Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

CIRS Episode 1 | The Process of Detoxification Explained_ Bile Sequestrant Acids in Action

25 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video explaining how the liver detoxifies biotoxins by converting lipophilic (fat-loving) compounds into hydrophilic (water-loving) forms or pushing them into bile for excretion. The speaker emphasizes the role of bile sequestrant acids as charged binders that capture biotoxins for elimination and warns that constipation recycles toxins back into the body.

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They're causing the cells to be dysfunctional. And the liver has to process that and turn it into some form that the body's has an easier time excreting. Which means it has to take something lipophilic, fat loving and make it hydrophilic, water loving or push it through the bile so that you can get rid of it. And that's where these bio sequestrant acids. It's almost like a positive negative charge. Here comes the negative biotoxin positive charge catcher waiting for the pitch. Bind it like a magnet and then you gotta poop it out. But if you're constipated, then it's just recycling. These other things, they help, but they're not binding these biotoxins and the inflammations per se.