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Liver Health
Liver is the one of the most vital organs we possess. It is a crucial organ for everyone and we
cannot survive without it. If liver is damaged the entire body cannot function properly. It has an
essential function in energy metabolism. The liver selects, removes, synthesizes, detoxifies, andstores the finial product of digestion. Everything we ingest passes through liver in some form via
the blood stream. All toxic substances end up stored in the liver and once their levels become
too high, the liver begins to have trouble eliminating wastes from the body, and it has trouble
digesting the food. Buildup of toxins damages the liver tissue and prevents it from a healthy
function. Liver has the ability to regenerate itself even if 80% of its tissue is damaged by toxins
or drugs. Viruses and alcohol are one of the elements that slow down that natural liver
regeneration process. Generally speaking, if you want to have a healthy liver, there are three
major dietary elements that you must stay away from; saturated fat, refined sugar and alcohol. A
diet high in those dietary elements increases the risk of developing fatty liver (infiltration) and
cholestatis.
A Big Misconception
Contrary to popular belief the most prominent factors that imbalance our diet and lifestyle are
lack of knowledge, poor thoughts, lack of consciousness, diet, lifestyle, exposure to toxins,
exposure to viruses, bacteria, yeast, parasitic animals, unpleasant life situations. Bad genes,
viruses and bacteria are the last causative agent in the long raw of real life hazards.
Diet imbalances and deficiencies of essential nutrients are affecting biochemical processes
inside your cells. It is also affecting digestion, preventing internal natural detoxification and liverfunction.
6 Dietary Rules That Support Liver Health
1. Well-balanced diet which should include grains, legumes, seafood, sea vegetables
2. 5-6 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables (mostly green leafy)
3. No or low processed and refined carbohydrates
4. Organic fermented foods (dairy products, legumes)
5. Low fat intake (25%- 30%): use of quality fats as much as possible (extra virgin olive oil,
flax oil, extra virgin coconut oil)
6. Herbal drinks and tonics such as dandelion, nettles and green teas.
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Making your liver a 'Healthy Liver'
Everything you eat, breathe and absorb through your skin must be refined and detoxified by your
liver thus special attention to nutrition and diet can help keep the liver healthy.
If you are concerned with your liver function your diet should be rich in fresh green leafy
vegetables that are rich in chlorophyll. Chlorophyll can protect you from carcinogens like no
other food or medicine can. It strengthens your cells, detoxifies liver and bloodstream, and
chemically neutralizes the polluting elements. Chlorophyll adds oxygen into the blood that is
essential for optimal liver function and rejuvenation. One of the richest sources of chlorophyll is
chlorella (single cell algae).
If your liver is damaged, you should consider a 'cleansing diet' until your liver gets in a better
health condition. A cleansing diet helps the release of toxins and it cleans up dead tissue from
liver. Sour flavored foods (sauerkraut, pickles, citrus fruits.) are the most active in liver, where
they counter the effects of rich, greasy food, and function as a solvent breaking down bad fats
and proteins. Also, very helpful in detoxification and activation properties in liver are bitter foods.
Some bitter foods are rye, romaine lettuce, asparagus, quinoa, alfalfa, radish leaves, and citrus
peel. Quality vinegars (apple-cider, brown-rice, rice-wine) should be bought sour and bitter and
very helpful and powerful in quickly removing stagnation in liver. Other sour-bitter foods are
lemon, lime or grapefruit.
Helpful Supplements
1. Vitamin C: a powerful antioxidant: 4-15g daily.
2. Beta-carotene-Vitamin A: antioxidant, 5000- 50000 I.U.(about 1.5-1.8 mg daily in adults).
3. Vitamin E: 200- 1200 IU daily.
4. B-complex vitamins (B-6 50-100mg daily, B-12 1000 mg daily for 1 month, Folic acid 400
mg daily).
5. Methionine: increases the fat removal in the liver - 1000 mg two times daily.
6. Zinc: 15 mg daily - important to the structure of cell membranes.
7. Magnesium: 500 mg daily - essential in detoxification and energy production.
8. Selenium: 0.2 mg daily - important in glutathione production, and a powerful antioxidant.
9. Glutathione: major antioxidant and free-radical scavenger. Fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Food Supplements
1. Fruit and vegetable juices such as fresh green apple juice, grapefruit juice, cabbage
juice, carrot juice, juice from dark leafy vegetables and wheat grass juice.
2. Sea vegetables such as wakame, kombu and hijiki.
3. Algae such as spirulina, chlorella (two times per day, between meals in tea or smoothie).
4. Nutritional yeast (liver support, excellent source of protein, B vitamins and folic acid).
5. Lecithin granules (for fat metabolism) for liver disease such as alcoholic fatty liver; a
typical dose is 350 to 500 mg taken 3 times daily.
6. Broccoli sprout extract: inhibits activity in Phase I and enhances Phase 2 glutathione
pathway.
Helpful Herbs
Dandelion (leaf and root)
Bupleurum
Oregon grape root
Burdock root
Turmeric
Astragalus
Milk Thistle (Silymarin) Licorice Root
Yellow dock
Chlorella
Nettles
Black Radish
Sho-saiko-to
Helpful Drinks
Pure spring water
Herbal teas
Macrobiotic special drinks: sweet vegetables drink
Adrenal tonic tea: Burdock root The liver cleanse tea
Liver Tea Rejuvenator
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Your NEW Lifestyle
1. Spend at least one hour outdoors each day exercising or being active
2. Create a peaceful mealtime (sit at the dinner table with a straight spine)
3. Try to cook simple balanced healthy meals for yourself and your family-GET INVOLVED!
4. Choose most of the foods you eat from plant sources. Eat five or more servings of fruits
and vegetables each day.
5. Avoid watching TV for a long stretch of time.
6. Chew your food well (25 times each bite)
7. Sleep 7-8 hours in dark room (use black-out curtains.).
8. Avoid toxins, chemical, pollutants, and any stimulants (especially alcohol, smoking,
drugs..), use healthy alternatives when possible.9. A flame or gas stove is essential. Avoid electric or microwave cooking!
10. Minimize and manage stress in your life by acupuncture, aromatherapy, Jacuzzi/steam
room, massage, sauna, hydrotherapy (hot and cold water shower)
11. Learn how to say NO to junk and refined food such as sodas, fried foods, white flour
products, desserts treated with processed sweetener and trans fatty acids.