PKD DIET

Bleach

Bleach, chlorine compounds are especially harmful for a cystic liver. Chlorine compounds is an endocrine disruptor and causes intense liver pains. Eliminate bleach, chlorine, carbon tetrachloride, plastic from your environment. Inhaling bleach products is even more harmful if one has PLD as the lungs sit near the liver and inhalations can increase PLD symptoms. Environmental endocrine disruptors, xenoestrogens, contribute to decreased sperm counts, sterility, and reproductive tumors.

Bleach Cleansers

Find alternatives for bleach cleansers, plastics and perfume fragrances. Surprisingly, in the USA chicken, poultry, turkey and commercially prepared game birds have a chlorine bath before coming to market. This is to prevent salmonella. Consumer report magazine ran a special on poultry. Even the best quality poultry gets a quick dip in a chlorine bath.

Dichoroacetate DCA

Chlorine is sometimes added to city tap water. Caution with the contaminant dichloroacetate DCA; it can increase cyst growth. Check the cities with the best water supply. Key in your own zip code to find your tap water. Read this pdf to find cities with good tap water.

One can leave water for drinking out for twenty four hours to dissipate the chlorine or aerating city water achieves similar results.

What Makes Liver Cysts Grow?

BPA
Bleach
Endocrine disruptors
Hormones
Parabens
Phytoestrogens
Phthalates
Plastic
Xenoestrogens

What is meant by bleach?

Chlorine is the main chemical contained in bleach. This is any chemical that causes whitening or lightening, including hair bleach and clothing bleach, sodium hypochlorite. Toxins applied to the hair can easily make contact with and be absorbed through the scalp into the bloodstream, thus affecting the liver adversely. Three of the chemicals in hair color surmised to pose the greatest toxicity include:

  • p-Phenylenediamine (PPD). PPD is primarily used as a dye intermediate and as a dye. Short-term exposure to high levels of PPD may cause severe dermatitis, eye irritation and tearing, asthma, gastritis, renal failure, vertigo, tremors, convulsions and coma. Chronic exposure to PPD may affect kidney or liver function and can cause bluish discoloration of the lips or tongue. Although no information is available on the reproductive, developmental or carcinogenic effects of PPD in humans, these possible effects indicate a substantial level of toxicity. PPD may also be referred to as phenylenediame, phenylenediame dihydrochloride, benzenediamine dihydrochloride or aminoaniline dihydrochloride.
  • Aniline Dyes Derived from coal tar, these liquid chemicals are used in commercial semi-permanent hair dyes. The various aniline dyes are often considered to be toxic and irritating to the eyes, skin and mucous membranes. Historically, these dyes have also been proven to cause blindness in some cases when used in the eye areas.
  • 4-ABP The FDA National Center for Toxicological Research found that the majority of off-the-shelf hair dyes for black, red and blonde hair contain a known carcinogen, 4-ABP.

    DCA Dichloroacetate in Chlorinated Tap Water

    Dichloroacetate a common contaminant in chlorinated city water can accelerate cyst formation in the ARPKD model. Addition of bleach to city water is harmful to cystic organs. This is a residual acetate formed with chlorination. Careful of chlorine in city water. One can leave tap water out for 24 hours to dissipate the chlorine. Others have tried the use of a water filter that eliminates chlorine and others have tried aeration.

    When skin cells are warmed and dilated like when in a hot shower, there is increased chlorine absorption as well as increased absorption of the contaminant dichloroacetate. Some have used shower filters to deter this from happening.

    Scientists discovered that in the ARPKD model dichloroacetate accelerates cyst development. Dichloroacetate a contaminant from chlorination in some city tap water, may account for the differing results from drinking copious amounts of water in ADPKD clinical water trials. Japan has a high level of DCA in their city water.

    2014

    The advantages of drinking water early in the treatment of ADPKD is explained in this article by Dr. Grantham.

    ↑ water intake PKD

    "Although evidence is lacking to support increased water intake in the general population, available evidence indicates that individuals who are at risk for nephrolithiasis as well as those with CKD and PKD may benefit from 3-4 Liters of urine output each day, a level of excretion that is likely to be safe."

    Low Osmolar Diet Trial Adjusted Water Intake for Vasopressin Suppression in ADPKD

    This is a clinical water trial at Tufts University with Dr. Perrone. Its title is Diet as a Potential Treatment for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.

    Bleach Articles:

    Systemic harmful effects of ingestion of household bleaches

    Endocrine Disruption in Fish By David Edward Kime
    This book is very technical and Chapter 1.2 talks about endocrine disruptors.
    From page 31
    "Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) originate from a wide variety of domestic and industrial process, including incineration of plastics, industrial processes where chlorinated hydrocarbons are used, combustion of fossil fuels and pulp mills using chlorine bleach processes."
    From page 177
    "Cumulative mortality of embryos and larvae, reared in pure. . .bleach effluent. . .impair reproductive success in fish.

    Common carcinogens and endocrine disruptors
    Chloroform C/EDC/B: Chloroform is used industrially as an extracting agent and solvent, as the working fluid in industrial  refrigeration systems and in the manufacture of cosmetics, dyes, drugs, fluorocarbons, glues and pesticides. Chloroform is an  ingredient in medicinal/pharmaceutical products such as cough syrups, liniments, mouthwashes and toothpastes, and in  domestic cleaning products containing bleach. Because chloroform is widely distributed in air and water, we are exposed to it in air emissions from pulp/paper and chemicals and drugs manufacture, vehicle exhausts, tobacco smoke, burning of plastics,  and evaporation from polluted waterways. We are also exposed through water sources such as tap water, showers and swimming pools.

    Reducing Your Exposure:  Avoiding Hormone Disruptors Organochlorines
    Many organochlorines, or compounds which contain chlorine and carbon, do not easily breakdown in the environment and accumulate to high concentrations in the fat of humans and animals. Many organochlorines are hormone disruptors. Organochlorines often are produced as byproducts of industrial processes involving chlorine, organic matter and heat, such as bleached paper-making, burning of hazardous, municipal & medical waste, and chemical production.


    Consumer products tested for endocrine disruptors

    Ultra-trace analysis of multiple endocrine-disrupting chemicals in municipal and bleached kraft mill effluents using gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry.

    Study on Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water

    Developmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife Humans
    This article has a little on bleach but more on endocrine disrupting chemicals. 

    Environmentally Preferable Janitorial Paper Supplies in Alameda
    Processed Chlorine Free (PCF). Most paper manufacturers use chlorine derivatives to bleach paper. Byproducts from this bleaching process can create hazardous substances that act as endocrine disruptors and carcinogens when released into the environment. Products can be bleached in processes that whiten them without using chlorine chemistries. Recycled papers bleached without chlorine-based chemicals are sometimes described as being Processed Chlorine Free (PCF).

  • We are  sharing our experiences with PKD/PLD Diet, an adjunct diet envisioning it complementing a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Consider testing this with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it according to your own uniqueness by adding it to your current  treatment.

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