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.   

Simple precautions to save your liver and restore your vitality – Part 1

The liver is probably the least understood of the life-critical organs in our body. Almost everyone knows without ambiguity the functions of the Heart, Lungs, Brain or Kidney, but when one asks “What functions does the liver do?” one can expect varied answers.

A brief understanding of the liver is called for before we go into the precautions one can take to prevent its damage.
3 Main Functions of the Liver that are taken for granted every day: 

1. Metabolic Processes - breaking down fat stores for energy. The liver is responsible for converting our fat stores to usable energy and metabolizing the nutrients from ingested foods to energy.

2. Production of Bile - for breaking down ingested food. Bile is produced in the liver and travels through ducts and emptied into the gall bladder. When food is ingested the bile travels to the stomach to break down the food before entering the small intestine.

3. Filtering and cleaning - Blood travels through the liver to be cleaned of all toxins. This includes excess hormones that are no longer needed for bodily functions. 
In part 2, we will go into the precautions one can take to prevent liver damage and maintain overall well being.

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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.