Your Liver Needs Your Help

The second largest organ in the body is the liver after the skin. The liver processes food into energy and nutrients, and removes harmful toxins from the blood. The liver also produces bile, a yellowish-green liquid that is necessary for the digestive process. A host of diseases can impact liver function, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Drugs, poisons or excessive alcohol intake can also form scar tissue on the liver, which is called cirrhosis. Here are foods that cleanse the liver. Most of them form some of the ingredients in supplements of various categories.

Garlic: Just a small amount of this pungent white bulb has the ability to activate liver enzymes that help your body flush out toxins. Garlic also holds high amounts of allicin and selenium, two natural compounds that aid in liver cleansing.

Leafy green vegetables: One of our most powerful allies in cleansing the liver, leafy greens can be eaten raw, cooked, or juiced. Extremely high in chlorophylls, greens suck up environmental toxins from the blood stream. With their distinct ability to neutralize heavy metals, chemicals, these cleansing foods offer a powerful protective mechanism for the liver. Try incorporating leafy greens into your diet, especially when you know you are bound to use drugs. This helps increase the creation and flow of bile, the substance that removes waste from the organs and blood.

Avocados: This nutrient-dense super-food helps the body produce glutathione, a compound that is necessary for the liver to cleanse harmful toxins. In Nigeria, we generally call it pear.

Lemons and Limes: These citrus fruits contain very high amounts of vitamin C, which aids the body in synthesizing toxic materials into substances that can be absorbed by water. Drinking freshly-squeezed lemon or lime juice in the morning helps stimulate the liver.

Walnuts: Holding high amounts of the amino acid arginine, walnuts aid the liver in detoxifying ammonia. Walnuts are also high in glutathione and omega-3 fatty acids, which support normal liver cleansing actions. Make sure you chew the nuts well (until they are liquefied) before swallowing. We have it in this part of the world in the rainy season.

ABOVE ALL, TRY TO AVOID DRUGS AND ALCOHOL INTAKE.


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