The role of liver in weight control

In the last post, we saw how the liver detoxifies our system. But many of us are not aware of the critical role liver plays in regulating our body weight.

The liver either produces or activates ALL of the hormones in the body that are necessary for fat-burning. Without optimal liver function, natural weight loss becomes a very difficult goal to achieve.

What triggers weight gain by interfering with the natural functioning of liver?

The prevalent reasons are -
1. Alcohol abuse

2. Excessive medications

3. Fat rich food

The above 3 major causes trigger an inflammatory response in the abdominal cavity. This response results in an accumulation of fluid called ascites. As the retained fluids collect in the stomach area, the stomach will often begin to protrude outward, producing the appearance that is sometimes called a "beer belly".

Weight loss won’t happen even on exercising

For people with this water weight deposition, weight loss can be frustrating because exercise will not "burn it off" – since it's not fat.

As natural weight loss approaches fail to get results in these situations, some people resort to diet drugs or fad diet plans, which may work at first, but ultimately harm the liver even more and create even more abdominal water retention.

Bad Liver induces hormonal imbalances which interfere with fat burning

In addition to the water retention issue, good liver function is necessary for the proper production and/or activation of the hormones that stimulate fat burning. For instance, the liver is needed to convert the inactive form of thyroid hormone (T4) to the active form (T3). When the liver is overworked and cannot do the hormone conversions efficiently, the body cannot burn fat efficiently, no matter how much exercise you may do or what other natural weight loss steps you take.

How to accelerate natural weight control with a healthy liver

• Avoid Alcohol & excessive medicines
• Adopt vegetarian diet
• Cut on greasy high fat food.

If you can’t totally stop these three activities which strain the natural functioning of the liver, the least you can do is abstain from these three for a period of month. It will give some time for the liver to recover and repair itself.


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Disclaimer - This blog is for information purpose to general public. Before adopting the advice in these columns, the readers have to take into consideration their specific health/fitness conditions. In their best interest, the readers have to consult a qualified doctor and take his suggestions before making any change in their diet, lifestyle.
Jammi pharmaceuticals or its legal representatives are not liable to any claims from readers or their legal representatives, for any damages incurred due to indiscriminate changes adopted by the reader, with or without a qualified physician’s supervision.

Simple precautions to save your liver and restore your vitality – Part 2

In the last post, we saw the 3 primary processes of the liver which are very important for our daily well being and quality of life.

1. Metabolic Processes - breaking down fat stores for energy
2. Production of Bile - for breaking down ingested food.
3. Filtering and cleaning - Blood travels through the liver to be cleaned of all toxins.

The only way to achieve a well-functioning liver is through dietary changes and detoxification. Good liver function is an ongoing process that demands our constant cooperation to achieve.

 How to detoxify the liver

Avoid Alcohol & excessive medicines
To begin with, it is important to reduce the detoxification load on the liver. Drastically reducing alcohol consumption and avoiding all but those medications that are absolutely necessary is an important step. If possible, avoid alcohol and non-essential medications entirely for at least a few weeks to give the liver an opportunity to recover.

Adopt a vegetarian diet
The next step is to clean up your diet to make things as easy as possible on the liver. Probably the simplest and most effective approach is to eat a vegetarian diet for 14 to 21 days, sticking to mostly fresh vegetables and fresh fruit and using beans, seeds, nuts and pulses as your main sources of protein.

Cut down on greasy high fat food
If you can't do that, it is advisable to at least cut out fried and greasy foods and high-fat meats for a while. The better your diet, the faster you'll lose the retained water in the abdomen and the faster you'll make real progress on losing weight.

 
In the next post we will look into the role of liver in weight control.


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Disclaimer - This blog is for information purpose to general public. Before adopting the advice in these columns, the readers have to take into consideration their specific health/fitness conditions. In their best interest, the readers have to consult a qualified doctor and take his suggestions before making any change in their diet, lifestyle.
Jammi pharmaceuticals or its legal representatives are not liable to any claims from readers or their legal representatives, for any damages incurred due to indiscriminate changes adopted by the reader, with or without a qualified physician’s supervision.