Raise the Roof to Master S

Cleanse, restore, and fortify!
I’m not speaking of the powers of certain religious master who has attained a  pop-status cult following, but spirulina—master of the ocean.
This blue-green single cell organism has so many health benefits—from anti-aging to boosting immune function— it could easily attain a religious following of  its own.  Spirulina is packed with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. It is reputed to have a higher protein content than steak and contains more beta carotene than carrots.
In relation to the liver, “Master S” improves the liver’s ability to process toxins and also aids the liver in the metabolism of cholesterol and the regulation of blood sugar. So, as I raise my hands to the imagined sea before me, I have one word of praise for the healer that hailed from its depths—Hallelujah!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away goes the old refrain. It should be updated for the twenty-first century to read—a carrot a day keeps the doctor away. With liver issues running rampant due to chronic stress, food additive consumption, a culture that pops pills for everything from ADD to herpes—it's time to give our livers a hand, or in this case a carrot, to aid in its detox and healing.  Carrots are rich in beta carotene, which help the liver to recharge, renew, rejuvenate.
This week, I added carrot juice to my daily diet to gently aid in the cleansing and healing of my emotionally over-taxed liver.  Bottoms up! or as they say in Hawaii, okole maluna!

"More liver!" I don't know why, but as I write this post, I can hear the voices of the Jewish bubbies (grandmothers) who frequented Canter's Deli, in Hollywood, when I lived there in the '80s. Fast forward twenty years and now it's my own body screaming it at me, although the voice is similar, it's saying, "pay more attention to your liver."
For the past few years, everyone from my acupuncturist to my teacher of Chinese Medicine have warned me that I had better start being kinder to my liver. Being the rebel that I am, I ignored them all. Now my face is showing tell-tale signs of liver meridian dysfunction and I can no longer ignore the voice in my head.  I do not indulge in chemical excesses that would lend themselves to faulty liver function, but I am extremely emotional and the stored hormonal by-products of the these emotional tsunamis are beginning to take their toll on me.  One bad breakup and two deaths (my pop and my first love) within a two year span left me reeling and  literally wrecked my liver (yes, there was a lot of anger involved, mostly toward myself).  It is my goal within the next twelve weeks to cleanse, repair, and renew my liver, so that  I can move into the next phase of being- fresh and transformed.