the bileeach day. when gallstones and biliary sludge preventthese toxins from leaving the body they begin to accumulate in the bloodstream and the tissuescausing all sorts of problems.

dissolving gallstones and biliary sludge isan often overlooked but vitally important part of any detoxification program. the last problem we will discuss caused bybile backing up into the bloodstream has to do with immune function. as we said earlier,bile plays an important role in the immune system of the intestines by keeping it frombecoming overly aggressive. unfortunately, what's good for the immunesystem of the intestines is terrible for the rest of the body. studies have shown that when bile acids arepresent in the bloodstream, they inhibit chemotaxis and phagocytosis. these are fancy words forhow well white blood cells can locate, move

towards, and swallow infectious microbes. thus, what starts out as a beneficial immuno-regulative action in the intestines, becomes an immuno-suppresive action in the bloodstreamand the tissues. well, that about covers the effects of bilebacking up in the bloodstream. the final set of problems we will discussis how biliary sludge and gallstones can affect the neighboring organs. in addition to bile acids backing up intothe bloodstream, bile can also back up into the pancreas and liver where it can causealkaline burns. this is because the liver, pancreas and gallbladder all share the same basic plumbing,

the common bile duct. while there are valves that keep the bilefrom backing up into the liver and pancreas, if a small stone finds it's way into one ofthese valves, the valve can get stuck in the open position. if this happens, then everytime the gallbladder contracts to squeeze the bile into the small intestines, it canalso squeeze the bile into the pancreas and liver, causing caustic alkali burns and irritation.you see, very alkaline substances can burn us just as easily as very acidic ones, andwith ph of 9.5, the bile is very alkaline. mild alkali burns for a short time in theseorgans may only result in local irritation, but over time, these alkali burns can causediabetes, hepatitis and cancer.

now that you know all the problems associatedwith biliary sludge and gallstones, the next question is 'what can we do about it?' well, if the stones are large enough yourdoctor may recommend surgical removal of the gallbladder. while taking out the gallbladderwill rid a person of any stones that have formed in that gallbladder, it does nothingfor the gallstones that are in other locations, nor can it do anything about the cause ofthe gallstones. in fact, even with the gallbladder surgicallyremoved, gallstones can and often will continue to form in the liver and in the hepatic ductsbecause the underlying cause of the thickening of the bile and the formation of the gallstoneshas not been addressed.

this is why some people who get their gallbladdersremoved find that their symptoms come back again as new gallstones form in other locations. moreover, the gallbladder is not a uselessorgan. its job is to store bile and only release it when food is present. without a gallbladder,bile leaks continually into the small intestines in little drips rather than in sufficientamounts when you need it. think of it this way. imagine if one day youcame home and found that your plumber removed all the faucets in your house. in their place,he just left the pipes sticking out of the walls slowly dripping water. without the faucet'sability to control water flow, not only would you be wasting water when you didn't needit, but you wouldn't be able to get enough

when you did. surgically removing the gallbladder is exactlylike remove the faucets from your house. another option is to do something called a'liver/gallbladder flush'. this typically involves drinking water with epsom salts forseveral hours to relax the gallbladder and then drinking a glass of olive oil mixed withlemon juice. while this flush will often result in hundredsof small green stones going into the toilet the next day, up to 12 of these flushes isusually needed to get all the stones out and no matter how many flushes you do, 2 weeksafter your last flush you're back to making more biliary sludge and gallstones, becauseagain, the cause was not addressed.

we said at the beginning of this presentationthat the causes of biliary sludge and gallstones were nutritional deficiencies and toxicity.let's talk more about that now. there are 3 ingredients that the body usesto dissolve biliary sludge and gallstones and keep the bile in liquid form. they arethe amino acids glycine and taurine and phosphatidyl choline. as long as these ingredients are available,bile will stay in as a liquid, but the moment they are in short supply, biliary sludge andgallstones will start to form. the problem is that in addition to keepingthe bile healthy, these three ingredients are also used for detoxification. glycineand taurine are involved in a detoxification

process called peptide conjugation, and phosphatidylcholine is used in a detoxification process called methylation. now if we were only exposed to toxins oncein a while, it wouldn't be a problem, but in today's world, we are chronically exposedto toxins. as a result we end up being continually deficient in these three ingredients. take chlorine for example. as a disinfectant,chlorine is one of the great public-health success stories of the 20th century. whenit was first used to purify water in the early 1900s, typhoid fever, cholera, and dysenteryvirtually disappeared from the u.s., but there is a price to pay for using it. chlorine isvery irritating to the body and so it must

be detoxified, and the only way chlorine canbe detoxified is with glycine and taurine. since we are exposed to chlorine compoundswith every glass of water we drink and every shower we take, it's easy to see how our glycineand taurine levels are lowered every day. adrenaline and noradrenaline are two otherexamples. these two hormones are created every time we experience fear or anger. while theyare useful in emergencies, if they stay in the body for more than a short time they cancause terrible damage. methylation is the pathway the body uses toget rid of both adrenaline and noradrenaline and one of the main methyl donors for themethylation pathway the body is phosphatidyl choline. thus, the more stressed we are, thelower our levels of phosphatidyl choline become.

these are just two examples of how toxins,both external and internal can cause us to become chronically deficient in glycine, taurineand phosphatidyl choline. so, why not just take these 3 ingredientsin an oral supplement, wouldn't that work? only partially. you see the body has manyuses for these three ingredients, and if you take them orally, they will be shared by allthe systems of the body. what we need is a way to get these ingredients right to theliver where the bile is made in the first place. with these facts in mind, we have createdglytamins suppositories. glytamins suppositories contain glycine, taurineand phosphatidyl choline to help support the

body in both dissolving biliary sludge andgallstones as well as prevent them from recurring. also, since glytamins are in a suppositoryform, they are able to deliver the ingredients directly to the liver for greater effect. the glytamins formula also contains the herbsbupleurum, peppermint and chanca piedra. these herbs are used to further help the liverdetoxify and to help relax the gall bladder so that as bile begins to flow, stones canpass out more easily. in addition, scientific studies have shownthat chanca piedra can both dissolve and prevent uric acid and oxalate crystallizations. sincethese are the main ingredients found in kidney stones, glytamins may also help support thebody in dissolving kidney stones as well.

properly liquified bile neutralizes stomachacids before they can burn the small and large intestine, stimulates peristalsis, balancesthe immune system, keeps the liver and pancreas from caustic alkali burns, kills parasitesand candida, and allows for the removal of toxic fats and cholesterol.