Practical, Somewhat Controversial Tips, to Detoxify and Be Healthy. Dr. Garrett Smith

Ep 93: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Garrett Smith. Dr. Smith, also known as the Nutrition Detective, is the world's leading expert on vitamin A toxicity and detoxification, along with the Toxic Bile Paradigm. Dr. Smith specializes in applying science, logic, and practical approaches to topics like detoxification and nutrition, while making challenging concepts understandable for the layperson.

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Other Websites mentioned by Dr Garrett Smith:
Love Your Liver Ep 71, 156 – The Low Toxin Diet https://www.youtube.com/live/JUMC4oXQxyM?si=8TEdLzpQ3Jqi0Zgn
Niacin Sauna https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6862571/

What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

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Breakfast: Pre-workout, Beef Jerky, Banana 1:23
Journey to the Nutrition Detective 2:18
- Started with fitness then nutrition and a Naturopathic Medical School
- Age 18 Selsun Blue discovery that a Mineral is Healing Dandruff
- Learned - Fix Nutrition Deficiencies, Correct the Toxicities, Body Can Heal Itself of Most Things
Nutrition and The Rise of Chronic Disease 6:47
- We accumulate Toxicity, Even from Generation to Generation
- Fat Soluble or Fat Storable Toxins
- Nutrition Deficiency from Soil Deficiency
- More Toxins we have the More Nutrients we Use/Need
- Fat Soluble Toxins: Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic
- Vitamin A (in Retinol), Vitamin D, Vitamin E Toxicity if You Take in More than You Excrete
- Vitamin A takes the Calcium out of Your Bones
- Alternatives: Magnesium, Zinc, Protein, Sunlight
Love Your Liver Program 15:37
- One: Minimizing, Reducing, Avoiding Toxins Coming In
- Two: Restore Nutrients Deficiencies after Testing
- Three: Remove Stored Toxins
- People have solved Chronic Diseases like Celiac, Sorosis, Kidney Disease
- Guide Each Person on Their Recovery Plan – Don’t Eat Something that Makes You Feel Bad
- Fix Your Potassium intake to Feel Better
- We Want the Body to Control Production of Nutrients, Remove Things Getting in the Way
Vitamin D and Low Sun Areas 21:18
- First, Get Outside More
- Then look at Removing Vitamin A and Vitamin D Levels Go Up
- Then Look at Zinc Deficiencies that Lower Vitamin D
- Then Correct Magnesium Levels to Raise Vitamin D
- Then Look at Tanning Beds to Increase Vitamin D (only Ned 8 minutes a week)
- Sauna with Flush Niacin Positively Affects 400 Detox Pathways in Your Body
Starting with a Patient 29:09
- Could listen to one of 214 Dr Garrett YouTube Episodes
- Start the Love Your Liver Program
- Personal Consultation: First a Hair Test with 4 Blood Tests then Prescribe Supplements, Food
- Then 6 months of Personal Consultation, includes weekly zoom, weekly in-office
- Health is not an Easy Process to Wade Through
- Woman with a Chronic Illness, tested and found she was Eating off of Plates with Lead
- Then Talk about Exercise: Moving is Critical to Start
- Diet, Nutrition is the Foundation of Everything
- We Know the Soil then the Plants then the Animals are Depleted
- If You are not Testing, You are Guessing
- Focus on Six Minerals to Improve Patient Health
- Remember, Your Liver has to Process all the Supplements You Take. Don’t Overdo it
Love Your Liver Livestream 42:15
- Fatty Liver is an Excess of Toxicity Accumulation in the Liver
- I Don’t Drink but I have Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease … but Retinol is Vitamin A and an Alcohol
- Yellow in Nature Usually Means it’s Toxic
- Cancer – what if your body way to create extra Storage Tissue to store the Toxin
First Step to Address Toxicity 48:18
- First Remove Vitamin A, Retinol, Vitamin D from your Diet
- Avoid Liver, Dairy, Egg Yolks
- Add Beans and Whole Grians, Muscle Meats, Fruits and Vegetables
- Plants that are White, Off-White or Light Green are low in Vitamin A
- Don’t eat Yellow, Orange, Red, Dark Green – the high Vitamin A Colors
- Low Income Areas – Rice and Beans are Great, Eat Real Foods like Bananas, Don’t Eat Fortified Foods
The Recipe: 1lb Hamburger, Cook, Drain the Fat, Add 1 Can Great Northern Beans, Salt, Seasonings 53:56

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